[–] 26 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

True. But actually I don't have a car. My last car decades ago, had a cassette player. But that had Auto Reverse. When it reached the end of the tape it would play the other side without you having to eject the tape and turn it over!

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  • [–] 1 point 17 hours ago

    That depends on where you live. I'm lucky I dont need a car. I cycle to work and live near bus/tram/underground train if needed. So it's not a necessity. More of an annoyance and expense.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago*

    I use Nextcloud for easy photo and document sharing. It has a gallery thumbnail display too. And a choice of privacy levels. I use a free, hosted Nextcloud, as I don't have a server.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    No mention of centralised versus decentralised social media. The thing that makes the biggest difference. No ads. No algorithm. No lock in, swap networks keeping friends and followers. Tune your timeline to suit you. Calling everything social media is trash journalism when those issues are already solved. Clearly he has no clue about the topic.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago*

    With many critical apps still running on Windows only, Windows needs to get worse!
    To push those software companies over to embrace Linux finally. Then the users can follow.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    Non IT people need to back up too you know? And there are many more Windows users backing up compared to the number of IT pros.

    Buy an off the shelf NAS for backups. Plug it in to your home router, and you are ready to back up. Unlike a USB drive, a NAS, such as a WD mycloud, is ready to use any time. Smart people like a convenient option. It's often recommended.

    Make it hard to manage, and sure, they'll need to rely on someone else for help. But as we see on Windows, backing up to a share is easy.

    Why ever defend bad usability?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    One thing where Windows has an advantage over KDE for non IT people, is applications can directly access network shares. Most KDE applications don't even show the network in the file browse selector. So for sync or backup apps it only works with mounted shares. Which isn't necessary in Windows. To mount a share in KDE it's convoluted and a hack that is no good non IT users. If they expect good usability.

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    I lock up my bike all over the city. And I want a quick way to secure it. The bike isn't expensive or specially attractive. But I want to deter casual thieves whilst having a convenient solution. Currently I have a 1.8m, non coily cable type lock that can go round trees and through frame and wheels. I've been considering a chain type, but that is harder to poke through spokes. And finding one long enough is not easy. Carrying it when riding should be easy too. Any tips appreciated.

     

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