If you’re posting relevant, quality & especially original content then it’s not spam. If you crosspost it to a bunch of communities on the same server that’s a little spammy, so maybe don’t do that, but I don’t think it’s spammy to crosspost to similar communities on other servers.

Also consider defining the scope of your new community differently. It might be the same topic as another community, but is it more focused? more nuanced? what’s the niche you want to fill that the larger community doesn’t, or doesn’t dive deeply enough into?

And finally manage your expectations. You might have to be the sole contributor for a year or more before you start seeing active participation from other users.

Better method is to set up a server w/ Syncthing and use that to just sync your Home directory remotely.

Sure, just set up a server, very convenient. Dude, this advice is for people who have never installed an operating system before.

Like, yeah, if you’re talking about keeping a living backup that is up to date within 30 seconds because you’re doing accounting as a home business and you can’t afford to lose the last 5 minutes of work, then yeah self-hosted file syncing is great. It’s absolutely a better long-term solution for personal data management. But for most people this level of backup fidelity is unnecessary, and a USB drive is a thing you can just buy and start using with no setup effort.

Some things that may help you get started:

1. All of the risk in changing your computer operating system comes from the potential loss of data. Everything else is replaceable/recoverable, including your original Windows install if needed. You can avoid this risk by backing up your personal data to an external drive, which frankly everyone should be doing anyway because hard drives are consumables.

2. You can try Linux with no risk by running it as a live OS. This loads the operating system files into RAM from an external device (typically a USB drive) and makes no changes to the system hard drive. This lets you test your computer’s functionality in Linux without making permanent changes (does my graphics card work? wifi? audio? etc). The mainstream Linux installers do this already for the installation process, but you can just load one up to try things out without running the installation process.

3. You don’t have to completely switch off of Windows. It’s fairly easy to install Linux as a dual-boot on an existing Windows system. As long as you have some free space on your hard drive to dedicate to Linux, you can just keep your Windows install and have Linux too. You can even access your files in Windows from the Linux install. All of the mainstream Linux installers have the option for setting up dual-boot during the installation.

4. I think one of the biggest hurdles for switching over is knowing what software to use in Linux (how do I edit a document? watch a movie? read a pdf? etc). There are options for basically anything you might want to do, but if you don’t know what you’re looking for you might feel a bit lost. I recommend alternativeto.net for this. You can search for software like Microsoft Office and filter for Linux to get a list of compatible software options that do the same job.

I’m probably one of the dumbest motherfuckers here when it comes to not setting my devices on fire.

I know exactly how you feel. I have wrecked so many OS installs I’ve lost track. I have friends who tell me I have tech problems like no one else. I seem to stumble into edge cases on a higher-than-average basis.

My point is, when I say that everything is recoverable, that’s from experience. I’ve done it enough times to know there’s very little chance of actually making a computer unusable, though it’s relatively easy to lose your data if you’re not paying attention to what you doing - so backups. Always backups.

If you try this a couple times you’ll start to see your computer as something that you have control over, something that you can completely wipe and bring back or rebuild into a different system as you please. Feel free to reach out if you’ve got questions.

Sir Meowsalot

Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh

Getting to Where You Are by Steven Harrison

Journey Without Goal by Chogyam Trungpa

I recommend them in this order. I think Journey Without Goal is more useful after reading the other two - it’s not a good starting point. The idea is sort of to start with calming the noise in your head that makes you anxious or upset, then explore understanding and getting to know yourself, and then after finding some measure of internal stability work on larger perspectives on your life and your relationship with others.

but the fans failed to notice

Why do you think this?

Hmm…

The ketogenic diet is not considered a benign, holistic, or all-natural treatment. As with any serious medical therapy, it may result in complications, although these are generally less severe and less frequent than with anticonvulsant medication or surgery. […] Supplements are necessary to counter the dietary deficiency of many micronutrients. […] Like many anticonvulsant drugs, the ketogenic diet has an adverse effect on bone health. […] In adolescents and adults, common side effects reported include weight loss, constipation, dyslipidemia, and in women, dysmenorrhea.

Sounds like you’re right, this diet is something that should be done for specific medical reasons, with professional guidance and with specific goals in mind:

The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate dietary therapy that in conventional medicine is used mainly to treat hard-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketogenic_diet

Oh god, not another fucking pod.

This article reads like a paid advertisement. The whole website looks like it’s just shilling techbro bullshit.

Remember kids, always reject corporatization of public services.

Technically not the truth… The USA was responsible for about 37% of total global spending on military in 2023, and is the largest single spender (in US$ equivalent) globally. However, as a percentage of GDP the USA doesn’t even make the top 15. (and if you’re talking about a nation’s spending priorities then the percentage matters more than the $ value)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_highest_military_expenditures

There are datacenter drives with anti-shock technology:

https://documents.westerndigital.com/content/dam/doc-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/data-center-drives/ultrastar-dc-ha200-series/data-sheet-ultrastar-dc-ha210.pdf

But the capacity is limited (probably due to the space required for the shock compensation) and they’re substantially more expensive per TB.

In general data center drives have heavier cases which help reduce vibration even if they don’t have active anti-vibration systems, so I’d recommend looking for those on the used market (and SMART test them).

Beyond that, you can get vibration damper mounts for your drives like these or these assuming that there’s enough room in your drive slots for the rubber bumpers. I have a Nanoxia Deep Silence case that has these on the drive trays and it definitely helps cut down the noise. You could also add neoprene pads to the inside of the case to absorb noise and vibration, and/or add some pads to the feet of the case. If the drive trays/cage are removable (not spot-welded to the case) you could add padding between them and the case. Or else just buy a new case that’s designed for noise reduction.

You could also use this strategy from CNC kitchen for reducing 3D printer vibration.

Basically you want to add mass and padding to the case.

Yes.

The rental economy calls to us and we must go…

You might also find this useful:

Maker vs. Manager Schedule

Makers require deep cognitive processing, which is disrupted by frequent context-switching and interruptions. Managers, on the other hand, need to quickly assess and address various issues, necessitating a more fragmented schedule.

“It’s worse than you thought.”

“This is gonna be bad.”

Going for the direct approach in the trailer. I can appreciate that.

I object!

White men voting for trumpism is also the issue.

This is probably just a regurgitated comment scraped from somewhere on reddit.

no vinyl

Hmm…

I have questions.

How low can you go?

This appears to be a misunderstanding. The box on the platform is for a battery, yes, but it was used to power an electric ignition coil:

The engine is geared to the wheel by means of a disk clutch. The flywheel, on the right side of the front wheel, contains a 6-volt lighting generator that originally furnished current for lighting and ignition, but the system later was altered by the addition of an ignition coil and four dry-cell batteries. The ignition switch is mounted on the right side of the frame, and the gasoline tank is above the front fender.

https://www.treehugger.com/autoped-was-worlds-first-scooter-4858489

There was no electric motor design in 1916 that could have powered this scooter from a battery that size.

What other options were there in 1916 for portable power in that size?