I like computers, trains, space, radio-related everything and a bunch of other tech related stuff. User of GNU+Linux.
I am also dumb and worthless.
My laptop is ThinkPad L390y running Arch.
I own RTL-SDRv3 and RSP1 clone.
SDF Unix shell username: user224
I am trying and failing to get any 16GB DDR4 for €35, so that checks out.
For now, say hello to OOM killer.


Because I find them useful.
And also I never pay for paid software (at least not directly).
Linux Mint
Manjaro
Tor Project
The Document Foundation (LibreOffice)
Arch Linux
KDE
Mozilla
F-Droid
Termux
db0 Lemmy instance (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Arne Schwabe (dev of Android OVPN client)
Deluan Quintao (dev of Navidrome server)
Arty Bishop (dev of Look4Sat)
sc07 (Fediverse Canvas creator)
Markus Fisch (dev of Binary Eye)
VideoLAN
Meshtastic
Kiwix
FFmpeg
IzzyOnDroid
Lemmy
Iamdeepandthisis14
You’re born with all eggs you’ll ever have.
Is that why the egg prices are so high?


“Stay tuned for part 2”


I think this is just for news and articles.
At some point they did this



Other than these just being addictive, as they are meant to be, there can be another contributing factor - lack of continuous block of free time.
I am going to make a terrible analogy as usual.
Day, week, month, etc. are like a HDD.
In those, time for work, kids, cleaning, cooking, etc. is like data.
If you’ve got just the work, you can fit in other normal activities like reading, watching movies, going out, etc.
With more tasks throughout the day, you might still technically have enough free time, but fragmented, and that’s quite an issue. Watching a movie is best done in one go. Perhaps you can split it up to 2 halves if needed. But with many tasks, you might end up with just 10/20/30 minute breaks at a time, and then it’s not worth it to even start anything.
But short form media? You might have like 20 seconds per video. That will absolutely fit into any break.
And so that’s the only thing they might end up doing.


Unfortunately I do. No way I can make enough money to live alone during college. Hell, I am extremely slow at everything, I feel like I need at least 30 hours a day and 10 days a week to do what I need to.


I think at least some of it could be intentional. Especially if victim information isn’t leaked (because why would you do that).


It works well for recalling something you already know, whether it be computer or human language. What’s a word for… what’s a command/function that does…


I only have experience with Plasma, but on X11 when I tap on the screen, it emulates a mouse click where I tap. And it also does when I swipe my finger, like holding a clicked mouse and moving the pointer. And gestures don’t work, though I think that one can be fixed.
Wayland just works. When I want to select text, press and hold like on a phone. When scrolling something, I just swipe it like on a phone (except for LibreOffice, that one is an absolute mess on Wayland). Especially nice with drawing programs. Stylus acts just like what I described with finger on X11 - it controls mouse pointer.
In effect this means that with fingers I can move around and zoom, while with stylus I can draw or select text.
And then GTK 4.20 breaks Rnote and I can only use it via Xwayland…
Anyway, for a touchscreen device, I had more luck with Wayland.


I thought I’d be fine, that I’d buy the other 16GB stick later. Now is later, I am screwed. I had to enable the use of ALT-SysRq-f to manually invoke OOM-killer because I often run out of RAM.
8GB just feels like way too little for a new laptop. Well, maybe the absolutely cheap ones, but “mid-range”, no.
It’s crazy. A bit over a year ago I got a refurbished ThinkPad for €180 with 1x16GB of RAM. Now that RAM costs around €120.


I prefer Wayland because I use a 2-in-1 ThinkPad. No thanks X11, I don’t want a click on touch mouse pointer.
Germany, Czechia and Austria are usually placed in Central Europe
Come on, we used to be Czechoslovakia, remember us. We Slovakians also want to be called Central Europe.


Unfortunately, go home.
I am currently on a dorm, and I absolutely hate being with people. I just feel uncomfortable 24/7 being around others, especially random people. Thankfully my roommate doesn’t seem particularly social either - I didn’t actually talk with him yet, and I’ve been here since the start of September.
Now the unfortunate part, he left for Christmas. That means I am alone. Hell, even others from the next room in our cell (2 rooms per bathroom) left. And instead of enjoying that break from others, no, I’ll have to be with family. With my parents, at home, no own room, constantly on watch.
Unfortunately, I have no way to really stay here anyway, I can’t wash my clothes here. There are washing machines, which sounds convenient, until you realize they only take contactless payment cards which is something I don’t use (blocked) (only chip + PIN or cash). I literally have… let me check - 19x EUR 2 coins for vending machines. They could’ve had some of those.
Anyway, so, uh…, misery is what I am planning.
Problem is, Linux Mint installer says nothing about that as far as I recall, and just offers a convenient slider to allocate space between Windows and Linux.
And that was my first computer. Yeah, I am relatively new to computers.
But hey, I only lasted with Windows for 2 days. In Windows 10 I couldn’t even wrap my head around when to use Control Panel and when settings, because look, mature OS, we have Settings 1 and Settings 2.
In comparison, Linux Mint 20 MATE was far simpler, so having really used neither, I went with the easier one. However, that doesn’t mean I had any idea what I was doing. I didn’t even understand the concept of partitions.
Just imagine a total newbie.
“Where is the file stored?”
“On… the computer…?”
Just boot partition?
I once installed Linux Mint by shrinking Windows 10 partition in Linux against the recommendations. On first Windows boot it seemed fine, except that C: was still showing the old size.
On next Windows reboot it got annihilated with “Repairing drive C:”.
Only during transit.