HexesofVexes @ HexesofVexes @lemmy.world

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It's a sad world. I keep meaning to run a code club for my students (thinking we just work through lazy devs' shmup tutorial together), but I keep getting sidetracked by trying to deal with department politics -_-

Antinatalism is a mistake - I think I agree there, mostly because it's a path to a narrow gene pool and increases the probability of extinction.

Highest aspiration being parenthood - hard pass there, the highest aspiration in life is the seeking and sharing of knowledge.

The purpose of an education is to learn how to think, not how to work.

A lot of universities are being treated as training centers for the world of work - and this is not ok.

Thanks for the feedback - currently weighing up disros (was thinking mint, but a few folks have praised fedora KDE based distros now).

How are you finding it?

Shartak - good times that game.

So, years ago, I used to run a PvP guild on an mmo. I rigged up a set of laws that meant, no matter what a person did, they'd be breaking one. Murder and fun often ensued, with the additional psychological element of "you did this to yourself".

Should I sue Reddit for stealing my idea?

So, oddly enough, I'm not a complete novice. My background is mostly just lubuntu, puppy, mint and a bit of debian. I've shifted away from Ubuntu after the pro service ads in terminal, and the absolute fucking nightmare that is snap.

I've done my time in "oh shit I fucked up Linux again" purgatory, and it's my daily driver for work. Terminal is a place I'm generally ok with; I know enough to find my way around and fix things as needed.

My issue is I've never really run dedicated graphics from a Linux distro, and because of the continual updates and proprietary elements I worry about keeping up. I don't mind breaking things, it comes with the territory.

That said, bazzite sounds interesting - especially the optimisation. The guides on the main page also alerted me to something I'd not considered - going to have to redo my filesystem on every drive. Thanks for the idea of an alt distro, will dig into this a bit more - if it's built in fedora I might have a bit of a learning curve (never used it as a distro).

So, in the case of my aunt, there were a few teething troubles. That said, a lot of it was just requests to add web page shortcuts to her desktop.

The really big thing is that she's stopped complaining about how slow her laptop is, and openly says she finds it easier to use.

Most of the troubleshooting is going to be around office software and games. It's also going to be about replacing windows tools (I am really going to miss my ".bat cave"), and learning new troubleshooting skills (wine is a bit rough to troubleshoot unless you're willing to get your mining gear out and dig deep into logs).

Thanks for the tips!

Lutris I've used with some success, and I'm somewhat ok with wine when it works out if the box (or troubleshooting using the wine wiki).

Do you recommend any other sites/guides for troubleshooting?

It's going to be purchase a new hard drive and then jump to Linux Mint this August.

It's not an experience I am looking forward to (5080S, I do a lot of modding, and enjoy fangames/indie games which do not always play nice with linux) but needs must - the Linux community in general is very friendly, so we'll get through it, even if the first 6 months are rough. I'll keep the dual boot and push the windows partition to 11 if needed by work, that way I can put off rewriting my elderly access database for another few years.

Honestly, Microsoft are committing suicide when it comes to home users. It won't be sudden, but the wheels are turning, all the IT savvy folks are switching people over (already did my aunt's potato, mum's demi-tato is next week). Eventually, a tipping point will be reached and offices will start switching - I hope that day comes before I die of old age!

The key concept they're missing a lot of the time is that software sits within the file system and not the other way around.

This is largely because apps hide this and data is generally stored in one place on your phone (the downloads folder).

Best way to fix it - have 1--2 lessons entirely devoted to finding shit on their computer. My favourite activity is "ok, save your word file, close word, you now have 10 mins to find that file without opening word".

Their university leadership are slightly more coherent than mine - I'll take that life.

This is the main barrier for me (other one is migrating a janky access database). I really don't want to spend my 2 hours free time an evening troubleshooting Nvidia driver issues (4800S series).

Anyone with this card have an experience to share?

So, I've seen a lot of people who were extremely sharp as PhD students become blunted as soon as 9--5 starts.

A lot of decline among adults can likely be traced back to increased cognitive load during working hours, which chips away at intelligence over time as folks burn out.

With kids it's harder to place, maybe it's walking the tightrope that is modern social interactions?

*pay increase above actual inflation/bill increases.

My pay has gone up every year, but each year I end up poorer as my bills eat the extra, plus some more!

I was thinking the UK because ours is ancient

Methods of updating energy infrastructure to accelerate the switch to renewable energy?

Honestly, even if it isn't doing much, it's making a statement which is more than enough.

Ah the eternal war of the dawnies and the duskies...

I think a lot of the issue is that it's possible to shift to a 24 hour economy with morning and night shifts, but (like remote working pre-covid) we hear a lot of "it's not possible".