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Why do most people refuse to accept that they are wrong

I have come across a lot’s of people like these. like 99% of them. Sometimes it makes me think twice if what i am saying is wrong? What’s wrong with them. Is it so hard to swallow your pride and acknowledge that the other person is speaking facts? When they come to know they are wrong they proceed to insult/make fun of...

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What makes you think it’s most people? Who you hangin out with?

Remember, Confucious say: If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.

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what to do … people start verbally abusing me

When I was 18, I started hangin out with a different crowd. ADULTS (of any age). If I was wrong, they’d explain why nicely. And vice versa. Learned a lot.

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You can install Mint alongside Win in a dual-boot configuration … then you can switch to it to figure out the gaming situation. (You just need to learn how to do that dual-boot install carefully. I recommend reading in the LM forums to learn that: forums.linuxmint.com ) OR you can install LM on a second drive, as many have.

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I think it’s becoming more see-thru. More fake … what’s an example of a non-fake society?

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Have had mine on the right for years, with the top used for App tabs. I keep a few folders on the left. Taskbar includes a ‘minimize all windows’ option. (XFCE)

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I think the last time I installed Mint it DID create a swapfile. Don’t use it, so commented that out in FSTAB.

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When I started with Linux, I was happy to learn that I didn’t need a bunch of separate partitions, and have installed all-in-one (except for boot of course!) since. Whatever works fine for you (-and- is easiest) is the right way! (What you’re doing was once common practice, and serves just as well. No disadvantage in staying with the familiar.)

After I got up to 8GB memory, stopped using swap … easier on the hard drive -and- the SSD. (I move most data to the HD … including TimeShift … except what I use regularly.)

I use Mint as well; for me this keeps things as simple as possible. When I install a new OS version (always with the same XFCE DE) I do put THAT on a new partition (rather than try the upgrade route and risk damaging my daily driver) using the same UserName. A new Home is created within the install partition (does nothing but hold the User folder.)

To keep from having to reconfig -almost everthing- in the new OS all over again I evolved a system. First I verify that the new install boots properly, I then use a Live USB to copy the old User .config file (and the apps and their support folders I keep in user) to the new User folder. Saves hours of reconfiguring most things. The new up-to-date OS mostly resembles and works like the old one … without the upgrade risks.

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Sewers. Ever visited an outhouse in a place where it’s 0 degrees out? yOw!

Or carried two pails of water 2 blocks, twice, to start heating it while you did it 3 more times for the rest of your bath? Lots of people still do that.

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Each day I look at websites that show me multiple headlines that they have gathered from many sites. I’ve picked them out over a few years, no visual ads on any of them. I

'm scanning only titles/headlines (skipping the obvious product pushes). If a site has a few interesting ones, great … else move on. On ‘nothing days’, I’m done soon!

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Ling-ling! (violin) David Fray (pianist)

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That 1909 story came up with the -same- conclusion … complete dependence (with the machine enforcing it). Except, in the story, the Repair machine is malfunctioning.

Speaking of which - the other day I found this video, which might be useful to both those who’ve read it (or don’t have the time). Besides an analysis, it includes some fine SF artwork.

“The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster - Short Story Analysis” www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2XXkauk0eU

In 1969, Mr. Rogers testified before U.S. Congress to get funding for public broadcasting. Senator John Pastore is initially abrasive but is won over by Mr. Rogers' warmth and kindness. (www.youtube.com)

This 7-min video is worth the watch. You can see Mr. Rogers’ authenticity and the effect it has on the senator. The man was a national treasure.

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Old saying: ‘You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.’

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Cookies: Cookie autodelete or Forget me not

Block site (so you’re not sent where you don’t want to go)

Wayback Machine (if you use it much)

Audio equalizer (to better understand mumbly / old Youtube audio)

Dark background and light text (so you don’t go blind)

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That makes the most sense … as a source of info, like a map, or nearby business locations, or quick advice.

If you don’t mind leaking your current position. (I wonder if cows’ eartags do that these days.)

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I got a mobile phone because somebody gave me one. I can understand the price I paid for it after discovering all of the annoyances. OH the LUXURY!

WHY anyone puts up with the terrible hardware compromises, the terribly designed UIs, the shit software, the crappy audio, the constant charging, the security threats, the unregulated demands on our time, etc. etc. is beyond me.

I use one roughly once a week, ONLY because I found a really cheap plan. But then, I never needed to talk to someone while I was walking down the street - and if I just had to (never), there were public phones everywhere. A dime for unlimited local calls. No fear of dropping a phone booth. Or accidentally leaving the phone booth at the bar. And they had doors - so you could hear yourself think. Or change into your costume.

I suppose that back when beaverskin hats and buckboards were trendy, everyone just knew they had to have one. But oh, the price we’re paying.

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Good point. Having a *really * good stash isn’t a bad idea. BUT then there’s the rubber hoses. To avoid the looters, then, means moving away from them … and not leaving tracks to the stash.

I know a couple of things about making log cabins. For someone who’s got food and my back.

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Disguise it as a sausage grinter?

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I know a place I could last for months, depending on what time of year the power’s lost, but it’s a long ways from here. And then, only if bullets for hunting were still available (they’ll get scarce fast, faster than toilet paper when COVID came around). Once the bullets are gone, I’ve either learned to trap or become a vegetarian.

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Then they’ll learn that you have really good taste.

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