cactus_head

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For most use cases, web search engines are fine. But I am wondering if there are alternative ways to finding information. There is also the enshittification of google and tbh most(free) search engines just give google search result

Obviously, the straight answer is just asking other people, in person or online, in general forums or specialised communities

Libraries are good source too but for those of is that don't have access to physical libraries, there free online public libraries(I will post the links for those that I found below)

Books in general, a lot of them have reference to outside materials.

So, I been experimenting with an AI chat bot(Le chat), partially as life coach of sorts and partially as a fine tuned web search engine. To cut to the chase, its bad. when its not just listing google top results it list tools that are long gone or just makes shit up. I was hoping it to be a fine tuned search engine, cuz with google, if what you want is not in the top 10 websites, your on your own.

So yeah, that all I can think of. Those are all the routes I can think of for finding information and probably all there is but maybe I missed some other routes.

[–] cactus_head@programming.dev -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Did you read my post like at all?

I meant something that breaks the traditional windows environment. Stuff outside xfce , cinnamon and kde. gnome doesn't work for me on keyboard and mouse. I want a distro to mess around with, not distro to settle on, i am fine on linux mint as is, just wanted to try a distro as a side hobby

[–] cactus_head@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My bad, phrases that badly. I meant to avoid i3

 

I got rid of my window from my secondary partition(gaming addiction) and now I have a 128 GB m.d. i have been running Linux mint for most of my Linux experience but want to try out something out side the traditional windows setup

I have tried those setups

  • Linux mint xfce
  • Linux mint cinnamon
  • fedora workstation(gnome)
  • fedora silverblue(gnome immutable)
  • fedora kde
  • majaro cinnamon

I would hope for sometimes were the learning curve isn't too extreme for me(i3 was too much)

[–] cactus_head@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

I keep getting "No such file or directory" and " Permission denied" on directories "/pro" and "/run". I am assuming those are the partitions of the HDD, either way, i got 193 GB but its not down broken down into sections. i am also wondering if it counted the HDD storage space in the total storage used.

Linux mint does have Disk Usage Analyzer where i got the storage spaced breakdown from. the size of / directory is 117 GB, 48 of which is Timeshift snapshots, so 67 GB of used space out of 240 GB SSD.

[–] cactus_head@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I didn't phrase that right. It filled to over 90% of the 180 GB SSD. Had move distos right away

[–] cactus_head@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If you’re talking about containerized software

do you mean Flathub or something like docker/distrobox. I remember using toolbox for some CLI commands.

[–] cactus_head@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

It depends on where that storage was used. Some details would be useful.

Linux mint 240 SSD is free 152 GB. The SSD includes home directory(28 GB) and Swap file(17 GB)

I have an 500 GB HDD that has 20 GB important files. I plan on keeping a copy on the 240 SSD and want the immutable allow twice that sizes(40 GB).

I don't plan on playing any games but i do plan on trying out some video and photo editing, nothing too big.

 

Two years or so tried fedora Silverblue and one the main issue i run into was storage. I had 180 GB SSD at the time and it filled to 90-something in a week. Now i have a 240 GB SSD and thing of try an immutable distro but worried about the storage space.

Anyone got insight into how big an SSD do i need?

[–] cactus_head@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

Sure There are for all three but depending on the system that can change too and most of them can be grouped together. If this is something that interests you, i would suggest you pick two systems and try them out. Really thought this is more a manifestation of my anxiety than anything practical, i have been stuck writing and rewriting systems for a week. I still think there is value in making a brief system for one or two parts of your life

Lab system:

tools and places for messing around; special partitions, virtual machines and new OSs on other ssd

Library system:

book tracking,review site, forums for discussing/recommendation/book clubs/ebook readers, ways to sync and where to get books

Cinema system:

where to watch, tracker for show and movies,review site, forums

Threat level system:

essentially what data you want to protect and from whom and tools you use

Social system:

what social medias do you use and where do you spend your time, what communities are you looking for online and which are available offline, support systems, both online and offline

Share system:

tools for sharing stuff and what not to share, collaboration tools

Legal system:

content warning for CSAMwas exposed to CSAM for the second in time in my life a few weeks back and decided i need the tools to report it, that's not really something talked about much when it comes to online safely

Convince ~~Convenience~~ system: Convince

what changes can you make around you that would cost you a little more (i.e better shaving tools, changing the shower head if its too short, using smaller spoons for measuring) that would make your life easier. Its note really a system, think of it more of a List of proposed changes

Digital identity system:

most of us use multiple social media accounts and have different identities(i.e what to share) for each one. there is also the question which accounts to link if thats something you want

here is a Template i came up with

Name System

-Toolbox

-Ideas List

-work flow(for something like steps for backups)

-check list(can have recurring task e.g backups)

-communities

[–] cactus_head@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago

definitely a 2. Been having the cringas lately.

