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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Money, Chome, and ChatGPT: The high stakes of Google’s monopoly trial⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, yes. I remember the summer we had Google Chome. Then Google killed it off, like they always do, and they relaunched/rebranded it as Chrome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the best options for computers that explicitly support linux operating systems?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  All of the apps I use play very nice with scaling … with the exception of apps…

  Sssssssssoooo… it sounds like not all of the apps you use work with scaling?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the best options for computers that explicitly support linux operating systems?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m typing this message on my Dell XPS 13 9310. I’m really happy with it, specifically the 9310 model, not other models.

  • The volume, screen brightness, and keyboard brightness buttons all work great.
  • Bluetooth and wifi work great.
  • Touchpad and touchpad gestures work great. It’s also a decent size.
  • The FHD display has no scaling issues with any apps or any distros.
  • The keyboard and overall build quality feel nice.

  The one thing that doesn’t work great is the webcam. It turns on and captures video… except it’s really dark. Although, I haven’t tried running Wangblows on this, so maybe it’s Dell’s fault for picking bad hardware. Anyway, I just use an Opal Tadpole webcam and that works great. Happy to answer any questions about this laptop! I use Arch, btw, with GNOME. Zoom, Google Meet, Discord video calls and screen sharing all work as well.

  If you’re serious about this requirement:

  DPI/screen resolution doesn’t cause scaling issues

  then I would avoid Framework. I recently sold mine after daily driving it for about 1 year. My biggest complaint was the high DPI display. It will 100% cause scaling issues. You will have blurry apps and/or tiny text, 100%. People will suggest that you add a ton of config, switch distros, or use different apps. If you want to use arbitrary software like hexchat which is GTK2, DO NOT buy a Framework laptop. 🙅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What movies have you watched this week?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Taken 3, Sonic 3.

  Started watching Gone in 60 Seconds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Gen Z is doomed to own nothing, but pay forever⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Convenience beats owning things. 99.999% of non-techies I’ve talked to do not want to manage their computer or media. They don’t want to learn how things work or how to fix them.

  I can’t even convince them to use my seedbox to torrent media—heck I’ve even offered that I’ll do all the work, they just have to access Jellyfin! But, no. They prefer to pay to get access to the media now instead of messaging me, waiting for me to get the media, and then watching it.

  At the same time, they’ll complain that “everything is a subscription now!” I’m like bro…

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The American dream is an all time amazing piece of propaganda that has left every American imagining that one day, through hard work, they will become the oppressor

  Wow, yeah. Well put. This is why they only care about “winning”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in most school in the USA (at least mine) they teach Spain Spanish instead of Mexico Spanish? Would not Mexico Spanish be an obvious choice to teach?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What state are you from? In California, we learned Mexican Spanish. My teachers very briefly mentioned vos/vosotros, but we never spent any time on those conjugations and were never tested on them.

  Although… now that you mention it… maybe the textbook was for Iberian Spanish… I definitely remember the teacher going over vocabulary, getting to the word “coger”, and then 90% of the class busting up laughing, while the other 10% was confused! 😂

  Maybe we did have Iberian Spanish textbooks, but since most people in my town were Mexican, we learned Mexican Spanish from the teacher using an Iberian Spanish textbook?..

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any non capitalistic technology companies still around?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  At one point in my career I cared about what I did and who I worked for I felt pride over my product and my team, and all I feel now is shame to be associated with my company, I feel disgusted with myself that I work not for my customers but for shareholder value.

  This tracks with my experience here as well.

  keep my job and not get layed off.

  For me, it seems like falling in line and kissing the ring is more important than showing ability, if you want to avoid being laid off. At a previous job, I got laid off before my very noob coworker who took months to complete PRs because I wouldn’t shut my mouth about RTO.

  a meritocracy

  🌎🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀 Never has been.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do most people still use computers, or do people only use a smartphone as their main/only device?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My wife heavily uses her smartphone. Like, she’ll work on spreadsheets on her phone instead of grabbing her laptop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I walk through my day and most people’s demeanor hasn’t changed in the slightest

  I’m unhappy and angry at the situation. But, am I supposed to mope around all day or have depressing conversations with everyone I meet? Should I start fighting every Trump supporter in my small town?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to mute posts containing certain keywords on Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  See: lemmy.today/post/22524765

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can Doge access critical government infrastructure and fire people if it isn't even a real department?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  there’s tons of mechanisms to stop that from happening

  Those are fake. Laws are fake. Government is fake. Money is fake. Everything is an illusion. It’s not a physical law of nature or something. It all boils down to if someone feels like doing something or meh…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone actually know what MAGA all agree they are getting out of all this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A MAGA I know told me this is all worth it because he doesn’t want his son to know gay people exist and wants revenge on the people who told him he can’t say “Merry Christmas” anymore…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Isn't having your own domain name for email very bad for privacy? And how do you pick a good domain name that doesn't sound goofy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good questions!

  But problem is, all my email address would be @mydomainname.com instead of @protonmail which millions of people use. Isn’t that just linking all your account together.

  I mean, yeah. You can’t setup sockpuppets on the same service. It’ll be obvious it’s the same person. And if someone is tracking you across services, it’ll be way easier to find you. This is a con.

  I would recommend not picking a domain with your real name, like smith.com or john.com. Even though it does seem popular to have me@johnsmith.com. It won’t solve the issue you noticed, but it’ll mitigate it a tiny bit.

  its hard to even pick a name that sound good

  Also, true. Ideally, you pick a common word with normal spelling that doesn’t have a homophone that’s not embarrassing to say to random people on the street. It would be awkward to be applying to a job or a loan and have to say your email is “john@piggy.park”. Also, you will have to speak your email over the phone at some point, the shorter and easier it is the better.

  I would also recommend picking a domain with either .com or .net TLDs. Some companies blanket destroy your email if it comes from some weird TLD like “.party” or “.xyz”. Omg, specifically, .xyz I think has been linked to tons of spam. Bigger companies will handle this more gracefully (put it in spam). But smaller companies, like my local garbage company run by normies, will just not deliver the email. (And debugging why emails don’t get received is really hard and annoying.)

  Unfortunately, a lot of people squat domains, so finding a short, simple, easy domain is really hard. I’m curious what other people do. Maybe other people just have me@reallylongdomainthaticanactuallyget.com? Or maybe other people have had better experience with john@mail.club? Or maybe some people don’t care that their domain is john@boss.baby?

  Ultimately though, having email independence is valuable enough for some folks to be OK with the downsides.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am in the US and its gotten very political but as pretty much a peon do I just tune the stuff out thinking its fear mongering? Or should I closely pay attention to it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally, I’m tunning it out. The only time I dive into it is around elections so I can make an informed vote. But, after that it seems like I’m utterly powerless to change anything.

  I used to think being informed would come in handy to change people’s minds, but that never happens. People have to change their own minds.

  See also: lemmy.today/post/22524765