I don’t see why not. The only difference between how most people use Spotify and the radio is that on Spotify it’s an algorithm and not a person. The majority of users are just using generated playlists anyways.

Yessongs if you like that kind of thing.

I agree, I have absolutely 0 issue with patiently leading people through a process. Even if they’re a bit confused or unsure, as long as they are honestly listening and trying, I will try my best to explain things in a way they can understand. The thing that pisses me off is when people go all learned helplessness and try to get you to do it for them instead. No, I want you to try and learn it for yourself. If it doesn’t stick, I’ll patiently guide you again. Just try. Believe me, people of any age can “get” technology or refuse to learn. It’s a mindset

I will make an exception, and that’s when I’m dealing with people who literally cannot learn. If you have dementia or a severe learning impairment that’s a different story, usually those folks will have someone else who can learn for them though.

Yes, working in tech I’ve personally encountered this lots and it never stops personally pissing me off. It’s a facet of learned helplessness. It’s pretty clearly a way to get other people around them to do things for them. They probably don’t see it as manipulative but it is, albeit in a pretty minor way.

Just so I understand what you’re saying here, you’re saying that Aboriginal people are genetically predisposed to being criminals? Are you aware that is, without exaggeration, something the Nazis believed and used actively to justify atrocity? Textbook eugenics

It’s so tiring. What’s to be done about Danielle’s blatantly corrupt (and fascistic) government when everyone around her is on board?

Bad news from a lifelong Albertan: I’ve seen MAGA gear here from other lifelong Albertans. The problem has already leaked here. But tbh I still would be in favour of barring MAGA from Canada on the basis that they threatened our sovereignty.

But for good news, MAGA are woefully bad at pretending to be normal and can’t help but to bring up their deranged politics at the dinner table.

Agreed. Build more dense housing, incentivize more public transit, and plan for both of those things to become higher in demand (and close the TFW minimum wage loophole), then we can start inviting folks into our country again to provide us the value that they objectively can.

Maybe it’s not so great how monolithic systemd is, but it has brought a lot of great functionality to the Linux world. Not as if Linux has ever been married to the Unix philosophy anyways.

If we can’t feed the people we have, why are supermarkets dumping bleach on perfectly good food? Sounds like an artificial problem to me.

People who make mistakes deserve to live too. Don’t be like that. We’ve all done stupid shit, he just happened to kill his liver with this one.

It is absolutely imperative that you understand the safety profile of ANY substance entering your body.

Even a little acetaminophen makes my liver feel funny the next day. Ibuprofen actually works for pain relief for me (migraines mostly) but it can cause stomach ulcers. Painkillers are definitely not something you can just use without thinking, and daily use especially can fuck your body up, ibuprofen is also hard on your kidneys.

Take the minimum effective dose as infrequently as possible.

You’re using all 65535 or so values for ports? Port forwarding is not necessary inside the same network.

I would guess they’re a Windows user based on 2 and 1. wget -c works for continuing downloads, and transferring files is trivial with sftp.

The opposite works better. Follow the accounts you actually like and just use the following tab.

Honestly I think I like Java better than C++ because with all that complexity at least you get memory safety, actually readable errors, and portable code. C# is great but Linux support is spotty.

FLARED. BASE. It’s not a joke.

By TNG, which started airing in 1987, data was mostly kept in (isolinear) chips and the computer, which still feels natural.

Well, UHF is still a common term if you’re a radio amateur. Along with VLF, LF, MW, SW, etc.