humdrumgentleman

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[–] humdrumgentleman 6 points 11 months ago

The Animorphs series explores this quite well. It's not actually painful for them, but should be and is plenty disturbing.

[–] humdrumgentleman 3 points 11 months ago

There are kids around, so it's gonna be real bad.

[–] humdrumgentleman 7 points 11 months ago

Me and another churchgoer now occupy the same space. I'm on my phone; I wonder what she did to deserve this.

[–] humdrumgentleman 1 points 11 months ago

And, here me out here: this is a good thing. Nay, a beautiful thing. There are no better things to do because these people care and have a voice. We argue about things for years and make slow progress as people agree or capitulate, and there will always be a fork to avoid those changes people care to enough. No one can just buy the Linux ecosystem and make unpopular changes without broad support. I'm pretty sure a negligible number of people have genuine hatred or prejudice for those using a technology they don't like. The arguing of Linux and Open Source is a reflection of the most successful form of worldwide democracy ever implemented by mankind.

[–] humdrumgentleman 10 points 1 year ago

Since you have LAN parties in mind, be sure to check this list to know what games are (or are not) well supported by Proton under Linux.

https://www.protondb.com/

Proton is the compatibility layer that allows Seam games developed for Windows to run under Linux. Some games, unfortunately, may have problems that cause you to be left out.

[–] humdrumgentleman 16 points 1 year ago

I grew up next to a stop sign in a tiny town straddling a one-lane road that by some joke of fate was the the most efficient automobile route between two points of much greater interest.

To me, the sound of a big diesel engine idling at a stop is the sound of a peaceful winter night with my bedroom window open.

[–] humdrumgentleman 3 points 1 year ago

Moved from Fedora to (based on) Arch with much the same sentiment.

"The Copr is like the AUR, but better!" Um. . . . No.

[–] humdrumgentleman 7 points 1 year ago

Eskimos are said to have over 100 words for snow. Cats have a similar number of expressions for "try it and find out."

[–] humdrumgentleman 36 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You know how this goes, right?

The resulting thirst for scientific knowledge results in unparalleled technological advancement, but also an endless demand deciduous teeth for further experimentation. Eventually their personally-developed, secretly manufactured and deployed microdrone monitoring network alerts them every time any child loses a tooth in the Western world. Slightly larger drones sneak into the home and collect the tooth. In an attempt to avoid further pressing of ethical boundaries, the drones are equipped to carry in small amounts of currency that are left in place of the tooth. Your family, more literally and on a larger scale than any family before, DOES the tooth fairy 🧚 stuff.

[–] humdrumgentleman 24 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's probably Emacs, but I'm a Neovim user, so I'm going to go with that.

[–] humdrumgentleman 22 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Lazy plot setups. Main example: if someone coughs for no reason in the first 10 minutes, they DEFINITELY have a terminal illness that will be revealed shortly.

[–] humdrumgentleman 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me lately, it's been GitHub " awesome" repos.

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