I don't know how extended this is, but apparently there are car makers selling cars with no keys. Instead you download a proprietary app and use it to access your car. I like being practical and talking to a car to turn the volume up or down, to open the door or to turn the temperature higher are things I don't need nor want. Give me mechanical levers, reachable stalks and no proprietary bloatware. I don't need a movie theater on wheels. Imagine an early 2000s car running on an electric motor. That's what I want.

cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/2326733 > as a new job "perk" at a hospital I get to choose what days I work: because I get differential if I work weekends, I wrote I want to work everyday but Wednesdays and Thursdays. > > Now I wonder if I should have chosen Mondays and Fridays. On Mondays people act all stressed out (beginning of the week) and on Fridays they're also insufferable (they all want to go home ASAP) > > I've never inverted my weekend like this so if you ever worked like I'm about to, how was it? Any drawbacks?

I don't understand why a smart person acts so condescending to anyone she perceives to be inferior to her while at the same time needing so much attention from a preceptor she apparently considers to be over her (the doctor she accidentally stabbed on the foot).

I'm a nurse thinking about expanding my job options and knowledge, maybe studying something. I don't want to work bedside till I'm old enough to cash in my 401k because then I'll have a broken back and I don't want to become one of those old angry nurses constantly on edge because she's angry at life. To me, the way to achieve this is to learn a lot of things systematically: medicines (not the brand names, but the active components, because doctors where I work use components extensively), diagnoses that are often abbreviated, right anatomical names for bones, muscles and blood vessels..., right ranges for arterial and venous blood gas parameters and clinical chemistry... It's tedious and repetitive and I don't want to take any drugs to study better, but I believe it fits me because I was always an introverted bookworm. Is there any better way to learn this than the way I just described? It means 3 hours of reading and repeating concepts and ranges after my shift.

cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/1769411 > and, are there specialties that require more dedication than others?

I have a job I don't quite like and I'm shooting applications elsewhere. I work full time and I'm also looking for another job in my city that fits my qualifications. I cannot change states or move to another city, it is what it is. So far I've sent 5 apps for positions that interest me: 2 have answered, one could offer me a different but similar job (position already filled) and the other one, while fitting what I majored in, means constant stress, plans that change constantly, even several times a day, a pay reduction and the last 2 who applied to do this quit in 4 and 6 months respectively. At least they were honest during the interview, but I now feel depressed. I was hoping to work there and quit my current job.

Im introverted and have always enjoyed my solitude. Some people have complained that I don't talk much, which is true, I don't need to talk to feel good. After changing workplaces, I decided to be proactive and introduce myself to my new coworkers. I was friendly and did it properly: my name, smiley face and what I do, eager to help them. Some of them are friendly, greet back when I greet, but jesus christ, others outright avoid even eye contact with me like the plague, even though I kept greeting them for at least 2 more days. Now I've returned the favor and I ignore them, not even asking them to do anything for me because last time I did, one of them said she would take a batch of documents to a nearby department but then outright ignored it and I had to do it myself. It's also a bit funny: 2 coworkers that the first day had small but normal conversations with me now look elsewhere when they see me... and I give them back the same treatment. Childish and petty? extremely, but I ask you: what should I do? Introverted me says: what were you expecting? This is what people are, don't bother trying to be extroverted, see what this brought you, return to your introverted self, do your job and go home, but this might sabotage me. I confess neither do I know how to react when people are friendly when I'm talking to a coworker they like but the moment this coworker leaves, they turn to a mute. To me, those of you who can play this silly workplace theater so well are geniuses. I cannot fake that a boring person interests me, nor can I fake respect for a person who treats me like I described. I'd like to read your feedback.

this is strange, but I have the feeling I have to apply more sunscreen to my arms and shoulders. OTOH I feel my legs and torso don't need as much stuff, neither does my face. When I sunbath I only wear my swim trunks and I lay on the ground, which means my legs and torso receive the same amount of radiation as my arms and shoulders. I could understand that my arms and shoulders needed more sunscreen if I walked under the sun, but that's rarely the case: I lay on the ground. Does this happen to you? my arms are thinner than my legs: do I need more sunscreen in the areas where blood vessels are thinner / muscles are leaner?

