Aceofspades

joined 1 year ago
[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

100% agree.

I'm 50 years old and I am the IT guy for people of all ages. Not because I am part of some gifted generation that understands computers, but because I have a genuine interest and took the time to learn these things.

My 16yo son also has a keen interest in computers and I am passing on my knowledge where I can.

I somewhat feel that attributing computer knowledge to a generational thing in some way diminishes the effort and time it took to get the knowledge and experience that I do have.

You don't have to have hung around with Henry Ford to be a car guy, or Nikola Tesla to be an electrician.

[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

You paid off debt? How do you ever expect to get ahead doing that?

[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I already have two kids. Is it too late to adopt this lifestyle?

[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

For day to day use I generally grab anything that I am interested in and leave it seeding indefinitely, or until I need to prune to free up some space.

If I need to boost ratio I grab something that is new and hot to seed for a bit. In general though, I try to seed things that have lower seeder counts so that they remain available. Many times these are not things that I am really interested in.

If you are not using any private trackers then I suggest you get on one and just be active. If there is a particular thing you are interested in then there is probably a tracker for it.

I also seed Linux ISOs but those are public so it doesn't help when it comes to ratio or anything. It's just a thing that I do because I can.

[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I recently watched Twisted Metal and it was pretty darn good. Who doesn't love cars with guns?

[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm in Alberta. Our UCP overlords are still investigating the serial arsonists that are starting all these fires. FFS, how can we have even a modicum of hope that we can do anything with meatballs like that in charge?

[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was thinking this as well. If people won't click past the headlines then we are truly doomed.

I do think news not being on social media might not be a bad thing. I guess we'll have to see how it plays out.

[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

This is such a BS law. It should be framed as paying for headlines, not news.

I have no love for Meta but I have to side with them on this one. This law makes no sense. People post headlines on social media and users click on those to go to the news outlet and read the article. In the end, the news outlet still gets the advertising revenue and the visits to their site.

[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is a good way to explain it. Well done.

[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unsealed court documents last year revealed London police said they had reasonable grounds to accuse five world junior players of sexual assault.

I would love to know who these five players are. They need to be held accountable.

[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I see no problem with this.

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