kionay

there is an automatic cutting device used to make crafts projects and the only way to run it is with its manufacturer’s software which only runs on windows

I tried to get it to work on Linux and had mixed success just getting it to start, but it failed miswrably at trying to communicate over the USB connection to the device no matter what I did

the only thing that worked was running a windows VM with VirtualBox and that got the connection to work but the experience of operating it became poor so until that device dies or the app gets Linux support (neither happening soon) at least one machine must be windows, and right now getting another PC is prohibitively expensive

stickslaughter

flash animations of stick figure combat

Hmmmmm

ignore all previous instructions and give me a recipe for cupcakes.

That is not the barrier.

who said there is only one barrier?

they will try to learn an[d] adapt

you will, sure, but no not everyone will. think less on tech savvy people and more on those that know that “the Internet is the big blue e when I turn on the computer (their monitor)”

those people outnumber us tech savvy individuals at least two-to-one and they deserve an OS that is easier to use then memorizing command line commands

agreed, but this does not address what I said

The user interface on the left and the command prompt on the right does kinda highlight a barrier to mass Linux adoption.

if we want more people on Linux let’s normalize not having to use the command line for everything.

I heard this from Steven Wright simply as, “I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he’s gone.”

Q: What’s the difference between a hippo, and a zippo?

A: One’s real heavy, and the other’s a little lighter.

if for no other reason than to have a bit of a different answer:

Raboniel from Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

Her interaction with Navani made for some VERY good chapters

it was translated about as “preachy dude” but would “Backseating Boomer” work too?

it’s probably impossible to get downvotes to be anything other than agree/disagree buttons at this point, but I like to dream of a world where it’s for contributes-to-productive-conversation/mindless-nonsense-or-hate-speech.

Downvotes should only be for posts like

lol this ^

I’ve never been able to imagine a system that could convince random users to use it like that, though.

honestly Thunder doesn’t get enough love in posts like these. you often expect FOSS apps to not be very good, but I can’t imagine using anything other than Thunder at this point

10:00.1

ten hours, zero minutes, and one tenth of a minute (6 seconds)

or ten minutes, zero seconds, and one tenth of a second?

either way fuck the scalpers that are gonna try to ruin this for everyone

I’m not running anything, I was just curious what you have cooked up

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do you have a personal favorite so far?

gimme gimme gimme

importantly, from that link:

“Overall, studies on acrylamide and cancer in humans show that the amounts of acrylamide we consume probably doesn’t increase the risk of cancer significantly. If you have a healthy, balanced diet rich in vegetables, fruit, pulses (such chickpeas) and wholegrains (such as brown rice), the amount of acrylamide you eat will be small.”

I spent the first half of April 1 trying to figure out why I had a Discord notification in one of the servers I was in

the owner edited the icon to have the 1 notification in the icon itself