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by pengo 3y ago
Divorce proceedings are over for me. I've never used Amazon. I stopped using Microsoft products eight years ago. I left Facebook five years ago. I exited Google's ecosystem shortly afterwards. I closed my Twitter account the day E
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by pengo 3y ago
I set up a Lemmy account yesterday. It has promise.
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by pengo 3y ago
My daily driver is still a Dell XPS13 I bought in 2018 when it was the highest spec XPS13 available. I replaced it with a later (and higher spec) XPS13 in late 2021, but didn't like Dell's changes to the keyboard layout and return
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by pengo 4y ago
We're a duo from Aotearoa New Zealand currently finished our first album. Some of our music is at https://sidesister.bandcamp.com/ We upgraded our home studio three years ago; it's about as compact as you can get,
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by pengo 4y ago
We still use Object Pascal (in the freeware Lazarus IDE) for dev utilities. Mostly they're native desktop apps, but some interface with cloud services.
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by pengo 4y ago
I continue using https://startpage.com without any issues.
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by pengo 4y ago
Eating Marmite instead of Vegemite. Only in my fifties did I discover that Marmite tastes different because it contains sugar.
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by pengo 4y ago
Sixty eight year old female here. I start every day except Sunday with 30 situps, 30 pushups and 30 squats. I ride my (non-electric) bicycle when I go shopping (including supermarket shopping for two), and do two or three 45 minute rides a
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by pengo 4y ago
In our environment support trumps sprint every time, regardless of whether the support task is legitimate or not. By legitimate, I mean that many of the "support tasks" are things clients can do for themselves, but rather than poi
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by pengo 4y ago
It's just a shame Windows is the only operating system in the world, otherwise we could all use something else.
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by pengo 4y ago
I've run Linux on a series of Dell laptops (same model, different versions), all with i7 processors. There's no appreciable difference running 32GB RAM over 16GB, but there is an obvious difference for many proc intensive tasks be
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by pengo 4y ago
I wrote a web app that moved paper-based funding submission and grant management online. A second client wanted the same thing, so I wrote it again with newer tech. When the third client asked for the same thing I spent eighteen months crea
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by pengo 4y ago
Buy a decent protective case when you buy your new phone, and never remove it. I've never lost a phone yet to accidental damage, while friends without cases break screens and destroy phones every 12 to 18 months.
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by pengo 4y ago
I work at home in a low light room. I have my 4K laptop screen at 25% brightness, and the 38" 4K monitor above it at 5% brightness. I eschew dark mode in my IDE and other apps in favour of a light theme. Since making these changes I no
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by pengo 4y ago
I worked on a messaging convergence product in the early 2000s. I'd written several components including the POP3 server. The product owner had a demonstration scheduled with a potential telco buyer. Two weeks out, we learned that havi
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by pengo 4y ago
Shared notes, timesheets, device backups, video and audio streaming, calendar, email, addressbook, various utilities.
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by pengo 4y ago
I chose to cut out the middle man. I'll only buy mobile devices with SD card slots and headphone sockets. Loading all my music onto an SD card is an order of magnitude quicker than uploading it to the web. And I have all my music every
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by pengo 4y ago
Call me a freeloader if you wish; I'd welcome the moniker. I use Twitter lists and Tweetdeck's filters to enjoy a firehose-free Twitter experience. I follow accounts from around the world representing a broad range of interests an
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by pengo 4y ago
Work: Dell XPS13 with Linux Mint Home: Dell XPS13 with Linux Mint, and Intel Mac Mini with Monterey
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by pengo 4y ago
I've built up folios of RSS feeds over more than ten years, and continue to curate them. Every day they throw up a fair percentage of content I'm not interested in, but that's easily ignored, and the good stuff is excellent.
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by pengo 4y ago
Absolutely. I've had multiple careers, my most recent starting when I was 46. N
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by pengo 4y ago
In 1990 I was programme director of a radio station and had an ongoing requirement that only software could efficiently deliver. There was no suitable app available and I had neither the budget nor management permission to pay for it to be
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by pengo 4y ago
I was a company of one, providing specialised web software powering research funding for multiple clients. I deliberately chose a dead-simple tech stack, and had a backup agreement with a suitably experienced former colleague who could step
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by pengo 4y ago
I still write static sites which are hand-coded in HTML and CSS augmented by a (very little) javascript. They're quick to build and easy to deploy and, for some clients, they're all that's needed. I've used frameworks fo
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by pengo 4y ago
I've migrated family, friends and neighbours to Linux Mint and had nothing but positive responses. In most cases they had a middle-aged computer that was not eligible for a newer Windows version; in others their existing computer died.
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by pengo 4y ago
Improvements in architecture, bus speeds and external ports mean there now no need for audio to be handled by an internal card; Thunderbolt or USB is more than adequate. This has moved the focus to "external soundcards", more comm
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by pengo 4y ago
I've had a good run with Dell XPS13 laptops running Linux. The only negative has been the battery swelling when it reaches the end of its life; you need to watch for this to avoid it damaging other components. Thankfully it's easy
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by pengo 4y ago
The PinePhone (and the PinePhone Pro) are close to daily driver status, but I'll also make a plug for SailfishOS. I've been using SailfishOS on my Sony XA2+ for nearly three years and it's brilliant. Using the licensed versio
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by pengo 4y ago
I left the Android ecosystem in 2014 because I couldn't get OS updates despite the hardware still being better than most newer phones. I moved to a Blackberry Z30 (best phone I've ever owned); it gave me five good years and is sti
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by pengo 4y ago
The answer is so simple the problem isn't worth spending time on: delete your Amazon account and don't visit the site. Everything you need is available elsewhere. I've not bought anything on Amazon for more than ten years.

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