I run opnsense on a decomissioned thin workstation I got for free at work. Added a couple of NICs et voila! For wifi I just disabled DHCP on the ISP router and plugged one of the lan ports into opnsense. Packets err… Find a way.

You’re using technology to solve a psychological problem. Cool for building a portfolio, but come on.

As if manipulating political state was not easy enough already.

Actual benefit? I’d say code not compiled in is code that cannot be abused.

There are also more obscure benefits - like getting more familiar with your system.

How does no shopping part play out in these? Isn’t everyone just going to end up buying a bit more over the following week and even things out?

I mean… Clearly quite a bit!

I run a private pixelfed instance as a sort of family photo archive. Works well enough!

Used to never care. Not one bit.

And then I treated myself to an E60 M5.

Day 2 - some random guy compliments it and starts a chat.

Random talks at the lights. In the parking lots.

Someone walked up to me in Belgium and asked if he can take a photo. Of a disgustingly dirty car that had been driven 1200 miles in the last 24 hours. I just shrugged it off and said sure, go ahead.

Point being - I am now aware of it being a thing. It’s also a pleasant feeling, so now I try to do the same. Last one I complimented was an E34 M5. Guy made the appropriate smile of acknowledgment back.

Honestly - I don’t know. I could swear that is not the comment I was replying to, but it’s doesn’t appear to have been edited.

Sorry.

Fair enough. I guess my education was of a higher level.

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Given the context is clear, how come you’re using the abstract pronoun?

Another one right next to me!

I have a working hypothesis, the short of which goes something like this:

windows makes one memorise orders of infinite submenus, while linux makes you understand the way it works.

It’s the intent that matters.

Nothing. Lemmy being edgy teens.

Surprising nobody.

Nothing is impossible. Might be improbable, but definitely possible!

No need to capitalise russia.

Thanks, we’re both crying out loud now! :D