Churbleyimyam

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[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 32 points 3 days ago

Hedges are a good investment because once it has matured a hedge provides food and shelter for many species of birds, animals and insects. There are government subsidies available for establishing and maintaining them. They also provide returns for people in the form of wood and in some cases edible fruit.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Good luck not getting shot mate.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

So he should. I don't know how he could live with himself knowing he's allowed the guy to continue his abuse.

 

I'm aware of Debian's reputation for not having the most up-to-date software in its repository but have just noticed that Thunderbird is on its current version. Which makes me ask:

When does Debian update a package? And how does it decide when to?

I'm particularly interested in when it will make available the upcoming major release of GIMP to 3.0.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 10 points 5 days ago

This is a good one.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 8 points 5 days ago

With or without carbon offsetting though?

"From now on we will be producing our greenhouse gases in Rwanda."

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

"In other news, Labour has appointed the fox as chief advisor on chicken coops."

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

Apparently that's why there is no organic honey produced in the UK. You need to be a certain distance away from land that is sprayed with chemicals to get organic certification for your honey and nowhere in the UK is that far away.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think Ghandi and his followers understood this.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

In the short term we need more like this. In the long term we simply need to stop producing and using plastics on this scale. Recycling is good but by the time plastic gets to this stage in its 'life-cycle' much of the environmental damage has already been done through production, manufacturing and transport.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago

I think it's because they are a setting where people are there for a separate purpose to meeting a partner, which allows for romance to be portrayed as spontaneous. Also, clothes (particularly underwear, pyjamas and towels) come into contact with the body and imply intimacy.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Fatbikes look cool but lose one of the main advantages of bicycles, which is that you can easily carry them, whether up stairs, onto a train or into a car. Electric fatbikes must be even worse for that. Its probably better thinking of them as motorbikes.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 54 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Cool, no more need for American military bases in our countries then. Or sharing intelligence with them. Or propping up their arms industry.

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee to c/linuxquestions@lemmy.zip
 

If I want to install and use a different desktop environment than came with my distro, what (if any) problems can I expect to encounter?

I currently use Debian with GNOME and I want an optimised system for music production and graphic design. As far as I can tell, the two main options I have are to make some tweaks to my current system's configuration (rt kernel, swap use, cpu behaviour and others) or to switch to a dedicated media distro which is configured already. The creative distros that I like the look of don't use GNOME though.

Which option will be easiest for me?

 

What are some of the easiest ways for a beginner to make their system untable when they start tinkering with it?

 

Does anyone know of an Android app for measuring decibels/loudness/volume?

I only need to measure sounds relatively, so it doesn't need to be accurate.

 

Does anyone here use Starlabs computers? I'm thinking of buying one of their laptops and I'm interested in how well their products are supported in the long term. Specifically, firmware updates and spare parts & repairs.

Thanks

 

GIMP 3.0 is over 96% complete! The GIMP team got sick at the Libre Arts conference over the summer, hence the setback to the release schedule but they are now back making good progress.

Along with non-destructive editing and a colour overhaul we've all been waiting for, longstanding critics of the UI/UX will be pleased to hear that GIMP are setting up a UX repository and are looking to build a dedicated team of designers to develop this.

All of these things look set to make the GIMP project feel a lot more current and dynamic. I can't wait!

And if anyone wants to help out it looks like testing/reporting, donations and updating the help manual are all welcomed by the project at the moment.

 

What are some Lemmy communities which surprise you by their low number of subscribers or which you think more of us should engage with?

 

Can anyone recommend a simple and noob/nonprofessional-friendly cross-platform app for simple graphic design and photography uses?

I normally recommend GIMP for this but for some people who I help with their projects it's overkill and not worth learning for infrequent use.

What can I recommend/teach such people to use, which is more stripped back?

Common use cases are putting together basic flyers & ads, restaurant menus, cropping photos etc.

 

I'm thinking of buying a new laptop from a business in Spain (Slimbook fwiw), but it's not clear to me from what I've read online whether or what kind of additional charges I'd have to pay. Has anyone else been through the process already?

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CGT Increase (www.theguardian.com)
 

I'm expecting an increase in capital gains tax to get heavily attacked in the media and by the free market (pro-inequality imo) crowd, for predictable reasons. And they may even be right that in the long term the amount of direct revenue it raises is not significant.

BUT if a secondary consequence of this is an offloading of assets (particularly houses) I think it could be great. As the article reports; "Wealth managers have reported a flurry of investors rushing to sell second homes and other assets before the budget."

Am I right in reading this policy as a disincentive to hoarding and rent-seeking?

I don't think Labour will have the guts to come out and say this is something they're actually aiming for.

What do you think?

 

I'm a casual space enthusiast, so forgive me if this is ignorant, but is it typical that there is a delay (of several days or more) between hearing news about the success of a given space project and then the photos of it being published? I feel like I've noticed it a few times... And if so, why? Are photos hard/slow to transmit or make?

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

Does anyone know how I can select my audio output via the command line? I'm frequently switching between using my monitors inbuilt speakers and a USB audio interface and I'm finding it laborious to navigiggerate graphically through the settings in GNOME to do so.

What I'd like to do is set up a couple of bash aliases and do it in my terminal.

What's the best way for me to do that?

Many thanks

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