boboralice

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   by boboralice 4y ago

   Nice guide. For some reason I got used to screen and use that instead of tmux. I keep meaning to try to retrain my muscle memory because everyone says tmux is better, but old habits die hard. Vidir was new to me.
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   by boboralice 4y ago

   Some of my friends have given their kids FitBits for similar reasons (watch + step tracking + it could be integrated with a phone if the kid has one). But I don't get the idea of an Apple Watch... I'm a small adult and even with t
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   by boboralice 4y ago

   I have several different setups. I bought a domain and pointed it to Zoho to have 'easy' email and apps. I also have a fully self-hosted mailinabox setup, and I've done things "by hand" too, just because it's
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   by boboralice 4y ago

   I'd agree with this. I'm mostly left of center but occasionally I'll agree with something conservative. I've had horrible threats after those posts and Twitter did nothing.
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   by boboralice 4y ago

   I don't use a docking station but I agree on the keyboard issue. I'm a full-sized laptop person and it's always a struggle to find a laptop I like with a numeric keypad.
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   by boboralice 4y ago

   My husband is terrified of mathematics but he's a great programmer. I'm no genius when it comes to the subject because it's not my passion. I've only used degree-level math a couple of times in the (mumble) years since I
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   by boboralice 4y ago

   Real world meetups about subjects you're interested in will have better value than most online stuff. Read books about things that interest you, and use Goodreads as a source of inspiration for future reading material. Get off Facebook
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   by boboralice 4y ago

   I'm way older than that but I work from home. I actually just made an account after a long time of lurking because the lack of lunchtime tech rants is starting to feel isolating.
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   by boboralice 4y ago

   I've started using YaCy and Searxng for searches. It was terrible at first but I set my YaCy engine off indexing high quality sites that I find useful for the subjects I'm interested in. It's refreshing in some ways - the con
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    by boboralice 4y ago

    It asks for a phone number when you sign up, but you don't have to share the phone number with people you want to add as a contact/share it in groups. For a lot of people, Telegram does a good job of being "less evil than Fac