Hi everyone, my name is Nick, long time a Linux and opensource enthusiast. Originally from Greece, living in Scotland. I love science and fantasy fiction, am a licensed ham operator with call sign MM0NKK. Also can be found at https://nickapos.blogspot.com, also @[email protected]
@[email protected] in Europe gun ownership is largely illegal. You can get a permit but it need to be approved by the police and the gun you can buy is of limited firepower, like a pistol or something like that. You can also get hunting licenses and that is about it.
@[email protected] because of quality of construction. I have thinkpad a running Linux that are more than 10 years old and all this without vendor support. Being able to find parts even after so many years is also important.Do any of these Linux friendly vendors have similar quality and similar prices?
Whenever I think about getting one of those systems I really don’t know if the company is going to exist in the next few years.
@[email protected] yeah, some models are really durable. I have now purchased several more air force, they come in all sort of styles and can be used both for work (in some cases) and leisure
@[email protected] I got some Nike air force that I purchased almost 5 years ago and have used to go to work. They seem a little worn out but are still fairly ok.
I have also purchased several pairs of second hand running shoes, they are all fine and I use them to literally run hundreds of miles.
So far so good with shoes in my experience.
@[email protected] this can happen today, everyone is scraping fediverse. But as others said we are not that many anyway. Threads got 10 million users in 7 hours
@[email protected] there will be several waves as Reddit deteriorates by the lack of tools and moderation.
@[email protected] this is expected, that is why fediverse is discussing about moderation all the time.
@[email protected] the majority of layoffs were from big companies that wanted to fix their books, i don’t think google, or Microsoft are struggling
@[email protected] people have got used to the manipulative toxic mainstream social media and their ads and algorithms, that when they join fediverse or Thread inverse, they rediscover that none of that crap is really necessary and they were imposed on us so long ago that they felt normal. But they are not
@[email protected] it’s ok, people will gradually move out as Reddit deteriorates. Eventually most interesting people will be elsewhere, the platform will still exist but it will be an empty shell.
The important thing is for threadiverse to take flight and acquire a sustainable size, the rest will happen in time.