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  1. Comment on What are we in a golden age of? in ~talk

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    Wow, I didn't expect so much advice, so thanks a lot. The one about throwing out unneeded crap is definitely something I've been putting off and yet it would probably help a lot with just a few...

    Wow, I didn't expect so much advice, so thanks a lot. The one about throwing out unneeded crap is definitely something I've been putting off and yet it would probably help a lot with just a few hours of work.

    I can't fix your shitty job that doesn't pay enough in a self-help comment, but I can push you to improve the other aspects of your life where you can.

    And this, at the very least, gave me a good laugh :)

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  2. Comment on What are we in a golden age of? in ~talk

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    Would you mind summarizing a few of those steps? Sometimes it feels like I'm in a slump, but don't even know what I would need to do to get out.

    Would you mind summarizing a few of those steps? Sometimes it feels like I'm in a slump, but don't even know what I would need to do to get out.

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  3. Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech

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    I started with Ubuntu in 2018 as a daily driver, which caused a fair amount of avoidable stress looking back - but getting stuck on random issues is a good way to learn things I guess. A few times...

    I started with Ubuntu in 2018 as a daily driver, which caused a fair amount of avoidable stress looking back - but getting stuck on random issues is a good way to learn things I guess.

    A few times I had trouble with Wi-Fi connections that had no obvious explanation. It seemed that the machine was connecting to a lot of different access points at once, with the result that the bandwidth was basically zero. I had to ask a more experienced friend to help fix it to a single access point (and have completely forgotten the relevant terminal wizardry).

    Another time I changed my graphics drivers to Nvidia, then rebooted and... surprise! My Wi-Fi drivers are gone! No other machines around to troubleshoot from, and no way to install new packages, so the situation looked pretty dire... it was alright since booting with a different kernel gave the drivers back, but pretty hairy.

    I switched to Mint last year since people said it was a lot more user friendly. After all this time, I'm definitely in the camp of "wants an OS that looks like Windows but without being Windows". So far, have had just one problem with freezing on sleep. It turned out to be to do with the Intel CPU's CSTATE. Other than that, it's literally been as if the laptop came with the OS out of the box. Compatibility for games and such has also never been better, so pretty happy.

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  4. Comment on Have you ever been outed? in ~lgbt

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    Not yet - I know I'm lucky to never have experienced this. Coming out to a particular person, or group of people, has always been my own choice. Has led to some "interesting" situations to say the...

    Not yet - I know I'm lucky to never have experienced this. Coming out to a particular person, or group of people, has always been my own choice.

    Has led to some "interesting" situations to say the least. I worked in a factory one summer and regularly listened to my coworkers spouting slurs, how terrible it would be if one of "them" ever started working there, and so on. Maybe coming out on the last day would have been funny, but I was too young (19, first job of any form) to be confident enough to rock the boat.

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  5. Comment on What lesser-known sci-fi reads do you recommend? in ~books

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    Gah, you're right. Got confused since I was reading it at the same time as "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", which didn't really captivate me at all. And nice explanation on her one-dimensionality,...

    Gah, you're right. Got confused since I was reading it at the same time as "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", which didn't really captivate me at all.

    And nice explanation on her one-dimensionality, in a certain light it's perfectly in character :)

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  6. Comment on What lesser-known sci-fi reads do you recommend? in ~books

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    Not sure if it counts as "lesser known", but since I made it to this age without picking it up... I recently finished "Ringworld" by Larry Niven** (thanks j0hn1215 for correction). The central...

    Not sure if it counts as "lesser known", but since I made it to this age without picking it up...

    I recently finished "Ringworld" by Larry Niven** (thanks j0hn1215 for correction). The central sci-fi idea introduced is as the name suggests. I was gripped by the deep exploration of what such a world would be like, both in terms of how it affects its inhabitants and the physical consequences of the geometry. There is a wonderful central mystery that you gradually pick up more clues about. Also loved the fact that it has alien characters that actually feel alien, not just human with some antennae on their head, with predictable consequences for interacting with them.

    I think it isn't more widely read these days because it shows its age (though open to discussion if someone disagrees). The female characters are notably shallow, serving mainly as love interests for male characters, or in one case, to express a "concept" rather than to be a complete person. The protagonist doesn't feel well developed either, mainly being a vessel for the readers to place themselves in the story. I was able to look past this for the grand sci-fi idea the book developed, since it was actually interesting enough that I really wanted to know what happened next. But it would be impossible to ignore if characterization was "supposed" to be more important.

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