Uebercomplicated

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I was short on time but wanted to recommend a book that drastically changed my life and improved my mental health. I have no moral issues recommending it; one can always look up a summary, or easily read it free of cost using shadow libraries (not that I recommend that).

However, I will humor you, and include a short summary here:

  • better memory for stories
  • better ability to think three dimensionally
  • better ability to think dynamically (changing or uncertain variables)
  • and some others I can't remember off the top of my head.

Hope this helps.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Too much to cover in a comment! Here's a good book on the subject: https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/

Edit: wait, that may be the wrong link. Here's the book I meant: https://www.amazon.com/Dyslexic-Advantage-Unlocking-Hidden-Potential/dp/0452297923 (sorry for using an Amazon link)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

A note in left-handedness:

In primary school, I first learned to write with a pencil and then with a fountainpen, as you describe (I grew up in Europe). This has made no difference to my experience with writing whatsoever, because our language/cursive/alphabet is designed for right-handed people. I could talk for hours on the subject, but it would involve much swearing — I will spare you the pain. Just know that we should be writing top-to-bottom instead of left to write, and should re-design our alphabet, cursive, fountain pen nibs, and how we teach lefties to write.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Absolutely! In fact, I'd argue that this is true for many conditions that we treat as disabilities, like dyslexia (which is rarely disabling) and the aforementioned autism. Both of these conditions have disadvantages and advantages. The situation is not black and white; simply because society was designed one way, does not mean that everyone who does not perfectly fit in is disabled or has a illness.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I'd go with grimshot then, which I think works for hyprland as well (it's made for sway). It provides an interface over Grim, slurp, and jq, and makes life easy. Combine it with a image viewer like imv, and your set!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It's just stigma against the Grüne; hypocrisy at its purest. In other words: I don't think he actually cares about immigration, he was just using it as a scapegoat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that's why I specified fedora 40. I guess eventually I'll need to try fedora again

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Your Fedora vs. OpenSUSE comparison is amusing to me, as I've had exactly the opposite experience. Fedora 40 DNF was hella slow for me, fedora broke regularly, etc.

My experience with Fedora (about 2 years of daily driving) has lead me to almost hate it, while my experience with Tumbleweed (approx. 6 months daily driver) has lead me to live it dearly. And I've never even used YAST!

Well, I guess a lot of this really depends on what packages you use, how you configure your OS, etc. — it's good to know both sides of the coin no matter what.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

Librewolf is the best ✅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, this doesn't seem as clean cut as the Mangione case... not sure what to think about it yet; I'd be curious to find out what the guys motives were.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Fair enough. While I myself wouldn't vote for them, I do agree that they are by no means evil. Their position certainly may even be valuable, I concede. I don't want my preferred party (the Grüne) to be the most radical left party, it's always good to have an even more left party to balance things out. We don't want to end up like the US, where even moderate things like universal healthcare are viewed as radical in the state. Democracy serves it's purpose. In other words: you've pretty much convinced me (though I would still vote Grüne).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I absolutely agree with this, people really seem to not take Putin seriously enough. Putin is already at war with us; he's literally had people killed in Moabit and invaded Europe. This is not Nato's fault, it is blatant aggression from Putin, which we need to respond, and should have responded, to accordingly.

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