AmosBurton_ThatGuy

joined 2 years ago
[–] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you're expecting any kind of critical thinking or even the slightest bit of intelligence, then you won't find it in that sub lmao

 

Yes, I do still browse reddit, mainly for hockey and some niche subs that aren't here yet. Once in a while I dip my toes into r/all to see the garbage that floats to the top and this one popped up today.

r/conspiracy has always been a shithole, but when I first saw this post I thought it was on a meme sub, but no, those morons actually believe this shit. Truly blows my mind how amazingly stupid a lot of people are.

If you feel like having some of your brain cells commit suicide you can read the comments here - https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1m6p3p6/octopuses_lived_before_dinosaurs_and_were/

If there's a better way to share a reddit post without giving them clicks let me know and I'll edit my link. I know I've seen it before but I don't remember what it was.

[–] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago

It would've cost you nothing to keep this to yourself. Sometimes ignorance is bliss, y'know?

[–] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Been on a Peter Hamilton binge since I started Pandora's Star about 4 months ago, and have since gone through all 7 of the Commonwealth books (Commonwealth duology, Void trilogy, and Chronicles of the Fallers duology) Exodus: Archimedes Engine, and am almost done book 1 of the Salvation trilogy.

So far my favourite is probably the Commonwealth duology, followed by Exodus. All of the books I've read have been amazing IMO, this is the first time I've read based solely off the author rather than recommendations. He can be pretty horny at times which is the main thing about his books that annoy me, but the world building is top tier IMO and the ideas he presents are fascinating.

Highly recommend giving the Commonwealth duology a try, it's a bit slow going at first but once it gets going, I found it hard to stop. Amazing books.

[–] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

Congrats! I enjoy my drinks a little more than I should, it's hard to get past that feeling of "I'm bored, a few beers would be nice". Seriously, good for you, I'm happy you finally beat it!

Nicotine is hard because it doesn't have such a strong effect on your life the way alcohol does and it's (mostly) accepted as a vice that isn't that big of a deal. No one at work is gonna judge you for having a vape/smoke break like they would if they smelled alcohol on your breath for example. It doesn't make you hungover, or irritable, or tired because you stayed up to late etc. It simply becomes a part of your daily routine and that's the hardest part about giving it up. I've been addicted to nicotine for 15 years now, 6 on smokes and 9 on vaping. Almost half my life at this point. I've tried 5 times to quit and I've never been able to make it past a week.

[–] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I literally said it's bad. I agree, in an ideal world no one would be smoking or vaping or drinking etc the list goes on and on.

We don't live in an ideal world.

If I could go back in time and stop my dumbass 16 year old self from smoking, I would. I'm just sick of dipshits like you acting all high and mighty because you don't have an addiction and don't understand how hard it is to get off nicotine.

Let people live their lives as they want and mind your own god damn business man. Not that hard.

[–] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago (16 children)

Yes vaping is worse than not vaping. Its bad. I like them anyway.

Why don't you take your judgemental attitude and fuck right off bud.

"How dare you not live life the way I think you should!!!"

Christ you people are so annoying.

[–] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

While we're at it, let's just tell alcoholics to never try drinking, and drug addicts to just not try drugs!

🙄

[–] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thatsthejoke.jpeg

[–] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Great post, thanks for taking the time to write this up and share it!

[–] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You deserve to be happy, hope it keeps getting better for you!

 

Hey everyone, with the upcoming closure of lemm.ee I just wanted to say thank you to all the admins and mods of all the comms on .ca, and users! You all are what helps to make this the best instance of Lemmy! Doing those jobs for free can't be easy (admins/mods), what with all the douchebags that tend to populate the internet and make life harder for normal people that just want to chill. I know I certainly wouldn't have the patience to mod even a small comm, let alone help to be an admin of an entire instance.

I tend not to post or comment to much, always been that way, but I've been here since July of 2023 and I browse daily. The stability of this instance is awesome and I have nothing but respect for the admins that make this possible. The mods of all the .ca comms, and awesome users in general really help to make this the greatest instance on Lemmy.

Thank you to everyone, regardless of whether you're an admin, a mod, or just an average user posting their hot takes, shit posts, memes, and great discussion material etc.

Long live lemmy.ca!

 

As in, what's the evolutionary reason for this? I can get seeing dogs as cute because they probably helped early humans by being "guards" essentially and they're just great companions in general, but what purpose does a cat have for example? All they want is food, and you get nothing in return except a cute cat to look at. Hell, even bear cubs are adorable and they'll eventually turn into something that can kill you with one swipe.

Why do we find animals that are or will grow into dangerous creatures cute? What reason does this serve?

 
 

I'm technically following the rule by posting but I refuse to put rule in the title.

I'm a badass like that 😎

 

One of the most damning videos I've seen about this. Just reply with this when you come across someone trying to defend this PoS. Fuck this sub-human scumbag.

 

I'M NOT STUPID ANYMOOOOOREE!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Good ol' Albinoblacksheep!

 

We're going to candy mountain Charlie!

