[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 24 minutes ago)

Usually campuses are the only places rationally designed to be highly accessible to people. So they can be walked. You can go from place A to place B on foot, usually under shade, either from a canopy, tree sided paths, or human scale adequately proportioned buildings. They also tend to consider and include amenities like parks, snack and drink stands, on the way. And also several cool third places like libraries, auditoriums, study halls, athleticism stadiums and cafeterias. Places where you can exist and occupy without having to consume. Finally, they usually confine cars to parking lots and prohibit their traffic inside the campus, making it a quieter and clean air space.

My point is, college campuses are sometimes literally how humans are the happiest to live.

Add: also consider how sometimes luxury resorts resemble the layouts and characteristics of college campuses. Self contained spaces where you can go everywhere and engage in all activities without having to sit on a car.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I'd love that too. But those books have become essentially a parody of themselves in today's context. Without the 60's mental POV, they're nonsensical, racist, rapey and sexist. You'd end up in a unironical Austin Powers. I mean, the books are literarily fun fiction to read. But let's not pretend they're not cringey white male power fantasies. Spies were the coldwar's mall ninjas. I'd rather revisit the spy kids universe.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

But why the downvote? Just because things suck we should just lie down and take it? We can at least talk about how it sucks and we wish it were different. There's nothing silly in wanting the world to be better.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Is the school providing the license? because if they're not, then it is a rough call to require and force parents to pay for a non essential tool. This is why FOSS is such a powerful education ally. It doesn't cost any of the end users any money. This kind of things is why people still think MS products as the default. MS spent a lot of money in marketing to force education to treat them as such.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

One of McConaughey's most iconic characters. The fact he is introduced as a crazy evil antagonist but transitions to badass bro of the protagonist by the end of the movie is genius.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

It flopped at the box and was regarded as a ripoff of the matrix's aesthetics by critics. But it was well received by home audiences. I remember it fondly as a quick to syndication movie. It definitely has some lows in quality at points and the plot could've been stronger. But its highs were very solid.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Still bold things to say from someone who declared himself emperor of the world a la Roman style and opposed most of revolutionary ideas of freedom and democracy…twice.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Never been to New York, eh?

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago

If the latrine was in the cellar under the first floor. Can you imagine the awful smell in that cathedral?

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago

I think it was part of the story that some group had already broken into the tomb but got wiped out by the traps. You're looting their equipment. You even fight them in between puzzles.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Then just install KDE in your Arch install. Or use endeavorOS with KDE, or any other Arch based OS with KDE. Don't be dismissive of other people's interests.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

There's KDE Neon already. The whole point of this distribution is the atomic immutable part.

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Venezuelans are ready to throw off the dictatorship. Will the international community support us?

By Maria Corina Machado

I am writing this from hiding, fearing for my life, my freedom, and that of my fellow countrymen from the dictatorship led by Nicolás Maduro.

Mr. Maduro didn’t win the Venezuelan presidential election on Sunday. He lost in a landslide to Edmundo González, 67% to 30%. I know this to be true because I can prove it. I have receipts obtained directly from more than 80% of the nation’s polling stations.

We knew that Mr. Maduro’s government was going to cheat. We have known for years what tricks the regime uses, and we are well aware that the National Electoral Council is entirely under its control. It was unthinkable that Mr. Maduro would concede defeat.

We Venezuelans have done our duty. We have voted out Mr. Maduro. Now it is up to the international community to decide whether to tolerate a demonstrably illegitimate government. The repression must stop immediately, so that an urgent agreement can take place to facilitate the transition to democracy. I call on those who reject authoritarianism and support democracy to join the Venezuelan people in our noble cause. We won’t rest until we are free.

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Courtesy of @RaoulDook.

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The games industry sucks (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by dustyData@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

Same title as the video. Game dev writer Alanah Pierce offers her POV on the recent layoffs from Epic Games.

This is one of the few industries that consistently and continuously posts record profits while also firing everyone who put in the work to make the success possible.

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submitted 1 year ago by dustyData@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I don't mean system files, but your personal and work files. I have been using Mint for a few years, I use Timeshift for system backups, but archived my personal files by hand. This got me curious to see what other people use. When you daily drive Linux what are your preferred tools to keep backups? I have thousands of pictures, family movies, documents, personal PDFs, etc. that I don't want to lose. Some are cloud backed but rather haphazardly. I would like to use a more systematic approach and use a tool that is user friendly and easy to setup and program.

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