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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I vouch for Bazzite OS. I have Arch on my main and Nobara on a sibling's computer for gaming and Nobara works flawlessly with minimal setup. It pretty much works the same as my arch desktop with all the KDE stuff. Highly recommend, even if you're new or experienced.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Yeah my strat will probably be that as well. Pack as much in as little days as possible.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 hours ago (8 children)

How the fuck is this not illegal?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

https://assist.org

Also, I would like to add, as an incoming transfer from community college to a 4 year university, the community colleges have some of the best programs ever, like financial assistant for incoming transfers, job fairs, cool clubs, STEM degree programs, engineering programs. Make sure to be a part of all the programs you can, you may be able to get free textbooks and tuition based on going to high school in that area or financial information. So you don't even have to use FAFSA. Also, the classes are a fraction of the price too. The 2 years I've spent at a community college, I gained money because they even offered money for every unit we took. So not only did I not have to pay for my education, they gave me money for going to school.

Choosing to go to community college my first 2 years instead of a low ranking local 4 year was a good decision for me, financially and it developed me a lot too because I was able to meet many like minded people in those STEM programs (shoutout MESA) and even hung out with comp sci professors and math professors who are very chill and helped me out a lot.

 

Hey guys I'm an incoming comp sci transfer. Y'all got any tip, tricks, advice? Ima be commuting from Orange County.

 

I have a huge bag of filament waste. Where should I send this? I know it is only commercially recyclable in like very specific cases so stuff like PLA will almost never be recycled. However, I do hear of companies accepting filament and they sell back the rolls and stuff. I'm not looking to make a profit or anything, just gotta get this off of me and I want the most sustainable way to do so.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I guess they do get bailed out a lot. Though, it's not like Epic Games over here is making fusion reactors.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

You're pretty much famous bro. Can I get your autograph?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if anybody at my uni uses lemmy

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

Edit: if this doesn't get properly formatted, sorry think something may be weird with Eternity

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That little link doesn't mean anything. They'll scrape it anyways.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There is a fork on F-Droid that isn't reliant on Google push (it uses Unified Push) called Molly. I donate to both Molly and Signal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Could I shoot one down if it were spying on me?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

"I have nothing to hide" is heavily dependent upon where you live, when you live, maybe future political administrations. People 5 years ago probably thought abortion was no biggy because of Roe V Wade. Now this might be illegal depending where you live. If you're gay, you would be executed in other countries. Some of us have the privilege of living where it's safe (for now) to live our lives, not so much in other areas.

Everybody should have privacy by default. People should use Signal, don't rely on Google and other big tech services either. Google and Meta was found to be supplying location data information of people who were going to abortion clinics to the police (sauce).

 

When SimpleLogin merged with Proton, proton unlimited members are able to use SimpleLogin premium for free. Is that the case for Standard Notes? I haven't figured out a way to do this.

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/cubers
 

I'm starting out with a cheap Mo Fang Ge brand cube but it's pretty stiff for my taste. I saw some videos about speedcubes and how you can adjust them and all that, thought it was neat. What are some good cubes out there? I would want to avoid any Chinese brand cubes if possible because cheap and Chinese probably means their workers aren't fairly compensated.

Edit: after much research, I don't think a non-chinese brand cube will be possible. So I guess recommend me whatever the best options are. From the $10-20 range would be a good price for me.

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/cubers
 

Fastest was 4:17. I'm trying to match it

Learned how to do it w/ video yesterday using jperm's 10 min tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ron6MN45LY

Edit: I'll post my cube tmr if someone reminds me.

 

I know Florida, Texas, and other counties have tried and succeeded to ban books, I wonder how that is even legal since we have the first amendment. I tried doing research on this since Huntington Beach is banning books and people were petitioning against that at the main library.

I made a little post asking people to petition on the Orange County sub.

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/orangecounty
 

If you're a resident of Huntington Beach, head over to the library and sign their petition. They're trying to stop the book bans. I don't want to see a mini Florida or Texas in orange county.

Found an article on the topic: https://www.ocregister.com/2024/05/31/petitions-in-huntington-beach-want-to-ask-voters-to-overturn-changes-at-city-libraries/

 

Are there any good resources for helping someone getting into Linux? One of my friends I never thought would get into Linux is asking me for help. He specifically is an advanced Windows power user. I also had someone who was a complete noob, even to Windows.

For the noob, I suggested LMDE and Kubuntu and they've been having some issues installing LMDE.

For the power user, I suggested the easy distros such as lmde, kubuntu, nobara but also told them if they wanted to jump into the deep end, arch is cool.

However, my suggestions don't even cover DEs, WMs or what they even are. I just wish there was a good guide out there. I think that's the biggest hurdle, so many options and not knowing what to pick.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/lemmyshitpost
 

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Thinking about going somewhere with my family this summer, perhaps to Alaska, Hawaii (Kauai), or somewhere Canada.

I would like to experience nice outdoor stuff and do fun activities while I'm there. Any ideas?

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