I love Linux, but I don't think that Linux users should promote it like it's a free Windows, because it isn't. You should learn Linux because you want to learn Linux, not because you hate Windows.

Frankly, I didn't go 100% Linux right away. I dual-booted for several years first.

In a rare apology from the Russian president, Putin said during his end-of-year press conference that insufficient imports and demand are to blame for the hiked prices.

"I'm sorry about this problem. This is a setback in the government's work," Putin said on December 14. "I promise that the situation will be corrected in the near future."

Holy shit. Russians are serious about their eggs!

Look, it isn't hard to substitute eggs in recipes. You can use applesauce, banana, chia seeds, flax seeds, or tofu. (To be fair, though, I don't know what those cost in Russia as compared to eggs.)

A lot of people with mental health issues self-medicate with illegal drugs. This guy was probably suffering from depression, and the police pushed him too far. So ridiculous and tragic.

Could somebody explain what "fedipact" means?

This is gonna do to Biden what COVID-19 did to Trump.

We don't get a vote of no confidence. There's no box to check that says "No Trump".

Also, Hillary got more votes than Trump did, so simply having more voters on your side doesn't necessarily mean that Trump will lose.

FOSS isn't about "corpo hate". It's about freedom. There's a philosophy behind it. You can, of course, disagree with it, but I think you should know what you're disagreeing with.

If the users don't control the program, the program controls the users. With proprietary software, there is always some entity, the developer or “owner” of the program, that controls the program—and through it, exercises power over its users. A nonfree program is a yoke, an instrument of unjust power.

No idea, and I don't care. What matters for me is that there are enough people on Lemmy to keep it interesting.

Yeah, it's basically "If you keep calling all of the stuff I like 'communism', then I guess that makes me a communist."

Why would you answer it? If it's important, they'll leave a message. I'm not going to pick it up and risk having to deal with a scammer or something like that.

When I'm using the restroom, the last thing I care about is which genitals the person in the other stall has. Why would this be a concern?