limelight79

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[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 32 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Great question. I knew a guy that suddenly found Jesus. He wasn't religious as far as we knew, never mentioned it, etc., then one day he suddenly became very religious. We had no idea what prompted it.

But I remember him saying he doesn't even know who his wife is any more, and thinking, "Uh, you're the one that changed." But the way he said it made it sound like he thought she had changed, not him.

He was the manager of the retail store I worked in, and he'd sometimes start badgering customers about Jesus and God. Not good. I was off to college at the end of the summer, and he was gone when I stopped in a few months later.

I wonder if he got a brain tumor or something, just to shift so dramatically so quickly. He was also doing bizarre things, like ordering tons of products we didn't need, and not ordering stuff we did need.

I remember one Sunday he scheduled himself, one cashier, one guy that had just started a few days before, and myself to work - then spent the entire time hanging out in the office. I was swamped all day. New guy did what he could, but he hadn't had much time to learn. I could at least get him to load stuff, things like that, to reduce some of my workload. That workday went by really quickly. The customers were actually really nice about it - I assume they knew it wasn't my fault, and saw that I was working hard.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty much. Oh but the updated dependency required for your new program breaks an old program you've been relying on for years!

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 22 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

"If you want to know how Linux works, ask a Slackware user."

I've mentioned this a lot lately, but I used Slackware from the late 90s (3.x days) until about 2009 on my desktop and laptop, and about 2017 on my server. I just got tired of dealing with dependencies and switched to Debian (all three run Debian now). I had the CD subscription and would automatically receive the latest version about twice a year.

Patrick Volkerding (if my memory is accurate) has my utmost respect, and I do feel a little bad about abandoning it, but I just didn't have the time to deal with it any more.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

Based on what I've seen Republicans claiming online, prompted by recent changes in the Democratic ticket, such a change would be very dangerous to our democracy and therefore we should go forward with Trump being President despite the minor setback of being dead.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

That reminds me - for my Lenovo laptop, no issues at all with suspend and resume (just like Kubuntu). But my desktop was going to sleep when I first installed Debian, and it was NOT waking up gracefully; in fact I had to reboot it each time. Since I didn't want it to go to sleep at all, I didn't attempt to diagnose the issue beyond turning off the suspend mode in power management.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm kind of shocked that EA's comment that was heavily downvoted wasn't deleted. I guess EA wasn't paying enough to get that service.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You're actually insane. Got it.

Roads are a shared resource, and we all have a responsibility to use them wisely.

Driving around too fast to stop - whether it be vehicle or horse - is irresponsible. I don't understand why this is a controversial opinion, but it sure as hell is. I ride bicycles, I drive compact cars, and I drive a pickup while towing a 30' long trailer, so I experience all aspects of road usage and rage directed at me.

And somehow I know that I need to keep within my limits of braking. It's not hard. Christ. I'm blocking you, I don't need insane people in my life.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee -1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Keep driving like nothing will ever go wrong, I'm sure that will work out perfectly for you!

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

A large unlighted vehicle appearing out of the darkness is not predictable.

But a bear, deer, moose, or other large animal is, and they don't have warning lights. Drivers need to drive within the distance of their headlights and sight; it's that simple.

I occasionally come around bends in the roads to my neighborhood and discover a deer standing in the road. Because I'm not going too fast, I'm able to stop and avoid hitting them. Or, I could come around a bend and discover a large tree has fallen on the road. Again, it's my responsibility to be driving in a manner that I can stop in time. It's not the tree's fault if I hit it, unless it just happens to fall inches in front of me.

Blaming the victims instead of the drivers is the biggest problem with cars in the US today. Drivers need to be responsible for their several tons of heavy machinery, and we do not hold them responsible often enough. So, drivers are practically encouraged to drive like nothing is going to go wrong.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

We're just skipping over the pre-marital sex. Even more hypocrisy.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I just had to change a few things - KDE, dark mode, X11 when I couldn't get screen power off to work under Wayland, and it's basically good to go. There might be a few other things I changed, but in general out of the box was pretty close to what I wanted. It even installed the AMD driver for my graphics card.

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