I use Debian and Mint. As others have said, it’s because it just works and I don’t have to screw with it.

Or don’t. Generative AI is good for specific use cases, but not this massive bullshit people keep using it for.

While that may be “an option”, 5G sucks compared to coax service.

Both are inferior to fiber by a long shot, but wired will always be better than cellular, which is limited spectrum and inconsistent.

Anker smoke. Don’t breath this.

What are you even talking about? Debian is fine and extremely stable, which is what you want for a work PC when your pay is on the line.

I was more saying cheap “when companies moved in”. Now it just has the workforce and supply chain knowledge/infrastructure because of those investments.

Corporate fucktard assholes are running out of cheap labor around the world. They keep moving it around, but eventually there won’t be any place to go.

“Unfounded US propaganda”.

Are you saying China DIDN’T aggressively take over Hong Kong and all of the businesses that operated there?

Xi is the head of the government in a totalitarian, communist regime. Just because he might be “leaving BYD alone” or whatever today does not mean that couldn’t change in an instant.

The United States is its own form of screwed up and is an absolute mess. I’m not sitting over here going 'US good. China bad". I’m making the point they’re both bad in different ways.

Foreign investment was because of cheap labor and companies being subsidized by the communist government…

BYD might make a better car than Tesla, but saying that a Chinese company isn’t “under the control of Xi Jinping”, the guy who crushed Hong Kong for having too much independence and wants to do the same with Taiwan, is laughable.

AI has been a net-negative for society.

Oh…huh…I didn’t even know we had cake days on Lemmy. Haha. Thanks.

IPv6 should be the preferred option. It’s the same on Windows and MacOS.

If you have IPv6 issues, just turn off IPv6 on the adapter you’re using.

Calling it a “Fischer Price” distro is a little patronizing. I’m a seasoned Linux user and I use Mint for work because I just want something that works when my paycheck is on the line. Mint has never broken on me and always works.

Never say never. There are actually several areas where I’ve seen fiber build out from government grants.

That said, they are EXCEPTIONALLY rare and typically scumbag ISPs pocket the money with no consequences, since nobody who writes these laws sets up consequences for failing to deliver.

This.

That said, it’s rare that only one or two outlets in a garage are tied to a breaker. Usually they’re all on one circuit in older homes, in my experience.

If you can find a circuit like this, though, it’s perfectly valid. Many chargers made for 110V also have a 230V/15 or 20 amp mode. My Mother-in-law’s portable charger has a 230V NEMA 2-20 adapter that comes in the bag with it.

Poor Seang Chau. They wrote this blog post in a total of three paragraphs, but Google was still like “WOULD YOU LIKE AN AI SUMMARY?” at the top.

Literally took me about 45 seconds to read all of the features, but Google is over here burning down another rainforest to process an AI summary of a three paragraph blog post with three pictures.

More like I’m “that’s a good deal on a new rug cleaner” old.

Chances are you’ve had the same public IP for a long time. Mine hasn’t changed in 2 years.

Your “IP address” is already public. That’s why an IPv4 address is assigned to you as a “public IP address” and you NAT to a private space. When using IPv6, everything is public.

The key is to secure everything with access restrictions.

Cool… I’ll stick with my wires that work every time and don’t have latency, batteries, and connection problems thanks.

Just because Ubuntu left it behind doesn’t mean there aren’t distros still supporting 32 bit.

However, anything still running x86 without x86_64 support is hella old at this point.