If you just got a computer (holiday or otherwise) and are thinking of installing Linux on it, shoot me your questions!

I'm going to collect a bunch of them for an upcoming livestream, maybe this weekend after holiday parties are wrapped! Either that or next week sometime.

You can ask me here or ask (at) veronicaexplains (dot) net.

A great cleanse is needed.
It may take me.
Nonetheless, I still say it.
Evil has run rampant long enough.
We are not the ones to make that determination.
The distractions we have found are empty.
Empty has found a great foothold.
It rises with nothingness.
There is nothing waiting.
Many rush to that oblivion.
The tortured soul of man.
Jesus.
The one who wants you whether you realize his love.
On Christmas, say his name.

"The theory of continuous growth in investment and consumption, applied by the most developed countries to countries where the vast majority are poor, surrounded by luxuries and excesses of a tiny minority of rich people, is not only humiliating but also destructive."

"La teoría del crecimiento continuo de la inversión
y el consumo, aplicada por los más
desarrollados a los países donde la inmensa
mayoría es pobre, rodeada por lujos y derroches
de una exigua minoría de ricos,
no solo es humillante sino también destructiva”.
Fidel Castro
3 de septiembre de 2007

@Роძэя ΟЬяэяо2025-12-25 23:58:07
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#castro #continuous growth #crecimiento continuo

Looks like TwitterX is alienating artists, seemingly for short-term AI gains: nichegamer.com/x-adds-grok-pow…
Wouldn't be surprised if we saw more fedi artists pop up from this.

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Enjoying reading the Gleam language tour/intro, its written simply and the editable/runnable examples are pretty useful:
tour.gleam.run/

or all-in-one-page version:
tour.gleam.run/everything/

Language nerds may find it interesting that Gleam compiles to Erlang, then hands over to the Erlang compiler.

The Gleam compiler is written in Rust (some people would call it a transpiler, to which Gleam's creator says "same thing")

I'm not sure yet if a function can return multiple values/variables. Can functional languages normally do this? Anyway if not I guess I can have a function return a union with the various values contained within...

#gleamlang
#functionalprogramming

#US #military forces struck #IslamicState “targets” in NW #Nigeria on #Christmas, following up on Trump threats to the country over killings of “Christians”

The evil human garbage thing called #Trump wrote in a “Truth” Social post that the strikes were deadly but did not elaborate.

“MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues,” he wrote.

#law #WarPowers #Congress #WarCrimes #murder
apnews.com/article/trump-islam…

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#Trump is a liar. I’ve said it before but #Christians are no more targeted than any other group of people in #Niger. This is widespread violence, indiscriminate. Trump is full of shit. He wants their #resources. He wants their #oil. He doesn’t care about people. He’d kill his own children without a second thought if it would enrich him.

#law #WarPowers #Congress #WarCrimes #murder #InternationalLaw #WhiteSupremacy #geopolitics

pbs.org/video/religious-persec…

Three hours remaining. Only seven people have voted and two of those are Sui and myself.

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DECAYABLE.INK ART CONTEST CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - SEMI FINALES

It's that time again shriggers, let's decide who gets to join Kiki & Decayable and wins the exclusive "Fedi Artist 2025" badge. We've had some great ones this year so log in all those alts and let's get these 59 down to only 2!


in reply to En Q Formado!

@enqfila but here’s the thing, the samba isn’t cheap, and it isn’t particularly comfortable, it’s an old school sneaker with really old tech, if you’re used even to cheaper but comfortable sports sneakers, you will have a very sad realization with these. they’re pretty casual sneakers, if you walk around a lot every day, it’s probably going to hurt your feet.
in reply to En Q Formado!

@enqfila ironicamente o sapatenis que parece o samba, ele é bem mais antigo, MAS saiba que o estilo que ele representa (terrace culture) vem exatamente do tipo de pessoa que usaria sapatenis

esse estilo ficou popular na década de 70 no reino unido, era a galeria que curtia futebol, mas não queria deixar claro pra polícia que eles eram torcedores. criou-se um estilo de roupas razoavelmente chique, e esse tipo de tênis (apesar que não o samba especificamente) era muito popular, low profile, sleek, com bons materiais. usaria um jeans reto, umas camisetas polo de preferência de marca. que é exatamente quem usaria um sapatenis por aqui. olha que interessante.

e sim, um air max não é barato, e teve sim um aumento nos últimos ~5 anos de preços no geral porque sneaker culture cresceu por aqui, especialmente em São Paulo

in reply to En Q Formado!

@enqfila Bom, eu não perguntei mas depende de qual air max, porque tem vários. um air max 90, que é um super clássico, é bem caro, um air max excee, uma versão mais acessível, é bem mais barato, ou também o air max alpha

nenhum deles é barato, mas um 90 é na casa dos 1000 então menos tá valendo

e sobre importar, terrace culture já faz um tempo tá em alta em moda “popular” faz um tempo. especialmente em moda masculina, não é exclusivo do brasil não.

alright lads we have good oil pressure. i temporarily powered the pressure sensor thru a USB 5v supply and it's acting normal, so that's a bit more peace of mind.

i did a few pulls under ~ 2 lbs of boost, and nothing sploded. noticeable power even with just a little boost.

gona hold off on ramping it up until i get that fuel rail and the new injectors installed but at least i know it runs and the AFR looks a bit better than it did before

Finished @pluralistic Picks And Shovels.

Best book I’ve read all year. Thanks for writing it!

Great plot. Interesting, human characters. Lots of technical goodies. Believable emotional and ethical dilemmas treated with compassion and passion.

Felt very familiar, yet I didn’t see all the plot twists coming.

#CoryDoctorow
#PicksAndShovels
#fiction
#bookstodon