Martineski

It's interesting to see how some people switch with ease and some struggle with it a lot. Haha

I like having the same system configuration across machines and be sure that everything is the same.
I like having all configuration in one place and have comments near the relevant code for extra clarity.
Nixos makes setting up root on ZFS a breeze.
System as nix configuration makes it very easy to track changes with version control and informative commits.
If I fuck up the system I can easily boot into older generation.
System can rebuild only if everything (with proper checks) succeeds giving you a greater confidence in things working.
System reinstals are quick and easy so on hardware failure you can go back to work very quickly without having go spend days and weeks getting your system so vagualy similar state as before.
Nixos made it easy for me to set up mirrored boot so my system will still work fine when one of my boot drives fails.
I get to know what is actually installed on my devices and can easily get rid of it.
No dependency hell.
I can easily try out a program before installing it permanently with nix shell.
Impermanence helps me ensure that every folder and file that I need to keep is documented and keeps them in one place for very easy backups and I have 100% confidence at my backups have everything important.

And many other bigger and smaller things that I can't remember right now. I'd honestly be interested in solutions simpler than nix providing the same or greater benefits with more simplicity.

E: Also, because my original comment wasn't well worded I will mention that I meant that once you learn how to work with nixos things become easier and once you get the setup going it's just there continuing to work since the effort is paid in advance and you continue getting the benefits just like that.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 3d ago

nix

    
humanConfiguration."user".gender  = {
  enable = false;
  #female.enable = true;
  #male.enable = lib.mkForce false; 
};

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 3d ago

Yeah, nixos btw is a big commitment that works only if you have enough time and/or you highly value what it provides. Though if you have lots of time to get past the learning curve and get things going the maintenance becomes much less of an issue later on which is nice.

Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 3d ago

Welcome to the threadiverse, where
an instance will have ideology
a platform software developer will have ideology
a front-end client developer will have ideology

Let's not forget about community mods having an ideology as an another layer to that.

Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 3d ago

There's a fucking official app for prayers?!

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 3w ago

(Re)pebble smartwatches also have only 30 days long warranties... https://repebble.com/warranty

Here's a quote from one of their blog posts: https://repebble.com/blog/pebble-time-2-is-in-mass-production

We offer a 30-day warranty. We will ship you a replacement during that period if you encounter any hardware defects and return it . We think this is a fantastic watch, and we stand behind it. But we can't stand up behind it forever - life happens. We’re also a much smaller company than before. We can’t afford to bring these new watches to market unless we can contain our exposure to risk. To balance that, we’re clearly stating our terms in the interest of being as transparent as possible, enabling you to make an informed decision.
We don't offer buyer's remorse refunds. The information about what Pebble is and does has been around for 14 years now. You all should have a pretty good idea of what the product is and whether you want it. It's also very hard to do reverse logistics worldwide (ie getting watches returned). If you don't want a Pebble, please don't order one 😉.

I find that disappointing and I'm honestly confused about how that checks out legally in EU.

E: I like how AirGradient approached this where you get parts for DIY kit (which is practically almost fully assembled and it's just formality to do the finishing screws) where you get no warranty but at a much cheaper price in return and the risk is on you: https://www.airgradient.com/indoor/

The monitor with warranty is 230 USD and the kit without warranty is 138 USD.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 3w ago

Lovely. Encountered this post while eating and as I'm about to be full.

Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 3w ago

TIL where 'rekt' came from.

Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 3w ago

I won a 100+ USD giveaway once a few years ago from a company of a niche program that I like. To participate I had to make a twitter post about the program, what I like about it, and their current sale. As I didn't have twitter I created a quick account, wrote a whatever post that literally no one would have seen, and then submitted my entry. I ended up being one of the 5 winners. Lol

Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 3w ago

Been for a good while now. Sometime after melon bought it.

Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 3w ago

did something wrong - rollback, u raped - rollback

This took me so off guard that I had to reread the comment around 5 times to make sure I'm not having a stroke...

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 3w ago

Make that 10. <3

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 3w ago

Similar reaction to memes about modern software being slow and bloated where linux users in the comments have a smug circlejerk about using linux like it magically changes how the same damn programs and webpages run. I find that very cringe and I say that as a NixOS btw user myself.

Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4w ago

Hehe