PetteriPano

joined 1 year ago
[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Back in these days you'd install your distribution and stay there until the next major release. There were no online software repositiories for updates.

And exploits were plentiful. It was an easier time if you were up for mischief.

[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A mistake is when your foot slips and you hit the accelerator instead of the brake.

She made the choice to take pink cocaine and get behind the wheel. Choices have consequences. These choices endangered and killed people. Some rehabilitation closed off from the rest of society sounds in order.

Apparently she was already driving with a suspended license, so there seems to be a history of bad choices.

[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You guys have your own basement?

[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'd also bring in the ripple effect of this. We know there's not enough children being born.

There's not going to be a workforce to pay our pensions when we get old. I'm less likely to spend my money on a dependant, when I should be buying property as a commodity so that I can have means to live at old age.

[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well.. last time I bought a commodore I got the full schematic of the computer in the box. And the user manual taught me programming.

I didn't know how to operate it when I bought it, but I learned fast.

[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If you're coming from a feature phone - it's great!

If you're coming from a modern smartphone, you probably won't be happy with it as a daily driver.

I'm voting with my feet, but carrying two devices.

[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Maemo on the N900 was close, but MeeGo on the N9 was there. The Ovi store even had the hot apps of the era.

Fuck Microsoft for killing that dream.

[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Oh wait, you said modern.

[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What's next? Soon you won't be allowed to call it baby oil unless it's made from real babies.

On a more serious note, I did order a "flexi" burger at Max by mistake. I thought it was a gateway burger with one patty replaced by halloumi. All I got was veg.

[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I flipped in 1997, so any software I might have missed since those days are probably not around anymore.

Windows 95 was pretty shitty in comparison to Linux, and a lot of software broke with NT 4.0

It was an easy choice at the time. Linux was the operating system for this new fancy thing called the internet. Software development turned into a career, and Linux is just a very nice stack for building backends and infrastructure.

I do have an old ThinkPad around running windows 10. I've only used it three times in the past five years: To unbrick an Android phone, to set the MMSI on a marine radio, and to update the maps on my car's satnav.

[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Choices are getting fewer and fewer. I went with OpenSUSE a couple of years back.

[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

I have a Xiaomi Mi A2 that I ran ubuntu touch on. The camera didn't work, and it was based on ubuntu 16.04. They've dropped support for it now. It was not ready to be a daily driver.

I should be getting a poco x3 nfc in the mail tomorrow. It should have excellent support on both postmarketos and ubuntu touch. I don't expect it to be a daily driver, but I can't get the idea out of my head. I don't like where iOS and Android are headed.

 
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