[-] bilb@lem.monster 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I think in threads where an obviously well-informed computer user asks a question about how to accomplish something or troubleshoot something in Windows, it's pretty much never helpful to recommend using Linux instead. They probably know about Linux. They either must, or want to use Windows. It's a pretty common occurrence, however.

Though these days, you might get to recommend Linux anyway by saying "you should use wsl2."

[-] bilb@lem.monster 18 points 8 months ago

Elon Musk is a brilliant inventor nonpareil. He invented tunnels, rockets, electric cars, and now Twitter.

[-] bilb@lem.monster 17 points 9 months ago

To protect her privacy, of course

[-] bilb@lem.monster 17 points 11 months ago

The problem, as I'm sure you know, is that a home server is not fit for purpose for the vast majority of people. Managing that is a fun project for some, but a complete non starter for most.

[-] bilb@lem.monster 19 points 11 months ago

Absolutely nothing about this guy requires Russia to explain.

[-] bilb@lem.monster 17 points 1 year ago

I think it's an alright compromise. I rarely move my expansion cards around. I use four USB-C cards and sometimes swap one out for a storage card that has Windows installed on it.

[-] bilb@lem.monster 18 points 1 year ago

I don't think so. Enforcing two-factor auth to be allowed to do certain things with an account just makes sense. It's definitely not an attempt to squeeze profit out of users per se, but rather an attempt to limit liability and the risk of costly support problems caused by passwords being compromised.

[-] bilb@lem.monster 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In my case, the major upside is that I make federation choices, not someone else. I prefer to be as openly federated as possible.

[-] bilb@lem.monster 17 points 1 year ago

This is why I prefer using my own instance- I don't want these federation choices made for me by people like this.

[-] bilb@lem.monster 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • Pay for youtube premium

^ducks^

[-] bilb@lem.monster 18 points 1 year ago

I'm actually kinda waiting a few releases to start promoting my instance anywhere, letting some other brave instance admins work the kinks out a bit first.

[-] bilb@lem.monster 18 points 1 year ago

https://lemmyverse.net/ has been invaluable to me as someone running a very low member-count (for now?) instance. This is a directory of communities on all known instances.

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