beardsley

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

100%. I own four thinkpads now. I have upgraded all of them with no issues whatsover. I crammed 16GB of ram and a SSD into my old X-230 and it outperforms my dad's brand new Dell. Although to be fair, I am using Manjaro and he is using Windows 10. I forgot how incredibly slow Windows can be.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

What's wrong is systematic indoctrination by corporate-owned media has been wildly successful.

And every time Republicans get control, they threaten to end publicly-owned media because they think objectivity is "leftist." I suppose if you're shooting for as right wing as you can, it might look that way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Technically this is an aspic, you heathen. ;-)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Thankfully the price of my YT free account is still only the cost of everything I've ever written in email or a web browser so all good 👍

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Nonces and muzzies! Terrifying!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It just confirms what we in gerrymandered states already know- it will take a tsunami turned against conservatives to reverse the damage they've caused. It has to be so incredibly bad, even the guy across the street with the NRA bumper sticker thinks enough is enough.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

this is what pulp fiction was made for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

These conspiracy pushers. It couldn't possibly be THEIR fault.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I hate these, too. I decided to put a compact computer in our bedroom (already a bad plan, I know) to quickly check the security camera at night (I rolled my own, no phone app). I plugged in a mouse I had laying around. I discovered the first night when this particular mouse does not have its custom drivers installed (gimme a break, this is Raspbian not Windows!), it freaking blinks, and in the dead of night it's as bright as a flashlight. Blink. Blink. All night long. I never noticed before because, wackily enough, I rarely compute in complete darkness.

I also have a USB desk fan I thought I might run at night and yes, it has blinky lights when charging. F that, I bought an old Caframo Dragonfly instead... best compact fan ever made, first produced in the 1950s.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

fire-breathing dragons, they are!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think I could get away with this at my office, as long as I didn't bring a shepherd's crook.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Reddit refugee. Pretty new to the federated life.

What I like: the friction. I found on Reddit I could browse for days on end and never find the bottom. at the height of my reddit addiction, I did just that. Last thing I looked at when I fell asleep, first thing I looked at when I woke up. So, federation is working for me. I have to deliberately choose a destination and really give it a looking over, think about what's happening and respond when I truly have something to contribute. Also, the overall mood is like night and day. So much more positive. There are bits and pieces here and there that are not so upbeat, and that is normal and ok. but the kind of relentless negativity, the battles for attention, the downvote brigading- I couldn't be happier to get away from that.

What I don't like is just due to my own ineptitide: for instance I would like to chat with people about plant-based diets and vegetarian cooking, but haven't found a strong community for it yet.

I am very pleased with midwest.social. I tried Nextdoor to get a local feel, but was overwhelmed by religious proselytizing, useless whining and dark political clickbait. Plus we roadtrip the midwest a lot and feel at home in most if not all of the states. so it feels like home here.

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