I would abolish toilets without bidets. You would be legally required to have a bidet in all bathrooms, private and public. Worldwide!

I think of a Lemmy account on an instance the same as an email address: it doesn’t really matter which one you pick. Pick one that works best for you. Yes, you are beholden to the instance, but it’s the same with Gmail, Outlook, GMX, etc. They can close your account at any time, but they likely won’t.

Of course it does matter a bit what instance you pick: you want one that is well-federated with other communities that will have content/users you will enjoy engaging with. I’m pretty sure you can visit a list on each instance that shows what instances it is federated with.

Completed a torrent I was downloading for almost 2 years by adding trackers from this list. It helps!

Art of the deal!

I went to the states a couple years back. Went to a tavern and was deciding on a beer. Bartender overhears I’m Canadian and tells me the size of the pints in decilitres 🙄

For what it’s worth, I’m pretty comfortable with FL oz from reading soda cans and stuff. I just find it crazy how unintuitive metric is to some.

I appreciated his effort, I just thought it was funny

I can tell the future based on what color of shirt I wear. If I wear a white shirt, I know I will probably eat spaghetti or pizza that day.

I laughed super hard when I saw the ciggies.

Is this maximum-truth-seeking behavior?

It’s funny if you think about it: Plant makes chemical (capsaicin) to help it thrive > humans love the painful spice, start growing and propagating peppers > Peppers spread grow like crazy. Evolution working exactly as it should

Sometimes my mind goes dark places like nihilism, but deep down I think we should all be nice to each other.

Windows = Honda Civic Linux = Fixer-Upper Porsche

I really like this analogy! Makes me want to try again. I think I need a dedicated machine that will ONLY be for Linux, so I can build some troubleshooting ability and learn how to set up all the things I need. I really want that Linux Porsche lifestyle!!

I’ve tried to switch to Linux multiple times since 2008. Usually Ubuntu. I’ve even tried Linux Mint. I can never commit to the switch, I always get buggy behavior, crashes, hardware incompatibility, lack of apps (FL Studio, Adobe, WeChat for PC, etc). There are also dozens of tiny issues, like the sensitivity of the mouse/scroll wheel that feels different from Windows, even after adjusting the relevant settings. Also, for volume adjusting, the volume slider doesn’t make a sound when you change the volume level, unlike on Windows. How is it that not a single Linux distro includes this functionality? I am totally comfortable working in a Terminal if I have to, but every time I follow a terminal walkthrough I get errors; I search the error messages online and I get reading threads talking about bugs that are a decade old, there is never a solution. I am so jealous of people who can immerse themselves in Linux, I just can’t do it. I need my stuff to work out of the box, and for 15 years and many attempts to switch, it has never been the case. I can’t tell if I’m not smart enough, or I just rely too heavily on proprietary software, or I don’t want to dedicate the time to manually fixing problems with terminal commands and scripts.