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TrueStoryBob

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  • Border czar whines it’s been ‘hard’ to find undocumented immigrants

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  • It's because of their ideology. To Hitler's government, the extermination of the Jews as well as the mentally/physically challenged, the Roma, and all kinds of LGBTQ was seen as being as important as knocking France out of commission, bombing Britain to capitulation, or destroying the Soviet Union. The Holocaust wasn't seen as some side project, it was an actual war goal and taken as seriously as anything else in the war.

    Don't look for it to make sense, little of Nazi ideology makes sense.

  • OpenAI whistleblower’s death deemed suicide

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  • Democracy©®™

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  • Looks like Lemmy is climbing up to the 2023 exodus days numbers again

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  • because I do not trust big tech.

    Dude, same. I mean, I get that's why many are here, but it's just gotten so much worse lately.

    Starting to build my first Linux machine to use as my daily driver laptop. Been meaning to get into it all for years, but Microsoft's constant shenanigans as of late and everyone on Lemmy really pushed me to take the plunge.

    It'll be a "baby's first project" of a used Thinkpad running on Mint, but it's a start to getting out from under these corporate fucks. Every step away is a step to which I'm not planning to return.

  • Tumblr to join fediverse

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  • Yeah, the plan was similar to when Time-Warner acquired Myspace only to not understand what a social media site is inherently; then fumble the bag and sell as fast as possible. They really fucked themselves left right and center on that deal... but everyone's friend Tom is still a multimillionaire.

  • Tumblr to join fediverse

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  • Automattic declined to share a time frame as to when the migration would be complete, given its scale, but a rep for the company called the progress so far “exciting.”

    Yeah, they've been talking about this for years now.

  • Is it time to ring the alarm on internet door cameras?

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  • From what I'm given to understand of my state's laws, this would be covered under the same kind of thing as the surveillance cameras at a convenience store or shopping center parking lot and the expectations a person would have for their privacy... it just sucks.

  • Is it time to ring the alarm on internet door cameras?

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  • Some are like six feet away and others are set farther back. It's not all of the ring came 5 that go off. I know there's a setting where the user can create a like a bounding box so that they don't go off unless someone is actually at the door... these folks simply haven't done that, don't know to do that, or are watching the sidewalk intentionally. At any rate, my street doesn't have much traffic so I usually just walk in the road.

  • Is it time to ring the alarm on internet door cameras?

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  • Some of my neighbors have them and I hate walking down the street. I know it's a public sidewalk, but hearing all the little pings and "some one is at the front door" it creeps me out. I live in a single party consent state so there's not like anything I can do but now there's a database with a record of when I go to/come back from work. I don't like that. Thankfully, when signing the lease, my landlord forbid in the contact the installation on those. He also owns the houses on either side of mine... a little strip of privacy in a sea of surveillance.

  • how old were you the first time you got drunk?

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  • I was 21 years old.

    Decided the best way to begin drinking was to do shots of Southern Comfort with my roommate. I got like blackout drunk, woke up hours later needing to vomit... I ran to the bathroom where I found my roommate passed out in the bathtub in the fetal position in his own sick. I turned to the toilet as the SoCo and bile made its way to the top of my throat, it was go time, now or never... to my horror both the seat and the lid were down. My mouth filled as I tried to get the lid open and then... disaster struck. The puke hit the diagonal plain of the half raised lid and sprayed all over the walls and toilet tank. I then slipped and face planted into the tank giving myself a black eye.

    I didn't drink for two years after that night.

  • Trump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing cost

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  • Is he trying to run afoul of the zink lobby? Those folks go hard.

  • Would it be difficult for me to build a Linux equivalent to a Chromebook?

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  • It's on the list... got some homework to do, but this project is shaping up be an afternoon instead of the months long thing I thought it would be.

  • Would it be difficult for me to build a Linux equivalent to a Chromebook?

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  • Thanks! Will definitely be asking more questions as I get started in all this... but step one has been identified: beg the IT lady at work for a used laptop or buying a used/refurbished Lenovo Thinkpad.

  • Would it be difficult for me to build a Linux equivalent to a Chromebook?

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  • Ubuntu and Mint are on the list and I'm now leaning towards buying a used Thinkpad.

    Thanks for the info! Not knowing where to start gets... not overwhelming... I guess moderately-whelming. I am moderately whelmed.

  • Would it be difficult for me to build a Linux equivalent to a Chromebook?

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  • Someone pointed out work laptops and made me realize my company is about to do a whole laptop replacement cycle (kind of embarrassed I didn't think of that, but that's why we ask questions). Gonna check with the IT manager if I can have one or if they're already spoken for (donated to a school, etc). If I can't do that, looks like a cheap eBay Thinkpad with Mint or Ubuntu is where I'm going to end up.

  • Would it be difficult for me to build a Linux equivalent to a Chromebook?

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  • Putting all that on my homework list. Thanks!

  • Would it be difficult for me to build a Linux equivalent to a Chromebook?

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  • Budget is basically: whatever I need to spend to have a device last at least six to seven years or beyond. I'm willing to spend more for quality, but the thought process is that if I can buy used and still get quality/longevity then that's what I'll do. Someone else suggested to try and get a used machine from my work, which almost embarrassingly hadn't occurred to me. They're about to do a laptop replacement cycle and, while I'm not issued a work laptop, there's going to be like fifty to choose from (if they haven't already been promised to a school or something). Gonna ask our IT manager about it Monday.

    Also, thanks for the info about the distros, having only fooled around with works-out-of-the-box PC's for forever now, switching over to Linux can be a bit overwhelming.

  • Would it be difficult for me to build a Linux equivalent to a Chromebook?

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  • This Chromebook has some problems... battery life, charging port not holding onto the cable, a dead button under the touchpad, and a crack in the screen is what has me looking at all of this. I'm not very handy and, with everything wrong, it's looking like a used laptop might be cheaper than replacement parts.

    Everyone has been suggesting used Thinkpad so that's the front runner right now. Thanks for the suggestions!

  • Would it be difficult for me to build a Linux equivalent to a Chromebook?

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  • I repaired laptops for a living for a while and Thinkpads were always my favorite.

    Good to know! And I'll definitely look into them!

  • Would it be difficult for me to build a Linux equivalent to a Chromebook?

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  • It's got battery, charge plug, screen, touchpad, and a whole host of other problems... gonna look into used models others are suggesting, but it's probably just about a used laptop's worth of repairs.