[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 17 points 1 month ago

Linux on the desktop has a long way to go

What do you perceive is missing? I've been using Linux exclusively since 2006 (while supporting Windows users at work), there's never been a time when I felt like I was missing a particular Windows feature. Mostly I just find Windows' lack of user-friendliness to be extremely maddening.

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 17 points 2 months ago

I'm really not sure... The way he rants about things, I feel like he's dumb as a rock. On the other hand, the people who have gotten in close to him? It's not hard to figure out that for someone with Trump's ego, all it takes are a few careful suggestions, something to make him think people will admire him, and he'll be happy to do the rest.

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 17 points 2 months ago

Canada has more land mass than the US does. Perhaps Trump should be talking about integrating the US into Canada (and doing away with the now-redundant US Presidential position).

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 16 points 7 months ago

Nearly all of the search options sort your front page by activity, so removing old communities won't make active ones stand out any more. If you're searching for new communities and fail to notice the last message was 3 years before you posted your 900-page essay, that's on you. Even if you make the background of stagnant communities bright red, there's still going to be someone who complains that they somehow "didn't get any warning".

Retaining old content has value, you wouldn't believe how many answers I've found on 10+ year old reddit posts that have long since been archived. Information is valuable, it should never be removed unless someone is being harmed by it.

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 17 points 8 months ago

So much this... Despite trying to drive defensively I have been involved in two major car accidents. The first one I walked away from, but the second one put me on Flight for Life. Despite the accident itself being pretty bad, the only physical issue was a broken leg that took a couple years to heal properly. However the REAL issue took longer to realize -- something from that accident has caused me to have continued sleep issues since then. I'll be on medications the rest of my life probably, and even then I still have trouble getting restful sleep if I've been physically active.

Yeah it's easy to feel invincible when you're young, and your body can heal from a lot, but just remember that those things can also fuck up your shit in ways you might not realize until years later. Things you take for granted now (like sleep) can really screw up your enjoyment of life when they don't work right.

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 16 points 9 months ago

Awww poor little Homelander, nobody loves you.

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 17 points 11 months ago

SIX nipples? Damn it's gonna be expensive when I head back to the piercing shop.

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 17 points 1 year ago

Someone should write a bill to mandate a 'cure' for stupid, starting with political leaders. At least that cure has a chance for success. When are these idiots going to realize there's no 'cure' for being the person that you are?

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 17 points 2 years ago

Wow even just the "needrestart" program is really useful from that article. I had no idea I had services previously updated which were still hanging out there.

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 17 points 2 years ago

The first full-time job I had was stuffing circuit boards. We got a new person in one day, she was clearly struggling but it seemed like she was trying... She never came back after lunch. I mean, say something or ask questions, any of us would have helped her out.

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh thank god, an actual question. I was going crazy trying to figure out what that thumbnail-sized picture was supposed to be! 😃

Honestly anybody can throw together a marketplace or auction site. That part is pretty easy. The problem comes when you start trying to deal with the money. Money attracts the hackers, and your security better be absolutely air-tight. There will always be transactional fees for handling the money which needs to be passed on so that alone means you can't run the site for free.

After that comes the problem of scale. The bigger your site gets, the more people you need to hire to manage all the complaints. Who decides if it was the customer or the seller that got screwed in a deal? That comes down to a judgement call, meaning you need some good training for your employees. And of course all this also requires fees to be passed along to someone.

Unfortunately if you want a successful marketplace you can't just rely on the honesty of the buyers and sellers. It takes a constant effort, good customer service, and a way to provide that cheaper than ebay so you can attract more people to the site. Several have tried and failed to do this already, and they had a lot more money than we do.

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 17 points 2 years ago

Seems to me like the whole political campaign aimed at making people believe elections can't be trusted should fall under "criminal conspiracies".

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