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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am pretty sure this is anyone, not really ADHD specific. More like a "makes me feel good to buy something" specific. Which is many many people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Checks and balances, and money... people won't buy your product if it's malware...unless you make them a captive audience (win11, tencent).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

We have off grid days on the weekend. I love it. I'd do it more if work didn't require it or I didn't have people who call me for help with things.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I actually enjoy talking with others on here. My worldview has expanded because of it.

 

Something I've wondered. One of those "too good to be true, it probably is" type things. With all the FOSS especially for linux, installing package after package because a web search said it would fix your problem, how is it Linux isn't full of malware and such?

Id like to understand better so I can explain to others who are afraid of FOSS for those reasons. My best response is that since it's open source, people can see what it's doing and would right away notice something malicious. I wouldn't, since I'm not that into code, but others would.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Agreed. It's a car. I have an entertainment system at home and great speakers for listening. Cars suck for actual listening quality anyways.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

100% in agreement with all your points. Simplicity and modular! Look how well the original mustang did, because you could actually get what you wanted. That has disappeared completely now

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Some of us live in spread out communities or rural areas. You don't expect all humans to live in a 2x2 ft cube in a 30 story tall building do you? Also, I guarantee not everyone else wants to live right next to other humans. I try to get as far as possible so I can do anything I want (be loud, be outside at any time, have parties etc). There is actually enough livable land on the planet for every single human to have 2 acres worth. Now, should people have children when there is already billions of us, that's another question.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Absolute dream. Please build it!!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

It drives me insane how people idolize these criminals. They will dismiss anything criticizing billionaires as "commie liberal bullshit" and go back to their charlie kirk. The US is and has been completely brainwashed. I can't tell ypu the weird looks I get when I come right out and say "the billionaires are the problem. Stop using Twitter and amazon". They act like that is total insanity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's well and good for us, but then we are just the isolated few who do it compared to all our friends that stay with discord because they're comfortable on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I like it! Good points. I don't use Amazon by the way, and try to get others to do the same but it's a hard battle. I'm sure I waste in other ways but I try. People need to have a little more curiosity and creativity in reusing or making stuff themselves, not buying shit they don't need. The real issue is billionaires with a carbon footprint 10000 times bigger than any of us could imagine. And I don't think any of us can stop that, unless we boycott literally every company.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Oh there's no question, humanity will be dumber because of AI. I've already seen it, and it JUST started. Imagine it in 10 years with how good it is. AI babies are the new ipad babies. There will be zero thinking for yourself, zero problem solving ability. And those of us who shun it will be called the idiots. Mark my words.

 

Another thing I've liked about linux. The community is amazing, and I find games I never would have heard of otherwise! What are some games you've found solely because of linux?

For me,

Luanti (voxelibre, mineclone)

Tuxcart

Horripilant

 

A big reason I've been holding off a total switch is the support for wheels and force feedback in linux. I currently have mint installed, and between trying to get assetto corsa with content manager working, and getting the wheel calibrated, it's a struggle. I have a Driving Force GT. I can see the wheel and inputs in the joystick menu, but the force feedback and degrees of turn are all messed up. There's some resources online but I thought maybe someone here has direct experience. Any assistance appreciated. I'd love to kick windows to the curb entirely !

Does running the driver in wine work, or will that not work at all with external devices? The driver itself is buggy as I recall having to do registry edits in windows to make it work a few years ago.

 

Maybe a dumb question, the biggest reason I can't fully move is i do enjoy VR and sim racing, both of which I've seen have limited linux support still, and though I enjoy figuring things out and fixing stuff, I don't want to always be tinkering instead of just racing/gaming.

Would it be possible or safe to keep gaming on win 10 until it's totally not supported, but not using it for any shopping etc where sensitive info is being transferred ?

I did just order a 2 tb drive to put linux mint on, to give gaming on linux another try. I haven't had a linux install for a few years now and kind of miss it. But i do wonder if I'll need to reinstall all my games again or can just access them off the existing hard drives (I know, NTFS formatted wont be optimum for linux).

If I'm in the wrong spot to ask, please inform.

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