vaseltarp

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What Calendar and To Do solution do you recommend? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Syncing the calendar db and Todo.txt file with syncthing should also be possible and would be a solution that doesn't need a server at all.

Where is the best video viewing application today in 2024? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (5 children)

VLC

Why Microsoft is a national security threat in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Time for linux

I feel proud of myself to recognize that this iconic dude is not at a 'computer', rather, a [dumb] terminal! ]Or...?] in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

Here an image of an old IBM-PC: https://www.7dayshop.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Ibm_pc_5150-1024x951.jpg Note that The dark area here is for floppy Disks. One to boot from and one for data, so it probably doesn't have a hard drive. I think it looks pretty much like the one in the meme. Also, computer desks like this were back then very common at home and probably not in offices or universities. Furthermore, he has several boxes with floppy disks beside the desktop. A dumb terminal would have no need for floppy disks, but one of the old PCs would need a lot of them.

So all in all, I think it is most likely a real computer.

What makes something a Luxury? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I always liked drinking water directly from the tub but in the majority of counties people can't do that so I consider it a luxury. The fact that I live now in a country where it is not possible amplifies that for me even more.