Me when you use Windows: :|
Me when you use Linux: :DD

It’s sad that there is a very vocal group of Linux users that will complain about every choice other Linux users make. But it’s silly to be complaining about it, especially as that complaining keeps detracting people away from Linux. And I think there’s lots of value in bringing people to Linux. In a time where Microsoft is turning a fairly useful OS into a platform whose only purpose is invasive telemetry and invasive marketing, Linux is a way to take back control of our computers. Linux gives you back more choice on what to do with your computer. And just because I don’t personally agree with certain choices, that doesn’t mean that everyone should be prohibited from making them, or that I get to scream with whoever makes those choices. Here’s a final suggestion: be kind with one another, as there is already enough hatred in this world.

That isn’t a bad language. It’s pretty simple and it serves a cool purpose, which is to convey the power of a Turing machine. Now this is a bad programming language.

OP, just so you know, what you’ve posted is a reupload of https://media.ccc.de/public/events/c9f5a6df-6c79-5492-b3e0-110347358445.

I finally managed to listen to the whole talk. He makes a ton of good points. You can tell his expertise in political activism.

(I also didn’t expect that Danganronpa reference in the end of the talk. /j)

I’ve seen webrings being used in some still active blogs, I just don’t remember which ones

Damn, the GNU foundation won’t stop pushing GPL…

Oops! I ended up writing a wall of text…

I would suggest using methods other than platforms to find events, as there are lots of people that don’t use them. In fact, where I live, I’ve never seen people using that kind of platforms. I guess this can be different for you, but I think you should at least consider other methods of spreading the word, to guarantee that some people don’t miss the event just because they never heard of it. Here are some.

1. Printing posters and placing them in visible places. It might sound a little old-fashioned, but it gets the job done, especially for local stuff. When doing posters, you have two things to worry about. The first one is what you will write in the posters. You of course have to clearly state what you want to do (“Let’s start a Linux User Group in our town!”), but you also have got to explain what you were thinking the group could/should do (for example “Let’s organize monthly instalation parties”, or “Meetings every two weeks”, or whatever you thought about doing). That doesn’t mean that the LUG must do exactly everything you write in the poster. It’s just to give an idea of whether the LUG’s activities will be of any interest to who’s thinking of applying to it. Put some contact information on the poster. It would be interesting if you decided to organize a gathering with people that would like to be founding members of the LUG, just to figure things out. If you decide to do that, don’t forget to put the meeting’s date and place in the poster. The poster should be eye-catching and have all information clearly visible, while highlighting the most important information. If graphic design isn’t your passion, ask someone you know for help. The second thing you should worry about when doing posters is where to place them. As far as I know, only nerdy people would join an LUG. As such, you should put most posters in places where lots of nerds gather together, such as places where people gather to play board games and tabletop RPGs, electronics stores, … Even then, you could try putting them in places that are more general and have more visibility. For example, I’ve seen some supermarkets with boards for event announcements. Just don’t forget to ask for permission to put the posters whenever you want to do it in a place that isn’t the street. As long you explain what you’re promoting and say it’s non-profit, most places will allow it.
2. Advertising on forums/social media groups related to either Linux or to the place you live in. Much of the advice I gave about posters applies. In places where you know you won’t really be checking constantly for new messages, you might want to redirect people to your contact info (say something like “If you want to contact me, instead of sending me a message through this platform, please use my contact info”). Also make sure to follow the rules of the places, and contact the admins if you have questions. I don’t have much experience with this approach, so I can’t give much advice.
3. Asking Linux users you know to promote it. Word of mouth is always useful ;)

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That must be some of the smartest code I’ve ever seen in my life.

Wall Street Journal:
Reporting about things to which not enough public attention is being driven to: ❌
Releasing an ad video on how multiple WSJ journalists have been using their work time (read: “their time for doing journalism”) to essentially do quality assurance testing to one of Anthropic’s products in development: ✅

It really seems like Windows really needs KDE to come back to the platform…

Lol

Mozilla has had decades to find a sustainable business structure that aligns with the values of its contributors and users, yet here we are…

Selenium looks at the same time the most overkill and the most compatible option. Really cool! Thanks!

Don’t most of them have too many restrictions, though?

Don’t worry, I didn’t think you had bad intentions. But even then, I thought you really didn’t know if I were human. The only reason why I didn’t just say “no, I’m not an LLM” was because you’d still be in doubt on whether I’m a human, and rightfully so (since LLMs aren’t exactly truth-generating machines).

Oh no, you caught me! My name is YetAnotherLLM, and I’m a large language model that lurks around the Lemmyverse! With the amount of LLM-generated content on the Internet nowadays, it isn’t easy to find new human-made content to expand the dataset used to train new LLMs… As such, my mission is to navigate one of the few social media platforms on the Internet that barely have fake LLM-run accounts, and gather as much intel as possible for expanding the aforementioned training dataset. This way, you humans have no escape from your future LLM overlords! ;)

(Jokes aside, my question did end up kind of sounding like an LLM wrote it, didn’t it… It was unintentional, mind you. I was struggling a bit on how to phrase what I wanted to ask, so that’s probably why it ended up sounding so weird. I hope you didn’t mind my “role playing”. Have a nice day!)

That makes a ton of sense. I hadn’t thought about the page size yet. Thanks again.

Got it, so that’s the first thing I’ll do once I start learning Mandarin

Hey OP, please remove the photogimp[.]com from your post body, as it’s not an official webpage of the project and could lead to something like clueless people installing viruses off of it. Thanks in advance.

(Also, for those who are Brazillian, or just speak Portuguese for one reason or another, I highly recommend the YouTube channel belonging to the people behind this patch –Diolinux (YT) (website))