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As an ex webdesigner/dev, Squarespace, Weebly and the like killed my income well before ChatGPT did.

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Just be aware that 23andMe citizenship extraction renders your birth certification and citizenship null and void. If you accept this, extend your arm through the indicators and bite down on the sanitized bit. It may sting a little.

Also tell Kiera I said hi if you see her in the future.

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About a decade ago I told my spouse I wanted to customise my PC with a perspex case and some lighting inside. He was all bleurgh, why would you want to do that?! His current PC has a glass side and rainbow lights inside.

I also stand by this claim and have since the 90s. Thank you and good day, sir.

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I don't really have any one stand out reason. I first introduced myself to Linux in the late 1990s, buying a Red Hat CD and phone book sized manual that at the time cost a lot, especially as I was poor student. I think one of my tutors (I as doing computer studies) said that he ran Linux and I got nerdy and curious. It sadly didn't last long as too much of my other study was based around Windows.

Over time, Iecame to despise corporate monopolies, spying, manipulation, billion dollar advertising budgets, and turning people into products (not just Microsoft, but Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc.) more and more, so I decided it was time (early 2010s) to give Linux a go again. I'd read people saying it was more usable for gaming than it used to be. Still required giving up some games since Steam Proton wasn't a thing yet but for me, I was making an concious choice to only support gaming that was Linux native (or games that I already owned that worked on WINE).

I distro hopped bit before settling on Mint. Used that for about 2 years and then got a new PC. Wanted to challenge myself more and went with Arch. I have enjoyed the customisation, freedom, privacy and ethically conscious choice ever since.

I wouldn't say I'm obsessed but I certainly try and free other people from the shackles of non-floss software as much as I can.

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Where is that a new thing? I've been using Linux since early 2010s and people were using that term back then (and it wasn't a new term then either)

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I would just move on. Some people have a bee in their bonnet and can't look past their own problems and see why other folks might find certain discussions useful.

Personally, when I was first looking at switching to Linux (and then through distro hopping) I found discussion like these great as I could see other people's reasons for choosing the distro they did.

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Lake Tanganyikan shell dwellers!!! I sadly do not have any currently but hopefully one day.

I do love my Ember Tetras. Such an underrated fish and far more lively behaviour than I expected from such little fish. I figured they would be pretty dumb given their tiny brains but they have really fun interactions with each other.

They also pack a lot of colour for being so tiny (once they fully colour up).

Wanting to improve my Linux skills after 17 months of daily driving Linux

I’ve been daily driving Linux for 17 months now (currently on Linux Mint). I have got very comfortable with basic commands and many just works distros (such as Linux Mint, or Pop!_OS) with apt as the package manager. I’ve tried Debian as a distro to try to challenge myself, but have always ran into issues. On my PC, I could...

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Third same. Before my current PC, my old PC was a 6yo install. Never had problems that weren't caused by me (although I could count on one hand the number of times I had issues in that 6 years).

My current install is more than 2yo trouble free.

I've DE hopped and fiddled with heaps of stuff in that time too.

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BTW I also use Arch (and also so does my husband) 😁

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I am sadly having to sell this but after 2 years of fidling, I am finally happy with how this experiment turned out.

Bonsai

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It has an overhead trickle filter box that I emptied out and replaced with Seachem Fluorite Red (I also did another filter the exact same way but with LECA and the plants grew just as well in that too) and put baby terrestrial plants into. Baby plants arent so baby any more lol.

https://i.postimg.cc/J04sT3zx/20231115-162401.jpg

I'm disabled and my health issues have just gotten worse over time so I have to sell most of my aquariums including this one. Sucks balls as I had some really cool ideas to try out, but such is life. I'll still have two plus my ponds 🐟💙

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Thanks for the explainer! Also, Google's response is such a crock of shit.

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"injured rights holders"

🙄🙄🙄🙄🤮

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My brain was trying to make various synonyms for "shit" work 😅

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If only I could even get the original in my country (New Zealand) 😔

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My first flavour was Red Hat back in the late 90s. It's a shame I didn't give it more of a go back then. Then Mint for a couple of years in the earlyish 2010s before finally settling on Arch where I've been for almost a decade now.

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But the hurtful comments leave a bigger mark than the good ones

As a volunteer for a charity, I feel this so much. I work incredibly hard to help people, I get paid nothing for my time. The entitlement and rude demands burns me out way faster. Especially when people seem to put far more effort into complaining and being rude than they do thanking me or showing appreciation for what we do.

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Wtf is that screenshot?! When you're talking about user protection, it generally helps to have a relevant screenshot and not something thats going to confuse or put off users.

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Meanwhile in my country (New Zealand), privacy laws are slowly being eroded and government spying and censorship is increasing.
I wish we had GDPR.

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Neurons in your brain be like, use it or lose it.

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