Kirk

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 3 points 6 hours ago

Good advice, also Fedora's "atomic" distros are both bleeding edge and extremely stable!

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I agree with you completely. No disrespect to Mint, but immutability is (IMO) possibly the most important advancement for Linux adoption in its entire history. I would love to see more distros release immutable versions.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I don't know if it's correct to say that Vulcan culture is unaffectionate, just thay they don't express affection in the way you are used to. Remember: Spock was played the way he was in the 1960s to demonstrate the distance humans are willing to go to tolerate other cultures, no matter how (literally in this case) alien.

There's definitely a lot to unpack in suggesting that their culture deserves to "fail" because they do not assimilate (lol) into your culture.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 15 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Am I taking crazy pills or does the first panel does not reflect reality whatsoever? In my experience, Americans (the citizenry) regularly, openly, and loudly criticize and/or mock dictators and oppressive regimes, the federal government historically does not allow for normal business or trade to occur with them, and in several cases in recent history (for better or worse) the military physically intervenes.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 6 points 5 days ago

The function of accounts like the one you are replying to is to encourage cynicism and inaction among otherwise anti-fascist people.

Failing that, they will try to exhaust you with “debate”.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 5 points 5 days ago

I know what some of those words mean!

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Your points are all correct, but I feel it's also important to remember that nobody owns and operates "Lemmy". It's entirely volunteer operated and while it has two full-time devs, they're paid by donations (and not very much). There is no budget or UX/UI department to do A/B onboarding testing or anything.

What I'm saying is that if there is something you feel needs changing nobody would stop you (in fact they would welcome you!) from rolling up your sleeves and trying to address it (like @Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com is doing with this community)!

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 3 points 5 days ago

I honestly don't bother with trying to explain what an "instance" is to people interested in leaving Reddit. I just say "get the app" since most users are on their phones anyway. The only time a new user needs to know about any decentralized/federation stuff is if they're using a web browser, where, yeah, it can be confusing. But apps hide all federation stuff. Just download it, make an account, and follow communities (or people in Mastodon's case).

Also thank you for sharing your perspective as a newbie in this community it's very helpful!

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 8 points 5 days ago (6 children)

A truly feminist society would allow women to choose a traditional gender role but not force it upon them.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I did not realize you were OP (or even had a Lemmy account) 😂

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 5 points 1 week ago

I love the TOS Mudd episodes (and Roger Carmel's performance) but I have to agree with everything you said.

 

I have an aging Kindle and am looking for a new eReader to both read books and articles I've saved throughout the day. I use Wallabag to save articles. I like it over Pocket because it's better for paywalls because it fetches content directly from the browser.

I am leaning Kobo because of apps like Wallabako and KoReader (not exactly what that is yet but people seem to like it).

Anyone else have a similar setup or have any advice?

 

Note that r/coolguides is a very "normie" subreddit and may require extra handholding. There are a lot of people who don't seem to understand what "open source" means. Some looking for "The Lemmy app" etc. Be patient and helpful!

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