I still haven’t managed to get in, mostly because I don’t know how to find an instance, or what I should be looking for to choose an instance.
I think I would like an Australia based instance, but I can’t find any way to filter or search for that.
I’ve had one person recommend peertube.wtf to me, but I still don’t know what would make it better than any other instance.
There is no good reason to use it.
It makes every sentence harder to read.
LocalSend if you want to send files between devices on your local network. Works on (almost) all operating systems.
VLC video player
Redshift or F.Lux to reduce blue light at night.
GPick to see exactly what color a pixel is.
GHex for editing binary files (advanced).
I asked ChatGPT and it said you could have network connectivity problems.
Is “main” a valid Java identifier?
package main;
public class main {
static main main;
String Main;
main(String main) {
Main = main;
}
main(main main) {
System.out.println(main.Main);
}
main main(main main) {
return new main(main);
}
public static void main(main...Main) {
main:
for (main main : Main) {
main = (main instanceof Main) ? new main(main): main.main(main);
break main;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
main = new main("main");
main.main(main, main);
main = main.new Main(main) {
main main(main main) {
return ((Main)main).main();
}
};
main.main(main);
main.main(main,main);
}
abstract class Main extends main {
Main(main main) {
super("main");
}
main main() {
main.Main = "Main";
return main;
}
}
}
I switched my mother’s laptop from Windows to Linux Mint (Cinnamon). I put all the shortcuts in the same place, and made sure the bookmarks were identical. She barely noticed the difference.
I need to help about once per month when the laptop shows an “error” message, but it’s rarely anything difficult to resolve. Often just “save as docx or odt?” or “updates complete, please restart”.
I personally believe that switching to Windows 11 will be more difficult for her to learn than switching to Linux Mint. I do recommend setting up Timeshift and automatic updates.
If it was just a screen, general purpose processor, and customisable OS then I’d have one already.
I don’t feel like paying a monthly subscription fee for a product to lie to me every time I ask a question, and relay everything I do back to a company who will sell my personal data to anyone.
I love my Pebble watch and enjoy playing with new tech. If a company like Pebble can make one without the spyware, bloatware, and AI, then I’ll probably get one.
Mine’s only 15 years. I need to keep working on it.
I tried to use an LLM to write a script for me. It confidently told me I could split a string in OpenSCAD with the [1:] operator. It works in Python, but isn’t an OpenSCAD feature.
Fortunately, programming has a good way of letting you know when the LLM is completely wrong.
The worrying part is that the LLMs can sometimes produce code that runs, but has massive security issues that you don’t notice if you just run the code and don’t closely analyse it.
Thanks for the detailed information, it really makes diagnosing easier.
The USB drive needs certain bits set to make it appear as bootable, which is why just copying the files over didn’t work.
Its possible that etcher did work. The USB probably had a boot partition with a few files, and a main partition with most of the files. Windows has a habit of only showing you the first partition, so you wouldn’t have been able to see most of the files.
If you want another option for making a bootable USB, I’ve found Ventoy to be fairly easy and reliable at making bootable USBs (and has a cool additional feature you may like). Only about half of the programs to write USBs have worked for me, so I recommend trying a few.
If the USB shows up as a bootable option in BIOS then it’s probably good. Turning off secure boot can help, but probably isn’t the main problem. Mint can boot with UEFI, so legacy isn’t necessary.
It looks to me like you have everything correct. My best guess for now is to just keep trying different USB writers. Please let me know if you notice any other symptoms.
Google removed their motto “don’t be evil”. I think that alone will answer your question.
If they get one angry message they’ll ignore it. If they get 10,000 angry messages they might start worrying about what the people who haven’t sent messages will do if they proceed.
Public outcry doesn’t always work, but it has worked enough times to try again. It takes minimal effort for a significant potential gain.
I guess this is the last kick I needed to buy a new phone and move away from Google permanently.
Clippy never sold your data or demanded a subscription fee for something you already bought. Clippy just tried to help.
The clippy movement is not about clippy as a program, but as an idea that companies need to be held accountable, and that we will hold them accountable.
If a company tries to make a feature a paid subscription after you paid for the product, or releases and update that removes your privacy, we will be watching and we will hold them accountable.
Companies can lie to one person or hide changes from a few people, but they can’t handle all of us. Samsung has already reversed their added subscription fee for a smart TV as a result of community action.
Yeah, I really should have labeled Trackmania as luck too.