Hehe. I get it. But it’s not really true. It’s like saying a horse evolved into a car or an Ox into a tractor. Just because it replaced it or did the same job doesn’t mean it’s related or the initial thing didn’t go away. Alchemy is putting together random substances to create gold. Chemistry is backed by science and rooted in reality. It’s probably closer related to cooking (where you also mix substances) than to alchemy 😉 Pseudoscience didn’t do away, but I’m positive alchemy did.

I don’t watch live streams. It’s the same concept like watching TV. I think YouTube and video on demand has been a great achievement.

Not necessarily. There are other operating systems and frameworks for embedded devices. Especially for commercial products. It doesn’t have to be something like Linux and GPL code.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_real-time_operating_systems

This is a list of many other choices with many of them having non-copyleft licenses. And a thermostat is a comparatively simple device. They could also have implemented most things themselves and just taken a network-stack to connect it to the outside world. (I think network is something that is very complex and companies just buy a solution instead of writing all of that code.)

Posting pictures of text is annoying. The letters are too tiny, i can’t read it comfortably. That is my first thought.

You’re awesome.

Maybe consider a version control system like Git on Github. Maybe do an occasional backup. USB sticks might work for that. If you circulate 3 or so between you and your family/friends, you can update the last backup and then continue the circle and 2 backups will always be with them. I can imagine a blog that is snapshotted regularly or a cloud drive could do the same.

Writing your stories and thoughts down is an excellent choice. My granddad used to do this and while he told us many stories when he was alive, I can still read his words today.

You could also experiment with recording your voice. I don’t know if you’re still fit enough to do it. But I read some people would love to hear the voice of their relatives once more. I don’t think it matters too much what you read/speak. It brings back memories anyways.

I agree with other people here. Convey your values, your positivity, stories and perspective on things. Maybe I should take a step back and think about my values and if I want to share my perspective, too.

Link to the paper

Unfortunately, seems like 0.19.1 didn’t fix it. I still have issues on some instances and posts. There is still something wrong with federation. Hope it gets fixed soon.

Related: Ship of Theseus

You also replace the atoms inside of your body and nether your state of mind nor your physical body are the same in a few moments. Everything changes and time moves forward, relentlessly.

I’m not sure, I’ve tried it once but didn’t like it that much. They claim to have better usability and merge a few things. It may be worth a try but I don’t really know the specifics.

More or less: yes.

It’s copy and pasting 5 lines into the terminal and hitting enter. It’s not that hard. If it’s not worth the 15 seconds of ‘work’ you probably don’t need the software that badly.

And it’s not the default. Usually you shouldn’t add random software sources and download software from some websites. Your Linux package manager should be the source for software. (Software Manager / Store / Synaptics, … whatever Ubuntu calls it) It installs software with one or two clicks with the mouse, the software there is tested and tied into the rest of the systems and tens of thousands of packages are available. No malware guaranteed, and updates are handled automatically.

And with other Operating systems it’s also ridiculous: You need to find the website of some software, avoid malware and copycats that advertise similar software with ads, click download, click ‘yes’ I accept a download with a harmful extension. Then you need to open the file manager and double click on it. Then a window opens and you need to click ‘next’. Accept the terms. Give permission to install and maybe remove a few ticks and choose a location. I’d say it’s about the same amount of work and the downside is it doesn’t necessarily handle updates and security fixes.

I think Ubuntu doesn’t have Mullvad available in their own repository. I took another approach and imported their settings/profile into the VPN/network manager that is available per default on many Linux distributions. No install required at all. But importing the settings isn’t easier, so YMMV here. And I think you have to create a profile for each and every country/endpoint which is a bit cumbersome, depending on what you’re trying to do with the VPN.

Maybe you should ask your admin in !meta@lemy.nl or !chat@lemy.nl what’s up with the specific errors on your instance. Maybe they had some problems operating it. You can always switch instances. My posts never disappear without reason. (They can also be removed if they violate the terms of an instance or community.)

The other issues also annoy me. Federation is somewhat broken and posts and comments often don’t propagate to other instances since Lemmy version 0.19.0 (and 0.19.1 which should have fixed that.) It’s the fault of the Lemmy developers to release a broken update. We’ll see if they continue doing that or if they have learned something. I think they want to hire a third full-time developer. Maybe that helps.

The need to re-login and unable to login with an older client happened once. Things like that can happen if bigger changes are made. I don’t think this will become a regular thing. And it’s not that annoying in my eyes. Most importantly clients have to handle that correctly and give a meaningful error message and guide you to the login page. But some proper error handling is also missing here.

So: Yes. The things you mentioned also annoy me. Lemmy has still lots of room for improvement. And it’s nowhere near other federated platforms. I hope the Lemmy devs aren’t repeating the most annoying mistakes and fix federation soon so this can be an issue of the past…

Maybe FUTO’s Grayjay App.

I too think that this is the correct approach. I mean if you can’t change something, you can make a decision to either let it drag you down, or avoid it. I always try not to focus on negativity and I don’t like drama.

Granted, this isn’t always easy. And I don’t know if this applies to (for example) the political situation and society in the US. I can’t relate to that too much. I mean there is so much populism and I don’t know what I’d do if half of my neighbors were in the mindset to vote for right-wing a-holes, there were hundreds of school shootings each year, my medication was unaffordable to me and women’s reproductive rights were cancelled. I mean you can’t really ‘avoid’ that. I don’t want to bash the USA but it’s somewhat beyond my own reality. I struggle with other things in my life. But all of that isn’t my achievement. I was simply born someplace else.

Nice. Hi! And you seem interested in some of the same stuff. selfhosted, linux, random stuff… not that that’s extraordinary here on Lemmy. But maybe you’re me from the future… Or I’m your evil twin with a mustache…

I think (as with everything) not doing any of the extremes is the way to go.

So, what’s the correct age? I suppose withdrawing smartphones until the age of 18 works as well as no sex until marriage or no alcohol until 21. I mean at some age you need to slowly learn to grow up and handle the adult world. Including nasty things like addicting stuff. You’re not going to stop getting older.

Stoicism, move somewhere else, get active, make the small world around you better and stop reading national/world news.

Greetings from my wife. She wanted me to send you this picture:

We’re talking about Linux here. You’ll probably wipe it anyways. Chances are slim the company that used it before put Arch on it.