[-] 4grams@awful.systems 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I work with John, my role is as the replacement for another John. I’m trying to be open and fix the issues, but they just want John back, and the other John who’s here, is so territorial, even when I try to help, he just tries to undermine and fight me.

Fucking John.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Oh, I agree, nothing wrong with mint. I just like the fact that it’s Debian based and works with everything I’ve thrown it at.

Figure proof of the ever decide to switch away from Ubuntu and mainline LMDE. Probably won’t happen, but makes me feel better anyway :).

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 1 points 3 days ago

Seconding LMDE. It’s Debian based rather than Ubuntu so no canonical to un-f. It’s my favorite distro. LMDE for desktop, vanilla Debian for servers.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 3 points 3 days ago

LMDE for future proofing and stability. Sort of a comedy option, but it’s my distro of choice. As easy as Mint, as stable as Debian. I just don’t trust Ubuntu and since it’s a Debian based distro, why not take one more step…

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 220 points 1 year ago

I have no opinion on the Star Wars/Dune debate but that is one fantastic comment. Kudos to the author, brought me quite a smile.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 128 points 1 year ago

I have an m2 iPad pro. The last thing it needs is more processing power, what it needs is better software to make use of the power that it has. I’d love to run full OS X on it considering I paid more than some MacBooks.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 484 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I am not a conspiracy theorist. Reality is trying it’s damnedest to make me one.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 98 points 2 years ago

and half this country wants to see these kind of headlines coming from ours. 😢

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 101 points 2 years ago

“Minimizes diminished App Store revenue”

I am an Apple user and in the end I’m more comfortable with them having access to my data than google.. but man, they don’t even bother to pretend it’s a pro-consumer issue thing anymore.

Been noticing that a lot lately, corporate weasel language is dying as these companies grow more and more emboldened.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 98 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I do, and I miss it. What’s more I’ve never once seen a Mr beast video.

Avoid the cruft, roll your own content and find smaller, individual communities like these tubes used to be a decade (or more) ago.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 146 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For me anyway, the modern web feels like the realization of those early internet pioneering ideas. I run my own personal site, with a nice open source google photos replacement, hosting my own VDI, streaming services, you name it. It’s all running on a pile of discarded speak and spell’s in my basement (a joke but only barely, this junk will run on anything that can host a container). It’s all possible thanks to the open source shoulders of giants I’m standing on and in spite of my lack of coding experience (I’m dev/ops). The fact that I run more infrastructure than my first few jobs combined, as one hobbyist, kinda blows my formerly teenage brain.

It’s still out there, just so long as you are willing to DIY. I am holding great hope for the fediverse, although I’ve been getting used to disappointment lately.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 266 points 2 years ago

I say this as a rare person who prefers to work in office.

Good.

Seriously, would much rather work with productive happy people. the remote work phenomenon has proven that between reduced traffic, the commercial real estate bubble, the fact that we’re literally all connected to each other 24/7 through the series of tubes means it’s about time we restructure the workforce.

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