alternative post title: how can I grow a thicker skin, so I simply stop caring what my coworkers think or say? I'm still looking for a drama free workplace and I don't understand why people seem to enjoy creating chaos out of nowhere Working in several industries, I've met: * white Christian nationalist: too many Arabs and Mexicans in our country, somebody should send them all back to where they belong, and I'm very Christian. This was 5 minutes after meeting me for the first time. Why even tell this to a coworker? * Married woman complaining to me about how her husband isn't so affectionate nowadays: 2 minutes after meeting me for the first time. Who does that? Shouldn't you tell this to somebody you trust, like a friend and not a stranger you met 2 minutes ago? * An anti vaxxer trying to convert me to his cause, or however you want to call it. * And just today: 'it's good that Trump was shot' Why would a sane person blurt that out in the middle of our pause for everyone to hear you? Why do you need to antagonize your coworkers? This was a manager btw. I have waaaaay more examples, but I'll keep it simple. I just want to work and go home. Completely drama free. I don't want to care what coworkers think, but apparently I'm very thin skinned and I'm easy to be triggered. Each of the examples I wrote triggered me: I wanted to yell 'f*ck off, you piece of sh*t, I don't give a f*ck what you think, leave me alone', or something like that. But I need the job. My conundrum: If this happens at every workplace, wouldn't it make more sense to stay with the devil you know? Unless, of course, you've job hopped till you found a drama free workplace... please tell me how you did it. I want to be the old guy who doesn't give a f*ck about stuff like this, yet it still triggers me.

cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/1144192 > you might be an introvert, passionate about your job, or simply old enough to disregard friendships at work because you already have enough friends and a family. > > The coworkers I like the most are the ones that come to work, don't like drama, do their job and go home. That's what I try to do. > > However, there are always some established cliques who know how to play the unit / supervisor and get away doing much less, even feeling entitled to order you around, even though they are not your supervisor. > > To people who experience this. How do you tolerate it? Even after changing jobs, this can happen at your new workplace, maybe it happens in every workplace?

I used to read the r/politics channel, genuinely thinking it was unbiased. How naive of me. After Biden's disastrous performance debating Trump, each post there doubles down on how Trump is a unique threat to democracy, is a dictator in waiting, and don't forget SCOTUS is corrupt, so we should pack it... You cannot claim American democracy is on the line and then put an octogenarian who forgets what's he saying in the middle of a sentence and can only talk decently with a teleprompter as a candidate to 'save' democracy from republicans. It does not compute. It's ludicrous and so old already and only your base listens to you. Elections are won in the middle, your fans alone are never enough, for neither party. That channel's answer? doubling down, everything's good. democrats are gonna win! Note that I'm not looking for a republican channel of trumpian morons claiming the election in 2020 was stolen. I tend to vote democratic, but today it seems our side is as stupid and tribal as theirs. ETA: if not politics communities, what about media that's more or less unbiased? I'd also appreciate website suggestions about pages dedicated to make predictions about the outcome of the election, as unbiased as possible...

cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/1079125 > I've started sunbathing because... reasons. > > second day: I applied sunscreen to my skin and after some 30 seconds of rubbing my arms, I started to see what I could be dead skin on my hands: tiny balls of grey and white junk, the size of one to several sand grains, but not hard to press like sand or a tiny particle of wood. > > The other thing that crossed my mind is it could be rests of the chemical sunscreen I use. Has this ever happened to you with chemical screens? > > Is this normal?

cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/1079067 > after running under the rain for 30 minutes my white sneakers had a foul stench. I tried disinfectant and washing them with soap and water and lots of rubbing and sunlight to dry. > > While that got rid of most of the smell, my white sneakers are now brownish, specially around the shoelaces. > > I've never washed sneakers in the washing machine. Am I going to ruin them?

on my last post I wrote device is a redmi 9c. Turns out it's a redmi 10c and the custom ROM I wanted to install https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-13-unofficial-lineageos-20-0-unified-for-redmi-9a-9c-10a-blossom.4609367/ won't work. Anyhow, to unlock the device the official way I have to identify to their services through a phone line, not internet, and purchase a sim card, which I'm not going to do to experiment with this device. I have no use for the stock software in the device and I'd rather have anything foss that works or kinda works. If you ever experimented with this particular model or know what could work, feel free to post an answer. debian 12.5

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most guides I found online are for windows based computers and those that even name linux are outdated. * Linux distro I run: debian 12.5, adb and fastboot installed through apt * Phone I want to experiment with: redmi 9c * Firmware I'm installing: https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-13-unofficial-lineageos-20-0-unified-for-redmi-9a-9c-10a-blossom.4609367/ `fastboot devices` recognizes the device and I can also boot the phone to fastboot: it shows a black (not blank) screen with the word FASTBOOT printed orange. I tried following https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/complete-guide-flashing-factory-images-android-using-fastboot-0175277/ but `fastboot flashing unlock` and `fastboot oem unlock` return `FAILED (remote: 'Token Verify Failed, Reboot the device ')` developer options and OEM unlocking are both activated on the device

