KingJulian

I'm out of the loop on this. Could you point me in a certain direction where I could read about this?

> You'll need to do a little more legwork to replace them.

That's true. You will need to install the applications by yourself. A bit of work but worth it, I think.

You could get a SFF PC like the other reply mentioned, and install something like Plasma Bigscreen[1] on it.

[1](https://plasma-bigscreen.org/)

Hello Nirav,

When can we expect Framework to start accepting orders from India?

This struck a chord with me. If you don't mind, could you please explain more about how you changed your mindset? It seems like you're talking about letting go as opposed to maintaining tight control.

I don't think that's a stupid question.

It's useful to read philosophy as we're exposed to the thought process of that specific author/philosopher. A lot of times, the conclusion you arrive at is influenced heavily by the lens through which you view the presuppositions.

It's useful to be exposed to different viewpoints and conclusions. You often read something that gives you pause, and you think, "I never thought of it that way."

Could you elaborate on the similarities between Shiva Sutra and Japanese Iroha?

Jim Carrey, too, seems to have reached the same conclusion as Marlon Brando with regards to fame, status, and monetary wealth.

KDE Neon[1] is based on Ubuntu LTS.

[1] https://neon.kde.org/

> My point is that even if it were sometimes necessary, any incidental benefits derived from it do not suddenly make it desirable or good.

I agree.

I mentioned war in response to your comment relating to mass killing. Again, it's not ideal. But it is necessary, evil as it may be. Like capital punishment.

A part of me agrees with the statement. But how do you gauge what kind of an effect (negative, specifically) porn consumption has? Excessive usage does affect an individuals life negatively. What about minimal to moderate usage?

I suppose in many ways it's similar to alcohol. The ones who can handle their booze and drink responsibly have no issues.

I know that you haven't made any explicit statement about whether pornography should be banned. According to you, what would an ideal solution to this problem look like?

True. But often times, war is a necessary evil.

I wasn't familiar with the audio reduction feature. Thanks for pointing it out. My issue has more to do with background noise from my surroundings.

I see. It's the opposite for me. I listen to podcasts during long drives. The background noise tends to drown out the audio quite a bit.

PocketCasts has a feature called _Volume Boost_ which boosts the sound level. This is often helpful in some podcasts where the audio level is a bit too low in some sections.

To my knowledge, Antennapod does not have this. I've been using it for over a year now.

I would think so too. Any parking brake has to be a fail-safe type brake which has to function in the absence of electricity. Hence, as you mentioned, purely mechanical.

This is where version pinning comes in. Most base images use specific versions of packages.

> Depends. Apple products are often not upgradable, but they are reliable. My 2015 Macbook Pro was my daily driver for 7 years and I just now replaced it with a Macbook Air that I will probably use for 7 more years. I only replaced it because it was outdated in terms of processor speed. Most laptops aren't all that upgradable to begin with, so I think the tradeoff makes sense for laptop computers and devices.

True. My late-2011 13" MacBook Pro is still running strong, albeit for the poor battery life. 5 years back, I upgraded the RAM to 16 GB, and swapped out the HDD and the DVD drive for SSDs. It gets the job done even today. All it needs is a battery replacement.

> For desktop computers I don't think that same equation makes sense. If you need desktop power you have specific requirements and probably have specific peripherals that you use. You will want to always have the fastest hardware and so you want as much flexibility as possible. Apple doesn't provide this so the only people who tend to use Apple desktops are creative professionals where MacOS has some advantages and Apple hardware is always correctly calibrated out of the box.

Exactly. They know that they cater to a very specific group of people.

The issue is form over function. But then, each person has a different view of what is an acceptable tradeoff for reduction in weight and/or volume of the laptop. Louis Rossman doesn't mind a beefy laptop if it means that he can get a decent battery life, keyboard with good travel (similar to the ThinkPads of yesteryear), and repairability. For a lot of people, the last point isn't all that important. This can lead to a whole bunch of issues like their keyboard failures, thermal throttling, and many others.

> Same setup, the DB only came out of sync (conflict) a few times but that's because with my setup Syncthing is only doing it's thing when I'm on my local network...

I see. You've chosen not to use remote sync?

Been a happy user of KeePassXC for over 4 years now. I keep the password databases and keys synchronised across devices using Syncthing. Once I've set this up, it's pretty transparent and I haven't had to tinker with it.