JackiesFridge

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[–] JackiesFridge 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"We heard that song. Aren't they all just detachable?"

[–] JackiesFridge 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A: Not hate. More bewildered pity.

B: Not about how you vote. That's up to you.

C: In this case, proudly advertising that you support a garbage person after he's proven time & again he's a garbage person says a lot about your morals, or at the very least, your critical thinking prowess.

D: Joke explained; humour removed.

[–] JackiesFridge 4 points 2 months ago

Why does this gem only have 3 upvotes?? Adding one.

[–] JackiesFridge 11 points 2 months ago

I am so close to pulling into these people's driveway and asking "from whom? Taking America back from...?" just to watch them not want to say it out loud.

[–] JackiesFridge 1 points 2 months ago

Like anything else, the interface can be learned. However, I don't have the time to give it (and the other FOSS Adobe alts) the attention I need in order to learn them as well as I already know the Adobe software. It feels like doing the same homework a second time for less reward.

[–] JackiesFridge 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I've dabbled in Inkscape, GIMP, and KdenLive as Adobe alternatives, and I can use them for smaller projects but you're right: they are clunky. Scribus is actually frustrating after all the time I've spent in InDesign.

[–] JackiesFridge 1 points 2 months ago

Agree we need to get corporate money and interests out of our government (not just the Dems - weird you only mention that side) and we need to pressure candidates to go more and more progressive. But that pressure needs to come from putting the screws on congressional reps. The president can't do anything unless Congress is in.

Also, who would you suggest as a viable candidate that is more progressive than Harris AND has a real chance of winning the election? Dems are playing it safe as usual and trying to appeal to the mysterious "centre", most of whom have followed the Overton window rightward. Fixing any of this needs to be done slowly, starting at the local level and building a progressive party from scratch. You're looking at a minimum of 8-12 years of grueling, thankless work that nobody has so far bothered to do. After that you might have your dream candidate.

[–] JackiesFridge 2 points 2 months ago

This will be interesting if allowed to play out. The president* is immune to prosecution, but none of his flunkies are. So he has to do every last thing himself because nobody is gonna risk their neck. I would pay to see that.

[–] JackiesFridge 2 points 2 months ago

I am so ready. I can't believe it's been almost two years, but I am gonna enjoy a rewatch between now & October

[–] JackiesFridge 14 points 2 months ago

I'd love to say I solved that for myself by not having kids, but I just found other sources of stress.

[–] JackiesFridge 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Use a popular distribution like Ubuntu or Linux Mint. There's a lot of resources online that will walk you through any weird setup issues (many with code to copy/paste).

There are also plenty of articles that have "top 5" type lists for what sort of things you should install right away (like multimedia codecs if you want to consume a variety of media).

I'm only basically techy, and I very much enjoy Linux Mint. It's snappy and comfortable and does everything I really need to do with no fuss. It took me a few nights of Googling (Duck Duck Go-ing?) to get over a few hiccups, but it wasn't difficult with the walkthroughs, just a little time consuming. Once set up, the system has been rock solid.

I daydream about my laptop when I'm at work and my Win11 work computer suddenly decides I don't actually need to click anything in the upper third of the screen. Again.

[–] JackiesFridge 4 points 2 months ago

Greetings Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada....

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