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I used to read [The Economist](https://www.economist.com/) without a subscription behind tor to avoid captchas, ads and also to avoid their IP profiling (they limit the free articles a non subscription IP can read) but 2 days ago articles stopped showing also behind tor and the TBB. Now the website only shows the first 2 paragraphs of each article, the free portion they let you read to catch your eye before showing you their subscription options. Something similar happened with the New York Times years ago and I was wondering if you know any way to bypass this.

cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/865926 > This post may be all over the place with 3 ideas that might be unconnected. You be the judge: > > 1. Odds are stacked against progressives in the US and in the rest of the developed world: We got the elites of the poor world migrating to the rich world, where they buy property, residency and voting rights, but they don't turn progressive. Why would they? They've always been conservative, it’s always worked for them. The poor ones are refused entry, die trying or become the new underclass in the rich world, working for their new owners who pat them and call them good workers, because they have no recourse and cannot change nothing because they have no voting rights. > > 2. Mail brides chosen by an American or Western bachelor, rejected by local women for being ignorant and uneducated, are chosen for being feminine, submissive and traditional, perpetuating conservatism. Suddenly our bachelor has a woman who will cook and do the laundry and won’t question him. Our character doesn’t have to try to mold his views anymore to meet a partner, he has imported a yes maid. He will raise their children accordingly. And for the mail bride, this is the normal state of affairs since she was small. Why would she even think about changing? > > 3. Add to that the working class conservatives, proud of not being like ‘those odd and strange looking progressives and feminists. Heck, I’m better than them because I’m not like them, don’t matter I work 50 hours a week and I’m not in an union. I'm not a lazy blob like them’ These working conservatives don’t care about public transport, a public healthcare option, unions, expanded medicaid, access to abortion and family planning or public sex education, things that would lower their premiums and avoid unwanted pregnancies. All that matters to them is being perceived as better than the groups I mentioned before. I don’t understand how this can be so powerful, but so many people believe it and vote accordingly. It’s not rational, it is identity, it is tribe. > > Republicans are winning this game. > > Happy for you to prove me wrong.

cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/859143 > Experiencing firsthand how difficult an aging alcoholic, quadriplegic, post stroke, narcissistic, demented or simply ‘nothing’s wrong with me, I can drive, I don’t need those meds, I don’t need to go to a nursing facility’ kinda parent surely gives you some insight on what to do, what not to do and how to prepare for our own aging and eventual demise. > > How do you plan to age gracefully and what advice do you have for us all?

cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/855011 > And when did you / the person you know realize he was scammed? > > What tips do you have for people who haven’t lived this, so they don’t fall for it? > > How long till they start asking for money? > > What sites do scammers use? Can it be a facebook group or is it only limited to dating sites?

cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/844237 > I've never been that far to the south but lately I've been reading and watching those novels and movies. > > The prevalent idea is: in this world (Texas?) you are alone, nobody gives a cr*p about you, do not trust anyone because they'll take advantage of you, ridicule and mock you. The world (or maybe only Texas?) is an inhospitable, inhuman, Darwinist place.

because it can be if people start to treat them differently when they stop looking appealing they may don't understand it at first and later maybe have a depression and no plan b

I read posts about people quitting jobs because they're boring or there is not much to do and I don't get it: what's wrong with being paid for doing nothing or not much at all? Examples I can think of: being paid to be present but only working 30 minutes to 2 hours every 8 hours, or a job where you have to work 5 minutes every 30 minutes. What's wrong with reading a book, writing poetry or a novel, exercising, playing with the smartphone... and going home to enjoy your hobbies fully rested? Am I missing something?

genuine question, because I forgot a $20 with the laundry at work and I don't know if the laundry is going to look green or if I'm going to get a white $20 back and clean clothes...

