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  • antsu@discuss.tchncs.deto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerègle
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    5 days ago

    There’s no shame in admitting you won’t learn a second language because you don’t have time or don’t want to.

    Now calling French “some backwater dump of a language” when it has had such an immense cultural impact worldwide (including in the “most popular language”) just sounds silly.

    Also, it’s okay to learn one of these “little languages” for fun. Not everything in life needs to be practical and/or min-mixed for ultimate efficiency.














  • Damn, that’s scary indeed! First of all, congratulations on your resolve to take control of your data. You have a long journey ahead of you, but don’t be discouraged, take one step at a time and don’t be afraid to ask for help.

    As for where to start, I think you’ve already figured it out yourself: invest some time in learning the basics of networking. You don’t need to become an enterprise-level networking wizard, just learn the basics: learn what an IP address is, what a network mask is (sometimes also referred to as “prefix length”), what DNS is and does, how to change these settings on your home network and why you’d want to change them. Try stuff, break it, fix it, repeat. Also, if you’re not familiar with or already using it, it might be a good opportunity to pick up Linux. If you’re coming from Windows, a beginner friendly distribution like Linux Mint will do nicely. Try installing it on an old computer to see what it’s like, poke at it until you’re comfortable, then maybe make it your main operating system. Knowing Linux basics (command-line shenanigans in particular) will give you a big edge when you decide to start hosting your own services.