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VoxAliorum

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  • What are some resources for learning Linux in a structured manner?

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  • If by chance you understand German this is an excellent beginner course: https://www.math.uni-bielefeld.de/~frettloe/teach/unix20.html otherwise I would grab a book; but I have no specific book to recommend. However, to name some I found interesting after a quick search:

    • How Linux Works: What Every Super-User Should Know
    • The Linux Command Line

  • what's something you believe strongly but have little knowledge about

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  • I don't know how exactly it should be implemented but Germany needs a serious inheritance tax. Tbh. due to not having it in the past a wealth tax might be advised as well.

    I want to live in a world where a worker** totally can earn 100x what another worker earns, but not in a world where you earn 100x because of daddy's money. For that we have to get rid of insane inheritance. I also think this rectifies criminal generational wealth like the church or old noble families.

    Let's be honest: Life is good in Germany so only few people actually complain about that, but it is a * unfair system and I can understand everyone who doesn't want to play in it.

  • Far Reicht

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  • Somehow I also had Waluigi in my head when I first saw him.

  • If you'll be given the chance to test your country's next Presidential candidates, what would it be and why?

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  • As a German I would say test that they actually keep up with all their duties. I feel like for many years ours do a terrible job, but at least they don't try to overthrow the government or anything. So... test that they know and are willing to perform their duties:

    The president's most prominent powers and duties include:

    • Proposing the chancellor to the Bundestag
    • Appointing and dismissing the chancellor and their cabinet ministers
    • Dissolving the Bundestag under certain circumstances
    • Declaring the legislative state of emergency under certain circumstances
    • Convening the Bundestag
    • Signing and promulgating laws or vetoing them under certain circumstances
    • Appointing and dismissing federal judges, federal civil servants, and commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the Armed Forces
    • Exercising the power to pardon individual offenders on behalf of the Federation
    • Awarding honors on behalf of the Federation
    • Representing Germany at home and abroad

    Currently, German presidency is a deportation track for political pensioners.

  • If you'll be given the chance to test your country's next Presidential candidates, what would it be and why?

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  • what country if I may ask?

  • What did a teacher do that earned your respect?

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  • I hated languages in school because besides grammar and word mistakes, grading always felt arbitrary. However, that teacher recognized that I struggled, gave me a generalized template and said "If you do it like that, you get a good grade". I did it like that and got a good grade (we have 1 (perfect) - 6 (trash) and I improved from 4- to 2+ which is quite a big leap). So yea, that was the first time that I perceived that subject and a teacher of that subject as something real and not bs.

  • We all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of?

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  • It's not a grammar mistake per se, but I feel like sharing it and it is close enough so here we go.

    As a non-native English speaker: How can you have mop~b~ and vacuum the floor but not broom the room?! I know it doesn't exist, but I don't care. If we have to phrase it as a grammar mistake: I use verbalisations where they are uncommon.

  • Are smart glasses allowed in public in EU?

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  • Police officers? The main issue here is that those laws are about balance. Balance of your rights and the persons' you are filming. There are some general rules and a large grey area.

    In general your vlogging isn't an issue. However, if you knowingly start recording a specific person e.g. a busker, or in your case a street scammer, things become more difficult - especially because you are vlogging. The expectation that you are going to upload the video makes it unlikely that you are just recording for evidence.

    I am not a lawyer. I think the police promarily tried to de-escalate here.

  • Are smart glasses allowed in public in EU?

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  • I think you are mistaken. In Germany public photography is legal as long as it is not your intend to photograph/monitor individuals. They can totally be part of the image, just not the focus. Videos are also legal as long as it is not targeted or constant indiscriminate monitoring.

    I don't think other EU countries have largely different laws given how common dashcams are.

  • In your opinion, what is the correct way to handle a partner who insists they are fat, even though you know that they're objectively not overweight?

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  • Do what it takes to get them to a doctor and let them handle it. For example: "I want to support you, but I am no expert. Let's see a nutrition specialist to see what the best course of action is. Personally, I think you are not too fat, but if there is something you want to change, let's do it right.

  • Lemmy, what's the meaning, or point if you prefer, of life? I know 42, but I'm serious. Nothing lasts, everything is meaningless - are we just amusing ourselves until death?

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  • That's the beauty. Given that there is no goal, you are able to define your own.

  • Majority of Germans now hold negative view of Israel : Survey

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  • I am sorry my comment offended you. I have deleted it. Thank you for sharing your view.

  • I'm putting my tin foil hat on and want to join the world of Linux, however I make music in Ableton. Do I just need to dual boot or does anyone have a better solution?

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  • I have set up a good hand full of dual booted Windows/ Linux machines. Never had any major issues. However, I also noticed that I only use Linux except for games and that's slowly changing, too, so I would suggest trying the dual boot if it makes you more comfortable to realize yourself that you don't need it.

  • Liking the French more every year...

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  • Does anyone have a good set of non-tech faced slides for the Fediverse?

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  • Cool image slides! For my use case it is a bit too usage focused. I would like to find something that focuses a bit more on the "Not controlled by one" part and covering Lemmy, Bluesky, Mastodon, Pixelfed, Peertube and such. I like your presentation style though!

  • Does anyone have a good set of non-tech faced slides for the Fediverse?

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  • The video is great and covers a lot of the information I would like to share, but it's sadly not professional enough for the use case I am thinking of. Still a great share! Thank you!

  • XPipe - A connection hub for all your servers: Status update for the v16 release

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  • Yes, it is absolutely valid that you decided to commercialise your project and keeping parts or all of the code closed. As I work in the public sector and we are encouraged to use open source and write open source software, my knowledge regarding closed software solutions is thin. Is there a "standard way" how closed software is able to guarantee private key safety? I could imagine solutions where there is a separate handler that is open source so that one can verify that only specific information is passed into the closed software area, but this doesn't sound feasible when talking about full terminal support within the closed software.

    Again, there is nothing wrong with going commercial! I am sure I will release closed software (side projects), too, at some point.

  • A FOSS Android project looking for a 15-minute help

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  • Hey, I had my struggles with app icons as well when I wrote a small app for myself so I am not really equipped to create the PR (also due to current time limitations). If no one is found for that, I can give it a shot at the end of the year, but I am sure you will find someone sooner than that.

    However, I know of a free icon website and have looked through their icons to suggest a few to you:

    Uxwings license is amazing: https://uxwing.com/license/ you can use the icons for basically anything and can even alter them.

    Personally, I like "Eye in "scanning square"" the most as it symbolizes the technical aspect of scanning/capturing the surroundings.

    While I haven't used it yetis, there is also https://icon.kitchen/ for icon generation.

  • XPipe - A connection hub for all your servers: Status update for the v16 release

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  • Giving it a quick scan, it does look interesting. I am not sure whether I will try it as I don't see the need to visualise beyond what I can do with a shell and the openstack dashboard, but there can definitely be use cases for it.

    Not being FOSS is the deal-breaker though. Not sure if I am too much of a sceptic but I prefer open source when having software that accesses my private key/servers.