bent

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[–] bent@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Started playing with Linux in high school about 15 years ago and have gone further and further down the rabbit hole as both Linux has become soo much better and I have become so much better at using it. Been working with Linux full time for a few years now and Windows feels so foreign and difficult too me now.

Only reason I still have Windows 10 on my gaming PC still is that I game so little that I haven't been gaming much in the last few years.

Glad to have you here!

[–] bent@lemm.ee 17 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Be an Ernie, not a Bert

[–] bent@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

NRK in Norway changed from license to tax funding. It's a good change, the licensing was getting absurd when they wanted everyone either with access to nrk.no to be required to have a license.

[–] bent@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

You probably need to try to figure it out. I quit porn cold turkey as that was the only way I coulddo it. I have tend to become addicted to caffeine and candy (sugar) if I'm not careful, so I've quite those several times. Tried both cold turkey and gradually for those and found that reducing fast and controlled work for those. So going from 5 cups of coffee a day to 2 a day for a week, to maximum one a day for a week to 2-3 cups a week.

[–] bent@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

The weird thing is that it's so normal to do drugs first thing in the morning that everyone who don't are the weird ones.

[–] bent@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's FB Messenger for me. If I could move some people over to Signal I'd be golden, but alas. In many ways I'd prefer to just leave all the Messenger group chats behind and move on, but too many people I care about don't care to get away.

[–] bent@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

I'm almost exclusively using tech from before the pandemic (desktop from 2019 being the oldest) and it's such a blessing not having the time to keep up with new games. I'm convinced I won't need more powerful computers before 2030.

I was dumb enough to get a new Samsung phone last time I needed a phone so the battery will likely be toast long before that, but in terms of power my old Samsung S9 (2018) is still plenty.

It's wild to me that gamers are still expected to upgrade their rig every other year or even sooner.

[–] bent@lemm.ee 26 points 1 month ago

I just got out of the stock market recently to get myself a bigger apartment. Felt really insecure about the decision until now (budgeting is tight). Feel for everyone that have their savings in this dumpster fire.

[–] bent@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

That's how the world works unfortunately, someone has to pay for it

[–] bent@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago (14 children)

I'm so glad I made the choice to move away from Gmail and Google search a few years ago.

[–] bent@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Foss means waterfall in Norwegian from Norse fors. It doesn't see any use in modern Danish from what I know, but there might be a link there considering that Danfoss works in fluid control equipment, pump, seal, valve manufacturing, climate & energy

[–] bent@lemm.ee 27 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Can we just start to state the obvious? They want the minerals on Greenland for tech "adventures" so they don't have to rely on China.

 

Godt å se at noen er på banen https://www.digi.no/artikler/tung-ber-alle-ha-exit-strategi-klar-i-tilfelle-google-og-microsoft-blir-ulovlig/556705 Betalingsmur, men essenses er at det er en reell sjanse for at det blir ulovlig å bruke Microsoft, Google og andre amerikanske tjenster i det offentlige og deler av privat sektor hvis avtalene som håndterer dette blir brutt. Et annent scenario som er verdt å tenke på er at disse selskapene bare skrur av tjenestene, enten ved uhell eller med overlegg. Vi har gjort oss fullstendig avhengig av USA, ikke bare på forsvar, men på hele den digitale infrastrukturen vår. Tenk gjennom hvor megaføkkd du og ditt arbeidssted er hvis det blir umulig å bruke Microsoft, Google, Apple, AWS og andre amerikanske selskap.

Håper dette kan tvinge frem en desentralisering og avamerikanisering også på dette feltet, men som vanlig må vi vel vente helt til krisen er et faktum før det skjer noe som helst.

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