DakRalter

DakRalter , 3 days ago to lemmyshitpost in Easiest way to tell the difference between bot and person

I’m sorry to say I tried this and it worked.

I also got a person to leave by writing VY Canis Majoris. I’m not sure how they interpreted that.

DakRalter , 4 days ago to memes in They said the 19th!

Strangely, I got my letter saying my “postal vote forms will arrive soon” two days after I received the postal vote forms. I got confused for a moment there!

DakRalter , 4 days ago to memes in Flat to not flat

Props to Ranty, too.

DakRalter , 4 days ago to memes in Flat to not flat

Most of the big names in the flerf community are grifters, for sure. But many of the people who follow them are genuine believers. I have a relative who’s a die-hard flerfer.

Sheeps and Neeps was a small time flerfer who literally died because his conspiracy theory beliefs about cancer treatment, and there was that guy who went up in a rocket and came down in pieces. So some of them really do believe it. In my relative’s case, he went through a lot of trauma, flerfers give him a sense of belonging and something to hold onto.

DakRalter , 7 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to lemmyshitpost in Protect your PC

Thanks. It was actually F12, I managed to catch it for the split second it showed; for some reason it doesn’t always show the commands when I switch it on.

This is what I got.

https://thelemmy.club/pictrs/image/3545dd09-b801-4b29-ad21-2b8dc8b3e64b.jpeg

I selected Ubuntu and I got my choice back again. I hope i don’t have to do this every time I boot though.

Thank you for being so patient with me.

DakRalter , 10 days ago to lemmyshitpost in Protect your PC

https://thelemmy.club/pictrs/image/a7185f5c-3078-4d42-8be6-4ec9ea3648b0.jpeg

I found an old picture of what my boot screen used to look like. If I wanted to do it via bcedit, what would my command line be? Sorry for being so clueless, I’m just really scared I’ll brick my PC completely.

DakRalter , 11 days ago to lemmyshitpost in Protect your PC

I have no idea how to do this, but I’ll keep looking for a tutorial. Luckily I only use my Linux for storing my music. I wish I could have got my art software to work on Linux, they just don’t seem to want to cooperate. My WiFi adaptor also only wants to work about half the time, too.

DakRalter , 11 days ago to lemmyshitpost in Protect your PC

My Linux is on a separate hard drive.

DakRalter , 12 days ago to lemmyshitpost in Protect your PC

Never mind that, Windows 10 did an update a couple of days ago, and now my dual boot screen has gone. I literally can’t start my Linux Mint anymore, it boots straight to Windows :(

There is a way to get it back with the command line, but my computer nerd days are over.

askubuntu.com/…/dual-boot-with-windows-10-broken-…

I’m assuming that command needs to be edited to whatever my setup is, I have no idea.

DakRalter , 25 days ago to memes in smoking

My fella found this talk useful. m.youtube.com/watch?v=gnSEbLX94TkHe used to smoke the mild stuff (low THC), but it’s the cigarettes he’s been struggling with. He’s on his third attempt, but after using the technique (TL;DW: your brain doesn’t understand negative commands, replace it with a positive command. Instead of “I need a joint”, try “I need air” or “I need clarity” or whatever feeling you’re aiming for) he’s feeling a lot more positive that he’ll stick with it this time. I tried to get him to read the Allen Carr stuff, but he’s not much of a reader. Other people swear by it though. It’s available on a certain library beginning with z if you want to give it a taster. Also learning a new skill can give you the same dopamine hit that your addiction does, so take up a hobby, learn a language, etc.

Good luck!

DakRalter , 1 month ago to memes in Lazy Duck

Same, I tried ecosia too, only to get the same error.

DakRalter , 1 month ago to lemmyshitpost in Life uh uh uh... finds a way.

My nephew has moss growing out of his bike saddle.

DakRalter , 1 month ago to memes in USB tunneling

My old Lenovo tablet has the USB port upside down on the plug, and consequently, the micro USB also plugs into the tablet upside down. And for some reason, stupid thing always breaks the little notches on the micro USB, so you have to position everything in a way so that it won’t slide out while charging.

DakRalter , 1 month ago to memes in feeling old now?

I’m 39 and my hips are already gone and I have trigger thumb.

DakRalter , 2 months ago to memes in its true tho

I just had a colleague mock me (good naturedly) the other day for having an android phone. I just laughed and said, I’m no fan of Google but at least I can install what I want on here. That was the end of it, haha.