DashboTreeFrog

joined 2 years ago

We've been past it for years unfortunately... Tasmanian canned air

[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 52 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Seriously, what's with Google giving completely wrong suggestions in docs nowadays? I'm forced to use it for work and it's been insane lately.

The fact that I'm learning this from your comment enhances this meme

Never used them myself but other videos I found make these seem very much like a children's PE class / therapeutic kind of thing. Hopefully some kind Germans can enlighten us on the use case of Pedalos

[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 10 points 2 weeks ago

Bottle of lotion next to a monitor and an empty TP roll in the background...

A small EV pickup maybe?

[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 30 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Suzie? Is this about the D Club??

Non-American here. There's a huge market for cheap Chinese goods outside the US. There are a lot of little things where you don't need quality, just "good enough to get the job done". There's a chain of stores all around SEA called Mr. DIY that is basically full of worryingly cheap made in China products and it's thriving.

Then there's the various electronics brands that at least have reliable quality with good specs for the costs. Huge market for those despite bloat, spyware etc. outside of the US. As if you don't get that with practically all mainstream electronics from any country anyway. Plus for non smart electronics, they're fine. Xioami makes a great and cheap precision electronic screwdriver for example. Then there's car companies like BYD that is just killing it in the global EV market.

Not saying the Chinese government is great or anything, they've got hands as bloody as any other global superpower, but I do think Chinese companies can find plenty of willing customers outside of the US.

Tl;dr A lot of the world is willing to buy "cheap garbage", and not everything China is producing is seen as "cheap garbage" anymore.

[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't you mean where are your FRIENDS

 

If I'm not sharing, I just drop them back into the bucket/bag. If I'm sharing, I'll just eat them.

Recently though a bucket I was sharing had so many unpopped kernels I started worrying for my gut. Had me wondering how everyone else handles this.

So how does everyone handle unpopped kernels?

 

Any recommendations for something like "Amusing Ourselves to Death" but written after the internet became mainstream?

Something recently had me thinking about the book "Amusing Ourselves to Death" that made me want to give it a re-read, and as relevant as the main ideas still are for today, I wondered if there is a more recent book that is just as well received on the topic of society's addiction to amusement.

 

I can't stop laughing but I also have no friends who read Stormlight to share this with 😭

 

Nowadays I find a lot of games feel like too much work and/or anxiety when I just want to relax for like, 30 minutes to an hour after a long day. On the other hand, the games specifically designed to help you unwind just feel boring imo.

In the past I've felt like Outer Wilds scratched this itch, cause the whole experience was engaging but generally relaxed. There was a mystery that kept me hooked and the exploration and movement was fun in and of itself. I also felt like Subnautica filled this role since it was very much at my own pace, with anxiety producing portions which could for the most part be avoided or minimized, and also there was a clear objective to fulfill, get off the planet.

So what games do you play when you just wanna relax?

 

Complete Linux noob so apologies if anything I say or ask about sounds dumb.

I want to start making the switch to Linux and I've got most things figured out I think. I plan on putting either Mint or Fedora on my old Surface Go gen 1 because it's not critical for my work and potentially losing some functionality there won't cause huge issues, but my main use of it right now is taking notes on Onenote that I can then view and edit from my other devices as well.

Looking into Onenote and alternatives on Linux, I keep running into comments about the lack of handwriting support or no straightforward answers about stylus support. Anything Lemmy recommends I try? Also, any advice on running Linux on the Surface Go in general is welcome. Found some resources already but doesn't seem like people do this often.

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