otacon239

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[–] otacon239 10 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I hate that often Microsoft Teams is the only piece of software I can get to work for sharing a screen with the layman. Many cross-platform user-friendly options don’t work reliably on Linux, but by some weird twist of fate, I get it to work more often than anything else.

Yes, for an IT person’s own solution, you’d just use a VPN or something, but I’m rarely working with people that are technical enough for this.

[–] otacon239 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s not necessarily cheap or convenient, but building a physical collection of Blu-Rays (or DVDs if quality isn’t priority) is something that can’t be taken away.

Add on a compatible Blu-Ray drive to your computer and you can even rip the digital files yourself. It’s taken me a few years, but now I never have to worry if my favorite movie is available when I want to show a friend. It also makes them easy to loan.

[–] otacon239 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The slide was open for only a month in 1985 before it was closed at the order of the state's Advisory Board on Carnival Amusement Ride Safety, a highly unusual move at the time. One worker told a local newspaper that "there were too many bloody noses and back injuries" from riders. Some early riders came back with lacerations to their bodies; when the ride was closed to determine what had caused them, teeth that had fallen out were found lodged in the interior walls. A former Navy physician found that riders were experiencing as much as nine Gs of acceleration as they went through the loop.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park

I would say “work” is a relative term here.

[–] otacon239 5 points 1 month ago

You don’t need a new system to do this and in fact can do it yourself. The issue comes in with signing up for new accounts, etc. Unfortunately there’s all sorts of different domains that emails can come from even with a single provider.

Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/927/

[–] otacon239 38 points 1 month ago (7 children)

A reminder for anyone who doesn’t know:

[–] otacon239 11 points 1 month ago

Great explanation, thanks

[–] otacon239 35 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Yeah, I’d like a breakdown as well. I definitely don’t know enough about MTG.

[–] otacon239 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If you want to learn Ubuntu, download Ubuntu.

If you want to learn Arch, download Arch.

If you want to learn Linux, download Slackware.

[–] otacon239 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Right on. I’ve moved onto a dirty iPhone since, but here’s a screenshot of my super old Android setup back from when Material was new. After Android took out all the fun stuff custom ROMs could do, I sort of fell out of love with Android.

I had a cool feature at one point where it started out looking like this and unlocking it would make the circle expand and the background would show in full.

Man, I miss early KLWP

[–] otacon239 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Any time! I’m a graphic nerd with none of the book learning, but I do work at a screen printing shop, so I have some intuitive understanding of logo/icon design, but don’t have the theory to go with it.

In other words, I have wildly subjective opinions that I’ll randomly dig my heels in on. (Sometimes when I have no idea what I’m talking about ha!)

[–] otacon239 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Take these icons, add one more layer of simple gradient shading: perfection

For example, GIMP’s icon looks especially bad here to me. If it had just a hint of black shading, it would look massively better (imho).

[–] otacon239 7 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I think I’m in the same place. I really like the idea of icons having depth. Modern icons are very versatile, but lack personality. Having some depth gives them some weight, but never really liked the emphasis on curves and gradients. I think a mix of original Material design and just a hint more depth would be the perfect sweet spot.

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