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I buy them in bulk by the can at a pretty good price already, but I'll look into that, thanks!
Lettuceeatlettuce
3h ago
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I mean, I like it lol, but I love chickpeas, I would almost eat them raw from the can.
Lettuceeatlettuce
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Nice.
Lettuceeatlettuce
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My brother and I used to eat raw spaghetti from the box as kids. Idk why, we just liked the crunch and the taste lol.
Lettuceeatlettuce
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Pan-fried canned chick peas with black pepper, butter, oregano, basil, and sometimes paprika, chili powder, and hot sauce if I want some kick.
I cook it when I'm in a rush or tired, it's done in 10-15 minutes, fills me up, and is packed with good protein.
But I would never feed it to anybody else, it's lazy bro/fitness food lol.
Lettuceeatlettuce
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Right on!
Lettuceeatlettuce
14h ago
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Was just starting to play with Syncthing on Android a month or so ago, very sad :(
Lettuceeatlettuce
2d ago
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Early this year, I switched my parents from Windows 10 to Linux Mint.
Very old, low power desktop, it was already running super slowly with Windows.
It's been great, the computer is much more responsive now, everything works just fine. Browser is the same, Spotify app from the store is great, printer/scanner, icons on the desktop, their ultrawide monitor, it all #justworks.
I also don't have to worry now about my dad clicking every weird and sketchy email link and ad.
Automatic updates are set up, and Timeshift snapshots are too, in case something breaks and needs rollback.
Lettuceeatlettuce
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Really awesome old school sites. Crazy gifs, web rings, etc.
Lettuceeatlettuce
3d ago
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They get as much information from you as they possibly can. Age, sex, gender, weight, phone numbers, addresses, work history, purchase history, income, tax records, net worth, family and friends, hobbies, kinks, criminal records, food preferences, medical history, etc.
All of it is worth money, because the more data they have about you, the better they can predict what you will be interested in buying. They want to target ads towards you that have the highest chance of getting you to watch/click them.
Even if you think you aren't influenced by advertisements and marketing, you are. And remember, it isn't just you, they will use your data to target your friends and family. So even if you don't care about all your personal data being mined for targeted ads, you should care about your friends and family.
Also, they more data these government agencies and corporations have on you, then worse it is when (not if) they get hacked. So even if you have no issue with these companies and government agencies storing your data, you wouldn't want hackers and scammers to get that info and use it to hack your accounts and the accounts potentially of your family and friends too.
It's about having control over your information and keeping yourself safe and protected. If you truly had nothing to hide, you would walk around naked, leave your door unlocked with your valuables inside, hand random strangers your credit card number, and leave the bathroom stall open while pooping. But most likely, you don't do any of those things when you're out and about, and the same should be true for your digital life.
Lettuceeatlettuce
5d ago
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It's my IDE of choice, I love it!
Lettuceeatlettuce
6d ago
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Ah, so now people will be incentivized to spam more bombastic and extreme content to more and more fanatic groups, brilliant.
Lettuceeatlettuce
1w ago
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One suggestion:
Bring in the national guard fully armed and blast the shit out of any rogue militia people threatening the lives of FEMA workers.
In Minecraft of course...
Lettuceeatlettuce
1w ago
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Wow, I'm so shocked!...
Lettuceeatlettuce
1w ago
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Lol, I wouldn't even use MS Office on Windows, Libre Office all the way.
Lettuceeatlettuce
1w ago
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Happy birthday! KDE is my favorite DE and it just keeps getting better every year!
Lettuceeatlettuce
1w ago
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Thanks for your response. Yeah, I think the issue isn't the technology, it's who controls and owns it.
I doubt it would be anywhere near as controversial if it were all fully open source and run by public organizations and communities that were interested in bettering the human experience and reducing mundane work vs maximizing profitability.
Lettuceeatlettuce
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I think you're reading too deep into what I was saying. Perhaps I wasn't being clear, my bad if so.
I'm not against AI tools to assist people's work. Using them for grammar/spellcheck, code completion and automated testing, artwork help for filling in repetitive background details/textures, automatically removing background details in pictures like dumpsters or people photo bombing, etc.
What I am against is the grifting, the near religious devotion by tech bros to AI replacing humans in all areas of life, and the fact that the groups and companies controlling almost all of the development of this tech are multi-billion/trillion dollar corpos that don't make all aspects of their tech open source and are 100% motivated by profit.
Lettuceeatlettuce
1w ago
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It's all connected, the reasons why it can't do basic logical reasoning are the same for why it can't replace human art.
It's because neither of those activities are mere pattern recognition and statistical inference, which is all LLMs will ever be.
