Makes it easy as a gamer. My only worry is all the wear from installing my games each time with the high cost of storage nowadays.

But it’s always nice to start from scratch with a new distro and not bringing any baggage with you.

Probably name recognition.

Not many people are familiar with GIMP but everyone (and I do mean literally everyone) knows the name Photoshop, if nothing more than to know it has the ability to manipulate photos.

To say you reverse engineered Photoshop and have a free version gets a lot more eyes on it than something that has been around for decades and was built from the ground up and has a different UI.

People still prefer to pirate Photoshop to this day than use an actual free program like GIMP.

Analogy: do you want a cheap but still nice looking bag from an original company/person or would you prefer to get a very convincing knock-off of a brand name like Gucci if it looks exactly like the real one in every way? People like you and I would prefer to get the original bag where a lot of the average consumers would rather have a really good looking knock-off out of those two choices.

I’ve been accused a few times of using AI to write. I’ve always just been verbose and write essays.

If anything, AI has stolen from me to generate what it does. I was always the type who didn’t care about getting assigned essays in school because I can write 10+ pages on anything.

I had a date accuse me of using AI to generate texts to her this summer. Felt really shitty. It was my own words and zero AI. I wouldn’t do that to someone I care about.

Looks like an ad for McDonald’s.

Lmao I would see this after I upgraded my CPU yesterday. I’m always worried about if I overdid or underdid it.

The cameraman exposes someone who put sticky notes over part of their front and back license plates and then calls out the driver of the car when the driver confronts the cameraman for removing the sticky notes. The cameraman highlights to the driver his dangerous history of speeding, including in school zones.

The ending of the video shows other instances of people doing things to conceal their license plate like crumpling the sides of the plate, putting tape over, or scratching off the paint so the letters aren’t legible, etc.

It’s like YouTube asks themselves, “what would further ruin the experience for users…” with every new update they bring out.

It’s like they’re trying to destroy YouTube.

Because then you won’t pay for the manufacturers’ subscriptions for navigation, WiFi connectivity, etc.

Sorry, I totally misread that. I thought this was about why cars are not having CarPlay or Android Auto anymore. I’ve actually not seen a vehicle with CarPlay but not Android Auto. But my best guess would be CarPlay was first so maybe an older model that didn’t yet have Android Auto?

Hey just want to chime in here for a second to validate.

That time is for you to take and is meant for exactly that reason you are taking it for. Don’t feel guilty. It is there for a purpose and this is that purpose.

Matter of fact, don’t feel selfish. You’re not doing this just for yourself but also the good of the business you work for. I realized this as a manager once. My employees need time off and I would much rather them tell me they want the day off than come in feeling terrible and causing issues for the rest of us or the customers. You think of people who go off on customers or their coworkers or try to work with food but are physically ill and coughing all over a customer’s order or are so sick that they literally don’t even do any work at all for their entire shift. Like you’re no good to the business in this shape. Stay home and get rested up and come back when you feel better.

But on the real side of things apart from this temporary place of employment…it’s more than okay to be selfish when it comes to your wellbeing. Your job will be there in the morning but you may not if you don’t take care of yourself and you as the human is more important than any business.

I don’t feel bad about taking time off and I’ve thankfully had bosses who understand that.

Also remember that when you take a day off, it is not a request, it is a notification. You’re not asking for permission to take time off like it’s scheduled PTO, you are letting them know “I cannot come in because I don’t feel well.” And that’s that.

I hope you feel better and get the rest you need!

Oh nice, thanks for confirming. I didn’t read the full description but see it now.

It’d be awesome to have a link to something like Jellyfin or Plex in one of these.

This one seems to have VR which is what I’m after most from my self hosted stream.

My boss’ cat steals the cam every time he’s on. He and I will have a 1:1 and she’ll have her face right in the camera facing me like she’s my boss while my actual boss moves his head to the side so we can see each other. And if she’s not doing that, she’s turning around to show us her butthole with my boss trying to keep her modesty and putting his hand over it lol

Man this setup looks dope. I just got a new distro set up, but this makes me want to switch and try Alpine Linux…

I saw this recommended as a good server OS but went with AlmaLinux minimum instead.

Lois from Malcolm in the Middle already had a solution for this issue https://youtube.com/shorts/Zd_mX3lVLso?is=4VhfrKuhUEKnHezO

Two tools I have been using to replace TeamViewer that check some of your boxes, but not all are:

• Tailscale
• RustDesk

Both free and widely used in the community for many of the purposes you’re looking for.

Both operate slightly different from each other. But to give you insight into how I use them:

I use Tailscale as a VPN into my house for stuff like Jellyfin remote viewing on my iPhone or laptop when not at home, SSH/RDP/SMB remote access into my home network and between my devices. I replaced my Docker VPN that was becoming tedious to manage with this and it’s been a lot better and easier to manage.

I use RustDesk for my family and friends who want my help like out of state relatives. It works just like TeamViewer but without the greed or stupid nags or limitations to force you to pay. It just works.

There’s some others like RustDesk others may recommend too. There’s a few others out there I’ve tried, but RustDesk has been great for me.

