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FYI: lemmy.world appears to have suffered a serious compromise.

At a minimum they had some hacked web UI mayhem going on along with at least 1 admin account compromised...now they are in an at least partially down state. Might be worth alerting the Powers That Be to see if they want to offer assistance and if any measures should be taken to protect servers federated with it.

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How do you relax/unwind?
  • Cold beer or glass of wine and music...sometimes listening or, when really stressed, playing piano or guitar while singing, all badly I must admit...and the singing usually requires more than one adult beverage.

    Music is really a part of everything in my life really. I use it to:

    • Wake up
    • Get energized
    • Relax
    • Express my mood
    • Concentrate
    • Distract myself
    • Fall asleep

    If I am not playing it I am listening to it. If I am not listening to it it's playing in my head

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    Is there a way to directly transfer files between laptops and PCs using regular USB cables?
  • You probably can

    Do they both have Thunderbolt ports? Windows, Mac, or Linux? Wired or wireless networking?

    If they both have thunderbolt 3/4 and you have a cable you can connect both to the cable and use Thunderbolt networking. MSI has a pretty good how to

    Otherwise:

    • Transfer over network (buy usb ethernet adapter if necessary $10-15 on amazon)
    • Buy USB transfer cable and use it to transfer
    • Remove HD from old laptop, buy compatible external HD enclosure, put it in external HD enclosure and connect it to new laptop
    • Copy files from old laptop to existing external drive, then connect external drive to new laptop
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    Reddit slowly became filled with hate
  • we are not redditors anymore, we don’t belong there

    This is something that became very clear to me when I made the mistake of going back for a visit yesterday and found a lot of that "fear, derision, doubt, apathy" in one of the last places I expected to find it. It was heartbreaking but did make it clear that we (or, at least, I) really do not belong there anymore.

    It is time to help build something new.

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    Is 22 too old to start studying computer science?
  • Is 22 too old to start...

    Nope.

    Am a heck of a lot older...and have gone blind. I'm still learning things all the time. If it is firing your curiosity it is worth giving a shot. By all means go for it!

    ...and thank you for the post. You have convinced me to try something new myself. Enjoy!

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