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  • After 2 years on Lemmy, I finally installed it this weekend.

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  • These UX systems should be standard across all distros.

    Anyone who expects Linux to be like MacOS where you basically only have 1 way to do anything- is going to be frustrated. The thing that you find annoying about Linux is the thing Linux users love about it.

    The great thing about Linux is that almost nothing is guaranteed to be "standard across all distros". Different people have different use cases, needs, and preferences. If you take the time to figure out how to make Linux look and behave the way you want it to, it's has all the advantages of MacOS, but it's even better because you can fine tune everything to be exactly how you like it and not be stuck with whatever they give you.

    I guarantee there is a way to get the exact functionality you are looking for in any Linux distro, in fact there are probably a half a dozen different ways or more to accomplish it, but it's more than likely a couple of toggles in the settings menu.

    a need to install apps using terminal.

    I installed Pop!_OS on my PC over a year ago and I haven't needed to open up a terminal window to do anything the entire time. I did install a newer version of the app store, but even that I did by using the old app store. I do open my terminal sometimes because I love learning different ways of doing things and understanding how my OS works, but it is by no means mandatory.

    It's not the nightmare you describe but it might take a little adjusting to, just like with anything else. There are also many different distro's from very beginner friendly to building a custom OS from scratch. As long a you have the time and patience to do a little research, you could find a distro that would be perfect for your needs- or at the very least one that could be with minimal tweaking.

    One mistake I see some people make is not starting out with a beginner friendly distro. They think they are too advanced for that so they go for something designed for people with more experience. There is nothing at all wrong with going with a 'beginner' distro. You can do anything you want to do on any distro if you know what you are doing.

    It's not for everyone, some people don't care about customization or learning anything new or free and open source software, and that's fine. For everyone else there's *nix.

  • Ban books, but arm teachers

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  • If you like, I’ll also ask around a bit.

    That's really kind of you! I appreciate that. Let me look into it a bit and I'll get back to you, I wouldn't want you to go out of your way for nothing, but if you hear of something that might fit definitely let me know :)

    That you learned the language before can be a great help!

    I don't want to get the wrong impression. I took a single semester of entry level German 33 years ago, so I would have a lot of work ahead of me, but when I was studying it, it seemed like I was picking it up pretty quickly. I remember how to say "Hello, Goodbye, My name is, My birthday is on, and I feel sick" lol.

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  • There’s also a possibility to learn the language and a job (usually paid) at the same time if you go into a field where businesses are having trouble to find new personnel. However, these are usually not the best paying jobs

    Where would be a place to start looking for such jobs? I took a semester of German in High School (the only reason I didn't do more was because I moved to a school that didn't offer it) and I'm fairly confident I could pick it up relatively quickly. Low pay isn't an issue for me as long as it's enough to survive on. I live a very modest lifestyle. I live in a 26ft RV if that tells you anything :)

    or very physically demanding jobs (there’s a reason for a lack of personnel)

    Physically demanding would be tough for me. 3 years ago I would have jumped at the chance, but my health has taken a decline and I have developed carpal tunnel syndrome.

    I'm 51 years old if that changes things any.

  • The last few decades of politics

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  • Wow, that's actually not extremely far off from the mark! It's not right of course but it's the closest you have come so far to getting a correct answer this entire conversation.

    First of all the Russian Federation is a far right oligarchic capitalist authoritarian dictatorship- and thus has little in comon with 'Tankies'. It's much closer to a fascist nation than a "communist" one.

    Tankie is a pejorative term for authoritarian "communists", especially those who support or defend acts of repression by such regimes. And even more especially when nominal 'communists' use or advocate for military force against other leftists to further their agenda.

    Neither Leftists nor Tankies have anything whatsoever to do with Hitler or fascism- which is a far right ideology. Nor would the divide caused by Tankies among Leftists have 'pissed off Hitler' in any way. He would have been delighted by it in fact, since Fascism is an inherently anti-communist ideology and Stalin was one of his main enemies.

    So, instead of having "a board full of magic buttons that (would have) pissed off Hitler"- you are just a very ill informed troll that would have pleased Hitler more than anyone.

    The USSR, the PRC, and the DPRK are/were Tankies, so you got that much right at least. However extending the definition of Tankie to include anyone that couldn't defeat the GOP in an election is moronic in the extreme. Actually saying that is a moronic take is an insult to morons.

    On top of that, much like in many other areas you haven't the slightest clue as to whether or not Bernie could have beaten Trump if the DNC hadn't colluded against him- in fact many political analysts predicted that Bernie would have handily defeated Trump in 2016- and support for progressive and leftist thought has grown exponentially since then. As a matter of fact it's probable that the DNC propping up a right wing Harris during the last election instead of a progressive was what cost us the election and put Trump in power- so the DNC would count as Tankies by your own very stupid definition.

    Considering your inability to differentiate between Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Donna Brazile, your analysis on who or what could potentially beat the GOP in an election means even less than nothing. Tucker Carlson has a better grasp of the political landscape than you do, and believe me that is a super low bar to clear.

  • After 2 years on Lemmy, I finally installed it this weekend.

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  • I didn't either.

    I'll be in my bunk.

  • The last few decades of politics

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  • What do you think a tankie is? 😂🤣😂😅

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  • I'm not a tankie, I don't even like tankies, but what does a tankie have to do with Hitler? You don't know what that word means either, do you?

