Spyke
lemmy.world

i'm tagging you as "admitted to wearing mid-calf black socks with sandals and cargo pants at the same time"

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lemmy.world

Opensuse dysphoria unlocked. But I guess I'm also a debian, arch, and nixos user so it cancels out

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But I guess I’m also a debian, arch, and nixos user so it cancels out

Rich or dumpster diver? Taking all bets! I also offer videoooo pokeeeeeer!

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Devjavureply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

Nah that's arch linux from scratch is more like

Put some machines next to that and you got Gentoo, though from a different point of view.

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Lucireply
lemmy.ca

I feel like if you’re at that point you’re developing your own kernel (just a hobby project, won’t be anything big)

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Nah' that's when you get into gene editing, or if you're old school just select it over and over again until it fits what you want.

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Skullgridreply
lemmy.world

ironically Debian is the straightest OS, it's named after the creator and his girlfriend who became his wife and he had kids with

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Murdock

He named Debian after his then-girlfriend (later wife) Debra Lynn Roundy, and himself.[4] They later married, had three children, and divorced in January 2008.[5]

Although obviously, straight people can make things for lesbians/lesbians can use things made by straight people (and they often do!)

EDIT : I missed the obvious joke : Debian > ebian > (L)e(s)bian(s)

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pmkreply

For some reason this made me think of spaghetti, which is straight until it gets hot and wet, and actually, SpaghettiOS would not be a bad name for a distro. Except for trademark issues etc, but still.

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Although obviously, straight people can make things for lesbians/lesbians can use things made by straight people (and they often do!)

Also technically, gay people can marry someone of the opposite gender and have kids with them (and they sometimes do!)

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Is that wallpaper available in dark mode?
I am considering setting it as my Debian^[which I use for work] wallpaper.

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fedia.io

Gentoo requires you to grow the cotton, process it, and then knit the thigh-highs yourself

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Nah, it's both of them. The difference is, Gentoo gives you a cotton gin and a loom.

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sopuli.xyz

damnit, ordered the wrong color socks AGAIN. Wish the arch wiki would have this documented.

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Ooopsreply
feddit.org

Arch comes without socks by default. It's up to you which ones you install buy.

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Watch out to not accidentally make a typo and change a vowel. Otherwise pacman will be upset and sabotage your install.

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lemmy.world

I use Linux Mint at work and Pop!OS at home. Sorry to disappoint.

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ulternoreply
programming.dev

Nice trousers.
Need to get it tailored to get a fit like this nowadays. No OTS

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They are ironed, sure, but also, they are an actual "Straight fit", seemingly with pleats(unless I am underestimating the wearer's waist size). A trend that is hard to find ready-made nowadays. Even the pleated ones sometimes end up being tight on the thighs.

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Zinkreply
programming.dev

I have the opposite reaction when I see these memes. To me it's a reminder of how inclusive some of my favorite nerdy communities are, on top of being a fun little in-joke like any meme should be. And I'm an old beardy middle aged dad too for whatever that's worth.

However, that doesn't mean the image itself is innocent or appropriate for most audiences. I'm not going to be asking the family's opinion on this one, lol. But I don't see it as a manga fetish thing at all. More empowerment than exploitation for the owners of the legs shown.

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hoppolitoreply
mander.xyz

I had the same thought and am fairly confused by the outrage.

Isn’t the whole joke that as soon as we sit down to nerd out on Linux that we put on our frilly socks? There’s even the whole unixsocks comm dedicated to it. And it always felt good in a throwback to the 90s ‘outcast geek’ community without all the cis dude-by-default baggage bit of in-joking. Welcoming all our brothers and sisters by highlighting just how much they are part of our community.

What does OP think the image suggests I wonder?

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Cusreply
lemmy.zip

oh its a shame you deleted this that person is a fkn loser and deserves to be called out for being a bigotted freak. they posted like 4 comments under this one thread looking at their account its wild

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You’re completely right, and my opinion hasn’t changed they are an awful transphobic person that posted heinous transphobic bullshit.

Since a moderator thankfully deleted the comments already I didn’t want to make anybody have to read their contents again, was my thinking.

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Skullgridreply
lemmy.world

I like the way this comment assumes the unix socks meme is perpetuated by horny neckbeards, not horny transwomen.

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Skullgridreply
lemmy.world

To catch you up, transwomen Unix users have taken to posting pictures of their customised desktops while wearing stockings. I'm assuming it's part of their gender affirmation or a desire to share both interests at once.

This meme implies there are standard pairings of oses and stocking types.

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prolereply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

I think the socks thing is more of a reference to trans people (or femboys or however they liked to be called) who like linux

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It didn't occur to me that the people in the graphic might be women. 😆

Respecting people is way more important than "getting" a meme, so your head's in the right place, regardless.

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No problem, we're all juss messing around and having a good time mostly. The image shows that wearing high raise stockings was the ordinary thing for men back in the day.

Confused? Who isn't in these times...

Cheers

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The meme is offering you classy stockings to wear according to your distro choice. Look again - are you happy with the color? Would they complement or contrast your body stylishly? Have fun :)

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Men like women bodies. Thats why you are here on this planet. Your dad got attracted to your mom, probably because of her body.

I really think you have lost your mojo if you are offended by this.

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pmkreply

Is that real? Can one hypothetically actually get them? If so, where?

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muusemuusereply
sh.itjust.works

WHY THE FUCK DO LEATHER SOCKS EXIST?! What problem does this solve, dry feet?

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Same as compression socks, but you get to brag about how it took 2 hours to get them on.

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lemmy.ca

Those legs look weak. What Linux is this?

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Bababastireply
feddit.org

I need to know more about the backstory of this image. Mostly not because of those impressive thighs but because of that long ass chainsaw. Is that thing real?!

