JTurtle

from the pinned post in r/TheDeprogram:

We recently received a formal warning from the Reddit Admins that we need to emphasize the following part of Rule #2, (which is really Rule #1, according to Reddit policy):

Use screenshots or an archiving service. If the content is coming from a non-leftist subreddit, please censor all usernames and the subreddit name as well. If you must link to somewhere else on reddit that isn't politically aligned, please use the non-participant (np) variant of the URL. (e.g., https://np.reddit.com/r/TheDeprogram)

If we do not want the sub to be quarantined or banned, we need to take this seriously.

well no matter how well they follow the rules i give the sub six months before it gets chapo trap house'd. no good commie sub lives that long after getting so much notoriety.

i havent verified for myself but i believe Deepin has proprietary components that make it not "truly" open-source like Kylin. or at least that's what ive heard.

you have to pay at least a $2530 fee to renounce US citizenship, if you somehow avoid all of the other hidden fees. and Allah help you if you mess up part of the application. cool country 👍

edit: i conclude it's probably easier to lose citizenship by committing treason or joining a foreign military than doing the state department's arcane (and expensive) rituals

the original version of this comic is about the Romani lol

take it from a programmer, folks: knowing how to make computer do magic doesnt equate to general intelligence or automatically make one better at unrelated things like politics. computer shit is a skill like any other that just happens to have a (false) connotation of "high intelligence" whatever that means.

sorry fellow nerds, you aint special. read lenin.

video encoding is far from my area of expertise but i can advise

1. your CPU is fine as long as its getting proper cooling (if it hasnt overheated and auto-shutdown, then it's ok). Also, 80°F? slightly above comfortable room temperature? you probably misread 80°C, a more reasonable temperature for a CPU at maximum overdrive. Which is fine, CPUs get hot. 90°C is where the problems start. EDIT: 80°C is very hot actually, make sure your fans are working as hard as they can.

2. Video encoding is just a really complex process that takes its sweet time no matter what, but just in case you can check if handbrake is converting to x264 or x265. x265 is very nicely compressed but takes longer, though its probably doing x264 by default.

3. check out ffmpeg (ffmpeg.org) for the technology behind HandBrake that you can use on its own, presumably with more options… if youre willing to read all those docs 😵‍💫. But when you have the basics down it makes mass-converting videos with shell scripts super powerful.

I switched to linux when i was already a programmer and comfortable with terminal use, so my experience probably wasn't the same. But the most efficient way to "learn" linux is to just start using it (option 2: doing projects and learning on the way). Get comfy installing packages from the terminal (apt, pacman, whatever) and reading man pages, and everything else will fall into place as you try new things and learn how theyre done. these things take time.

The Arch Wiki wiki.archlinux.org is the greatest thing ever created and will be indispensable no matter what OS you use, though all commands and tips assume the reader uses Arch.

F to a real one always there for me when i was too lazy to torrent.

o7

libgen is trustworthy, best place for free non-fiction including lots of theory. libgen.is is just one of their domains, see also libgen.rs and libgen.st.

HTTPS encryption is enough to not get the feds on your ass for downloading this but if youre that paranoid you can use a VPN