• @[email protected]
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    843 days ago

    i love this person’s work; i’ve been working in the linux sphere for over 20 years but this person always teaches something that’s new to me and more helpful than the tools i’ve been using to get the job done; sed/awk in this case. (plus, the sense of humor also makes it fun to watch).

    i wish i were as rich as my fellow software engineers so that i can support her work because i’m convinced we need it in a world where people no longer have the same opportunities i had to learn this kind of tech because their smartphones inadvertently hide needful knowledge in the abstractions that make smartphones work.

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      82 days ago

      I’ve been following her for the past year, it’s a pity she doesn’t have a one time contribution scheme set up. I also can’t support everyone but judging from the donations on KDE people do tend to give small amounts and it really helps. Gonna try to contact her and see if she can accept something like that

    • mesamuneOP
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      She does a great job. Im trying to add in a couple of her videos when I see them into the different communities. I usually go to awk to be honest, so I completely blanked on columns. I knew it existed from like 10 years ago, but forgot what I can use it for. I learned something form this video :)

      We need more entertaining Linux/open source people.

      • @marlowe221
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        62 days ago

        Veronica is awesome and deserves a bigger following, no doubt.

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        133 days ago

        We need more entertaining Linux/open source people.

        i think that this is what sets her apart from most; the sense of humor makes the video edit entertaining to watch like the on screen comments.

    • @grue
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      03 days ago

      inadvertently

      I don’t think that word means what you think it means.

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          I don’t think they do it to make us dumber (there are other methods for that) but to make it accessible to people who don’t already know better.

          So, in this case, inadvertent is correct; Although it’s not without side effects.

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          Do I think it’s intentional that smartphones are ‘dumbed down’ compared to PCs, so as to turn them into devices for mindless consumption of corporate-controlled media instead of devices for empowering user freedom? Yes, yes I do.

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            then its working very well; i learned this past xmas that my millennial/gen-z&a nephews/nieces are somehow less tech literate than their parents/grandparents.

            my well wishing for this channel was in the hopes of reversing this trend, but maybe it’s too little too late.

            we need superman; not mr. rogers. lol