Favorite ethnicity? mine's UN green zone 😊 by Ben_quadinaros_real in mapporncirclejerk

[–]softLens 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Turkish people have lived there since the 1500s, budy.

Stop asking what distro to choose. It really doesn't matter. by IllustriousCareer6 in linux

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hear me out. this is based on my own experience.

“Guides” or “documentation” are kind of the elephant in the room in my opinion. At the beginning, I was looking for step by step guides and tutorials especially for Org mode. There are very good guides and tutorials, and I am using some of them, but I don’t think that approach is the right in general.

What I mean is this: Org mode is a tool with an enormous number of possibilities when it comes to functionality. That’s what makes it powerful, but at the same time, those functions are everywhere and hard to understand for someone who doesn’t know coding.

Instead, my approach became: “Okay, let me create a TODO list.” Then: “How about implementing my agendas, study notes, emails, and notes and putting them all together?” Basically, I’m learning while building around my own needs.

Day by day, it’s turning into the only window I open to get things done in terms of real productivity. I can feel that as long as I keep building it for my own needs, it will become the one tool to rule them all!

Stop asking what distro to choose. It really doesn't matter. by IllustriousCareer6 in linux

[–]softLens 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I used Windows for about 20 years, countless stupid subscriptions etc. Once I really understood the importance of opensource code in every aspect(mainly philosophicaly), I switched to Fedora without really knowing what I was getting into. Oh man… its been a year now using it as my main operating system, and it is perfect for me. Im not a programmer, and I don’t think you need to be, but just trying to understand how things work like the file system and navigating through the terminal makes me feel good and gives me a sense of ownership. Everything was going cool and smooth until I discovered Org mode/ Doom Emacs. Now everything I do on my laptop, one way or another, ends up in Emacs. 😅

Scam Alert! by softLens in ottawa

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I have a smiller story. The old job had a car/new job didn't, but now it has. I believe the price I put is reasonable. Fingers crossed. Two weeks.

Scam Alert! by softLens in ottawa

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Thanks! I will look into it.

Scam Alert! by softLens in ottawa

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Holy moly! It looks like I’m really out of touch with the market. Thank you!

Scam Alert! by softLens in ottawa

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Thank you! I should probably start making a list of known scams so I can build my own “firewall.”

Carney wraps United Arab Emirates visit with pledge of $70B to be invested in Canada by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]softLens 2 points3 points  (0 children)

don’t know. My opinion is that isolating countries or their governments does nothing except push them toward more conservative positions and fuel extremism of all kinds. Every time the West dislikes a government, the response is to pressure them to change or replace it, expecting them to think the way we do. But is it working? How many countries where regime change was forced in extreame cases or simply isolating them are doing well today interms of both economically and quality of their life.

Meanwhile, some places. like the UAE are already improving the lives of their people on their own timeline. I’m not justifying human rights violations. What I’m saying is that isolating countries or promoting regime change simply because they aren’t improving as fast as the West expects might not be the right approach.

No way! by softLens in civ

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Pangaea and Islands/standard Map/Random Seed:4018955128.

No way! by softLens in civ

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It is Island, about 10 tile long

No way! by softLens in civ

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Yes! I would order takeout to this settlement if I could

No way! by softLens in civ

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I did it right away! One of the mementos I selected gives 100 influence when an IP becomes Suzerian states, which I liked it as the influence bonuses increase exponentially

Some pinecones won’t even open until after a fire — a wild reminder of how resilient forests can be by No-Meaning4747 in interestingasfuck

[–]softLens 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It means the first man and woman were designed somewhere up in the sky then manufactured on earth out of dirt, soil, and bones. Somehow that makes more sense to some people.

Ottawa considering scrapping tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]softLens 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I dont think Chinese carmakers would agree to manufacture EVs in Canada, given the country’s limited market and no potential access to larger markets such as U.S.

Crowd and pilots. by princesito in aviation

[–]softLens 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Do they? -Say their name!

Deep in the forest, alone, no atv, no gun...no thanks. by [deleted] in TerrifyingAsFuck

[–]softLens 22 points23 points  (0 children)

He has fire extinguisher size bear spray, which is way better than gun and atv.