This is me. I’m taking the L on this one and I’ve (at least occassionally) used Unix-like systems professionally for 15 years. I’m all self-taught on Linux and didn’t figure out Tab until I was doing some awful Grub troubleshooting and it spells out that tab autocompletes. So I tried it in terminal and then smirked at the camera like Jim

My problem with property tax is that (in the US) it creates a system by which areas with high property tax revenue (rich areas) recieive more money for schools. This is not bad on its face, but in the long term, it creates systems where poor neighborhoods have bad schools, can’t fund improvements, can’t attract good teachers, can’t attract residents, lose on tax revenue… and it cycles.

Hawaii has an interesting sysyem by which residents only pay tiny property taxes IF their primary residence is their only livable real estate.

This is so awesome. I this will be my light reading for the next week

The Wire is also my favorite. I think I know how you feel because no show ever seems to hold up to it.

That being said, The Sopranos had some incredible writing and character development.

It would have helped if I got her name right Andrea BoRman

YouTube channel

Here’s a list of self-host/foss/Linux YouTubers. Check them out. I’ve learned SO much from them:

• Veronica Explains
• Network Chuck
• Jim’s Garage
• Andrea Borman
• Awesome Open Source
• Techno Tim

I can add links to each but searching should find them easily

I have this exact same setup. Open Web UI has more features than I’ve been able to use such as functions and pipelines.

I use it to share my LLMs across my network. It has really good user management so I can set up a user for my wife or brother in law and give them general use LLM while my dad and I can take advantage of Coding-tuned models.

The code formatting and code execution functions are great. It’s overall a great UI.

Ive used LLMs to rewrite code, help format PowerPoint slides, summarize my notes from work, create D&D characters, plan lessons, etc

• The Emperor’s New Groove
• Hello Darkness: Palpie and Vade Cover the Best of Simon and Garfunkel
• Dark Side of That’s No Moon
• D. A. R. K.
• Fathers

Womp womp

Neptr covered it better than I could’ve. I also added privacy badger though I’m not sure that does anything🤷

I’ve tested this on Debian and roughly:

1. Mullvad (default): A+
2. Librewolf (+setup): B
3. Librewolf (default): C
4. Firefox (default): D
5. Chromium (default): F

Try out https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

Not to discredit or counterpoint what you’re saying… But in some jurisdictions, that’s illegal. As an example, California RTA/RTF laws make it a requirement that some data should be deleted unless there’s a different legal standard requiring the data be kept. Enforcement? Who knows?

Asahi is made for Apple Silicon Macs! Try it out. Super easy to install and daily-drivable (Good battery, display, audio).

https://asahilinux.org/

PSA: MacOS 15.3 not only turned on Apple Intelligence, but it also changed my privacy settings to allow “learning” in apps where in had it turned off before.

I guess Asahi gets to become the default boot now

I remember when people got mad at me for getting rid of Myspace.
And MSN/Live/Windows Messenger
And Facebook
And Digg
And Reddit
And Whatsapp

They’ll get over it

I had horrible heartburn throughout my 20s and into my 30s. Mentioned it to every doctor. It would keep me up at night. It would hurt like a bitch and I’d often feel like i was throwing up. One new doctor was like, “you ever try a food allergen panel?”

Turns out, I’m allergic to caesin. It’s a protein in pretty much all dairy. Stopped having dairy products and heartburn is 99% gone.

Moral of the story: heartburn can be caused by a tonne of reasons and it’s hard to pinpoint if there’s even something concrete to even point to

Sauce plz :3

This was a really good explanation. Ty

Oh wow. Right in the feels. I extremely miss Craig Ferguson. He was such a breath of fresh air in the late night scene.

Anyway… Hot Ones on YouTube. Some quality interviews with celebrities

I’ve tried to main it on a few occasions most recently on 4.1. It’s immensely powerful and I really think it surpasses Lightroom on ability to create pleasing tones. I have it installed on my home and laptop photo editing setup and I do use it on occasion.

Uortunately, even as an Adobe hater, I still use Lightroom CC 99% of the time. Why? Because speed and cross-platform compatibility. CC is less powerful* but I can do all of my editing in 30 seconds per photo and I have roughly the same experience accross Mac, Linux, and Android.

Darktable is slow to update, you have to be methodical, and there are so many ways to do the same thing. I know the devs are trying to make the best tool possible and I think they’ve built a gem. But I’m not invested enough to learn best practices for my photo editing software. I want a tool which gives me the happy path to the basics.

*ai masking, ai noise reduction, and ai object deletion are insanely useful. I feel bad every time I use them… But I do. Darktable doesn’t have these