Rayspekt

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[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Linux Mint (I'd recomment Debian edition, LMDE) is basically what you want to try out. I've set up a PC with it for my stepfather that hasn't used Linux at all and he's happy with it. It's designed to be as newbie-friendly as possible. You won't have more issues with it than you'll already have using Windows.

Then if you feel unsatisfied with anything about it, you can go looking for other linux distributions (distros) because you have a general idea what's happening.

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 3 points 6 months ago

Kidneys for beans.

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 24 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I hope the internet is prepared for when VPNs will be targeted. A LOT of free access to the internet nowadays hinges on the use of VPNs and I have been dreading the day when corpos and politicians finally catch up to that fact for some years now. Remember when credit card companies removed themselves from Pornhub as a payment method after just one article from about exploiative material on the platform?

Just think about the consequences when you will only be able to subscribe to VPNs through bitcoin. I know, subscribing with your credit card isn't the smartest move in regards to privacy, but it works for a lot of stuff that isn't that dramatic (e. g. circumventing geoblocking).

I don't think we're that far away from the endgame for the free internet. Enshittification is just the first step. When that eventually doesn't work out, they will come for VPNs and stuff like the fediverse.

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 26 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yeah it's gone full-circle like the whole situation with streaming services becoming cable. Funny how the world works so similarly in different places.

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It would work thousands of years off of one drop of League of Legends solo queue.

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

Maybe look into Garuda as an additional alternative to EndeavousOS and Manjaro. I'm using it on a gaming rog and haven't had any significant issues regarding stability.

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 3 points 6 months ago

Whamen respected

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lmao what is this? The hard core gamer manifesto or what?

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That's WB for you. Fucking up DC is their specialty.

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago

What I don't get is the sissy sub fascists nowadays. The dumb fucks generally want to wage war with everybody and now that there are legitimate threats to their precious Vaterlands they are pacifists all of a sudden. I get it, they a funded largely by russia and china etc, but do they really think they won't get shafted when the west collapses? Absolute omega farts.

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah Imma part with my Bionicles and Beyblades for the safety ranch.

 

What a weirdly wonderful magazine this is.

 

I hope I am not the only one with this "issue", but whenever I pick up my instrument (most of the time guitar) with a specific genre or style in mind, I struggle to write just something like that.

To give a little background info: I listen mostly to blues rock, hard rock, and alternative/garage rock I'd say. But for the longest time my music leaned more towards the blues rock side; slower (e. g. 80-100 bpm), very focused on the blues scale. These days, I want to create songs more in the vein of Guns N Roses, Van Halen, Motley Crue and the like but I struggle with the general feeling of those styles.

What are your tips regarding this? When I look up some actual songs, it's just I-III-IV power chord stuff or basic pentatonic scales again. So why do my powerchords not sound like that as well? Phrasing it that way makes it sound ridiculous, but I hope you get the point. It feels like I am missing the point that distinguishes let's say sleaze rock from classic heavy metal. Maybe I'm m overthinking it but it annoys me that my writing process seems to be very trial-and-error.

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