I installed Debian + KDE on my mom’s laptop. She hasn’t had a complaint since. How tech-savvy is she, you ask? I’m sitting with her right now, so out of politeness she put on headphones to watch her favorite soap opera. Mind you, the headphones weren’t plugged into the laptop. She was sitting there, headphones on her...
I feel like this gets so close to understanding why non-technical people don’t use Linux. I had a class once in college I had to use Linux for so I have used it. It wouldn’t be hard at all to use Linux for what I use my computer for everyday. So if my laptop come with Linux or someone else installed Linux on it I’d be fine. I might not even notice right away honestly.
The barrier isn’t using Linux, the barrier is installing Linux in the first place. Windows also works fine for the random low level stuff I use my laptop to do, so why would I go out of my way to install Linux when it would improve my life 0% and be a huge boring hassle for me?
I buy a new laptop and I open it. It’s running windows as soon as I turn it on. How is that easier than having to go find something to install? If I turned on a brand new laptop and it was running Linux then I’d just use Linux. I wouldn’t bother going to find windows to download it either.
It’s April and I am sweating like crazy, it fucking sucks, but it also got me wondering what can I do? There is so much conflicting advice out there, even if I tell others about this, when they ask for a solution what do I tell?
The number of US workers in the labor market over the age of 75 is expected to nearly double over the next decade, creating a looming retirement crisis....
Thats not totally true. The import thing about a Roth is that the earnings grow tax free. That’s great even if you’re withdrawing less in retirement as long as there was growth in your Roth between when you contributed and when you start withdrawing. If you plan to withdraw your Roth in the next couple of years then yeah probably not worth as much, if you have a couple decades before you plan to retire? That may be a different story.
Also as someone subscribed to both, the games are way cheaper. So it makes sense that more people can afford a continuous gaming subscription through them.
Dracula Untold. I don’t know why I thought it might be good but the first quarter or so that I stayed awake through just seemed like he needed marriage counseling or something.
Just recently learned CFOP from someone (still really slow at it) and it’s a great fidget. I use it during a few of my more droning zoom meetings and it makes me feel like I’m doing something semi productive while I fidget.
Catherine, Princess of Wales, has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun chemotherapy, she announced in a video message on Friday, in which she described the past two months as “incredibly tough for our entire family.”...
There usually is a king and queen at the same time because traditionall Kings are in charge. Historically the Queen was the wife of the King. Jusy like Camilla is currently Queen Consort. If/When William takes the throne his wife will be Queen Consort. The King is still a higher position than the Queen which is why Prince Phillip was Prince Consort. If he’d been titled as King then he would have “out ranked” his wife.
So yes Kate will be Queen (trchnically Queen Consort), but William will be “top” royal as King.
I think Nex used they/them. Knowing Oklahoma they aren’t gonna look into this anymore at all. It’s already a very backwards state when it comes to respecting human life, the fact that they were non-binary essentially means that there no chance Oklahoma is taking this seriously.
Even if a concussion didn’t contribute being non-binary in as hostile a place as OK can’t have helped. As long as these assholes are in charge kids will continue to die (and not just Trans kids, it’s not a picnic being any minority in Oklahoma).
Cellulose powder is wood pulp. It doesn’t really have nutritional value and is often used in the production of certain medicine types as well, but it is definitely wood.
You may want to check your display setting because the pink and the red are very visibly different. If your settings are correct you may want to take a colorblindness test.
A huge chunk of their force is also released criminals who are very likely to run if given half the chance. The remaining force are Russian conscripts who are probably not running only because their families are effectively being held hostage back in Russia.
In some industries you can be a supervisor with 100 reports. Job titles are so asynchronized even in similar types of companies that they’re virtually meaningless without company specific context.
By Lemmy standards I’m perversely unconcerned with my privacy. But I just updated all my glassdoor info to wildly incorrect stuff (name, location, industry, job title, etc) then deleted it. Even for me this is a bridge too far.
10 jobs in 3 years? That over 3 jobs a year. I’m not saying you should stay in a job with bad conditions, but I’m not sure how you could look at it where that isn’t a ton of job in a short amount of time.
Although the spectacle of influencers flaunting their affluence has long been a staple of social media, there are signs that audiences are growing tired of it. Experts say “influencer fatigue” is wearing on young people who crave authenticity as inflation rises and achieving a stable livelihood becomes increasingly...
Theyre on lemmy.ml and they likely can’t say it on their instance without it being autocensored. I also don’t agree with a lot of .ml stances but I don’t think they’re selling advertising space over there, has that changed recently?
My mom uses Linux, btw
I installed Debian + KDE on my mom’s laptop. She hasn’t had a complaint since. How tech-savvy is she, you ask? I’m sitting with her right now, so out of politeness she put on headphones to watch her favorite soap opera. Mind you, the headphones weren’t plugged into the laptop. She was sitting there, headphones on her...
How do we actually get out of this climate disaster?
It’s April and I am sweating like crazy, it fucking sucks, but it also got me wondering what can I do? There is so much conflicting advice out there, even if I tell others about this, when they ask for a solution what do I tell?
Retirement crisis looms as Americans struggle to save (www.cnn.com)
The number of US workers in the labor market over the age of 75 is expected to nearly double over the next decade, creating a looming retirement crisis....
The New York Times Is More Gaming Company Than Newspaper – Data shows most NYT subscribers are playing games, not reading the news (kotaku.com)
Liz Truss shares bizarre Easter message as she holds uncomfortable-looking lamb (www.mirror.co.uk)
What personal project are you working on currently? Would you mind showing it?
Have you ever been to a movie so terrible that you saw people leaving the theater? Which one was it? (lemmy.world)
What skill can I learn while stimming?
Instead of biting my nails or playing with a fidget toy, is there a skill I can learn/practice?...
Kitten Heeled Pumps (lemmy.world)
Anon is a competitive cat owner (feddit.de)
Catherine, Princess of Wales, Has Cancer (www.nytimes.com)
Catherine, Princess of Wales, has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun chemotherapy, she announced in a video message on Friday, in which she described the past two months as “incredibly tough for our entire family.”...
No charges to be filed in school fight involving Nex Benedict: DA (abcnews.go.com)
RAW DATA (mander.xyz)
Donald Trump Should Probably File for Bankruptcy, but Likely Won’t Because He’s Worried It Would Make Him Look Like a Loser: Report (www.vanityfair.com)
People's Reaction When You Start Speaking Their Language. (lemmy.world)
Russian military hit by mass desertions according to figures from independent Russian investigative outlet (www.newsweek.com)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/10209741...
Hmmm (lemmy.world)
Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent (arstechnica.com)
40-year-old homeowner says economy doesn’t add up: ‘I’m making the most money I’ve ever made, and I’m still living paycheck to paycheck’ (fortune.com)
“There’s this wild disconnect between what people are experiencing and what economists are experiencing,” says Nikki Cimino, a recruiter in Denver.
Sovcit went to court (lemmy.world)
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'Influencer fatigue' is real and young people are getting tired of it (www.yahoo.com)
Although the spectacle of influencers flaunting their affluence has long been a staple of social media, there are signs that audiences are growing tired of it. Experts say “influencer fatigue” is wearing on young people who crave authenticity as inflation rises and achieving a stable livelihood becomes increasingly...