towelie
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- Comment on BACK OFF FELLAS, SHE'S MINE 1 week ago:
This thing is so early 2000s; I kinda love it for that
- Comment on Standard tRump supporter 1 week ago:
Bro watched South Park at 14 and said mmm yes that will be my personality
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 1 week ago:
I find this interesting as I’m a beginner with only about 3 months of Linux use under my belt, whereas Ive used Windows since I was like 5 years old. I was originally recommended Mint, like many are, and I found the experience to be a negative one as opposed to my later experience with Debian. (Note I have no experience with Bazzite or any other distros).
The additional ‘bloat’ in Mint obfuscated from me various aspects of Linux. It insulated me from learning how Linux is different from Windows, and that actually hindered me from understanding the OS. By starting with Debian I got a feel for using the CLI, setting up my drivers, package installer, and desktop environment. And, while those aspects can be complicated for new users, i think its somewhat necessary if its going to be recommended them as their OS.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 1 week ago:
So Mint is the ‘distro’, which is actually based on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian. In simple terms, a distro is a bundle of programs and configurations assembled for you. Basically, Debian is a stripped down version of Mint.
A ‘desktop environment’ is a separate program(?) that changes what your desktop looks like, and they can be downloaded on any distro. So you can try out KDE Plasma on your Mint installation! The one that you’re likely using right now is called ‘Cinnamon’, which I personally didn’t like and turned me off of Linux my first time trying to switch over years ago.
Something cool about KDE Plasma is that you can download themes and make your desktop environments look really cool. For instance, sometimes I like to rock this Windows 7 theme: gitgud.io/wackyideas/aerothemeplasma/
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 1 week ago:
Have you ever seen how to draw a circle in GIMP?
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 1 week ago:
I couldn’t name another Microsoft employee if a gun was to my head. but I can still vividly remember myself in 4th grade reading about Bill Gate’s mega mansion in Popular Mechanics for Kids
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 1 week ago:
Already did and it’s glorious! Steam works beautifully and the only final thing that I’m missing Iis Adobe products
- Comment on Found money. What do? 2 weeks ago:
I agree with this. It’s cash. If I handed it in and the police called and told me they found the rightful owner I’m not sure I’d even believe them. Let the girl keep it!
- Comment on I hate the modern web 3 weeks ago:
Reddit is definitely not the final evolution of the internet board. It goes without saying that we can do better. And when a better iteration comes along nobody will even need to ask the Reddit users to switch. And then that thing will eventually be decrowned as well
- Comment on Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Studio Will Work On Several Projects Simultaneously, Insipired From CDPR 5 weeks ago:
Oof that’s a challenge, but one can assume they’ve grown quite a bit as a studio and are up to the challenge. I wish them luck!
- Comment on Anon was someone's first case 1 month ago:
Imagine being so retarded you inspire someone to make a difference in the world
- Comment on Upset with the lack of necessities in life and no representationin government? Time to go in the funny box. 1 month ago:
Idk I kinda wanna try the grippy socks, but the rest of it sounds like a bit of a hassle tbh
- Comment on I love the future. 1 month ago:
Hey man, I’m sorry you’re feeling that way. I can absolutely relate to all of that. The way things are going in the world is certainly making things feel darker than ever.
If these are of any consolation I’d like to share them; they are a few realizations that I’ve come to over time, and that I try to bring myself back to when I start feeling those feelings:
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I can’t control the world. There are things in motion that I simply won’t be able to affect, set that way long before I ever came along, and that ball will keep rolling long after I’m gone.
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I’m not a failure for not becoming a millionaire, famous musician, successful executive; for not having the relationship I wanted by this point; or whatever high standards I held my future self to. I know more than that person did, and that person, compared to me, had a very naive outlook on how things will or ought to be.
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You are up against the most advanced technologies we have ever created; the most conniving of villains; the world pollutions; the greatest wage gap in human history; inflation is skyrocketing and unemployment is too; we are in a great recession; we are more isolated than at any time in our history. You are not a failure for struggling!
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I’m going to die one day, but I’m here right now. The ride will end; I don’t need to get off of it early, and I can experience things like awe and wonder while I’m here.
I am not a failure for these things. My only fault was ever thinking that I, the world, my life, should be so perfect; and even then, being wrong is expected of us. We are dreamers. Don’t be so hard on yourself, you are doing so great.
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- Comment on Skyblivion, the fan remake of Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, nears completion 1 month ago:
You’re not wrong, they are absolutely within their rights, and Skyblivion shouldn’t preclude others from Oblivion projects (especially not the IP holders). But it still rubs me and others the wrong way. Bethesda doesn’t need to do this; they aren’t hurting for cash. It feels petty to jump on the Oblivion remaster train right as this public (free) project is nearing the end of its production. It’s just slimy behaviour from Bethesda IMO, but I will definitely give them kudos for not issuing a cease and desist.
- Comment on I love the future. 1 month ago:
- Comment on I love the future. 1 month ago:
If only he had spent some skill points in Charisma, he could’ve talked Hoover into self destruction, but alas
- Comment on I don't have my shit together 1 month ago:
- Comment on Skyblivion, the fan remake of Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, nears completion 1 month ago:
Skyblivion in OpenMW
- Comment on Skyblivion, the fan remake of Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, nears completion 1 month ago:
Half right. They are rumors that they’ll be releasing a remaster of Oblivion soon, which is a separate project from TES 6. And yeah, it’s a major dick move.
- Comment on Why do most Americans use an iPhone? 1 month ago:
Man I miss my Sony Ericsson. Phones used to be unique
- Comment on Why do most Americans use an iPhone? 1 month ago:
America is an insanely rich country, as are their populus. It’s lost on us here in the West. Through the release of the first iPhone to the mid 2015s I’d wager that most consumers agreed that iPhones were superior to Android by most metrics: they featured more support across the board, had more apps, looked nicer, and were considered the premium. Apple invented the modern smartphone and had a headstart in getting users hooked into their ecosystem. Nowhere was thisnmore pronounced than in the wealthiest country in the world (and Apple’s home country).
That’s a huge generalization but I think it resonantes true to a degree. Also, anecdotally, I remember that all my school computers were Macs when growing up. I’m sure Apple seaped it way into people’s live a variety of ways. As a lifelong Windows user I’ll have a panic attack if you make me print a document on a Mac; I’m sure its the same vice versa lol
- Comment on Sooo, where did the blatant Nazism suddenly come from? 1 month ago:
Three of them in government have done it now. Elon did it a few weeks ago, it was widely condemned, and then two other losers (Steve Bannon and another figure who’s name I don’t know) did it at CPAC in the White House just the other day. You’re being disingenuous by refusing to look into it, claiming its leftist rhetoric before youve even looked for yourseld, but nonetheless engaging in discourse with us about it. Why won’t you at least go look? Then we will have something we can talk about
- Comment on Sooo, where did the blatant Nazism suddenly come from? 1 month ago:
Same with my partner’s American family. They dont believe a word of it. And if we can’t turn the domestic terrorists in our homes back to reality what chance do we stand turning back the country.
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- Comment on What Did William Burrito Mean by This? 1 month ago:
Love the disingenous photo of him giving a monologue to imply for the people who can’t read past headlines that he said this as some sort of speech
