krackpot's comments

What kind of graphics card are you using and have you run into many issues for multi display and/or high refresh rates (assuming you're running this)?

I'm so close to dumping windows and my final concern is gpu and multi monitor support. I only ever run linux on servers or VMs, so no real experience on bare metal.

> To use WhatsApp/Duo/etc, all it takes is a phone number and maybe an email address (or a Google account you already have), and a few minutes of time.

> If someone's girlfriend is like "I would rather just use FaceTime and call you 'by phone number', instead of spending that few minutes to set up an account for an app we can both use", I would agree with the person above -- this is too toxic.

On principle, I agree the hurdle is not high to get another app/account. I even stand with you to not give in and succumb to this behavior.

The social aspect is harder. It may be easy to convince 1 person (the girlfriend) to do this, but what about her attached network of friends and all the group chats that come with? Will it be easy to convert all her friend groups and setup all the group chats to replace the existing ones?

I'm not sure anyone has that strong of a network effect unless they're at the top of the heap. In which case the girlfriend would have probably just downloaded the app and setup the account.

Even if they convinced the girlfriend and not her network of friends to get the app and new account, it would essentially still exclude and make them a "second class citizen" in that group. All it would take is not opening the app or seeing the notification or acting upon it to be relegated.

I think those not as tech friendly would want multiple 1 to 1 chat apps where there was one or very few people were on the other side. Just easier to convert people to the majority.

Is this true? I'm in the market for an AMD card just to switch over to linux. I'm on an old 1080.

Most discussions centered around the various linux communities seem to parrot that AMD is the way to go now because of open source drivers etc. I always wonder how much of it is an echo chamber.

I end up not managing it at all and it becomes a second brain. Links also rot when revisiting to recall info which is another problem. I use % in the address bar to find the tab what I'm looking for.

I like exhaustive deep dives so will explore as many sources as I can find, until my attention wanes, or I find a solution.

Have signed up for Readwise beta which will hopefully help me to add a layer to store/consume information before it info gets committed to Obsidian. Other link/article aggregators have not been successful for me as it just becomes another repository to manage.

Will have to look into sidebery, haven't seen that before!

Thank you for sharing "Fade Old Tabs". I have the same problem with OP and have 1200+ tabs open across 4 firefox windows. That is after a big purge I did earlier this year where it was 2000+. Tree Style Tabs crashed a lot before but it has been quite good in recent memory.

I have a hard time closing out what is essentially my thought process to finding a solution or doing research. Along the way I close out dead branches. What remains is either a solution or where I have left off. I think my mental barrier is what it represents: my time capital sunk. The issue is working around this many tabs and managing it; a time sink in itself to fix.

Started documenting completed solutions in Obsidian and I've found that if I can't get over my lazy barrier to even enter it in, it's probably not important. Just have to keep working on improving and refining the way I think and approach this.

I find the straws never come close to the bottom leaving quite a bit of waste if not willing to work for it.

I think I'd enjoy a caulk gun too much

You would have had to at some point download the podcast, so at that point before they served the download to you, they would have used your IP to serve you a relevant ad based on that location data and inserted it into the podcast. A lot more podcasts are doing this unfortunately. I don't remember the name of major platform or company enabling this.

Leopold is a Korean brand.

Here’s another interesting perspective on the energy argument: https://cryptonews.com/exclusives/a-closer-look-at-the-envir...

Exactly. They’re unwilling to adapt or understand that their sphere of influence will be diminished.

“RISC is good”

Still on a Macbook Mid-2007 on Mountain Lion with the original battery! :)

Can you share where you got your no-name wireless receiver?

Lived in Singapore for a while in 2008, was never impressed with .sg internet. I hated having to register my mobile so their government could find out what I'm looking at etc. Also, they have a less intrusive version of the "Great Firewall of China".

Singapore is a very small island. Easy to build advanced infrastructure, and their government advocates improving technology.

Lived in HK for a while in 2009, they had this same 1Gbps package, but more expensive. I talked with a few people working for the firms offering these packages and they all mentioned to me that this 1Gbps speed is guaranteed only within the Hong Kong area. If you made connections to say US, they would not guarantee that speed.

Also relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TCHSGvNwRY