absentbird

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

To each their own. Personally I can't stand MS Office, I think Google Docs is easier for most nontechnical people these days anyway. For the rare cases when Office is needed, the web version works fine on Linux.

LibreOffice works great, and WPS Office is proprietary but at least it's free.

Personally I write my documents in markdown and use pandoc to convert them into PDF or docx or whatever. It's like writing the source code and then compiling, I like it.

I'm sure you've looked into all that, but for anyone else who is interested in alternatives those are my recommendations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Pfft, proprietary propaganda. How hard is it to let go of every app you're familiar with, learn half a dozen scripting languages, and memorize a hundred different commands in vim?

What you say is true, though I've become so jaded with Microsoft that I don't think there's any software or situation I'd use Windows for; I'd sooner switch to Mac.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

What do you have against Linux?

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

A 3.5" cartridge slot with a hard drive reader in it sounds kinda awesome, not gonna lie.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Anyone else see the back of the chair as the person's hair in the first two panels?

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

But what's your straight line distance to the Parthenon?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They usually only use the horn at crossings. Automated trains are grade separated. The SkyTrain rolls through Vancouver all night and you can hardly hear it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Trains are way easier to make self driving too, we've had autonomous trains since the 60s.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Most EVs don't have transmissions, so at least that's one less thing to worry about.

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