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  • I started mainlining Linux about a year and a half ago after playing with it for a bit in 2007-ish and running a headless server for a decade or so.

    I just installed Ubuntu because that was what Framework officially supported. I can’t think of what a newbie user would find lacking with Ubuntu. It does about everything that Windows does fine. I’ve heard similar things about Mint. Why do we have to over-complicate things for new users? Just shove them towards a distro and let them know they can probably fix whatever they don’t like with a reinstall later.













  • ch00f@lemmy.worldtoFunny@sh.itjust.worksDear Amazon
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    3 months ago

    That happens from time to time. Hell, I’ve even had that happen two weeks ago with Newegg for a rare cable I needed.

    Still though, on the whole, you can get in touch with some real brick and mortar style sellers, and often times it’s cheaper. I saved like $20 on a pack of water filters for my fridge recently.


  • ch00f@lemmy.worldtoFunny@sh.itjust.worksDear Amazon
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    3 months ago

    Use eBay.

    I needed 7/16" ink ribbon for my antique Burroughs adding machine. Bought it on eBay. Order was fulfilled by Ribbons Unlimited, a small business that just sells ink ribbons for typewriters. Took a week to get it, but I wasn’t in that much of a hurry.


  • ch00f@lemmy.worldtoFunny@sh.itjust.worksDick
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    4 months ago

    Because as the wikipedia quote illustrates, the uncanny feeling of the matrix is a metaphor for gender dysphoria. Taking the red pill helps you transition to your true self.

    So if we strictly apply that to Switch, the Matrix assigned them as female when their true identity is male.