 

Hey guys. I've been running Bazzite as my main OS for about 8ish months now and have been dabbling with CachyOS on a second SSD (physically separate installations) and have been loving it. One of the main things holding me back from moving over to CachyOS full time has been exporting and then importing my Plex media server distrobox install since I really don't want to lose all my watch history etc for a 3rd time (once due to reinstalling Windows and then again when moving to Bazzite)

I've figured out how to both export and import my distrobox data using podman (thanks to very helpful Lemmings I might add) and have successfully got my data imported (I think?) using podman and then reinstalling that into a Debian distrobox just like I did on Bazzite. When I try to boot into a Debian distrobox terminal on CachyOS I'm greeted by the following error at the top of the terminal before doing anything -

source: Error encountered while sourcing file '/usr/share/cachyos-fish-config/cachyos-config.fish':

source: No such file or directory

When I try to type the command to start Plex media server the same way I did on Bazzite (sudo systemctl start plexmediaserver) I get the following error -

sudo: systemctl: command not found

I've done some searching and it seems it may be due to CachyOS defaulting to fish over bash. Is that correct? If so then all I should have to do is the following command, right?

chsh -s /usr/bin/bash

I just wanted to ask more experienced users before I start making changes to something like that. I may have been using Bazzite for quite a while now but I still consider myself to be a noob to Linux and I'd prefer to verify I'm on the right path before blindly following instructions that I find while searching.

These are the instructions I followed to export and then import my previous distrobox data (shown to me by a helpful Lemming in a previous post!) - https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/blob/18053c254a83750c49c08e58df2e48a0f04aef48/docs/useful_tips.md#container-save-and-restore

This is where I found how to switch to bash - https://wiki-dev.cachyos.org/configuration/shell/

Alternatively, is there a way to get distrobox to work properly with fish? I mentioned the error above, but I'll copy and paste it again for easy reference -

source: Error encountered while sourcing file '/usr/share/cachyos-fish-config/cachyos-config.fish':

source: No such file or directory

That's what I get whenever I try to enter into my Debian distrobox.

I'm more than open to fixing this in fish instead of switching back to bash, as in my short time playing around in CachyOS I find I do quite like the auto complete and history that fish provides over bash, and it seems I'll need to be using the terminal much more in an Arch based distro which is 100% fine with me. I honestly get a certain satisfaction from using and learning the terminal as I've always considered myself to be a computer nerd, but my adventures into Linux have certainly humbled me.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

Edit: also wanted to add that I've already installed Plex media server natively to CachyOS but it logs me in as a new user despite signing in with the same info I always do, just like it did when I reinstalled Windows and then switched to Bazzite. That's why I'm going through the trouble to try and export and import my previous distrobox data from my Bazzite installation. I've asked before but I can't figure out how to export and import my plex data but maybe I'm just an idiot :)

 

Hey everyone, I've just recently started dual booting Bazzite, which I've been using as my main OS for about 6-7 months now, and CachyOS, which I just installed a week ago. I'm really liking CachyOS, but I currently run Plex media server in a Debian distrobox container on my main Bazzite installation and I'd like to be able to have access to the same watch history etc on both Bazzite and Cachy.

Can I just install distrobox in CachyOS and point it to the proper data directory that already exists in Bazzite? If so, where are the distrobox files located? I've already done some searching and couldn't figure out the answer by myself so that's why I'm asking here.

If that's not an option, is there a way for me to migrate my Plex data to a docker and access Plex media server that way through both distros? I really don't want to reset all my watch history again, as I share this with both my brother and mom and I've already reset the watch history twice by once reinstalling Windows and then again when I switched to Linux.

I also don't know how to use docker, so any information about getting a Plex media server set up properly in docker would be appreciated. I've been using Linux for a decent amount of time now and have learned a lot, but I definitely still consider myself to be a noob to Linux. But I'm 110% open to learning, I just need to be pointed in the right direction or given some good advice on how best to proceed to meet my needs.

I know that ideally, I would be using a separate PC to run Plex media server, but I don't have the money to buy a secondary PC to serve exclusive server duty, so I run it off my main PC.

Thank you in advance to anyone that can help, all replies are much appreciated!

 

Hello everyone, I've been running Bazzite as my primary OS for about 7 months now and love it. I used to have my primary 2TB SSD running Windows 11, my secondary 2TB SSD running Bazzite (main boot for 7 months) and then I recently bought a 1TB SSD so that I can keep a small Windows install for the few things I need Windows for.

I finally bit the bullet and backed up all my important Windows files and wiped my primary 2TB SSD and installed CachyOS on it, and now I can't install Windows 11 on my 1TB SSD. Bazzite uses GRUB as the default boot launcher, and I can boot into either Bazzite or CachyOS just fine, but no matter what I do I can't install Windows onto my new 1TB SSD.

I've tried multiple options to wipe the 1TB SSD, including using KDE partition manager to wipe everything off of the 1TB SSD, booting into the Windows live installation off of a USB and using the command prompt (diskpart) to wipe the 1TB SSD and format it into NTFS, and deleting the partitions manually in the Windows 11 installer, but no matter what I do, the Windows 11 installer always pops up at the end with a "failed to install Windows 11".

I have 3 seperate SSDs, two seperate 2TB SSDs, and a 1TB SSD. My main boot is one of my 2TB SSDs that's running Bazzite, what used to be my Windows 11 installation has been recently deleted and overwritten with CachyOS, and I'm trying to install Windows 11 onto my 1TB SSD. No matter how I format the 1TB, the Windows 11 install fails when I try to install it onto my 1TB SSD. My 1TB SSD is wiped clean yet Windows always fails to install on it.

I can see both Bazzite and CachyOS in GRUB but Windows 11 always fails to install. What do I need to do to be able to install Windows 11 on my 1TB SSD? I still need Windows for certain things and I'm getting frustrated with not being able to install Windows onto this SSD no matter what I do. I've tried searching and have come up empty handed, although that may be a skill issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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