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That's not how the Covid vaccines work. It's all a game of probabilities and you can still get sick. They may also help you get more easily through the sickness, but it's not a guarantee. Previously having additional health issues and age are also factors to take into account.

So maybe his concerns aren't completely without base.

I don't think that washing will be enough to remove all traces of pesticides. I assume that some of the pesticides are embedded in the peel by the time the fruit is harvested. But don't take my word for it.

It might be better to just pick untreated fruit from the beginning, if possible.

Crunch should be forbidden. It destroys people.

Just a reminder: bananas could be heavily treated with pesticides.

I use syncthing for synchronizing photos and music between phone and my computers.

The feature I probably use most ist sharing links from my phone to my laptop to continue reading web pages or researching something on a bigger screen.

As far as my experience goes, all you can do with Gnome Software is to install and uninstall software from various sources which need to be added separately. There's no option to manage any remotes/sources even with flatpak support installed. I hoped to be proven wrong.

How do you manage flatpak remotes with Gnome Software?

I played it again a few months ago. IMO it's still awesome. I should probably play the first part again too.

Do people still use emacs to code, for example?

Sure. Why wouldn't they?

Let's have AI regulators!

From a consumer perspective, video consumption is passive, thus more easier. Also, many people don't like to read very much or are scared away by what looks like bigger amounts of text.

From a creator perspective videos are in some cases easier or maybe "fun" to make. Structuring content as text really well is not easy and if done right the content might be boiled down to a few sentences - in which case maybe people notice that they don't actually have much to say. Also, with video content, the content becomes more creator-centric alone by having to narrate something.

From my personal perspective, when I look for information alone, I will always prefer a carefully written book or article in place of a video. If I'm looking for easy and passive entertainment, then I'll prefer the video.

That said, everyone can take whatever they like most and works better for them. But people shouldn't be expecting me to open/watch a video just because that's what works best for them, because that doesn't work for me. Also, I personally often listen to music while reading.

Are you saying that Arch is the new Ubuntu?

You and the person you replied to are both correct. Yet people herded around and followed well known persons through history. Unfortunately people don't always look up to and choose to follow wise people. Yet the kind of hardwiring the person you replied to mentions is obsolete in my opinion. Never before was information as accesibile as today and ideas (no matter what kind) were exchanged as fast as these days. Critical thinking and the ability to filter through all the informational mess is probably the next evolutionary requirement if we wish to avoid becoming drones in a dystopia.

I feel like attributing this to Valve

What exactly do you mean by "this"? The post is about the 5 year anniversary of Proton. Also, why do you consider crediting the developers of Wine disrespectful? I just can't follow.

Of course Proton wouldn't have been possible without all the many years of work that went into the Wine project in the first place, and everyone who contributed to Wine should be applauded for their effort. Valve has funded a lot of extra work though to get things like DXVK and VKD3D-Proton for the translation from Direct3D to Vulkan into a state where performance can be really great! Valve also funds work on Linux graphics drivers, Linux kernel work and the list goes on.

Must have to do with the fact that in the meantime I use nala more often instead of apt.

I never saw an ad in Ubuntu.

I don't think that they were advocating book burnings rather than trying to point out that the burnings are an act of provocation to which the best and most mature reaction would be ignoring them.

I assume that they already decided that such accounts aren't profitable anyways and that management and migration isn't worth the hassle.

I'm not sure if you recommended syncthing a backup tool, because it isn't one. Just making sure that there's no confusion...

That's a good strategy and it makes sense. Don't forget that you don't have to decide for one alternative or the other. You could always have multiple options available and use them as suitable.

Just out of curiosity: when was the last time you looked into Linux?