canthangmightstain

@canthangmightstain@lemmy.today

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not a good sign⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We really need to stop throwing away useful terms and concepts because their progenitors don’t turn out to be role models. Knowledge doesn’t always come from perfect sources. “Tragedy of the Commons” has no basis in race as a concept as I understand it, I don’t see why the guy who coined the term being a racist POS means I should take a moral stance on it.

  … but, you know, fuck that guy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨holy moley⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They should’ve listened when people were on their soap boxes. Seems like someone got tired of seeing this guy ignoring them lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's the feeling.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Gotta take it in stages my dude and it won’t even feel daunting once you finally do it. I procrastinated for months too lol.

  Stage 1: Note down the software you need to bring with you Stage 2: Do the distro decidin’ (watch some videos, read some nerd posts, whatever) Stage 3: Check hardware support, starting with your most expensive components. Stage 4: Figure out where to look for help before you’re stuck. The hardest part is that most guides start from step 1 and you probably need step 0 so don’t be scared to ask an AI for help, they’re great for stuff like this. Stage 5: Backups! Stage 6: Set aside a whole day and do the dang thing!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨a final call for lifeboats⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love a good dirge where I agree with about 70% of what the person is saying and can’t tell if it’s cringe or eloquent until I’ve sat with it awhile. It usually tells me I’ve made it to the right parts of the internet lmao.

  However I don’t think the internet is dying, I think it’s fragmenting slower than it used to because the informed are moving away from the social spaces where they’re obviously being mistreated, just like they always have. Only now most of them have digital baggage because these companies have been around so long they have become a large part of our every day lives. Migrating from MySpace to Facebook was 100x easier than trying to move your family from Facebook Messenger to Signal.