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NutWrench
NutWrench @ NutWrench @lemmy.ml
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Looking for a new distro. Ditching Windows.

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  • I also like that Mint comes with an Office suite and Timeshift pre-installed.

    • How screwed are you?

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  • Yeah, it was either Stardew Valley or Witcher 3 for me. (I wouldn't last 5 minutes in Velen).

    • How do you destroy the notion that Democrats are the good guys? Americans seem like a lost cause on that regard

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  • Stop re-electing these ancient incumbents who are WAY too comfortable being Republican-lite. Vote for younger candidates, preferably someone who was born AFTER the Battle of the Bulge.

    • Don't blame Satan if things don't work out. It's God's plan right?

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  • I'm also sick of hearing people say, "God never gives you more than you can handle."

    I know people who have been driven batshit insane by what God has given them.

    • Will wine ever be able to run anticheat?

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  • Will wine ever be able to run antiCheat.

    I hope not. I switched to Linux to get away from malware and spyware.

    • What Lemmy app do you use?

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  • For me, it's a close race between Boost and Connect.

    • FBI Warns iPhone, Android Users—We Want ‘Lawful Access’ To All Your Encrypted Data

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  • It's not my responsibility to make the FBI's job (or any cop's job) easier.

    Also, folks should be using 3rd party open-source encryption, like VeraCrypt and a password manager that encrypts the database, like Keepass. Don't ever expect governments and corporations to respect your privacy.

    • I need to vent about Windows. I want workplaces to use Linux.

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  • This. If updates are SO important, then Windows can do it while it's shutting down.

    • (Meta) What's up with the recent influx of posts here and on nostupidquestions asking borderline insane questions as if written by people who have never encountered another human before?

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  • I think the questions are from bots, testing topics to farm controversy or outrage points. The greater the number of replies, the more likely the topic will be used in a future marketing or agit-prop campaign.

    So you get these really stupid, controversial, psychopathic takes that no one should be taking seriously. The point of the exercise is the emotional reaction, the outrage, not getting a serious answer.

    • Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal - Signal has been a primary method of communication for federal workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE.

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  • There must be a hundred third-party freeware apps that let you encrypt files. Heck, even zip archivers have a password protect option. If you're a whistleblower, you're going to be collecting data over long periods of time, not sending instant messages. You can use OnionShare (droid-ify) to create temporary TOR links if you really need to share a file quickly and untraceably.

    • If nothing happens after we die, what's the point of it all?

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  • This. "It is a cheap generosity that promises the future as compensation for the present."

    • If nothing happens after we die, what's the point of it all?

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  • The purpose of discipline is to live MORE fully. Not less. There's nothing noble about suffering.

    • Shovel Knight artist says throwback games need 'retro authenticity' but can't coast on nostalgia alone: 'Part of the appeal of the NES era of game making was that everything was a new idea'

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  • Old games stood on their own merits: artwork, sound design, game mechanics. I have no idea what "retro authenticity" is supposed to be, but it doesn't sound like it involves inspiration or imagination.

    • Password Managers

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  • I recommend Keepass. It's freeware, is available on all platforms and supports biometrics (fingerprints, etc) on Android devices. It also encrypts the password file on your device, so you can keep a copy of that file on a cloud service without worrying if that service really respects your privacy or not.

    • Go to wikihow and press on "random article". That is what you die doing. How do you die?

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  • "Died unblocking my sacral Chakra."

    • Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps

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  • I also recommend StreetComplete (fdroid), an app that lets you contribute to the OpenStreetMaps database. It shows you a local map and asks questions like, how wide is this road? What kind of road is it? Is there a pedestrian crossing here? What kind of parking is here? How do power lines attach to this pole? etc.

    • Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps

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  • Finally uninstalled Google Maps. Installed Organic Maps, instead. (f-droid).

    You just couldn't resist sucking up to Trump, could you Google? Remember when your company motto was, "don't be evil?" That was 20 years ago.

    • Go to wikihow and press on "random article". That is what you die doing. How do you die?

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  • Just wait until bots learn how to write agit-prop. We won't be able to keep up with it.

    • The numbers dont lie, and they spell disaster for you.

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  • Company-wide email: "We've had our best year ever and it's all thanks to YOU!"

    Me: "Great. Can I have a raise?"

    Company: "Oh, we can't afford THAT."

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  • You'll probably be installing programs and changing a lot of settings over the next few weeks. Make sure you use TimeShift (pre-installed on Mint) to make system snapshots. (It works like System Restore on Windows. You can even run it from your Linux Live flash drive if you mess up something so badly that you can't boot from the hard drive).

    LibreOffice comes pre-installed and you can use Thunderbird for email. And if you used Steam to play games on Windows, you're in for a nice surprise. Steam has a native Linux client and it uses Proton / Wine to let you play your Windows games on Linux. It's handled everything I've thrown at except for a couple of older games.