Tangential fun fact:

Snake oil is a real thing, that actually helps with the some very specific problems. But it has to be made a specific way from a specific snake. We associate the term with scams because of the large number of scammers that advertised fake snake oils, or advertised it being useful for tons if things it wasn’t.

My point is, many of the most effective scams rely on something that has a kernel of truth.

Oh I see. I took your first sentence as meaning you stopped a paragraph in.

I agree that buses are less efficient, I think it’s the best argument for rail.

I will point out, all of St. Louis’ new buses are electric.

I suggest you read a little farther. They’re arguing in favor of spending the money on buses instead. It’s a train vs bus article.

Right? I’m glad it’s getting used. But this could’ve been affordable apartment, or any number of other things.

If Chromebooks are anything to go by, if google had their way you’d only be allowed to search prescreened questions they think are best for you. Can’t have you experiencing anything not advertiser friendly.

Fair enough. Happy May Day.

I did give it a knee-jerk reaction, true. I’ve since had my morning tea and am mostly just wondering what you get out of yelling at people on the internet. Not that I don’t occasionally do the same. Maybe I’m asking you to better understand myself.

Honestly I looked at your comments and they’re all just aggressive, and I was genuinely wondering why. You’re not trying to share info, and you’re not trying to convince anyone of anything. What’s the point? Is this helpful to you? It just seems like you’re upsetting yourself.

EDIT: Actually, I take that back partially. You are sharing links. On my mobile app I only saw your comments, not your posts.

I am home, and saying literally anything besides an insult isn’t “debate”. Are you just afraid of actual discussion? Why are you saying anything at all?

Thoughtful contribution that really explained your position while repudiating theirs. I can tell you’ve thought deeply about your position.

I don’t agree that Wikipedia used to be the only place. There were plenty of competing encyclopedias, it was simply the best long-term.

That’s a good comparison I hadn’t honestly thought of! Thanks

5 euros a month. Worth it, it’s by far the best VPN.

I’m glad I skipped release day. Definitely waiting to buy it on sale after it’s been fixed with updates and DLC. Sucks to see companies treat buyers like testers.

My concern with it is how far away it is from amything. it’s an hour by bus to the nearest library (which a lot of unhoused/poor people rely on for various services) and a 30 minute ride to the closest groceries (Save A Lot). I don’t think it’s very close to any social services either.

I’m not fully against because more housing is good, but I wish it was a more holistic approach. Maybe they’ll include some on premise services tho.

Sad they ended up in that state, glad the land is finally going to get used.

I like how gaps make things feel a little less cluttered, and show off the colors of my wallpaper. Same reason I use i3 with gaps on. It feels like everything is nicely organized instead of shoved together. In the end it’s just an aesthetic preference.

Also, no, this is not an ideal way to do this. Ideally every package you want is in your distro’s repos so you’d just need to do “apt install [package]”.

The reason this one isn’t is because mullvad wants to make sure you use their tested, secure, and updated version and they don’t want to maintain that for every distro. So they have you configure your package manager to use their repos.

This is relatively uncommon to come across in Debian. You’ll normally only find it in security applications or very niche ones. The Debian repos aren’t the most comprehensive but they’ll contain the vast majority of common softwares.

Been trying to think of a term for this issue. It’s not quite chicken or egg. But both sides need the other side to incentivize them. If one gets going the other will follow, but they’re waiting for each other. Like some sort of collaborative standoff.

They don’t. I’ve been on the same Debian install on laptop and desktop for years. It’ll make some odd decisions with packages sometimes, but it hasn’t bricked.

I don’t have hard data, but you don’t see these kinds of posts about Debian, Mint, Ubuntu or Fedora.