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WikiHow: How to walk

This makes me happy. 🙂

SVN is still great if there is a need for strict access controls and central control matters a lot. Auditing is also a bit easier with SVN.

It caters more for a linear workflow, though. So modern large teams won’t find joy with SVN.

Gitlab, Gogs, Gitea… you can run all those locally.

Basically some reasonableness.

Set boundaries. Meaning you probably should choose specific times to check the news. You could for instance check once in the morning and once in the evening. Or even only on specific days.

Also curate your sources. Follow outlets that offer reasonably balanced reporting. Misinformation and sensationalism are your sanity’s worst enemies. For example, don’t get your news from social media (as is so common with many and which leads to a host of other issues…).

Try to avoid doomscrolling. If scrolling starts feeling like sinking, it’s okay necessary to stop. You really don’t need to absorb every detail to be informed.

And just something I personally found is to balance bad with good news. Spend time with positive stuff. Even in this timeline there’s good to be had.

The Mayonnaise part was hard to watch… 🤢

You should post this in unpopular opinion and add a reason or three. It’ll make your day.

3.1 looked terrible.

2000 was stable and looked decent for it’s time. Enjoyed the look of 10, but behind the scenes it was invasive. 11 is terrible on the looks* and the invasiveness.

*) seriously… it looks dated and cluttered after using something like Gnome for a while

“I present: the Jericho.”

Sadly, quite a few things. Here’s a few:

• Application support; some popular software is built with Windows in mind.
• One-click installers; Software usually comes with user-friendly installation wizards. No command lines or dependency juggling. Also better compatibility woth past versions
• Driver availability; Linux is getting better, but Windows is superior
• Better peripheral support like for printers, webcams, game controllers.
• Gaming performance; although Linux is gaining ground, Windows is just better in this regard
• Media codecs and formats; again, Linux is getting better, but this isn’t always an out-of-the-box experience
• Business integration; Windows plays nicely with enterprise tools like Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and legacy business apps.

Don’t get me wrong. I use Linux as my daily driver. That also means I get frustrated on occasion when again I must consult man pages instead of just running a troubleshooter or fiddling with Nvidia drivers instead of just running the game.

If this becomes viable - which would be amazing! -, how long does this take to become available in most countries?

Personally I find that linking “making money” with “climbing the social ladder” is at the core of many of our issues.

Going even further, ranking each other based on factors like wealth, education, occupation, influence, etc. is degrading and leads to inequality, corruption and emotional/mental health problems, to name a few. The idea that success is measured almost exclusively by economic gain and social rank distorts human values.

And yet, the wants of the many often do.

https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2024/08/25/telegram-is-not-really-an-encrypted-messaging-app/

To get encryption one must start a “secret chat”. It’s an opt-in! Regular users will not even know the option exists, that’s how well hidden it is.

Regular chats? Plainly readable on the server.

By features, yes. By 10 miles.

Privacy? It isn’t driving anymore at this point.