Organized crime has negative consequences for consumers and society as a whole

Organised crime like Google, Meta, Microsoft, the entertainment and music industries, Microsoft, most politicians… right?

I’m a long time Arch user (10 years) and I love EndeavourOS + Pamac (from Manjaro) as a simple install that I can easily maintain on family members computers or on our Laptop if I’m feeling lazy.

I think some amount of it is apathy, or modern-life time-poor induced apathy where people just want something to work and work quickly without much effort or time and so they just pony up. And with so many people not keeping a budget, $10 a month here and there or $30 once a month doesn’t seem like much if you’re not adding up all those subs combined over a month or a year or 5 years. Really, some subs could fall into the category of a dark pattern because $10 a month doesn’t seem like much compared to say $100 up front even though over the course of a year (or 2, 3, 5+ years) that sub costs you more than just buying software up front. (Think also Sam Vines Boot Theory).

I see some people are getting fed up (I’m one of them) but sadly plenty more who mindlessly keep paying more and more.

I dunno, I was pretty stoked installing Arch almost a decade ago after my spouse surprised me with a brand new PC he built for my birthday. Was also stoked installing Arch, in more recent years, on the PC I built.

And I’ve been at my most miserable in life while being a Windows user 🫠

Good luck getting anywhere in this country’s judicial system. The Courts here have repeatedly shown they kiss government arse and the NZ government has shown they kiss corporate arse.

New Zealand is no longer the land of no. 8 wire and protesting to stand up for rights, the environment, etc. but I fast becoming another western country beholden to apathy and consumerism. 😔

Have you tried switching Proton versions? Also check protondb.com as people will often post solutions in their reports.

Its been a while since I used a Kindle but AFAIK its still this - using Calibre + the deDRM plugin. I don’t know if linking directly to stuff here is OK so just do an internet search for github noDRM deDRM_tools and you should find the plugin you need for Calibre.

Platinum Preppy lol. Just a good knock about pen. Currently I use my other pens pretty interchangeably for letter writing and journalling. But the Preppy takes the cake for the most general use. Second to that would be my Pelikan Twist since it’s also a nice knockabout pen and with a medium nib (Preppy is F), I use it when I want to jot something down that really stands out with thicker lines.

For reference, this was the article I first read about this on: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/bank-problems-reports-bnz-asb-kiwibank-anz-visa-paywave-services-down/R2EY42QKQBALXNF33G5PA6U3TQ/

WTF does someone’s spiritual beliefs and practices have to do with how well they are able to run an organisation? That’s an ad hominem argument. My country has a Christian prime minister at the moment but oh noes, I’m a non-religious hippy ‘witch’ so I guess our prime minister should step down because he believes in a pseudoscientific giant bearded man that lives in the sky and goes to an expensive building every week to speak magic words in unison with other cult members to call a special spirit to bless everyone that believe the exact same doctrines…

Sorry been a bit useless with keeping up lately. It doesn’t stick out. They’re very clearly a scratch as plastic has been removed (divot rather than proud or debossed rather than embossed or indented rather than protruding… sorry got a bit carried away there with the synonyms and antonyms 😅). All three blemishes are different too - different angles, curves, lengths and depths.

I decided not to sweat it any more though. Yes, it’s annoying to have a scratched pen straight out of the box but it can’t be replaced with something unscratched and the nib writes so smoothly it makes up for it 🙃

Pantheon desktop (Elementary OS)

Awesome! This was one of the last things keeping the NPO I volunteer for from switching to Proton. Hopefully sheets won’t be too far behind (as we use those quite extensively too) but at least we can start migrating our documents in the mean time.

Heh, mine arrived just this morning in record time (ETA was not for another 3 weeks!). I don’t have a Kaweco Sport to compare to since after reading and watching reviews on them, I decided to go with the M2 instead.

I am yet to ink it up (saving that for tonight) but it feels nice in the hand so far and light for a metal pen (I prefer lightweight). I’m looking forward to seeing how flexy/springy the nib writes!

My spouse is jealous mine has a farting cat and his Hongdian Black Forest doesn’t 😹

I contacted the store I got it from - they looked through every Twist they have an unfortunately all of them are scratched like that. 🙁 Does Pelikan usually have QC issues? I wouldn’t expect perfection on a cheap pen but that many being scratched seems pretty bad.

Why hasn’t Ancestry been sued then? I know there were issues around GEDmatch a while ago (never used them) in terms of privacy. Nothing I’ve read in Ancestry’s Privacy Statement says that they can legally retain data after you’ve requested deletion for an indefinite time. Are you sure it’s Ancestry you’re thinking of and not another company?

I think you have to manually enable it (may depend on your distro/DE) but SDDM works fine with Wayland as it stands now.

Use Ancestry.com instead. Ancestry asks if you want to be part of x y z. Say no to all. Also opt for Ancestry to destroy your sample. Once your test is completed, download the raw data file. Then request your data and account to be deleted.

You can then use services like Promethease to give you information on any potential genetic issues.

I don’t know if 23 and me offers the same level of privacy as only have experience with Ancestry.com.

Make sure whichever service you use, you read the privacy statement.

Also with Ancestry (dunno if 23&me does it), you can opt out of all their suggested extra opt ins, download your raw data and then request them to destroy your sample and delete your account.

Yes, absolutely. I used to pirate almost everything because I was too poor to afford most things. Nowadays I can afford more (albeit still poor so some piracy is still out of necessity for monetary reasons). Sometimes I pirate as a try before I buy. Watching/reading reviews just doesn’t always cut it and the only way to know if something is useful/enjoyable if trying it out first. And some things I intentionally pirate even if I can afford because I have an ethical and moral objection to giving money to the company/creator (like Amazon, Disney, Adobe, etc.). And in those instances I also try to pay it forward as much as possible by direct supporting creators, donating to FOSS, charities, FSF, Internet Archive, etc.