PC for most of my work, laptop for when I just need to access things from elsewhere. Although, I would never touch a Chromebook. Tried it, was very underwhelmed. IMO chromebooks defeat the purpose of a laptop. What’s the point of portability if you need wifi to use it?

This, entirely. And especially with how tech-averse most scientists are in my field (biology), it’s really easy to set yourself apart with just some basic programming knowledge

Unless it has to do with electrical wiring or anything dangerous. Part of learning to repair is knowing your limits!

Who is saying that Baba is You is ugly? I don’t think I’ve ever heard that opinion. It’s always just been “charming Flash game aesthetic” for me

It sounds like you accidently clicked “move files” instead of “copy files.” I would recommend restoring from your backup that you just made

First thing to do: reinstall windows. You keep your license, it’s quick, but it removes all the bloatware on your computer

I would wager a guess that it’s your regular interests. YouTube sees that people who like machining, blacksmithing, etc. have a good chance of also being conservative. You probably are just part of the odd cases where you like those hobbies but aren’t conservative.

Your post raises an interesting point, though: even if YouTube didn’t intend for their algorithm to be a pipeline for radicalism, simply by encouraging engagement and viewership, their algorithm ends up becoming a radicalization pipeline anyways.

To be clear, lemmy.world isn’t federating with Threads. They’re taking the wait-and-see approach, which means that they’ll make that decision later.

I’m not happy with that decision, but it is distinctly different from saying that they will federate with Threads.

Very buggy, but overall a lot more user-friendly than I expected. The fediverse was a bit difficult to grasp as a concept (especially since all the explanations love to say that it’s like email, which it’s not, and then refuse to clarify further), but I think I got it now. Overall I can see myself moving entirely to lemmy.