MD756

joined 1 year ago
[–] MD756@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I drove Linux Mint for a bit when I was trying to quit Windows. The only thing that made me go back was that, while I could install Steam, the game I was playing at the time (Destiny 2) wasn’t compatible with Linux — as in, I couldn’t even launch it. So I’d switch back and forth for a bit; Windows for gaming, Linux for everything else. But at the end of the day, I don’t want to have that extra layer of complexity in my life. I ended up just sticking with Windows. I will probably give Linux Mint or another distro a shot in the future, but for now I’m only on Windows.

[–] MD756@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

cautiously lifts tinfoil hat off head

[–] MD756@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (7 children)

I can see the devices you use mattering. Where were you watching the videos? Do you have the Amazon app installed on the same device, or on a device with a microphone? My tin-foil hat theory is that the Amazon app is always listening from your phone, based on similar things happening to my wife.

[–] MD756@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago (15 children)

Reminds me of the time when my uncle asked me to go get the dolly from his garage. I, being a kid and having no context for why he’d need a dolly, spent a few minutes in his garage but eventually returned with a Barbie doll still in its box. Fortunately, my uncle just chuckled, clasped my shoulder, and went to the garage to get his dolly so he could move his laundry machine. I often remember that day as a lesson in humility.

[–] MD756@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Never mind what the picture is…why is it sitting on a large bed of ramen?

[–] MD756@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Not an expert by any means, but I always heard the glue is just as strong, if not stronger than the wood itself. I’m waiting for a dowel-free glue up to dry as we speak, and I’m curious to see how it turns out. It’ll just be a 3/4” thick shelf, though, so I’m not terribly worried about strength. I might have to go with the extra stability of dowels or dominoes if I were working on a tabletop, though.