LogarithmicCamel

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[–] LogarithmicCamel 3 points 1 year ago

This makes more sense for tech subs because I would assume that people might want to post about their problems but not be interested in reading about others' problems so not be a subscriber. But I would expect that people who like books would subscribe to the sub, which means that they have already seen this all before a million times. But no, people post and comment like this is all new.

[–] LogarithmicCamel 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't really explain why people are posting the same thing today as last week. Everyone who is posting today was alive and able to read books last week, and the vast majority was already a Reddit user. We would have to assume that nobody who posts on r/books subscribes to the sub and reads the posts ... which I wonder if it's a real possibility.

[–] LogarithmicCamel 4 points 1 year ago

Stealth (from F-Droid) doesn't let you log in but you can browse and subscribe to subs without ads.

[–] LogarithmicCamel 3 points 1 year ago

It seems to me that installing external audio drivers and changing Pulseaudio configurations is messing with the OS. Mint uses fairly old, stable packages. Newer distros have Pipewire for audio now. It's a Pulseaudio replacement and might be useful in your case. Have you tried a newer distro? You can try Ubuntu 22.04 or Fedora from a USB stick to see if your audio equipment works out of the box. Then you won't have to fiddle so much with the OS. Fedora Silverblue in particular is immutable and you can reset the OS to any current or previous state with one command, even without Timeshift. Another thing for testing software like DaVinci Resolve is Distrobox containers. You can change whatever you want inside a container and try different distros but you won't break the underlying OS. Hacker's dream.

[–] LogarithmicCamel 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Even distros like Mint are buggy and requires multiple restart every day.

There is something wrong with your installation. Other people just restart to update the kernel often once a week/month. So you might as well tell us what's making you restart Mint so often.

[–] LogarithmicCamel 2 points 1 year ago

This is not true. The laws of thermodynamics apply to open systems as well as long as you take into account the energy that enters and leaves the system, which is exactly what calories in, calories out mean. The brain influencing how many calories are spent is just part of calories out. What doesn't work is equating calories out with imprecise estimates from websites, watches etc, or equating calories in with imprecise calorie counts from food labels that people often miscount anyway. But when calories are carefully measured by scientists (i.e. in a metabolic chamber) and everything is accounted for, it's calories in, calories out all the way.

[–] LogarithmicCamel 2 points 1 year ago

And in a world that is getting hotter and hotter, nothing is more appealing than carrying your own furnace with you, wherever you go.

[–] LogarithmicCamel 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Raw cashews are poisonous though, at least to humans. Maybe those crows were far smarter than you think.

[–] LogarithmicCamel 8 points 1 year ago

It just keeps a copy.

[–] LogarithmicCamel -4 points 1 year ago

Imagine turning to Reddit for deep stuff. Specific hobbies I understand, but depth ...

[–] LogarithmicCamel 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I can't believe no one mentioned this yet. I hope OP reads this comment. The first step is to make sure this new computer you want to buy is compatible with Linux. Otherwise your experience will be very frustrating, no matter what distro you choose. That is, if you can install any distros at all. Ask the vendor if this machine is compatible with Linux.

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