“Free ads that you can’t turn off”

Can AI do proper debugging and troubleshooting? That’s when I’ll start to get worried

Password managers. People will use anything but that: paper, notes app (without any security), using the same password everywhere…

Got it. USB plugs have spin 1/2

Did you just assume my distro?

For the record, I use Debian

People still use Ubuntu?

My pocket calculator: does not run anything

Conclusion: my pocket calculator wins. Always

Telegram started the enshittification route already. Premium version, locked features and stickers, spam about their crypto crap, and now these useless stories

Isn’t it too early for another pandemic? Like, a century too early?

MemeScanner

Does OCR on memes (or images in general), so you can search them by text

Technically, yes… but if it’s in movie/show, you already know it’s fiction

Skill issue

From my experience, people this noisy are unlikely to be cooperative about it. Or anything else

Serves them right

Maybe they’re afraid it could spread to a lot more users

Because you are the product being sold, and advertisers are the customers

It’s mostly not your fault. Apps, games, and socials are intentionally designed to be addictive. That’s because the more time you spend on them, the more ad revenue the owners make.

If sheer willpower doesn’t work, find other ways around it. Someone else already suggested going to a library or another place, that’s good advice. Of you phone is an issue, you could turn it off and allow yourself to turn it back on after you’ve been productive for an hour, or after you have achieved a specific goal.

Don’t take the Bible too literally

ncdu: shows how much disk space is used by each directory, can also explore subdirectories and delete files

tig: interactive terminal UI for git with lots of functionality

I have an NFT joke, but it’s worthless