HeavyDogFeet

HeavyDogFeet, 4 months ago

Hilarious. In what world is a Linux a good choice for “Elderly people who are not familiar with advanced technology and prefer clean and simple computer usage”.

The elderly people I know already struggle with the systems they’ve used for years. And when something goes wrong, they can ask basically anyone and someone will be able to help them.

Now insert Linux (which “flavour”? Who knows, pick one) and see who can help with even basic tasks or problems. This is fantasy shit.

HeavyDogFeet, 4 months ago

Im not saying it’s impossible, but it’s not “the best”. Even in your example, you set everything up. But if something goes wrong, will you be there to fix it? With a Mac, which is lately idiot-proof, if something breaks there’s an easy number to call or places you can take your machine.

Again, not saying it’s unusable, but just being usable wasn’t the claim.

HeavyDogFeet, 4 months ago

It’s not because it’s not used by the common public, it’s because there aren’t normie-friendly resources and or a company help desk that average people rely on when they need assistance. It’s all well and good for people to say these things are easy to learn and they don’t break, it in the real world, for people who don’t really care about this stuff but have to use it for a few random tasks, it’s nice to know there’s a place that will help you. Not everyone has a techie friend or relative.

The issue is not with the software itself (although there are issues there) as much as it is with non-commercial nature of Linux. It’s great that there’s a thriving community of people who are passionate about this stuff and get great use and enjoyment out of it, but many of the reasons people love it are also reasons why it will probably never be a viable mainstream option.

HeavyDogFeet, 4 months ago

Web 4 — it’s web 3 but this time the grift is slightly different.

HeavyDogFeet, 4 months ago

Web 4, now with Grift 2.

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

What are the chances that it won’t cause extinction, but will just make things a bit (or maybe a lot) worse for a lot of people?

I don’t think any reasonable people are all that concerned with doomsday scenario as much as with the slow march towards a bullshit future.

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

Just replace the caps lock key.

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

I know they did, and I’ve only heard praise for it.

I’ve even remapped my caps lock on my Mac to be another modifier key. I can still tap it to toggle caps lock, but I don’t think I’ve ever used it for that.

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

That’s fair. You could still have that same functionality through something like double tapping the shift key (like it currently works on iPhones) but I guess that might also be hard for some people on a physical keyboard?

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

I don’t have many tools (or any children) but if I’m buying a bunch of battery operated stuff, you can be sure it’s all going to be able to use the same batteries and chargers.

HeavyDogFeet, 4 months ago

I’m sure you’re right and it wouldn’t be an issue, but I’m anal about reducing redundancy and complication wherever I can. If I can have one place to charge everything and don’t have to check what belongs to what, I’ll do it.

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

Wait til they find out I’m happy to pay nothing and still get the same content (often with less hassle).

All these streaming services seem to have forgotten that piracy is incredibly easy and a lot of use chose to use their services because they were originally convenient and affordable. Now that they’re more fractured than ever and way more expensive, why would I bother?

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

Brain transplants into completely healthy bodies could help too, but since neither are available right now, I don’t get what the purpose of this article is.

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

MacOS — making me go into system settings to allow an app to install that I’ve initiated. I know where the app comes from, I just downloaded it, why do I have to tell my own computer I trust myself to not be an idiot?

iPadOS — multitasking. I know that things are better than they used to be but it’s still a clunky experience to use multiple windows or flip back and forth between them unless you use a keyboard (at which point why wouldn’t I just use a laptop?)

iOS — not a lot these days. I’d still like to be able to customise my Home Screen layouts more, and shortcuts are still pretty unreliable, but I’m largely happy with iOS itself.

watchOS — better customisation for the widgets section. Let me have multiple complication/shortcut blocks, let me organise widgets more easily, etc. More watch faces would be nice too. A lot of the ones that are available are pretty ugly.

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

Good to know. I’m sure I’ll forget by the next time I need to do this, but nice to know it’s an option.

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

Withdrawsaw should obviously have been Goland and I won’t be taking any feedback.

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

I still don’t get what the compelling use for these is supposed to be. There’s nothing they’ve shown so far that doesn’t seem more awkward and intrusive than it is beneficial, unless maybe if you exist in true isolation at work and at home.

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

What platforms are you on? Anything outside of Mastodon and Lemmy?

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

Haha, unfortunately I’m not much of a Star Trek fan so I can’t answer that one.

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

Damn, you’re deep into the fediverse. Thanks for sharing.

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

Cool, I’ll give that a watch when I get a chance. Thanks for sharing.

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

I don’t necessarily miss the memes, and a lot of the jokes would get repeated to death because everyone wanted their chance to say them, but I do find some of the Lemmy communities I follow can be kinda self-serious at times. I guess with a larger audience (Reddit), there was just more room for a joke or meme to land without derailing the thread or annoying people.

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

Ooh, I’d never heard of Elk before. Just checked it out and it’s really nice — might have to make it my web client now. Thank for sharing!

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

I’ve never been much of a Christmas person. But 2020-2022 were the most Christmasy I’ve ever felt (probably because we were at home and decided to embrace with a tree and roast dinner etc it rather than our usual travelling holiday).

Now that we’re fully back to our old lifestyle, I don’t even notice that it’s Christmas/end of year until someone brings it up.

HeavyDogFeet, 5 months ago

Maybe there are a few examples of this, but in general this is just a blatant lie.