[–] cactus_head@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago

Consuming a full jar of coffee in 3 days to feel like I am doing something productive

[–] cactus_head@programming.dev 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (10 children)

Didn't even know there were gloves, and like why? Is petrol toxic over time or something?

[–] cactus_head@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago

Hi for some reason, i write like i am having a stroke, sorry for that. still not sure how to communicate the type of taste though

 

I have been looking for doctors, saving numbers, emails and working hours in a onlyoffice spreadsheet but its not really readable at a glance. Looked around for an address books app but neither gnome calendar nor Thunderbird meet my needs.

The features I would like in an address-book( not all of them are strictly need) are:

-custom fields. -ability to customize address fields to include stuff like landmarks, floors and district(could also do with removing stuff like Postal box or countries). -custom labels for fields like phone numbers(WhatsApp,telegram) or instant messaging(discord)

Not a priority

-add notes, maybe even add multiple notes to contact. -calendar integration, with ability to add dates to contacts that can include notes.

Did try cardbook Thunderbird add-on but it is mostly unresponsive. On gitlab, the last comits was from 4 years ago and the last released version was from 2018, dispite that, Thunderbird addon store still keeps receiving new version, even in 2026 and issues are still being opened with developer responding,even a few hours ago.

All to say, I think it went close source

Anyhow, I am not opposed proprietary apps necessary(would still pick open source if its an option) just wanted to note the add-on being close source(I think) for people in case anyone wants to know.

 

Looking for a link archiving tool to save links that i have no intention of viewing anytime soon. it needs to be able to sort bookmarks by folders and sub-folders, tags are just not my thing. It doesn't have to be anything crazy but it needs to be offline first and have the ability to export bookmarks in a readable format

Part of it is that i have limited storage in terms of what i can archive, so the next best thing is save the links to YT and websites. If they are gone in the future, it is what it is. I also want my browser bookmark manager to be clutter free without the pressure of removing bookmarks all the time.

Also, i don't want to use any note talking apps, there are too many links and it just defeat the point of the app.

 

Does the speed/location of repos factor into your choose of distro? I am in Egypt and while linux mint repos speeds are fine when updating and installing here, fedora and manjaro are incredibility slow, manjaro especially is the slowest, like maybe 30 minutes or more slow for an install that takes a few minutes in linux mint

I am assuming that ppl in the USA/Europe don't have this problem. Does anyone else have this same issue.

 

In stories, especially creepypasta, its sounds more like a magical contract than a piece of paper

Like if a private organisation hired you to kill people, a NDA doesn't somehow make that legal and you can't get sued for breaking the contract.

So, what is the legal extent of NDA?

 

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/22178371

It leads to aimless scrolling and sometimes reading if I’m motivated.

 
 

I was reading a comic,called Space Boy on Webtoon and part of it talks about flavors of people. I remember how my anxiety taste like and tried to looking it up to no avail, what comes up is the metallic taste and is not what the i am looking for

My anxiety tastes sour and bitter and is very itchy, its happens on the upper end of my chest, which is where i mostly taste it.

 

As some with ADHD, my interest fluantuats wildly. How does an average person choose a job thats suppose to be for life and not worry about loss of interest, let alone some with ADHD.

 

I been thinking about this for a while. First with a the significant other of a hero without powers or a helping role, where we see their day to day life and how they feel insignificant next to the hero and all the action that take place away from them for the most. See different relations, ones where the hero over compensates for short-comings, one where they are toxic or even abuse panther in their. Mentors for heroes, who start the story with as mentors, mother/parents of heroes. Also when i mean full story, i don't mean a single episode in a series or a poltline in a book, but a fully completed story centered around them alone.

some archs i thought of:

-the comedic relief -the powerhouse(usually written as dumb) -the villain(that is not just a serial killer) -the future seer/oracle

Feel free to add media/stories use the arch for the full stories

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