20 years and counting its been Linux desktop for me. There really hasn't been a good alternative yet.
Been there, done that. They did some TV here and there, but not much. They didn't watch much at all when they were little, certainly not over and over.
Most people are not making software and trying to create support structures either. So I am not sure what you are getting at here. If someone can create a development project of any decent size, setting up a web page for cheap or free is trivial. So I have no idea what you are getting at.
It has nothing to do with if I like discord or not, it is simply is it appropriate or not. I have explained why it is not an ideal support place. Certainly not a tier one. Nothing I said was pretending anything.
And yes it depends on the server. You do realize that admins use various bots and have different settings per discord instance right? There are many discussions with the discord devs about their various approaches and problems with searches.
How am I being disingenuous? I DO host web pages. We do host pages for support. I am not sure what you are getting at.
Yes, IRC isn't used that frequently, and it is sad. It just works.
I am not the only one who doesn't like Discords search, and it really does vary depending on the instance.
And I am realistic. Again, we already do this. No discord needed.
most people aren’t gonna host it themselves
Why not? Barely costs anything. Or even free if you want to rely github, and if that goes away you can move it elsewhere, you own it. I still host multiple web sites and work with several projects that leverage tools to self host. A domain is not that expensive.
No one under 50 knows how to use irc? We still use it for some of the support cases for a few software projects and I can assure you the majority of users are under 30. But I get your point, for the average, barely computer literate person, they probably haven't even heard of it.
you just put a discord button in the app or the settings page if it’s something bigger than an app:
To find out if someone will bother answering a question, to sign up, to ask the same thing over and over again. Horrible way to run support.
I am not the only one who finds the searches inconsistent. It also depends on how each person sets up their channel. More importantly it doesn't end up in a search engine. You have to know what discord server to start with.
IRC with history, your own forums, your own chat, your own wiki: they do not disappear.
Horrible place to support software. No history, your question is answered by whoever happens to be there, you cant see the information with out joining... just terrible.
With other methods at least there is asynchronous support, history is kept, and no login is needed.
Not to mention the horrible interface and design choices and the reliance on third party tools that could disappear or change service at anytime.
It is written into their plan, not a surprise at all "ignore the courts".
Sure.... Want to fix the stupid new menus in windows 11? Oh it is just a new guid key in the registry in a location you wouldn't expect. You know just cut and paste shit into the registry you found on the internet. Windows is just as annoying, if not more so.
In any case: what system GUI's do you want? GUIS make everything so much harder, careful what you wish for.
Ogg at lower bitrates sounded better than mp3 at the same rate. Consumers dont care, but for a lot of game developers the zero patent risk and higher quality shipping with smaller files made Ogg a great choice at the time.
For me? FLACs are the only way.... which reminds me, I wonder I can still convert all the SHN (shorten) lossless files I still have. I should get on that before a converter doesn't exist.
Yes it was. Windows XP began the phone home for licensing. It also created a tiered system where things are kept from you unless you paid more, but they were not really clear about it. I remember needing a Corporate license to do some things we needed to do. This is also where they realldy fucked up with Active X and tying windows explorer to the system in such a way that made it harder not to use it. Home users could not actually admin local accounts, and security between then was basically non existant.
And then shortly after launch they began the push to get the users to use their home page, msn services, notifications for explorer to be the default browser. The media player started pushing their online services. Live ID became a thing.
If you complained that they had things you didnt want, like explorer, windows media player, windows messenger, etc: they did say you could run a utility to "remove" them. Except it didn't. It removed the icons. So they started the flat out lying to the consumer with windows XP.
Edit: Now I remember, among other reasons, we needed corporate to stop forced updates.
Edit: I apologize for all the after post edits but the longer I think about it the more I think of!
What about the new "buy music online" feature? You could ONLY use Explorer to complete the transaction, no matter if you had a different default browser or not.
No this isn't right. Windows XP was the enshitification.
So true. Windows XP was the one that made me bail. I can't for the life of me understand what is taking everyone else so long... Its been all down hill since win 2000.
While right on a lot of things, how was windows not shitty from the beginning?
I am using both in arch and fedora, depends on what I am trying to do. But I don't think I have ran into having to use flatpacks in fedora. But I am sure there must be some packages they no longer maintain.
I am really surprised how up to date Fedora is. The frequency is rather surprising. I have Arch on a desktop and Fedora on a laptop and the default kernel is only a step behind. Gimp was set as 3 for months now on Fedora which also was a surprise.
Why is the government getting involved in waste of time nonsense like sports?
If people want to run around playing silly games let them figure out how to regulate themselves. It's just waste of time entertainment.
So are they getting a lot out of watching something over and over again?
And yes, no TV is better than any TV. That is a valid adult view, and not idiotic at all. But it really was the over and over again part that I was commenting on.
Maybe it is better than letting them wander all over tiktok and youtube which is much worse.
That itself is sad. Being a good parent might mean finding something better for your kids to do than watching TV.
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I believe there are only audience recordings of this show, so this should be a new sound board to listen to. Which is kind of cool. Buy it or not, it will be a new release into the wild.
Anyone going to pick it up?


This man channeled the universe, and at times we all were on the same wave length and we traveled through time and space. I am going to miss the most creative bassist I have ever heard. As Phil said "Never play it the same way once"
I really only listen to Audio, I don't see myself ever watching the video so I guess it wont matter much to me. Others might like seeing the video?
Also, whats with the Donut as the logo? Did I miss something?


I tried several models, several prompts, and the results have been surprisingly bizarre. I also was surprised there is no JR Bob Dobbs recognition. All I wanted was a classic 1950's TV salesman.
I know how to turn off the notifications, but Plex should not nag me to rate things I have watched.
Today we have Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey city, NJ
A SBD and a Matrix is available, and the complete video.
Saw this on the TIGDH site, passed it on to here!
Today, the long-awaited Dave's Picks Volume 47 became available for pre-order. The exclusive archival release, curated by David Lemieux, features the

Lol at the JamBands headline. Was this show "lost"? Looks like there are 4 traded shows to choose from on Relisten alone....
Ah the headlines...... It is a good show... not Brents first as this article alludes to.
I have configured buckets and synced three joplin instances. One time it lasted a month. Another lasted a day. The most common error is *Got Metadata for Path but could not fetch content. * Anyone have any tips or tricks to getting this to work? I sure like concept, the best place to sync for me. And yes I can see the markdown file in the bucket so.....
I was out of country for the past month. I have access to two monitors, and I brought a keyboard, wireless mouse, and a small JBL speaker. It has been a pretty good experience. I have edited documents, images, and created PDF's. I can connect to jobs that require windows with a web browser to Azure Virtual Desktop. I have streamed live events, worked on my home servers, and it is always snappier than a windows machine. With a click I am back in handheld gaming mode playing SNES games, or Elden Ring.
kde, linux, busses, open source and the good old Grateful Dead.