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onlooker

@ onlooker @lemmy.ml

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  • Before your change to Linux

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  • Switched around the time Windows 7 was out. The reason is Windows Update. It took FOREVER to do its thing. And it was janky as all hell. I distinctly remember clicking on the "check for updates" more than once, because it didn't find any updates the first time dor whatevee reason. Anyway, I had one update breakage too many and I snapped. Had Linux as my main OS since then and a few years later it became my only OS.

    Basically, I wanted an OS that stayed out of my face and Windows wasn't it.

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    Type of Menu Bars

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  • How did they get strawberry? It looks more like a plastic cup to me.

  • Andrew just wants to open his files on Windows 10

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  • Words to live by.

  • Home routing and encryption technologies are making lawful interception harder, Europol warns

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  • It's a process of telling houses where to go. Why do you think homes never get lost?

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  • To my fellow Linux users: it's okay to use a GUI. Really.

    As a contrbuting member of Society of Linux Users on Terminals I am aghast, AGHAST at the very proposition of using shudder graphics on your Linux system. I mean, the very idea! If you can't browse the web in console mode, then why even bother using Linux? GUIs are for quitters.

  • So... How was your weekend?

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  • It sounds like you're not really interested in how everyone spent their weekend and want to vent instead. But on the off-chance that I've misjudged the situation: the weather was kinda shit, so I spent most of my weekend playing The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles on the Switch. Is good game.

  • If you were a pasta, which one would you be and why?

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  • Any, really. As long as I can use my noodle.

  • Andrew just wants to open his files on Windows 10

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  • True, his message doesn't exactly radiate happiness, but I can assure you he felt SO much better after writing this. Tech support also doubles as everyone's personal therapist, you see.

  • how can i get better at english?? i know how to speak in english and i fully understand it but there are a few problems i have

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  • Looking at your responses it seems that you have a good grasp on the english language. Which is good! It means you have all the tools available to you when making conversation. You probably just need more practice. Conversations in non-native languages can be difficult, because you have to come up with an answer on the spot. It's not impossible, though. You'll probably stumble for words and make mistakes at first, but that's perfectly normal and okay.

    tl;dr: talk more. Good luck!

  • Andrew just wants to open his files on Windows 10

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  • Andrew is ignorant. He could learn the basics of computer literacy, which would answer all his questions, but I'll take a shot in the dark and say that Andrew doesn't want to do that and is perfectly happy being ignorant. And also angry.

  • We are all gonna die

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  • Somebody is obviously trying to cover all the bases. That's just good thinking. If ghost are real, they get zapped. If they aren't real, they get to chase a group of adolescents all over the place for about 20 minutes before said adolescents figure out it's not a ghost for the umpteenth time.

  • Will Linux’s New run0 Command Run sudo Out of Town?

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  • I don't know, we'll just have to see. But personally, I am not a fan of tying so many functionalities to systemd.

  • What food can or has given you the ick.

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  • I used to love Chilli con carne, but not anymore. One day I woke up not feeling well and we were having Chilli con carne for lunch. Despite my condition, I sat down at the table and started eating. It didn't last long. In a few minutes, I was feeling queasy and had to dash to the bathroom to throw up. Ever since then I can't look at, smell or eat a Chilli con carne dish without remembering that day.

  • To those of you with nothing to hide: One day you might have. Because you don’t make the rules.

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  • Nah, that would just make me a dick.

  • To those of you with nothing to hide: One day you might have. Because you don’t make the rules.

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  • At one time I did, and to my surprise, my friend did just that! Unlocked their phone and handed it to me without a word. Welp.

  • To those of you with nothing to hide: One day you might have. Because you don’t make the rules.

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  • I tried arguing against this, but it's no use. I tried pointing out how something can be branded illegal retroactively, like 20 years down the line, I tried the "give me your credit card info" approach, nothing took. 90% of the time the counter-argument is usually something to the effect of "big companies know everything about me anyway", which is just guessing on their part.

    I'm just going to take care of my own privacy, because I'm clearly in the minority (present company excluded, of course). Almost everyone I know disregards online privacy completely, so I'm done trying to get a dialogue going with these people; it's every man for himself. The only way online privacy will become a hot topic among laymen is when something nasty happens and at that point, it will have been too late.

  • Doctors hate this one simple trick!

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  • You leave my unhealthy obsessions out of this!

  • It's like the Bacon game, but funnier

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  • It's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard, and we're gonna have to work at this every day. But I wanna do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever. You and me. Every day. You piece of shit.

  • Greece introduces the six-day work week

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  • Greek Brain Drain incoming.