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  1. Comment on Tell US Congress: Stop the TikTok ban in ~tech

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    And the anti-China and anti-Communist propaganda and misinformation from the USA gets old and tiring as hell. In Brazil is not nearly as bad. I like to follow @felipe.durante (instagram and...

    And the anti-China and anti-Communist propaganda and misinformation from the USA gets old and tiring as hell.

    In Brazil is not nearly as bad.

    I like to follow @felipe.durante (instagram and youtube) which is a Brazilian living and working in China.

  2. Comment on Anyone else who don't care much for their past? in ~health.mental

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    Mostly. We had a reunion almost a decade ago and the only things everyone talked about was what we did in the good ol' days. I guess when everyone left school and parted ways, there was not much...

    Do you only tell stories from back in the day? Are you stuck in the roles that you had back then?

    Mostly. We had a reunion almost a decade ago and the only things everyone talked about was what we did in the good ol' days. I guess when everyone left school and parted ways, there was not much more in common.

    I think school is a place you are forced to find a group that you can get along because you spend so much time there.

    It's rare that I find these people out there now because I live in another city so when I find one or two there is not much time to develop anything more than the basic chit chat.

    That said, I go to my hometown one or two weekends per month and my best friends are still my childhood friends (we are friends since we were 8) and we always hang out, drink and talk about everything so this nostalgic feeling is kind of irrational.

    Fridays when I am visiting I always send a message and we spend all Saturday hanging out making barbecue and drinking so I can't really complain.

    I guess that feeling of things being fresh -- particularly movies and video games -- is something I'm eager to relive.

    I feel this. I was a major videogame addict growing up in the snes, PSX and N64 era. I played a lot.

    These days when I sit to play something I just fire up stardew valley and spend two hours doing the same thing.

    It's rare that a new game grab my attention and when it does, it is mostly games that has simple mechanics and are kind of retro (hollow knight, shovel knight, stardew).

    I think about buying a PS5, but I feel like it will be off most of the time.

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  3. Comment on Anyone else who don't care much for their past? in ~health.mental

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    I think about the past more and more these days. I am reaching 38 now and feel nostalgia almost every day. I had plenty of good times, but I was mostly an insecure and try hard teen and young...

    I think about the past more and more these days. I am reaching 38 now and feel nostalgia almost every day.

    I had plenty of good times, but I was mostly an insecure and try hard teen and young adult, but I think most about the good things. I don't really care about the bad and the cringe because that's just part of life.

    I think that ties with my feeling that life is going by faster and I'm getting old. I am thinking way too much about the past and the future at the same time and this prevents me to live in the present.

    I have a somewhat comfortable life, traveled to Thailand last year, will go to Peru soon, but I can't stop feeling that life is just escaping me.

    And I want to have a child, but not right now. But at the same time I can't wait much longer because I'm almost 40.

    Sorry I just had a train of thoughts and unpacked a lot while I am typing.

    But yes, I think about the past a lot. At the same time I don't feel like revisiting because whenever I do things I did back then, it just feels "meh".

    When I visit my hometown and go out to events I stumble upon a lot of people of my teen years. It feels like I am back there sometimes and talking to them is the worst because all we can talk about is the past. I find this a little sad.

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  4. Comment on Recommendations for wireless earbuds for extended PC use? in ~tech

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    Not earbuds, but I have the Anker Soundcore 2 portable stereo speaker for more than 5 years and it is still going strong. Use it every day and love it.

    Not earbuds, but I have the Anker Soundcore 2 portable stereo speaker for more than 5 years and it is still going strong. Use it every day and love it.

  5. Comment on What are some of your daily use/most important apps? in ~tech

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    Fitnotes - all my lifts are there, been using for years Heliboard - free foss and lightweight keyboard KeepassXC Syncthing - syncs my passwords, music and some other folders Aves - awesome gallery...