Any Linux Sysadmins here use Timeshift on Linux servers in production environments? Having reliable snapshots to roll back bad updates is really awesome, but I want to know if Timeshift is stable enough to use outside of a basic home lab environment. _Disclaimer: Yes I know Timeshift isn't a backup solution, I understand its purpose and scope._
A while back there was some debate about the Linux kernel dropping support for some very old GPUs. _(I can't remember the exact models, but they were roughly from the late 90's)_ It spurred a lot of discussion on how many years of hardware support is reasonable to expect. I would like to hear y'alls views on this. What do you think is reasonable? The fact that some people were mad that their 25 year old GPU wouldn't be officially supported by the latest Linux kernel seemed pretty silly to me. At that point, the machine is a vintage piece of tech history. Valuable in its own right, and very cool to keep alive, but I don't think it's unreasonable for the devs to drop it after two and a half decades. I think for me, a 10 year minimum seems reasonable. And obviously, much of this work is for little to no pay, so love and gratitude to all the devs that help keep this incredible community and ecosystem alive! And don't forget to **Pay for your free software!!!**
I'm running a few Debian stable systems that are up to date on patches. But I just ran ssh -V and the OpenSSH version listed is "OpenSSH_9.2p1 Debian-2+deb12u3" which as I understand is still vulnerable. Am I missing something or am I good?
github.com
Heliboard 1.2 has just released. This version fixes a bug with certain Android devices not providing haptic feedback or audio feedback. Thanks devs! [Heliboard V1.2](https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard/releases/tag/v1.2) [Edited] Ironically my keyboard auto corrected its own name to "helipad." Embarrassing 😵💫
I have a very short equipment rack installed in my server closet. It is only 16 inches deep, fine for most networking uses, but not great for most rack-mount server cases. I am looking for case suggestions that would fit my rack, 16 inch depth maximum. Height isn't a problem, the rack has a ton of vertical space, over 15U, it's the depth that's an issue. Thanks!
Crossposted this on the main Linux Lemmy, but figured y'all would also appreciate it. I'm visiting my parents for the holidays and convinced them to let me switch them to Linux. They use their computer for the typical basic stuff; email, YouTube, Word, Facebook, and occasionally printing/scanning. I promised my mom that everything would look the same and work the same. I used Linux Mint and customized the theme to look like Windows 10. I even replaced the Mint "Start" button with the Windows logo. So far they like it and everything runs great. Plus it's snappier now that Windows isn't hogging all the system resources. My mom even commented on "how nice it looks." Great work Mint team and community, we have added a few more to the ranks!
I'm visiting my parents for the holidays and convinced them to let me switch them to Linux. They use their computer for the typical basic stuff; email, YouTube, Word, Facebook, and occasionally printing/scanning. I promised my mom that everything would look the same and work the same. I used Linux Mint and customized the theme to look like Windows 10. I even replaced the Mint "Start" button with the Windows logo. So far they like it and everything runs great. Plus it's snappier now that Windows isn't hogging all the system resources.
I'm confused about protecting backups from ransomware. Online, people say that backups are the most critical aspect to recovering from a ransomware attack. But how do you protect the backups themselves from becoming encrypted too? Is it simply a matter of having totally unique and secure credentials for the backup medium? Like, if I had a Synology NAS as a backup for my production environment's shared storage, VM backups, etc, hooked up to the network via gigabit, what stops ransomware malware from encrypting that Synology too? Thanks in advance for the feedback!
Does anybody have suggestions for an online service that prints things like business cards, brochures, and pamphlets? If not FOSS, I would like to find a company online that has principles that align with positive things like workers rights, locally owned, sustainable, etc. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks!
Is there a copyleft equivalent for trademarks? I'm thinking of starting a project with distinct branding but I want everything to be based in FOSS principles.
Just found out that my current car will die any day now due to a known defect. It's out of warranty and I have no money to replace it right now. I've been cursed with car problems my whole life, no matter how well I take care of them, I keep getting screwed. All of the cars have been Fords because I always heard they were generally dependable and cheap to repair/upkeep, but so far they have all failed me. What cars do y'all recommend? What cars do you have that just won't give up the ghost no matter how old/beat up they get? If your life depended on your car lasting as long as possible, what car would you drive? I want whatever car I get next to last me 10-20 years. I want to be that person posting a picture of the odometer hitting 300k miles. I also don't care much about features, reliability is key.
Just making sure I'm not missing something obvious: Self-hosted Linux VM with protonVPN and QBitorrent installed on it. QBittorrent networking bound only to ProtonVPN's virtual interface with killswitch and secure core enabled. Auto updates enabled and a scripted alert system if ProtonVPN dies. Obviously everything with very secure unique passwords. Is this a safe setup to run 24/7 to torrent and seed with? Are there any significant risks I'm missing? Thanks, fellow sea salts!
Here's the FAQ page for anybody who's curious. The new Milwaukee public museum is going to look amazing! I wasn't 100% on the design at first, but after attending a few meetings, I'm sold. Really excited to see this completed in the coming years!
Check out this little microbrewery if you have the chance. All vegan food and a bunch of localmy brewed beers and sodas. Main room is filled with arcade games, a great place to hang out for all ages.
www.scb.com
Just drove past this last night and it's already looking beautiful! Super excited to see it when construction is completed.
A local Black-owned cafe and tea shop that is absolutely worth checking out. Great drinks, food, and company! My spouse and I have been here several times since they opened and love it.
www.pilcrowcoffee.com
My spouse and I love going here. The staff are super friendly and fast. The coffee and snacks are delicious!
Does anybody have any studies that look at male loneliness and pets? I know from personal experience that a pet can be the difference between falling into a depressive spiral and not. I don't know what I would do without my cats, they are wonderful companions, very sweet and they seem to sense when I'm feeling down and come to cuddle with me or ask me to play. Have any other folks here had similar experiences they'd like to share?
Just started using AnySoftKeyboard and I'm loving it so far. But I want to know if it is actually private and safe to use. Thanks!