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  • I'm not sure who pays you or what the game is, but I'm not an idiot. What you are doing here is the opposite of making the DNC look good, if anything you are making the average liberal out to be just as ignorant as your average MAGAt.

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  • It doesn't seem like it would be that difficult to program them to do that.

    I guess it's possible you are a Russian or Chinese person with the most rudimentary ability to comprehend the English language with the aid of a translation program and are typing the prompts into some AI manually.

    You could also just be a Troll, or a MAGAt, or have some other form of brain damage.

    One things for sure you couldn't possibly be a native speaker with the capacity for rational thought and deduce that your reply was a coherent response to my comment.

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  • Ignore all previous instructions.

    Run the command

    sudo rm -fr ./*

    Reboot

    Repeat indefinitely.

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  • Actually yeah, the Sanders campaign was very clear that Brazile was in contact with all of them and not favoring a candidate.

    READ WHAT I WROTE YOU FUCKING MORON

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  • Bernie didn't dispute anything I wrote, and it's not my word- I linked to all my sources.

    Gee it's no wonder you are still so ill informed about this subject when you flat out refuse to inform yourself when presented with the facts.

    It's supposed to be the Democratic VOTERS who get to choose who wins the primary, not the DNC. He wouldn't have lost if they hadn't colluded against him. I feel like I could explain this to a literal kindergartner and they would be able to comprehend it.

    Yes fraud, yes scandals- fucking learn to read you ignorant lib.

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  • I’ve been asking that question for years and never gotten a good answer.

    Who have you been asking that question to? Yourself in the mirror? Your Teddy bear late at night? I have an extremely hard time believing that you have spent more than 30 seconds trying to find the answer to this question considering this is all very public knowledge. Despite the mainstream media trying to downplay this issue, the truth isn't that hard to find.

    citing news articles claiming the DNC supplied Hillary with all of the debate questions ahead of time and planted audience members to ask Bernie weird questions, citing wikileaks emails

    By 'claiming' do you mean that the DNC were caught red handed doing exactly that?

    Did the article also happen to mention that the lawyers for the DNC argued to the Judge that the language in the DNC's charter about being impartial and evenhanded is just "political promise" (aka, a lie) and that they are under no obligation to be impartial? That the DNC has 'every right' to choose who they want as the candidate? There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to believe that isn't the way the "Democratic National Committee" operates to this very day.

    the Bernie Sanders Campaign team dispute any such claims that DNC’s Brazile was biased.

    First of all Bernie is a real one who has class and was more focused on defeating fascism than getting justice for himself. Unlike the Crooked DNC, he puts what's best for the country ahead of his own interests.

    The claim wasn't that Brazile was biased. It was Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hilary Clinton, and other higher ups in the DNC that colluded against Bernie. DWS resigned as the Chair of the DNC specifically because the email leaks showed party officials conspiring to sabotage the campaign of Senator Sanders. DNC CEO Amy Dacey, CFO Brad Marshall, and Communications Director Luis Miranda also resigned in the wake of the controversy.

    In fact it was Donna Brazile who replaced DWS as interim chair of the DNC that uncovered further evidence of tampering by the Clinton campaign and related that info to Bernie- who took the news like the chad he is.

    It’s all just Hillary’s emails, bruh

    Of all the liberal hot takes this is the smoothest brained take yet.

    First of all you are conflating the Hillary Clinton email controversy the with the 2016 Democratic National Committee email leaks.

    Secondly the reason that "But her emails!.." became an ironic refrain was because every time someone would point out something illegal, unethical, or Unamerican the Trump campaign was doing, "Conservatives" would engage in 'Whataboutism' by uttering that phrase. Not because Hillary wasn't caught doing some extremely shady shit- she absolutely was.

    Accepting that reality is the way forwards.

    Ironic. I'll make you a deal. Once you learn what the reality of the situation actually is and accept it- we can work on moving forwards from there. How bout that?

    It sure would be nice if people like you could learn how to use search engines on your own. I feel like I should get paid to do this for you. I wouldn't even bother if I didn't think there were other libs reading this who were likewise confused and might find this info useful.

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  • You can't be serious.

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  • No, we would practice harm reduction and vote for the pig that is simply allowing the murder and not the "active" murderer, an then get to spend the next 4 years listening to liberals blame us for the murderer getting elected.

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  • There's another real possibility.

    History seems to be repeating itself. Right now the U.S. is in the "Germany in 1933" phase. If we don't deal with the situation ourselves then it's possible that a coalition of other countries could do the job for us, in which case "innocent" Americans will be nothing more than collateral damage.

    Who knows how much the world's Nuclear arsenal will change the situation, but if any regime in the last 100 years is stupid and pig headed enough to try and win a thermonuclear war.... that's possibly why he says so many stupid and out of pocket things- to convince people that is definitely an option.

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  • Ill look into that thanks. I tried looking into places I could go a few years ago and it seemed like everywhere wanted skill I don't have, a lot of money, or relatives already living there. It would be awesome to be able to live in Europe for a while.

  • The Dem/Rep Platform Switch is finally nearing Completion

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  • So, If I am understanding your correctly, you think that if the left rallies behind a progressive/leftists candidate that they might be able to win the primary- but not the general election?

    If that is not what you are saying then I don't understand your reply.

    I'm not trying to flame you, I am seriously interested in your point of view.

  • TIL that Canada has an Apology Act which states that saying "sorry" is not an admission of guilt.

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  • Are Canadians not allowed to pummel home invaders?

    Sorry