In Norway it is common to find quizzes in newspaper websites that question you on different topics and score how well you align with the various parties. They're great at both introducing you to current political hot topics while also orienting you about the various parties that exist, of which there are far more that two that are viable to choose from.

I always lead by stating I suck at remembering names, which usually works. Still I understand why some get upset, because they themselves spend a lot of time and energy cramming names. I too cram names if they're needed in a work function.

Libredirect and (self-hosted 😉) invidious is the way

First time maybe, the second time not really

Try installing a cinnamon app on a gnome distro and you get the same dependencies pulled in, but also put in PATH

The closer you are to the money the better you can argue to get paid

The Linux source, coc and governance continues to be improved upon, while the religious scripture and institutions mainly stay fixed

I like how Discourse is becoming more and more popular for FOSS communities, but would love if it supported federation

All the instances that popped up during the reddit exodus were not that thought through. Once the feddiverse stabelize around sustainable communities it'll work better

The final fallback should be robodialing some tech support service and provide TeamViewer credentials

People say this every year. The vast majority of true innovation is behind us. Why was an article written this year? Is it just because some reporter browsed X and thought, "eh, why not?". This is not news.

At the start of each school year some niche social media gains popularity, simply because each year wants something new and "untainted". Last year BeReal benefitted from this. It likely won't survive for long as they're losing users now