BackgrndNoize @ BackgrndNoize @lemmy.world

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Thanks, it's a nice font for reading ebooks on my iPhone

Is there any company that let's you export your health tracking data in a non proprietary format and doesn't charge you a monthly subscription to use your smartwatch's health tracking features?

Alternative to what?

That sounds good maybe in a couple of years I'll when I get a new laptop I'll put Linux on my old one to turn it into a home server and backup computer

Sounds good, if my old laptop that my parents use gets to dated for windows I'll put Linux on it

The average Joe - "what's a Bootable flash drive?"

Yeah when are comfortable typing commands it's obviously much easier to just pull up the terminal and do that and since dependencies are shared between applications in Linux it prevents your drive from becoming bloated and it's so much easier to update everything using a few commands, but most people are not comfortable typing even basic words let alone commands, every time I've seen my manager who apparently used to be a programmer once, struggle to type a sentence making spelling mistakes in ever word, I'm glad he doesn't code anymore, cause most of the time when he runs a command he makes some mistake and screws things up and then I have to fix it.

Did he suffer any serious consequences, No, then why the fuck wouldn't he disregard it and will continue to do so in the future. Why are people in power in this country either evil and inept or simply inept against the evil ones

So long as you need a terminal to do anything on a Linux machine it's not gonna get any mainstream appeal, most people can barely install a app on windows where they just have to click next a few times. Also if the laptop you buy comes pre-installed with windows what would motivate a regular joe to go out of his way to install Linux on it and risk messing things up by making a mistake. Also people don't want to replace their windows only software and gaming is another reason to stick to windows for now. I'd rather use Linux, but I'll wait till Steam has made most games compatible with Linux, and Nvidia and Amd give proper driver support for linux

You can often find it cheaper than what the price is on Amazon

Please let me know what the good Bourbon brands are, so that I don't look like a noob next time I order a Manhattan and the bartender asks me what Bourbon I want in it, I just saw Bulleit on the shelf and blurted that out

I have never learned how to change the microwave power setting, and now I am too afraid to try it

You're the only one on a crusade here, lol

Thanks for the detailed reply that helps, this sounds really interesting, with the late stage capitalism we are going through, I've lost all interest in private corporate controled social networks, hence the switch to Lemmy, but the instance owner is still a single point of failure with Lemmy but at least you can switch to another instance.

I have a few concerns about Plebbit though.

A - with torrents you know the size of the torrent beforehand and can decide if you can download it all and continue seeding it so long as you have the space for it on your drive, but with a forum like Plebbit, how would a user know how much space on their drive Plebbit will take for the Plebbit content they interact with. Is there a way to dedicate X gigabytes of limited storage space for it and anything above that gets purged to make space for new data?

B - One of the best uses Of Reddit imo is that it's very easy to Google for something and find a relevant Reddit thread, especially for something niche, since Plebbit only keeps the most popular content and the rest goes away if not seeded, does it mean it won't be a good for niche archival data, maybe that's a use case that Plebbit isn't design to handle and that's okay.

C - Bots are a big concern for most social media, especially the ones used for spreading propaganda and misinformation, how does a P2P social forum like Plebbit plan to handle bots.?

I don't need an audience for that, messes with my performance

A - not everyone has issues with legumes, don't project your personal issues on everyone. B - just take a beano pill beforehand if you do have issues.

If there's no central server then where is all the data stored?. With Lemmy I know the instance creator has to host it all on his own server.

Found the Chicagoan

People don't even enjoy me and I don't enjoy them, declining invitations is so annoying, I just wanna be home alone

Good, end this AI bullshit, it has little upsides and a metric fuckton of downsides for the common man