I’d probably cut down my current job to about 1 day a week (because I still love my job).

I’d Spend the rest of the time making all kinds of weird abstract artpieces that nobody would understand.

Erh… yes… ehm… fine weather today, right?

I awkardly gaze to the ground while I wait for the elevator to arrive at the right floor.

Hmm, I’d say the Theramin is easy to have fun with, but to actually learn to play songs it is up there in difficulty with the violin. It is one of, if not THE most precise instrument there is.

So it’s eating its ancestor?

Can someone explain why MacOS always seems to create _MACOSX folders in zips that we Linux/Windows users always delete anyway?

Your mother was a hamster, and your father smells of elderberries.

Interestingly, I think people like you and me use Lemmy because one of the same underlying reasons as social media people:

Either:

1. Endless amounts of stuff that speaks to your interest. (With us it’s stuff like technology. On Social media, people are “interested” in what others are up to.

2. Getting likes/dislikes. Even though likes aren’t important on Lemmy, I notice in my usage that I do subconsciously get the same dopamine hits jf a post gets liked a lot, just like Social Media does. It’s less aggressive on Lemmy because you don’t get alerts for it, but it does factor in on engagement.

3. Engaging in conversations/discussions with other people.

4. Sharing things you find interesting yourself

The content might be different, but the underlying principles are really close. Social Media is actually really close to how forums work at it’s core.

But I know this is an unpopular opinion. And no, I wouldn’t call Lemmy Social Media per se. But the line is more blurry than I’d like to admit if I look at my time spent with Lemmy.

I’ve been usung mint for about a month now.

I want to get rid of Windows, but I don’t want to spend my day sudo-ing my ass off.

Give me a gui for everything and doubleclick installers, and a release that is stable above all else.

I’m open to suggestions though! So shoot away which distro I should be using :)

My nephew uses arch btw.

I’d argue for not stressing too much about practices when you are a beginner. Learning to code is hard enough already. At first, it’s just important to start creating.

Software practices are important. But just get code working at all is, as a beginner, more important.

Secretly plays Shotgun King