Haven’t used TeamViewer in over 5 years because of these and other similar services.

Moral of the story: don’t give a shit what everyone else likes and instead do what you like

Some EVs like Teslas have it built into navigation to stop and find charging stations along the way. It’s essentially like having someone beside you that helps you map out your route and it gives you estimated ranges so if you choose this charging station, you’ll have about 10% left on the battery if driving conditions are normal. You can choose instead something closer if 10% is too low for you or you can find something farther if you feel you can stretch it more.

This is how I did a drive across state lines last year in my Model Y. It wasn’t too bad. A lot of Superchargers along the route that helped me make the trip. I stopped 4 times for 350 miles. My estimated range is 244 each day at 100% but I would only charge up to 80% at each station because the 80 to 100 takes a long time so as to not damage your battery. But 80% is like 200 miles for me so it’s fine.

I enjoy the time spent stopping. Take a break and stretch and get food and use the restroom or play a video game and then back on the road. A lot of people don’t like stopping to charge and the time to wait. I say find ways to entertain yourself. I bring my Steam Deck with me and game.

There’s also apps that help you do the same thing and even provide free charging stations that can help save money. Just expect to spend more time charging at those stations usually and the reliability can be spotty due to vandalism and neglect like public libraries. I use PlugShare on my iPhone for this. Does the same thing as my Tesla but has more options and designed for more than just Tesla EVs.

I find that Tesla superchargers are the most reliable because they charge you up quickest and they charge people for sticking around so you don’t usually have people hogging it while they go watch a movie or something. They are also usually kept up much better than others. I rarely find damaged or busted cables anymore unlike other public chargers and the rates feel cheaper.

But range anxiety is a thing for most new EV owners. You get more comfortable with your car the more you drive and knowing your limits.

I worked with adults (and children) with developmental disabilities and this was a common thing we dealt with. We would take groups of guys out into the community to work and get some socialization. Since I’m a man, I usually worked with guys while women worked with women.

A lot of these people typically don’t get out into the community often so we were there to help them understand what was appropriate and what wasn’t. It was somewhat common for some guys in our groups, and we usually knew who was more prone to it than others, who would do this so we’d have a closer eye on where they were. We also had some who had sexual assault records and we made sure to be very, very close to them in proximity and not letting them out of our sight while ensuring that they had the same opportunities to have a normal life in public as possible.

We worked with both high functioning and low functioning populations, that is to say those who you can tell have some type of disability are lower functioning, as we referred to them back in the day and there may be some more politically correct term used now, with higher functioning population being less recognizable and more like anyone else you’d see in public, usually people with autism.

I say all that to say that if this man had a developmental disability, just from what you said here about how you handled it sounds fine. You didn’t sound rude or violent or anything. Just sounds like you were firm and polite and aware of your own safety which is great.

Most women who were approached by our population handled it very well. I can’t think of a time when someone didn’t and acted inappropriately in return. I think most women could tell seeing our groups and then noticing us as the staff coming along to redirect the guy and prompt him away from what he was doing that was inappropriate.

I remember one guy we had in particular who had a deep fascination for black women (he was Asian but at the same time would talk about how much he hated “Mexicans” and was part of the KKK) and would almost cross the line multiple times with women any chance he got. Not like violently attacking anyone but just overly verbally creepy. But even with him and how aggressive and creepy he’d be, women were very kind and polite but firm and did almost like you, just tried to make their escape. We’d make sure to be near him as much as possible but sometimes he’d get away from our sight and go do things like this. I remember one time he was very much into one woman but she was interested in my coworker who got her number and that set him off into a rage when he saw them talking and her handing him something.

I read a book recently, and maybe it’s something you’ll want to look into, called Attached: The New Sciene of Adult Attachment by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller. What you described about him in your comment reminds me of the Avoidant type of personality who goes back and forth like he does. There’s also Secure and Anxious types too. Here’s a link to the Internet Archive for a free PDF copy if you want to check it out right now https://ia800508.us.archive.org/20/items/AttachementTheory/Amir_Levine%2C_Rachel_Heller-Attached__The_New_Science_of_Adult_Attachment_and_How_It_Can_Help_You_Find_–_and_Keep_–_Love__-Penguin_Group_USA_(2010)[1].pdf I used this for a while before buying a physical copy.

I think the book may help you for the future in detecting this type of personality trait so you are less likely to get deeply involved with someone like this again. The book also helps you discover what type you are and how to manage what you feel and learn about who you’re most compatible with as well as helping to explain some of the things you feel.

It may also give some insight into what was going on for him and help make some sense of the confusion you’re feeling about the relationship and why things didn’t work out. It sounds like in all this, you go back and forth not knowing why he did this or why he reacted that way, but hopefully this could help shed some light and give you some insight to help move on.

You sound like you had a lot of genuine love you gave to him and he just wasn’t present for it in the way you needed him to be.

I’m sorry it’s hurting as much as it does for you right now.

What is that policy? I’m not familiar with that.

Yeah, I’ve heard that before like the Switch 2 being cheaper than the US and the used market is much much cheaper in price and quality than the US for consoles and games.