Belgdore

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I have a desktop and there’s no reason for it to constantly be drawing power. It boots fast enough even with fast boot disabled that it’s not an issue for me.

I leave my work laptop on, but it lives on my desk at work. Not my power bill not my problem. I still have to regularly reboot it because windows can’t update without reboots.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Literally every single time I use it. I only need it to be on when I’m using it, and I don’t use it every day.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Sure, but my keyboard doesn’t have a power button.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Exactly, they keep honest people honest, just like piracy protection.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

These things are like door locks. The point is to make it harder to pirate than to pay. This doesn’t mean people won’t pirate. Just like a door lock doesn’t mean people won’t burgle.

If it took a long time to open the door because the lock is too complex, it is the lock maker’s fault not the burglar’s fault. The solution is to buy a new lock.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

My main use the disc drive is used games.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I’m pretty sure one of these guys is in the Amadeus poster

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

The only apps that can give me notifications are my messenging app my phone app and my email app. The rest get notifications blocked on install.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

It is fundamental to the democratic form of government that “rights are at the mercy of public opinion.” The other options are for rights to be at the mercy of capricious monarchs, dictators, or oligarchs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They believe that the status quo is better than any alternatives. They have not been exposed to other ways of living and those that have lock themselves to basic tribalistic thinking.

Imagine trying to get a sports fan to see the benefits of being a fan of another sports team. Even if they aren’t personally playing and their team isn’t winning they maintain loyalty. Some even bet on their loser teams and lose money just because of loyalty.

It’s all about team loyalty/ tribalism

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

I feel like more people need to just take a chance on new music and new to them music genres. I locked myself into the rock of the ‘60s-‘70s for a long time and refused to open up to other genres.

But I got over myself and I love the current wave of pop. There are always new good songs coming out and the best way to find it is to plug into online communities that like music generally. The radio and things like Spotify are terrible at helping you find things.

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