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  • It’s going to sound really silly but here goes:

    1. Ensure their background is the same as it was (seriously, they often use it as an extra way to find things).

    2. Where possible, use windows icons for desktop shortcuts and mask link names to match vocab they’re familiar with.

    3. Have rustdesk set up with a link saying “Let <your name> help me”.

    4. Make sure they have their password written down somewhere.

    5. Make sure you have their password written down somewhere.

    6. Where possible have background updating, where not possible have a .sh file to do it for them.

    7. Add desktop links for things like downloads, documents and pictures.

    These are tips for any distro when moving less tech savvy relatives over. For those that like to game, ensure your fs on their gaming drive is a Linux one as it stops weird behaviour. Also, you know, install the games for them!


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    2 months ago

    Ehh no, you genuinely can’t patent any form of mathematics.

    Mathematics falls under “exists in nature” (if you are a Platonist) or “abstract ideas” (gets even clear thinking Constructivists). So they’re excluded from parents and copyrights no matter how complex the system

    Textbooks usually belong to the publisher (academics commonly have to pirate their own papers), so that’s usually a bust.

    You might be able to patent an algorithm associated with a branch of mathematics, but that’s trickier than you think. Blank slate development can, and does, happen (see Compaq’s reimplementation of IBM’s bios). You’re banking on it not being reversed engineer able (spoiler, don’t take that bet if you’ve published your proofs!).