    Fitnotes - all my lifts are there, been using for years

    Heliboard - free foss and lightweight keyboard

    KeepassXC

    Syncthing - syncs my passwords, music and some other folders

    Aves - awesome gallery app, it helps tremendously with my job because I need to take pictures of places in the city and I can see the location of every photo on a map

    FatSecret - calorie counting

    Musicolet - super complete and free music player

    Mixplorer - the best file explorer there is

  6. Comment on What's something about your lived experience you wished people understood, but rarely do? in ~talk

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    Probably. I think I was insecure mostly due to the way I was raised by my parents really. They sheltered and spoiled the hell out of me. So much that I ended up falling victim of the "pickup...

    Probably. I think I was insecure mostly due to the way I was raised by my parents really. They sheltered and spoiled the hell out of me. So much that I ended up falling victim of the "pickup artists" craze back in the days which culminated in the incel/red pill culture today.

    Luckily I was able to get out of it.

    But yes, I agree with you and I missed OP's point.

    4 votes
  7. Comment on What's something about your lived experience you wished people understood, but rarely do? in ~talk

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    That's not something I can relate. I always check my test when doing annual checkups just because and I am in the normal range. I don't have any of those traits at all. When I was a teen I could...

    That's not something I can relate.

    I always check my test when doing annual checkups just because and I am in the normal range. I don't have any of those traits at all. When I was a teen I could get really competitive, but I was a really insecure teen.

    I'm 38 now and feel the same as always after my teenage years. I don't care about winning at all.

    5 votes
  8. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    The side piece of the driver seat of my Ford "New" Fiesta 2017 broke recently (I live in Brazil) and I ordered a replacement for like a million moneys (Ford does not make cars here anymore). I...

    The side piece of the driver seat of my Ford "New" Fiesta 2017 broke recently (I live in Brazil) and I ordered a replacement for like a million moneys (Ford does not make cars here anymore).

    I changed it myself, but the way it is fixed is absurd. You need to put extra force to fit it in place and bend it in a way that it feels like it will snap. No wonder this piece breaks often.

    1 vote
  9. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    I have plenty of free time this weekend so I'll take a closer look at Gentio again. Maybe it is time to go back to it or learn something like NixOS.

    I have plenty of free time this weekend so I'll take a closer look at Gentio again. Maybe it is time to go back to it or learn something like NixOS.

    1 vote
  10. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    My current Void setup is like that. River wm and not much else, not even a lockscreen. nnn is my file manager, foot is my terminal, iwd to connect to WiFi is way better than WPA_supplicant +...

    My current Void setup is like that. River wm and not much else, not even a lockscreen. nnn is my file manager, foot is my terminal, iwd to connect to WiFi is way better than WPA_supplicant + NetworkManager. It's stable and rock solid, but I miss a lot of things when comparing to Plasma.

    Krunner is spectacular, the sync between clipboard with Android using KDE Connect, the notifications from your phone, file manager navigation integrated with the terminal. Okular and Gwenview are two incredible softwares. The integration between all the things provide a really good experience.

    I can install those apps without using plasma, but it feels out of place and doesn't quite work as expected. Specially KDE Connect.

    The funny thing is when I am using plasma I always miss my light and barebones tiling WM setup.

    The grass is always greener

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  11. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    I see. I'll take a look. Thanks!

    I see. I'll take a look. Thanks!

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  12. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    The problem I have with these small projects is that in the end they get abandoned. They should do something similar to EndeavourOS where in the end all you have is a regular arch install so if...

    The problem I have with these small projects is that in the end they get abandoned.

    They should do something similar to EndeavourOS where in the end all you have is a regular arch install so if the project dies, it does not matter. It's just regular arch.

    1 vote
  13. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    One time I went on a trip for almost 3 weeks and when I came back an update broke it. I don't really remember the problem since it was quite some time ago, but maybe I'm just biased because I...

    One time I went on a trip for almost 3 weeks and when I came back an update broke it. I don't really remember the problem since it was quite some time ago, but maybe I'm just biased because I heard this a lot and when it happened to me I just internalized it.

