Here in Seattle, the main scary natural disasters are earthquakes. We haven’t had a major one since 2001 or so, but supposedly there’s a massive one coming relatively soon.

Signal works. The adoption is fairly slow, but I’ve had friends slowly begin to use it.

I don’t think it’s necessarily a celebration of abuse. I agree that he’s obviously way out of line sending this email.

I think Linus is (was) a complete asshole who lacks interpersonal skills, and this email exemplifies his character. To me, this post shows the mentality of some developers (and leadership) in FOSS and why some folks find it difficult to contribute to open-source software. This post opens up the discussion on that.

FWIW, I’ve received zero reports on this post itself. But I’ve received reports on abusive comments in this post, which I’ve promptly removed. This community is more/less self-moderating and if the post receives a significant positive vote ratio, I don’t think it should be removed by me. It brings an important discussion to the table regarding acceptable behavior in software development.

I hate how tipping is now customary at every single restaurant now, including places without servers.

Two things can be bad and you can discuss both of them. Let’s not lose our sights on something because something else is worse.

My older brother got me into Ubuntu when I was around 12. He basically showed me the basics, like the terminal and a couple commands, then just told me to manpage or Google everything else.

Then I got Linux for the Wii and that really got me into the nitty gritties of Linux.

Arrested and charged thankfully.

I don’t think it’s very useful at generating good code or answering anything about most libraries, but I’ve found it to be helpful answering specific JS/TS questions.

The MDN version is also pretty great too. I’ve never done a Firefox extension before and MDN Plus was surprisingly helpful at explaining the limitations on mobile. Only downside is it’s limited to 5 free prompts/day.

You can (could?) get Thinkpads with Ubuntu preinstalled.

I think there’s an update with that but I’m not entirely sure.

Here’s some things Lemmy could potentially implement:

• a default sort that favors smaller communities
• better onboarding for new users that guides them into discovering new communities
• giving recommendations to other similar communities

I’ve had Ziply Fiber before (but not 50 Gbps) and would max their upload for months and they didn’t even bat an eye. It’s the only ISP that I would ever recommend.

If you had really slow Internet, like smoke signals or semaphores across a nation, you could characterize it as millibit:

1 bit over 1000 seconds = 1 millibit/s.

But yeah, it’s basically meaningless in today’s age for Internet speeds.

It was just a dock, so not terribly expensive but expensive enough to hurt if it got lost.

I’ve always found it’s easier to use Stack Overflow or Google than a man page.

In college, I used to drink Starbucks’ Via. That instant coffee hits different.

Nowadays, I make either an espresso or a pour over. But I still crave Vias sometimes.

Lgtm, good luck my dude.

Not really. I’ve lived here for ~30 years and certain spots are better, some are worse.

Caffeine pills! You can find them for cheap at most drug stores. Plus you can dose the exact amount you want.

Yep. I also used it a lot when starting on a hill on vehicles without handbrakes.