limelight79

joined 1 year ago
[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 108 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Every time this is asked, I post the same comment. I used Kubuntu for years and liked it, but more recently they started doing things that annoyed me. The biggest was related to snaps and Firefox. Now, sandboxing a browser is probably a great idea, but I wanted to use the regular deb install, so I followed the directions to disable the snap install and used the deb. However, Ubuntu overrode that decision several times - I'd start browsing, then realize I was using a snap AGAIN. Happened a few times over a couple years. If it happened once, eh, maybe an error, but it happened 3 or 4 times. I came to the conclusion I wasn't in control of my system, Ubuntu was.

I switched to Debian and am happy with my choice.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

I don't do much mountain biking, but I have clipless pedals on my old hardtail, too. When I ride without clipless, I have to constantly remember not to push too hard and be careful, lest my foot slip off. With clipless, I clip in and no longer have to think about it.

I don't really care what other people use. I'll stick with clipless, you can stick with flats or whatever you use, it's fine with me. I use electronic shifting on my road and gravel bikes, and disc brakes on the gravel bike, and I know some people hate both of those things, too. Personally I really like both, but if others still want to use cable shifters and rim brakes, that's fine with me.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There's a huge difference, because I occasionally ride other bikes without them. My feet slip off the pedals without the cleats. I wouldn't ride seriously without them.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 28 points 2 months ago (11 children)

Can confirm. Last week, I got home from a ride, stopped in front of the garage, couldn't unclip, and promptly fell over. It turned out one of the bolts fell out from the cleat during the ride, so the cleat just rotated, instead of unclipping. D'oh. Fortunately, I mostly landed in grass, though I did scrape my ankle a bit.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah. I grew up in the days of serial ports and parallel ports, and USB in general is so much better for most purposes. (I recall plugging my first mouse into the serial port...but wait! Where will my Hayes Smartmodem modem plug into then? Also, don't plug and unplug things from the serial port while the computer is running.)

And USB-C is even better. My tablet needs a charge? Well my laptop charger is right here... My phone is low and needs a quick charge? Well my USB-C tablet charger will give it a decent boost very quickly. No worries about getting it plugged in the wrong way, either.

I have a docking station for my work laptop, so when I had to replace my personal laptop, a laptop that supported USB-C power delivery was mandatory. I don't use it with the docking station very often, but knowing I can without an issue is great. My wife also has a Macbook that works on the docking station, too, in case she ever wants to use my dual monitor setup. All three laptops, from three different brands, are just plug in and go.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I gave up running an email server long ago - I thought it was basically impossible because too many spammers were doing it for nefarious purposes.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Quick reminder of this conversation: You suggested I check his website for his platform, so I did, and found that there's only "I did this" and some vague promises that do not specify any sort of actual plan. You seem to think that's arguing, but I'm trying to explain that there's actually no useful information there.

Basically, it's no better than Kamala's and arguably even worse because he's making promises we all know he's not going to keep (Kamala makes no promises that I saw). And he still thinks he's running against Biden.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Ah, the new home of project2025!

Seriously, though, I assume this is what you're referring to where he's going to solve those problems:

President Donald J. Trump passed record-setting tax relief for the middle class, doubled the child tax credit, and slashed more job-killing regulations than any administration had ever done before. Real wages quickly increased as a result, and median household income reached the highest level in the history of our country, while poverty reached a record low. President Trump created nearly 9,000 Opportunity Zones to revitalize neglected communities. President Trump produced a booming economic recovery, and record low unemployment for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and women. Joe Biden is the destroyer of America’s jobs and continues to fuel runaway inflation with reckless big government spending. President Trump’s vision for America’s economic revival is lower taxes, bigger paychecks, and more jobs for American workers.

I see no plan, aside from some very vague promises and an attack on a guy who isn't even running.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I'm looking for your link to Trump's plan for those issues. What's his solution? Banning immigrants? A costly wall? Tax breaks for the rich again? Let another million die from a pandemic? Argue about crowd sizes? Maybe blowing up a hurricane?

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I came across a bowling arcade game that ran Linux. Still kind of wishing I'd bought it.

Pretty sure it's this one.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Shouldn't it be an X 2.0? Did he just deadname his own company?

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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