I installed ubuntu xfce 23.04 on a 2014 macbook pro 11.1. I've been trying to change the mac address with the cli, the same way I do with my main computer (with systemctl, NetworkManager and ip link), but nothing works, even though `sudo systemctl status NetworkManager.service` shows the NetworkManager as disabled and `ip link` shows the network's status as down Bad luck and I cannot change the mac on any macboook? ETA: on this computer there is a partition with macOS installed. Could this be the reason?

cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/744433 > the device is so bloated

the device is so bloated

I may have inadvertently deleted a boot partition

experimenting with my 2014 macbook pro and several linux distros (xubuntu, mint, fedora) So far I have 8 partitions: * 1 EFI for grub, * 1 hfs+ (Linux HFS+ ESP) for OCLP, I think, * 1 apfs for the macOS 14 I cannot boot, * 2 ext4 for xubuntu and mint * 1 brfs for fedora (so it cannot be ext4?) * 2 unallocated ones, because I deleted systems I don't want. I use gparted: the 2 unallocated sections are separated. Is this a problem? How many partitions are too many for this machine? 247 GiB storage and 7.66 GiB memory. After I'm done experimenting and keep the 2 to 3 operative systems I like, should I wipe the notebook, create the 2 to 3 partitions I'm going to need and reinstall? Or would it be better to simply delete the partitions I don't want?

ubuntu xfce 23.10, macchanger and ip (cli applications from the repo) I usually disregard the gui, because it sometimes shows the mac address as changed, but after testing with the cli, it turns out it hasn't been changed. 2 commands I cannot get to work: > sudo ip link set dev network down does nothing, I'm not even asked to write my password. Baffled, because on an older ubuntu, this same command works. > sudo macchanger -r network returns: [ERROR]: Could not change MAC!: interface up or insufficient permissions: Operation not supported I, however, turned the network down with the gui what am I doing wrong?

I downloaded the lastest available fedora xfce from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/live-respins/ to a 2014 macbook pro I'm using to test distros. Neither the live usb nor the installed OS recognize any interfaces where I am. However, ubuntu 23.10, linux mint 19 and macOS 14 all recognize available networks. why? and can it be fixed?

asklemmy is not a support channel. I haven't found any macOS related support channel on lemmy and while Im searching the internet for macOS forums, Id like to know if you have any recommendation. Some questions I have are: how to reinstall an OCLP unsupported macOS security copy from a usb stick to the original partition Would it make sense to ask an apple vendor to change the notebook's keyboard? It's Portuguese, I want an American keyboard) Where do I get more memory, a new battery and can I change both things at home or is it all glued together and the only way to do it is through a vendor?

Notebook is an Intel ICore i7 with Ubuntu xfce 23.10 installed and running MultiWriter to create a bootable Fedora xfce 39 usb stick. I tried with Startup Disk Creator, but I couldn't change the .iso file on the menu, so I turned to Multiwriter. I also created a bootable Linux Mint 2 weeks ago with a macOS 12 and OCLP (open core legacy patcher) and IIRC that was much faster than with Linux. Is macOS faster creating bootable sticks?

I'm experimenting with a 2014 macbook pro upgraded to macOS 14.4 (Sonoma) with OpenCore Legacy Patcher, Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia and Linux Mint 21.3 Xfce. First, I installed Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia and I could boot both to macOS and Mint. Then, I created another partition and installed Mint Xfce on it. Now, I can only access both linux operative systems and macOS has disappeared. What I don't understand is why now the notebook boots directly to grub instead of booting to OpenCore Legacy Patcher

I know this is not a support channel, but each time I've asked you have given me several strategies and ideas to upgrade a 2014 macOS I'm experimenting with. Hope this post doesn't get nuked: Stock software was 10.10. With opencore patcher and other packages I upgraded up to 12.7 and just now I received a software update alert to upgrade to 14.4, something that never happened before. I though my old 2014 macbook pro retina, 2.6 Ghz dual core intel i5 couldn't support the newest macOS, and if you don't convince me otherwise, I'd upgrade. thanks

hardware seems solid, software is so old even SSL certificates are out of date. I downloaded the ISRG Root X1 certificate to update them and even then stock safari doesn't work with many webpages, including apple's. recently I updated to security patches released in 2017 and that's about all I can do with this notebook. I don't see my model listed on [ OpenCore Legacy Patcher](https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/MODELS.html#macbook-pro) If you know of any way to upgrade the software, let me know. Otherwise, wiping it and installing a linux distro seems the way to go

more questions about the MacBook Pro, Core i5, 2.8 GHz (I5-4308U), model A1502 (EMC 2875), a model where I cannot disconnect the battery, because the whole case is closed, a model Im going to use to experiment with mac and create a partition to install a linux distro alongside the mac os. My favorite notebook is a one that lets me take the battery off if I don't need it. This way I've been able to need just one battery in the last 8 years. Regarding the mac, I'm going to need a new battery (it lasts 5 hours the most) and don't want to waste charging cycles. My question is twofold: * Is there any linux program that lets me manage the battery so I can choose to rely solely on outlet power, even if I cannot physically remove the battery? * the same question for mac.