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rumschlumpel

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  • I have an extreme hyper fixation on tweaking Linux and related stuff, anyone else?

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  • When I started out with Linux, this was definitely a huge obsession of mine. Wasn't really into it for the last couple of years, though, at this point I don't do much more than making the old setup (themes, keyboard shortcuts, scripts etc.) work with new OS updates, and I'm way behind on OS updates (currently using Ubuntu 22.04, released in 2022 (still gets security updates)) because I don't want to put in the work.

  • How could we go about making a jurisdiction where advertising is illegal?

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  • I think a ban on displaying ads in public spaces, especially big billboards, would be a really good start. A ban on online ads would be more difficult, because AFAIK ad targeting isn't actually that good; you'd think that would be their bread and butter, what all the data collection is actually about, but at least a couple of years ago it was actually really difficult to buy online ads that only get shown to people in one city (e.g. if you're a political party and want to advertise in a local election). Seems like the ad syndicalists just do whatever and then lie about it. If true, they'd need to overhaul their tech to adhere to a local-level ad ban.

    Some media is also primarily paid by ads, like radio and local newspapers. Might need to subsidize those, and IDK how you'd even deal with radio and newspaper from outside of the local area - radio especially is built on the idea that access is unrestricted, and one radio antenna can service an area the size of a small country.

  • How could we go about making a jurisdiction where advertising is illegal?

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  • Local newspapers are already closing en masse even with ads, and many of the ones left barely count as newspapers anymore. We need to solve this issue separately. Maybe start rolling out straight-up subsidies? That would open up local newspapers to government censorship, but that's not necessarily worse than newspapers ruled by adspace buyers, and generally better than no local newspaper at all.

  • Cry cry

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  • "buy a new pair of running shoes as a healthy person" is easy, but "buy a new pair of running shoes as a person with issues" can be significantly harder. I have lots of unfinished tasks that would be easy for a normal/healthy/sick-but-not-in-THIS-way person.

  • Cry cry

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  • Are they truly manageable if they're crushing you?

  • Crulesdressing

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  • sabotaging one power just to reluctantly grant advantage to another, sometimes terrorism

    Sounds just like the Cold War TBH

  • Rule

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  • The 1950s were certainly better than the 1930s, but I don't want to live through the 1930s & 1940s: Electric Boogaloo ...

  • no need to be this direct rule

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  • damn, that hurts

  • ich📏iel

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  • 15cm wären in den meisten Ländern, inkl. Deutschland, überdurchschnittlich!

  • Elektronische Patientenakte soll App für alles werden

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  • Bei alteingesessenen feddit.org-Nutzern ist das recht beliebt. Ich nutze das auch gern. Aber selbst gendergerechte Sprache an sich ist hier kein muss.

  • Elektronische Patientenakte soll App für alles werden

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  • Elektronische Patientenakte soll App für alles werden

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  • Eher zieh ich auf ne Berghütte ohne Internet, als dass ich freiwillig eine staatliche "App für alles" nutze.

  • What is something about how people view or use technology that needs to die?

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  • You will! But it's pretty hard to actually do lasting damage. If your install breaks, just reinstall - can be annoying, but it's also a great excuse to try another distro or desktop!

  • What is something about how people view or use technology that needs to die?

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  • I think Linux has a peculiar learning curve. If someone else installs it for you and does basic tech support once in a while, and installs a beginner-friendly distro, and the users only use very basic stuff like word processors and browser-based social media, it's really easy, even easier than Windows. For people who know just about enough to install new software and reinstall Windows, Linux can be fairly difficult since a lot of the system plumbing just works quite differently, and these users are also tempted to install more difficult-to-use-and-maintain distros. Then once you're very tech-savvy, Linux becomes easier than Windows again because it mostly does what you want and doesn't fight you like Windows, and it's often a first class citizen when it comes to software development.

  • What is something about how people view or use technology that needs to die?

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  • I'd argue that quantum physics is genuinely difficult, but also not very applicable to most people's daily life. The stuff that computer illiterate people struggle with tends to be both relatively easy and very applicable to daily life, and many of these people aren't as dumb about all other parts of their lives.

  • What is something about how people view or use technology that needs to die?

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  • Somehow, most changes I've seen in the last ~10 years seem to be enshittification ...

    It's hard to motivate yourself to make an effort when the hot new tech is stuff like LLMs.

  • What is something about how people view or use technology that needs to die?

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  • Being completely uncritical of it. This ties into being unwilling to learn, if they're introduced to word processors via MS Word, many people are completely unwilling to move to something else like LibreOffice Writer, even if it's not actually that different.

    Back to the first sentence, too many people just aren't willing to consider the ramifications of living in a walled garden made and maintained by foreign far-right groups, or if they are generally aware and critical of it, it usually still not enough to actually do something against it. That includes people who are generally tech savy, most of my millenial-or-younger friends and relatives aren't on Signal, including one who is a software developer and vocally critical of Trump and US tech companies. Meanwhile my parents and grandparents have no issue using Signal.

    And what makes so many people so willing to look at ads? I know way too many people who could easily use adblockers if they wanted, but just don't.

  • Literally noscoped

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  • I wish I had that kind of eyesight!

  • Wanna buy a(nother) humidifier?

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  • Would these people buy those items again, though, right after the initial purchase? Some products are certainly repeat buys, but appliances usually take at least half a year until they break.

  • Ye Power Trippin' Bastards @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Admin of discuss.online is mass banning people for downvoting. Recommend defederation for bad faith participation in the fediverse.

  • Ye Power Trippin' Bastards @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    banned because a mod/admin thinks that my account was hijacked because I interacted with a bot post

  • Greentext @sh.itjust.works
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    anon discusses car dependence

  • Europe @feddit.org
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    EU anti-deforestation law could overlook big violators, NGO warns

    news.mongabay.com /short-article/2025/05/eu-anti-deforestation-law-could-overlook-big-violators-ngo-warns/
  • DACH - Deutschsprachige Community für Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz @feddit.org
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    Bargeld abheben im Supermarkt 2025: Alle Discounter und Drogerien im Überblick

    www.rnd.de /geld-und-finanzen/bargeld-abheben-im-supermarkt-2025-alle-discounter-und-drogerien-im-ueberblick-SEXMFOCZEVBILON536KO7JQCD4.html
  • Ye Power Trippin' Bastards @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    banned for commenting an incomplete sentence

  • FOSS - Freie Software @feddit.org
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    We need more of Richard Stallman, not less

    ploum.net /2023-06-19-more-rms.html
  • DACH - Deutschsprachige Community für Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz @feddit.org
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    Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters

    theintercept.com /2025/03/31/germany-gaza-protesters-deport/
  • Europe @feddit.org
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    The EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue is now live

    interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu /interoperable-europe/news/eu-open-source-solutions-catalogue-now-live
  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
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    Vulgar Display of Power

    tante.cc /2025/03/28/vulgar-display-of-power/
  • DACH - Deutschsprachige Community für Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz @feddit.org
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    Fluff: Petition to Give Feddit.org's Mascot the Liechtenstein Nose

  • Klimawandel @feddit.org
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    Klimaaktivisten haben hier gewonnen - und keiner redet darüber

    www.volksverpetzer.de /analyse/klimaaktivisten-gewonnen/
  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    jump rule

  • RPGMemes @ttrpg.network
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    Kobold Rule

  • DACH - Deutschsprachige Community für Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz @feddit.org
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    Linux dev swatted and handcuffed live during a development video stream — perps remain unidentified

    www.tomshardware.com /software/linux/linux-dev-swatted-live-during-a-development-video-stream