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@ illectrility @sh.itjust.works

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Nerd, Anime and Film Enjoyer, Video Editor, Python Dev, Learning Rust, Linux Enjoyer, Sick of Windows, Currently Running Pop!_OS, Debian and /e/OS

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  • Is an upgraded T450, T14, or Framework a better laptop for a clumsy dev?

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  • When it comes to decisions like this, I usually make a list with my options, create some categories (e.g. durability, longevity, performance, ...), rate each option for each category and then divide each option's points by its price to see its value. If they're fairly similar, I would take the time I'd need to save up for them into account.

    In general, I would always want to go for A) upgrading what I already have or B) getting something used for the sake of sustainability.

    You could look at some more used ThinkPad options like a T470 or a T480. They can often be found for cheap refurbished on eBay. I would also take a look at online benchmarks to see what fits your requirements. In my experience, that works better than looking at spec sheets.

  • Do you do any simple experiments? Or track things and analyse them?

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  • I've used phyphox for lots of stuff. It's great for looking at raw data from your phone's sensors but there are also a lot of great experiments built in to the app. The university that develops it has a playlist showcasing them all, it's a great way to spend a weekend.

  • I enjoy creating conflict

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  • Well, yeah. If your requirement is "no corporate", then Pop doesn't fit. However, if you don't want to use Ubuntu because it's a product of Canonical, I would still go ahead and recommend Pop, since it's A) not by Canonical and B) a wholly different kind of corporate backing

  • Gesturefy: Navigate, operate, and browse faster with mouse gestures! A customizable Firefox mouse gesture add-on with a variety of different commands.

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  • Okay, so you can have intuitive and easy to use mouse gestures to speed up your browsing experience... But why wouldn't you use Vimium and use your keyboard with 32697 ~un~intuitive keybindings instead?

  • I enjoy creating conflict

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  • Technically, yeah. However, Pop isn't their product, their hardware is.

    They do their absolute best to create great software like coreboot and Pop and keep it all truly open source. They also innovate the space with things like COSMIC DE (which imo is phenomenal already, even in its early alpha state).

    They only offer software support and help for customers of their hardware but that seems reasonable to me. The community is big and helpful so it makes sense for S76 to refer non-customers there.

    I've been using Pop as a daily driver for more than 3 years now and a few months ago, I started to think about switching. Until recently, it was stuck on 22.04 with no clear indicator as to when 24.04 would be released. I decide that I was gonna wait for October and if i still felt that way, I was gonna switch. As of today, I haven't switched and since the first alpha release of COSMIC and the recent alpha release of Pop 24.04, I've never even thought about it.

    24.04 is fast, stable and works incredibly well with COSMIC. COSMIC is insane for productivity and has fixed almost all UX gripes I've ever had with GNOME and KDE. It's truly amazing and a must-try imo.

  • Hard to swallow pills

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  • On average? So you just take all bombs dropped by the USA and divide it by the number of days the US has been a thing? Then you compare that to the amount of days China hasn't dropped a bomb?

    This makes no sense...

  • Are there any communities along the topic of practical DIY, 'Today/Recently I learnt to do''?

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  • There's "today I learned"/"TIL" but that's usually factoids, I think

  • Types of Headaches

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  • rm is like "delete permanently", trash-cli is like regular delete - it moves to the trash bin. Many people like making an alias so rm runs trash-cli to prevent accidentally permanently deleting data

  • When I wear my glasses I'm not actually looking directly at my surroundings. I'm looking at projections on the two screens in front of my eyes.

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  • Since the light actually passes through the glasses and just gets refracted, there's no screen in front of your eyes. It's like looking through water, a window or anything else translucent/transparent.

  • What is your favourite animal?

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  • Tungsten. It's just so cool that it's so dense and has such a high melting point. It's also really hard and tough.

    Edit: also dragonflies are pretty badass

  • Anybody know how to get lossless audio on linux?

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  • Soulseek

  • What is your default sort?

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  • I switch between New, Hot and Top 6hrs/Day

  • The Best way to switch to Linux is to NOT

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  • I would say: "Don't switch to Linux. Just start with Linux and never use Windows or Mac in the first place"

    Don't have to get used to something if you've never used something else.

  • What's an immediate turn on in a person?

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  • When they have some of the same interests as you, but for different reasons. It provides for excellent conversation when you can talk about something you're both passionate about, but because you're passionate for different reasons, you have different perspectives, and it keeps a topic you're very familiar with very interesting.

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    Why is Lemmy so absurdly woke?

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  • Woke has got to be one of the most meaningless words out there. So many things are labeled as being "woke". From left-wing to right-wing, from progressive to conservative, it's genuinely insane.

    Can you please define what you mean by "woke"? (Funnily enough, most people that regularly use the word "woke" can't even properly explain what it means)

  • how can I route all my traffic through tor on debian 12.6?

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  • (Not directly answering your question but) if it works like a VPN service then yeah. However, P2P connections might not be routed through TOR in that case. Be careful about that

  • How i can stop this google nag banner to login in third party websites?

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  • Don't speak the language but 100% agree

  • Which are your preferred laptops?

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  • Definitely. I got a T470s that had barely been used for business purposes on eBay for 100€. It's a great machine. Lots of I/O, great IPS touchscreen, great backlit keyboard, great trackpad, great build quality, awesome form factor, good battery life (about 6-8 hours). If you need a cheap laptop, get a used ThinkPad. They're the best bang for the buck imo

  • Bangladesh, Ghana, and Mauritius celebrate their independence from the crown this month

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  • I really don't think it matters what she tasted like. She's dead, leave her be

  • linuxmemes @lemmy.world
    illectrility @sh.itjust.works

    So many things I'd rather do than go back to Windows

  • linuxmemes @lemmy.world
    illectrility @sh.itjust.works

    I feel called out

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    illectrility @sh.itjust.works

    It's been 84 years…

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    illectrility @sh.itjust.works

    Ameruleica

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    illectrility @sh.itjust.works

    Unlimited power!