I really hope they make it so you can very easily customize and then make an installable copy of your system, like MX Linux does.
Currently making one for my mom and dad in MX since they’re basically the only ones who have something like that these days, and their Linux installs are too old for them to update anymore.
Shipping them a USB with an installer that’s easy to use with the software they’ll use already installed, and Librewolf already configured, would make this awesome.
Yup, without Luigi there to kill the bugs it’s been pretty tough I suppose.
asks for help starting with new tech stuff for the first time
Comment that tells them to not use a GUI has 20 upvotes so far
This is why it won’t be the year of Linux anytime soon. Basically sending someone new straight into the deep end.
Agreed.
I’ve been using Linux for years.
I’ve done minor coding.
I’ve even installed Adguard and a VPN on a router.
Built my own water cooled PC.
I still don’t quite understand what Docker is or does, or containerized stuff. I’ve avoided most networking stuff since XP, and it’s basically a completely other field of tech as far as I’m concerned, like Math is to Physics.
Saw this comment on Ars and it’s a good point:
This isn’t about apps. It’s about control - the Feds want to be sure that they can track who is creating apps so they can control the spread of government-disapproved apps. Like the app that someone created last month to track ICE raids. If you control who distributes apps, you can further control what apps are made, and whether those apps are seen as a threat.
Information control in a dictatorship is extremely important.
*Wet Sadistic Masochism
Use the forbidden fruit or caved reward method to teach.
Start with something like (assuming they have have a low tier phone) giving them a Google Pixel, but with the stock ROM erased, as a random day gift (not birthday or such).
When they ask why it won’t turn on right, tell them it’s because it needs a ROM to be installed to be used. When they ask what that is, open up Wikipedia for them, asking with the GrapheneOS instructions.
You can do it with other stuff too, like “no wifi at home past 7pm”, but give them a router that needs something installed to run and say “but if you setup this and plug it in to the internet, it’ll be your own wifi you can use at all times” and so on.
Have you tried accessing it by using Nyarch?
Yeah, you should switch to Windows but ethical instead, so ReactOS
My points were quotes from mayoclinic and Cleveland clinic.
Yours are still anecdotal
Ok, my mistake, I made one error, about which part LASIK permanently burns off and damages.
My bad.
The main point still stands tho.
LASIK:
LASIK permanently changes the shape of the cornea, the clear covering of the front of the eye, using an excimer laser. A mechanical microkeratome (a blade device) or a laser keratome (femtosecond laser) is used to cut a flap in the cornea. A hinge is left at one end of this flap. The flap is folded back revealing the corneal stroma, the middle section of the cornea. Pulses from a computer-controlled laser (excimer laser) vaporize a portion of the stroma and the flap is replaced.[2]
Performing the laser ablation in the deeper corneal stroma provides for more rapid visual recovery and less pain than the earlier technique, photorefractive keratectomy.
[• Undercorrections. If the laser removes too little tissue from your eye, you won’t get the clearer vision results you were hoping for. Undercorrections are more common for people who are nearsighted. You may need another LASIK procedure within a year to remove more tissue.
• Overcorrections. It’s also possible that the laser will remove too much tissue from your eye. Overcorrections may be more difficult to fix than undercorrections.](https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/lasik-eye-surgery/about/pac-20384774)
(Linked texts cover additional risks, just highlighting the ones proving LASIK works by permanently damaging tissue)
versus ICL:
[After dilating and numbing your eyes, your surgeon will make a very small incision at the base of your cornea. They’ll fold and insert the implantable lens into the cut and then adjust it behind your iris and in front of your lens. You probably won’t need stitches because the incision is so small and will heal on its own.
• If you needed to have the surgery reversed, you could. There’s no structural damage to your eye. ](https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/25050-implantable-collamer-lens-icl-surgery) And unlike LASIK:
• You’re at less risk for dry eye.
• You may have really good night vision.
Sorry, y’all have been bamboozled then, and you’re the one spreading qanon level misinformation. The only real thing you’ve said is that ICL is more expensive, which is true. Which calls into question the integrity of the rest of your anecdotal claims as well.
Gotta admit, it mimics what some teens / young adults text like pretty well.
But that’s not a high bar to clear
I think it’s more that many countries don’t have affordable mental healthcare.
It costs a lot more to pay for a therapist than to use an LLM.
And a lot of people need therapy.
ICL is reversible, and it’s on the surface layer of the eye, which can fully heal itself.
Way less invasive than burning off a part of your inner eye permanently.
Also, Lasik is the one with the higher chance of cataracts, because it’s actually damaging the inner eye.
Meanwhile the lens in the ICL naturally gives a tiny bit of extra UV protection.
ICL is scarier to get, I’ll say that though. A knife on the eye is definitely much more terrifying than a quick laser zap, but the downsides of Lasik are not worth it - the dryer eyes, worse halos, etc.
Worst part with Lasik is since it’s permanent, if you get it at a younger age (45 or under really), you’ll still need glasses if your vision gets worse.
With an ICL, you can swap to a stronger lens that’s adjusted as needed.
This feels like confirmation of the conspiracy theory that they don’t want to be popular because of the Google money they get
Yes, and it poofed into existence inside their vaults! /S
They got it from people using Search. Search is still their main money maker.
It doesn’t anymore. It’s SEO is bonked.
And even then, there’s alternatives anyway. Sightly better search isn’t worth supporting Google.
You can’t say you’re anti-AI and then literally help fund AI.
But last update was 3 months ago?