@otter@lemmy.ca

otter

@otter@lemmy.ca

I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.

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otter,

Maybe it could be specific to each user?

Few ideas

  • a community for people to post in on their cake day, where they can comment on some aspect of their life that’s improved in the last year / something they’re grateful for
  • if you come across a cake day account, pop into their history and comment on something you find interesting
otter,

I love the feel of this one, it’s… soft in a nice way?

otter,

Futurama - A Hundred Coffees

otter,

This is very mildly interesting, cool find!

otter,

I wasn’t sure myself honestly, thought I’d check if someone else brought it up first

I think people get super excited to share the good news that it’s not a company behind it and all the benefits that come with that

otter, (edited )

I would say to just try it out and see how it is! The live USB works nicely and you can decide you don’t like a distro and move on rapidly. There are also tools out there that let you load up multiple distros on the USB at once, and then pick which one to use when you boot up.

I went through my own struggles with dual booting Linux some time ago. If you search on Lemmy, you can find those embarrassing posts. It was my fault, I got confident and messed with ‘grub’ in all the wrong ways, before cutting my losses early and reverting everything because I had other commitments to deal with.

The good thing though is that it’s totally possible to put Windows back 100% the way it was before, even after messing up as badly as I did (I couldn’t boot into either operating system because the machine couldn’t find the boot entry). Once you’re ready to replace windows with Linux (or dual boot etc.), make a good backup with something like Macrium Reflect and you should be safe to go for it. I highly doubt you’ll make the mistakes I did, the story is to say that you can mess up and be just fine!

As for your use case:

  • affinity programs aren’t on Linux from what I remember, you might want to experiment and see if you can run it with Wine or if you have an alternative (ex. Dual boot, different programs)
  • Not sure about Davinci, comments suggest that it runs ok on Linux. I like KdenLive

As for what people recommended, and what I’m planning to try soon

  • Kubuntu (if you want Ubuntu that looks similar to windows)
  • Fedora (what I tried last time)
  • Linux Mint
otter,

It might be my app, but I don’t see any mods listed at all. You could try contacting the instance admins, unless there’s a community/magazine for requests

otter,

I’m new to OSM as well, but bus_stop=construction might be the right call? Sounds like it’s past the planning stage.

wiki.openstreetmap.org/…/Tag:highway%3Dconstructi…

wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:proposed

wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:planned:*

otter,

What aspects do you like about 9gag? (memes, specific content, interface, etc.)

That might help people guide you to something different. Unfortunately I haven’t used 9gag in years so I don’t know what it’s like now

otter,

Thank you, that was helpful!

otter,

I can’t tell if this makes it easier for students to understand, or harder 😄 Specifically where each chromatid/chromosome goes

otter,

Huh so apparently it’s because of Latin?

Quoting an old comment

Fish isn’t considered meat because English and Latin are slightly different languages. For hundreds of years Catholics were not allowed to eat meat on Friday. But the language of the church is Latin, and what Catholics were not allowed to eat is ‘carne’ which is the flesh of creatures from the land or the sky. So fish was fine.

jimmyakin.com/2005/02/fish_fridays.html

otter,

Why is there an “or” in there, how does that help?

otter,

Yea the part I found weird was that it went “mother’s sibling” but also “father’s sister”, rather than “X’s sibling” or “X’s sister”

otter,

I feel like it fits the intent of the community, but yea you’d need a mod to weigh in

otter,

I love these little signs

Sadie can jump the fence, as a treat

I wonder if Sadie tries to teach the other goats

otter,

While leaving it behind is best for privacy, the article touches on some reasons people bring them anyway

Leaving your phone behind means the data it holds and transmits will be the safest it will ever be, but it also means giving up access to important resources. It becomes much more difficult to coordinate with others, or get updates from social media. For many, phone cameras are also the only way they can document what’s happening.

If you have access to a separate phone, whether it’s a “burner” phone, an old smartphone that you can reset, or an old-fashioned camera, you could choose to bring these devices instead of your regularly-used phone. However, not everyone has access to these devices, or can afford to purchase a separate phone just for protesting.

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