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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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I feel like the people I interact with irl don't even know how to boot from a USB. People here probably know how to do some form of coding or at least navigate a directory through the command line. Stg I would bet money on the average person not even being able to create a Lemmy account without assistance.

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[–] Vrijgezelopkamers@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can’t do any of the stuff you mentioned. I’m here because I hate traditional social media that are not social at all. And I hate ads. And have an interest in community driven stuff and DIY.

And I don’t feel like I am alone here.

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[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

I’m with you, I can’t do any of that stuff. I don’t like most social media , the lack of ads and the 3rd party apps was a big factor for me to join.

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[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

3rd here. I can maybe boot from a USB without needing any external help, but im nearly certain im going to need to consult some form of instruction to make sure im doing it right.

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[–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I've boot from USB on quite a few things in my time. I still check the manual occasionally because there are different keys for the boot menu/bios

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[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

spams F2

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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone [S] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Dw it's easy just type

sudo computer open the pornography file

And that's how you command line navigate

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[–] xXSirDanglesXx@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

On the subject of not knowing most of the things you mentioned, I'm with the other commenters. As a (hopefully) Linux newbie, do you know of any thorough guides I could use to install Linux on my 10 year old Asus X550J laptop?

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