And Texas

Immediately identified the biggest problem with Canada right there.

Ive never had using HDMI prevent me from enjoying pirated media, so Ive always been confused about what sort of drm a TV is looking for.

I always wanted a way to use that jack, still have no clue what it was for

What would the world do without people like you?

I work in healthcare (maintenance) and our computer system is so fucking locked down, I’m sure CoPilot will have some similar way of being shackled. I was surprised to learn that the terminal isn’t locked, until I fooled around some and realized that every possible command was individually blocked.

I think he has a really good point. I consider myself acceptably tech literate, I’m not afraid of the command line even if I don’t really understand how to use it, I’ve built my own computers for years, and I have a pretty custom configuration of Windows.

One thing a windows user can typically be sure of is that if it’s meant to work, it probably will. There is a pretty black and white environment of what’s possible and what isn’t. Linux is very much more “give it a shot” style computing for beginners. It breaks much more easily, it can be very confusing to configure, and it’s just different.

I think if it similarly to cars. Some people, like myself, love driving, enjoy tinkering with the car, maybe drive a standard for they joy of it. But most people just want a car to take them to work and the store. Most people just want a computer to work, either for their job or their hobby, but the hobby isn’t tinkering with software. The fact that even the very packaged and polished distros can require more than basic tech literacy to configure is likely what turns a lot of people away, whether or not that’s actually the case.

And getting snippy saying somebody is butthurt (which is fucking homophobic btw) is absolutely going to keep pushing people away if they think the community is full of holier than thou Linux nerds that don’t understand how to communicate with normal people.

I’m currently experimenting with different distros right now and am having a similar experience to the person you are replying to.

You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

You made your own problems in my opinion

My wife and I combined make less than 100k. We’re fine, just bought a house. Wtf are all y’all spending money on?

I wanted to be an electrical engineer, then I saw all the math and settled for electrician, then I saw all the math and settled for Janitor

I guess if they’re electromagnets water could do some damage, but not to the magnet itself.

The Commander in Chief is spewing senile word salad daily now, I think there is value in highlighting as much of it as possible. He is stupid people’s idea of a smart person, and the more exposed he is as an actual idiot, the more people are exposed to his brain leaking out his ear, the more might have a chance of waking the fuck up.

Not worth the wager

Man go fuck yourself

Preaching down to folks who already have a good reason to hate your product is a good way to join that pile

I think typing charlie squirt so many times fucked up my autocorrect

I keep seeing supersampling artifacts when I squirt my eyes

Does it feel very solipsistic around here or am I the only one?

Please don’t put your trash in the forest to spite your municipality.

Blacklist your property. My downstairs neighbors ruined it for a three apartment building once. Had to have the city intervene, and they kept sneaking trash into our bins until I put a game camera up