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dekkzz76

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vernon, to emacs
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Hi all, with AI generated content becoming more and more popular, I've decided it's time for me to get off all forms of social media, and most of the internet.

I've given this a lot of thought over the past few months. And for me, the idea of consuming content that might mislead me to believe that something is real or authentic when in reality it's not, is too much of a risk. I personally think that curating the content that you consume on a daily basis has never been this important.

All the best to the community. Thanks for all the support and kindness over the past few years. πŸ™

dekkzz76,
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@vernon

popular with whom?

thees, to random
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The more I read about mach & , the more I prefer a microkernel based approach over monoliths.

dekkzz76,
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@thees

great in theory but far more difficult to write well.

dekkzz76, to random
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https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/16/what_is_unix/?td=rt-3a

Maybe Wirth was right C++ was wrong ;)

@lproven

louis, to emacs
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Oh no...

https://mastodon.social/@jnpn/111942584368937491

@jnpn

dekkzz76,
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bbatsov, to random
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Interesting trends.

dekkzz76,
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@bbatsov @kir

spam bots?

there was a lot of academics here after the initial exodus from twitter but they have largely gone [or retreated to their own instances] now

dekkzz76,
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@bbatsov @kir

there have been big waves involving mastotodon.social and the other so called official instances that saw them limited till they cleaned up the mess

ephzero, to emacs
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Getting antsy ... I haven't messed with my config in quite some time. Even tempted to nuke it for no good reason at all ... but I won't. πŸ˜…β€‹

dekkzz76,
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@ephzero

/me checks shaggy yak prices

skybert, to linux
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Which distro would you recommend a user coming over from Windows?

Today, I got this question. The person has been a developer on the Windows platform for many years and is comfortable both with RTFMing and using the command line.

As much as I liked to scream Arch Linux!!! Or failing that, Debian!!! I actually said ... Ubuntu.

  • Comes pre-installed on Dell and Lenovo laptops
  • Great OOTB experience
  • Great online resources as well as printed books.
  • Even some commercial software has an Ubuntu version.

What do you think?

dekkzz76,
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@skybert

and that distro is?

dekkzz76,
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@skybert

true

dekkzz76, to random
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@lispi314

i thought the author doesn't do emacs anymore was the reason

esm, to random
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i still despise how online safety programs in schools were seemingly cut at some point, i keep seeing tons of people my age fall for the most obvious stuff

i feel like i was lucky to be taught this stuff at a very young age

dekkzz76,
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@lispi314

new client needed

sfdb, to random
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Neither the NY Times or the Washington Post reported Trump's statement that he would encourage Russia to attack NATO on the front page.

Both managed to find room for missives on Biden's age & memory.

And they're completely flummoxed as to why journalism is dying...

image/jpeg

dekkzz76,
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@sfdb

its not journalism its fear

bujiraso, to RSS
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Getting back into since it's been too long since I had a preferred client. I'm trying out gnus in right now.

Fittingly, the first RSS feed I've loaded is @daviwil 's System Crafters
https://systemcrafters.net/

Now: to customize to my liking!

dekkzz76,
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@bujiraso @daviwil

there is also elfeed for emacs

dekkzz76,
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@bujiraso

gnus is over complex & is a big gatekeeper to increasing emacs usage

dekkzz76,
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it's overly complex for new users to get basic functionality who don't know other rss or mail packages exist.

it's on my avoid at all costs list if ppl ask me for help as they start out

dekkzz76,
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@holl @bujiraso

not exactly a beginner use case

dekkzz76,
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@mapcar

possibly but there are far more org-mode users than gnus, so i guess org-mode is useful while gnus isn't to beginners

dekkzz76,
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@mapcar

your an experienced user, from my experience of new, facing lisp for the first time users, gnus is always an issue.

what's brought up is lack of examples on the web, oddly written docs & the perceptions it's high skill cap to get the best out of it.

it certainly has many features but it isn't for newbies, even the most that have gone on to learn it after a few years learning emacs & elisp seem to agree with that.

dekkzz76,
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@lispi314

non doxed?

mms, to hamradio
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How come is so popular in us, even amongst younger generation? I don’t think anyone who ownes a a shortwave radio - not to mention broadcast.

dekkzz76,
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@mms ?

dekkzz76,
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@mms 2nd part of post doesnt make sense

dekkzz76,
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@mms i believe the popularity is a combo of a lot of ex military, the size of the US & the lower levels of qualification are less regulated than in the EU

amydiehl, to random
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Remote employees get 273 min of uninterrupted work each day vs office-bound colleagues’ 223 min. Free from office distractions of impromptu meetings and ambient noise, remote work offers a more conducive environment for deep concentration. https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4443825-telework-produces-a-22-percent-increase-in-employees-productive-work-time/

dekkzz76,
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@amydiehl

more middle class privilege more like, maby you can work fom home but as your costs are lower 20% of ypur salary can go to the actual workers on the aseembly lines who have to turn up

mms, to firefox
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Mobile on iOS is a joke and I don’t know why I still bother. Current problem: if I randomly end on twitter, I can not leave. New URL loads, but I still see rendered twitter.

God to know that they such perfect browser offering that no more work is needed and they can focus of the fad od the week.

I will be really pissed if I’m forced to use chrome or or one of its derivatives.

dekkzz76,
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@mms

until the glue breaks in which case theyre just more electro junk

ditherycarbon, to emacs
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60+ hours in, setup finally looking good enough to work.

I think I have fallen in the trap... With so much time invested, it feels bad to not use EMACS now.

dekkzz76,
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@ditherycarbon

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