potpie

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[–] potpie@beehaw.org 5 points 3 months ago

Unless you think "from scratch" sounds nice.

[–] potpie@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Trumpism is a cult. Plain and simple. This is cult behavior.

I realize that's very dismissive, but in this case I think that's a good thing. You could spend years debunking their every claim, anti-fact, and bad faith argument--and there's a time and a place for those discussions--but there's no need to burden your mind with the mountain of their nonsense. You don't have to read the whole Time Cube page to determine that its author isn't worth listening to for astrophysical insights.

[–] potpie@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

Aww hell yeah that looks nice. Can't wait to try it out.

[–] potpie@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I love getting years of good service from old computers, but I do want to add something: old laptop means old battery, and if they're not producing the same form factor anymore, then even a replacement battery will probably be old stock that's been degrading for years. Unfortunately I don't know what company's models have the best longevity here in terms of battery form factor.

[–] potpie@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

I don't see how that makes the headline hyperbolic. His speech is increasing mirroring Hitler, and people aren't paying attention, because his speeches aren't demanding the world's attention.

[–] potpie@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Woah there chief! Lemme tell everyone a little story...

Back when I was on Reddit, I followed any and all Trump news (and especially Jan 6 investigation news) on an unhealthily regular basis. These kinds of Eeyore comments were extremely common and usually voted up to pepper through the top ⅓ of all the 'best' comments. It got so bad that some subreddits explicitly banned them, though it didn't really end the practice.

Then Russia invaded Ukraine. All the disparaging comments ceased immediately. The frequency absolutely fell off a cliff, because all those comments were being served up to us by Russian bots. Russia wants nothing more than to further destabilize the US as well as any other democratic institution.

I'm not saying this comment right here is a Russian bot, but it's definitely doing a Russian bot's job by trying to undermine any confidence we might have in the concepts of justice or democracy.

[–] potpie@beehaw.org 3 points 9 months ago

I was in 6th grade and wanted to know more about computers. I thought being a computer programmer would be a cool job one day. I'd heard Linux was difficult to install and use and thought hey, that'll help me learn. So I had my parents get me a copy of Mandrake 6. It was perfect because I had the free time to play with it and figure stuff out by making mistakes and fixing them without the pressure of having to do really important work.

I do preach the good word of FOSS, but only to those who are in a position to appreciate the suggestion and benefit from it.

[–] potpie@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago

Where there's smoke, there's... mirrors.

[–] potpie@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure there are edge cases and whatnot, but just go ahead and move the drive over. If it doesn't work I'll buy you a beer.

[–] potpie@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Dude was compromised by Borat. I wouldn't be surprised to see him on a street corner holding a cardboard sign that says, "will do treason for Scotch."

[–] potpie@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Thank you for this explanation.

[–] potpie@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Stephen's dad, is that you?

 

My only suggestion is Bot instead of Doc.

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