::: spoiler Tap for spoiler And yes, okay, maybe also because of those thick thighs. :::

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Johannoreply
feddit.org

Obviously a promotional picture for chainsaws from STIEHL. She doesn't wear any protective gear and those things are dangerous as fuck and probably used for huge ass trees.

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Hupfreply
feddit.org

But then why is the blade mounted with the logo upside down?

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I've had that picture for years and just noticed now! tx

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It's triple L rustic designs, and I did actually see the episode that is in that pic. From a quick google though, she wears that in every video.

Also, that shot was sponsored by Stihl... And they took it before they fixed the bar and chain lol.

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fedia.io

As someone who is firmly in the greybeard mould, I ain't shaving my legs for this.

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lemmy.zip

that's half the point of thigh highs, you don't have to shave lol

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leminal.space

Have you ever seen light-colored stockings (esp. white) on hairy legs? There's no accounting for taste, but IMO it's not a good look... at all.

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I'm cool with little bow ties up top. That's a pretty good look for my 6'6 275lbs. very hairy body. I would feel so pretty in them!

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inzenreply
lemmy.world

Why the downvotes? I had the same question. It's hard to keep track.

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teftreply
piefed.social

San tends to use letters like Þ to represent a "th" sound. The letter is an old english one that died out. Lots of people will downvote his comments (including ones that use standard letters) for...reasons? I'm honestly not sure why.

Personally I'm down with bringing back old school letters. English orthography is almost as bad as french.

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A little eccentric but also kinda cool. Thx for the explanation, I didn't even notice.

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Colloidalreply
programming.dev

It's the wrong old English letter. Thorn is used for the th in thorn. The th in the and this is Eth. I might be a pedant, but I'm a pedant with standards.

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teftreply
piefed.social

I'm not sure why you said it's the "wrong" old english letter. I only specified "th sound" for thorn.

Also Eth and thorn were used interchangeably in old and middle english. Don't be a pedant without knowing the actual info especially since this is the 4th paragraph on wikipedia:

The letter thorn was used in Old English very early on, as was ð, which was called eth. Unlike eth, thorn remained in common use through most of the Middle English period. Both letters were used for the phoneme /θ/, sometimes by the same scribe.

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Although I don't downvote their comments, I'd rather, they put the effort to use those separate characters for the 2 voices.
Otherwise, I don't really feel it to be a better option than 'th'.
And even though I know they are not looking for a "better option", I feel like this is something I can't get behind unless it is and that doesn't really make me happy to think of it.

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RFC 98 was co-created and championed mostly by a person who has a history of within-organization agitation, first within Google, and now within Nix. They have a history of social activism and labor organization, and as far as I can tell, they are employed or contracted in various capacities that allow them to pursue these goals. By any reading, they are extremely polite and accommodating in the absolutely mind-endingly long RFC 98 doom-shedding.

I'm very confused about where those is going. the way it was prefaced made it seem like they were about to blame said co-creator from a right-wing perspective, but then the end of the paragraph affirmed their cordial collaboration and politeness.

as far as I was aware, the drama was largely Determinate Systems making a lot of QoL improvements gated behind their products + flakes eternally in beta and then the contract with Anduril

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Yessssss, Guix covert.

I know it's largely due to my own fanaticism regarding Guile but I think it's such a great distro and feels like it never gets mentioned, anywhere.

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jobbiesreply
lemmy.zip

Omarchy is any of those with the strong aroma of hairy unwashed balls.

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This post makes me think I should find some purple and black kneehigh socks for my fat ass and crossdress for the bit.

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feddit.uk

environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [socks.thigh];

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All hot distros it seems. I should take a careful look at gentoo based on this.

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fourreply
lemmy.zip

If you're on Gentoo, you need to build them from sources

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lemmy.world

First you need to dig in your garden until you find the iron to make knitting needles.

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TexasDrunkreply
lemmy.world

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch you must first invent the universe.

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lemmy.world

Well you'll need food to eat while you're doing the industrial revolution and getting ready to build your computer

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lemmy.zip

Debian user: "you know you can make wooden knitting needles right?"

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Wooden needles are supported, but are not mentioned in the main install guide for ethical reasons. There is a HOWTO:/Wooden_needles guide on the wiki if you need it

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lemmy.ml

Is there a distro that matches with toeless latex stockings? i am asking for a friend

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egerlachreply
lemmy.ca

🤓

(Recent Aurora convert here. Always preferred KDE to GNOME, but no shade. All in the family, amiright?)

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Most have both as an option now, I didn't get along with bluefin in the end, not a fan of the homebrew sandboxing and whatnot

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Arch should be bare legs (and feet 🥵)

Gentoo should be something that looks self made.

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feddit.nl

When do I get my Arch socks? Also, I should try Nix based off this image (which is a trustworthy source of course).

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I updated my Cachy install last night and some packages needed to compile... It wouldn't end, I wanted to go to bed. It just kept compiling. Which tells me I will never try Gentoo

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piefed.social

What if my favourite are Gentoo's but I don't want to spend years of my life waiting for my OS to compile from source?

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I was using Gentoo over two decades ago, compiling on an Athlon XP (not sure which model). Single core, well less than 2GHz.

If it was manageable back then, surely it's no big deal by now with a modern multi-core CPU -- even a low-end one, let alone something like a $300 16-core Ryzen 5950X.

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Seems like they are more or less the same🤷‍♀️

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I mean based solely on the picture I would choose Debian. I would change to Arch for my horny outfit.

Speaking of which, can we decide on canon skirts/dresses for these? 😂

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There needs to be some subset/common theme for the Universal Blue distro family: Aurora, Bazzite, and Bluefin. I am not aesthetically talented enough to come up with such a collection.

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