    I think I'll give it a try next

    4 votes
  14. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    Debian unstable is still quite old. I'll take a second look at Arch or EndeavourOS. I'll wait until Plasma 6 is there and give it a try.

    Debian unstable is still quite old.

    I'll take a second look at Arch or EndeavourOS. I'll wait until Plasma 6 is there and give it a try.

    2 votes
  15. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    I used Endeavour for a briefly period and found it quite amazing. It installs a clean and working system without having to mess around too much. The only problem I had was with the installer. I...

    I used Endeavour for a briefly period and found it quite amazing. It installs a clean and working system without having to mess around too much.

    The only problem I had was with the installer. I have two SSDs and want to put /home in the second one (or have one filesystem spanning both disks like Fedora does), but the installer couldn't do that.

    I had to install everything in one ssd and later mess with partitions and fstab to put /home in another drive. Maybe it changed recently.

    2 votes
  16. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    I had it break when i went on a trip and didn't update for 18 days. This never happened with Void.

    I had it break when i went on a trip and didn't update for 18 days.

    This never happened with Void.

    4 votes
  17. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    I agree that I accumulated a lot of specific ways of doing things and it's hard to revert back and just use things how they are intended.

    I agree that I accumulated a lot of specific ways of doing things and it's hard to revert back and just use things how they are intended.

    11 votes
  18. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    Tried, but NixOS feels the opposite. I have to learn a lot of things that are scattered around and messing with it BEFORE getting things to work. I still need to waste a lot of time, just in reverse.

    Tried, but NixOS feels the opposite.

    I have to learn a lot of things that are scattered around and messing with it BEFORE getting things to work.

    I still need to waste a lot of time, just in reverse.

    1 vote
  19. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    I understand and don't disagree, but when I used Windows I ended messing with it pretty regularly too. I think it's just how things are when you use your computer a lot.

    I understand and don't disagree, but when I used Windows I ended messing with it pretty regularly too.

    I think it's just how things are when you use your computer a lot.

    9 votes
  20. The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro

    It's funny. I've been using Linux since the old Mandrake days (year 2000 I think). I've used Slackware, Gentoo, Void, Fedora, OpenSuse, Arch and so on. I love Linux in general, there is not other...

    It's funny. I've been using Linux since the old Mandrake days (year 2000 I think). I've used Slackware, Gentoo, Void, Fedora, OpenSuse, Arch and so on. I love Linux in general, there is not other OS I would use.

    Every distro has it's ups and downs and the only one I am content with is Void Linux, but I still don't really love it.

    Void uses runit instead of systemd, which I prefer as an init system, but this means that if you want to use a major DE like Plasma you end up with some functionalities not working right.

    So I want a minimalish system like Void that has access to the latest KDE Plasma, uses systemd and all the regular stuff, but IT IS NOT ARCH.

    Why I don't like Arch? I think it tends to break too often, you have to stay on top of updates and having only one version of the kernel installed bugs me. Void Linux is rolling and NEVER breaks. I'm not exaggerating here. It never broke on me.

    OpenSuse Tumbleweed is an alternative, but like Fedora, it does not ship with proprietary codecs so you have to jump through hoops to install the correct packages. It is just a matter of installing opi and typing "opi codecs", but you can bet that in the next weeks some breakage when updating will happen.

    This happens to me with Fedora too. I install the RPMFusion repository and install the codecs. Every now and then things break because of it and I need to troubleshoot things.

    Not to mention that when you install Plasma with Fedora or Opensuse, it ends up installing a thousand unnecessary things. I can disable the recommended packages/weak dependencies, trim things down and cut here and there, but I always feel like i lost control of things.

    Oh and OpenSuse TW always gave me trouble with the wayland session of Plasma not working properly.

    Gentoo is out of the question. I used it for years and had fun, but I don't care about all the compilation anymore.

    Debian would be a great choice if packages weren't too old. I prefer a rolling release model or at least something like Fedora that is pretty up to date.

    So in the end I stick with Void (without using Plasma), but still bitter about it.

    53 votes