They can say the same about me, right? I have so many communication apps on my phone, why do I draw the line on Facebook Messenger?

Most likely you’re the only person they know on Signal and it makes more sense to them that you move to Facebook rather than moving their entire friend-sphere into Signal.

First of all normie not an insult or a derogatory term. The term “normies” is often used in many niche communities to refer to someone outside the community. It has nothing to do with being smart, privileged or experienced. It means more like “the average user” or “the typical person”. Example: a person in the boardgaming community may refer to you as a normie, not because you’re dumb but because you don’t play hobby boardgames (check out Brass: Birmingham, what a game).

The problem isn’t about comprehending the problem, most people understand that Facebook is selling their data. They just don’t care. They would rather have their data sold than to have the trouble to move to yet another communication app. WhatsApp is working just fine, Facebook is sparking joy. They don’t care.

“Normies won’t do X” is a perfectly acceptable way to express that the hurdles are too high for the average user. The average user wants a sleek UI, a user friendly experience and most of all they want to be in the place everyone is already at. The average Joe doesn’t want to be the first guy on Simple X, they actually really want the hassle free platform everyone is already at.

Also, the next great communication app is constantly changing. It used to be IRC, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, Signal, Matrix, Simple X, Session. I’m sorry to say that the average person is not willing to migrate that often. Facebook works, their friends are already there, they stick to it. This isn’t elitism, it’s just stating what I see.

It’s not elitist, it’s realist. They don’t want to install Signal just as much as I don’t want to install Facebook messenger.

Yes you can nag people but it will more often than not have the same effect as when people try to convince me to install Facebook messenger.

If the worst part about Signal is having a third party send you an SMS to confirm your phone number then that’s amazing.

Why are you hating on Ladybird when its not even in alpha stage?

I used to have Mullvad and switched to Proton because I use pretty much their entire suite…

If you don’t need port forwarding, I think Mullvad is superior in everything. Such a great service, highly recommend it.

It’s single thread, one file at a time.

Is the video catalog larger for paid customers?

I searched for my topics of interest and hobbies but barely got any hit.

Sucks they don’t have a trial period.

If you want to create keyboard layouts, keyd is very good for that. You can create several keyboard layers and use whatever key you want as a modifier.

I use it to mimic the windows “US International with dead keys” layout that I’ve grown used to but it can do so much more.

I use keyd

Very customizable.

Not with Hyprland, I had to set a nice chunk of variables to make it work properly.

Normie is not an insult or derogatory. It just means “normal person”, who is usually not very tech savy.

Most Normies don’t care about privacy. They know, accept and are ok with their data being collected and sold in “free” services.

Normies don’t care about that. They care about WhatsApp, Instagram and tiktoks.

Sure but what’s a viable alternative for normies? It would be simple if a viable alternative existed. For normies, I reiterate.

You can ask the receptionist “Where is the Linux section?”, walk up to it and there it is. And you can grab a book and skim through it to see whether it suits you.

You can also go to google, ask “How linux works” and skim through the results.

I’m not saying libraries are bad, they’re obviously amazing (and yes, I’ve been to libraries lol). However, in these sort of questions OP is usually looking for personal recommendations, something that you already read, heard about or found interesting to share. Yes library has books, but which book would you personally recommend OP to read? Which one do you like the best and why?

Recommending the library when someone is asking for information on a specific topic is almost as helpful as pointing them to a search engine. “Just google it and use whichever result you like”.

Fair point.

We also have a 20 square meter study where we installed AC. The unit cost around 550 euros and installation was like 70 euros cheaper. Total cost was cheaper but still hard for a median family to support.

Most families use some sort of fan or cooling column but they are quite lackluster and only work in summer.

My living room is around 36 square meters and the cheapest AC unit for that area was 650 - 850 euros. You also have to pay a certified company to install it, which cost another 200 - 300 euros.

The median salary is like 900 euros, which makes it out of reach for a large portion of the population.

Self hosting an email server is a pain in the ass and I don’t really recommend it.

Buying your own domain and using it in whatever email provider you want is very easy and gives you ownership over the email address. You may switch providers freely without needing anyone else to do anything.

Next time maybe mention I shouldn’t use soap in the recipe?