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Linux_in_a_Bit

@Linux_in_a_Bit@linuxrocks.online

👋Hi, I'm Aaron, nice to meet you!
📽️ I (sometimes) make videos on the internet that vaguely resemble good content.
📸 I also sometimes do little photography experiments.
🐧Of course I run Linux, it's in the name :)
🦣 I wanted to try out Mastodon about 2 years ago, and I ended up here. Never used Birdsite!

Alt: https://mstdn.social/@Linus_in_a_Bit

Hashtags for https://fediverse.info/: #fedi22 #linux #tech #foss #floss #technology #opensource #privacy #nobridge #nobot

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    @kpeace
    That sounds correct, and is actually pretty interesting, I was mostly just making a bad joke but I appreciate this kind of interesting tidbit :blobcathuggies:

    brion, to random

    i find that my fedi feed is way more chill with all boosts straight-up filtered out

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    @brion
    Proceeds to boost this post :ablobcatbongo:

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    @sotneStatue
    :blobcatthink: Or you could look at some of the other consumer-friendly Linux alternatives...
    https://tuxedocomputers.com/
    https://system76.com/
    https://us.starlabs.systems/
    https://configurelaptop.eu/
    https://slimbook.es/
    I've been looking recently and I'm liking the look of Tuxedo's laptops (quality is supposedly excellent), but it's out of my price range.
    I'll probably end up going with NovaCustom for a few reasons...
    Remember to watch some reviews as well.

    thor, to random
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    what is a long or short commute to you?

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    @thor
    Long: 30 minutes and I have to drive
    Short: 30 minutes and I don't

    brennen, to random
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    it's amazing how much less it might matter that an interface design is bad specifically if in general it would just stay in one place.

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    @brennen
    Windows may be terrible but at least the start menu always stays in the same... oh wait :blobcatgooglytrash:

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    :AAAAAA:
    https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/24000120/threads-meta-activitypub-test-mastodon

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    Baldur's Gate 3 is getting a SIX DISK edition for Xbox
    This gets me very excited

    It's 80$ but thats only 10$ more than a crappy digital download

    Should I...

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    @ocean
    So? The Xbox one becomes one too the second the game has to download an update...

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    @ocean
    Or buy from GOG and not support Microsoft DRM

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    I'm studying game design (by playing old gameboy games)

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    @ajroach42
    "studying" game design is the best :ablobcatbongo:

    Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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    When Threads actually Eternal Septembers Mastodon I will leave (at least temporarily) for a NomadNet BBS.

    My Addresses:
    PC: 2b4116b574e3a4f3d08b19ef017f6900
    Phone: c25b719fff3c85c32b8ca4a87a649802

    Linux_in_a_Bit,
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    @OpenComputeDesign
    I already wrote a very quick summary here if you want to read it: https://linuxrocks.online/

    Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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    :blobwizard: Listening to The Tomb Raider Suite Synth Mixes by Nathan McCree.

    Absolutely fantastic, I must say :ablobcatheartsqueeze:

    Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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    :ablobfoxbongo: Ready to learn how basic lossless compression works in one post?

    This is an example of an example sentence in an encryption program.

    1="an " 2="example " 3="is " 4="en" (note the spaces)
    Th3312of 12s4t4ce in 14cryption program.

    Now shrink it and compare it to the original:
    {1an 2example 3is 4en}Th3312of 12s4t4ce in 14cryption program.
    This is an example of an example sentence in an encryption program.

    See how it's 5 characters shorter? Imagine that but applied to a whole book.
    It often gets easier the larger the thing your compressing is (but not always)

    Note that 'program' and the end of 'encryption' are very unique and can't be assigned numbers without making the sentence longer. This is referred to as a high entropy, basically meaning they are very information dense.
    Also note how hard it is to decode our 'compressed' sentence. This is why you have to extract a compressed file.

    Now for your homework:
    Fit this post in Twitter's character limit :blobcat3csmirk:

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    The News: Really bad thing happening right now!

    i sleep :blobcatafternoon:

    EFF: Really bad thing happening right now!

    real shit :blobcathyper:

    Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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    Screwing around on NomadNet is a just a great time :ablobcatwave:

    Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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    Who needs insert modern computing paradigm when you can have a stupid fast 8-bit microcomputer running BBC BASIC for $50? :ablobcatbongo:

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    @Hyphlosion
    Which is just Bing
    (Check out https://www.searchenginemap.com/, it's pretty interesting, if not entirely accurate)

    jookia, to random

    Does anyone know why the right-wing is so attractive to people?

    Looking at the content, the overarching theme I see is the enjoyment of dehumanizing and bullying people and building pretenses to do that.

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    @jookia
    That's fair.
    I do have the belief that the anti-LGBT rhetoric now gained traction very much the same way that Antisemitism gained political traction in Germany in the 30s and 40s.
    That is one of the many things I dislike about right wing politics.
    The main reason I believe (as you say, this is likely not true) I am somewhere near a "center" is that communism, and even true socialism are at best very impractical for various reasons, principally that it basically isn't possible to have a neutral, non corrupt government.
    Every civilization on earth (that I know of) has had a hierarchy of some sort.
    The best we can do is to make it so that the lowest class of the hierarchy is the smallest, and as well off as possible.

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    @jookia
    Btw, I won't be able to read your post for a while, I have to be somewhere.

    Linux_in_a_Bit,
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    I guess there's at least one thing that's unfortunately equal between both parties; inability to talk to people with differing beliefs :/
    @jookia

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    The Social Dilemma

    smp, to random

    A good point about massive activity pub instances is that they can flood small ones with content, driving up their hosting fees. Another good reason to reject these corporate instances out of hand.

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    @smp
    That is to say that your "Federated" timeline does NOT contain all the posts on the entire Fediverse, just posts from people somebody on your instance has followed, or a post that one of those people has boosted.

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    Sigh.. our latest challenge in building a cabinet is buying a table saw. Recommendations are appreciated! 💸💸

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    @Gina
    Follow Adam Savage's method of tool buying: Get the cheapest usable/safe tool possible and if you actually use it enough to warrant it, get the more expensive one when the cheap one breaks or becomes unusable.

    thor, to random
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    people have all these ideas about who they are but actually figuring that out is difficult - so they'll give you their narrative and it's a lie but even they believe in it, even though everything they say and do disagrees with it

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    @thor
    I just learned this recently, and I still don't understand who I am :ablobcatgooglymlem:

    Linux_in_a_Bit, (edited ) to random
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    :blobcatthink: Can there be echo chambers on the Fediverse?
    Absolutely :ablobcatattention:

    :blobcat_thisisfine: Here's 3 types:

    • Instance enabled echo chamber
    • Personal following enabled echo chamber
    • Personal blocklist enabled echo chamber

    :ablobcatwave: All of these tools serve a normal purpose, and therefore cannot easily be changed.

    It's how you use them that causes the problem. Be cognisant of that. :blobcatphoto:

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