neclimdul
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- Comment on Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal 3 days ago:
If what manxu said is true it might be both courts agree I am clear cut. It sounds more like a pull request getting rejected because of quality issues. “Fix it and resubmit. We don’t want this happening again”
I’ve learned courts have a lot of jargon and procedures that don’t make sense on the surface. some things that sound bad actually are for your benefit and it’s best to get a lawyer to translate.
- Comment on DissolvPCB enables fully recyclable 3D-printed circuit boards with liquid metal conductors 1 week ago:
PVA probably really limits the applications but that’s super cool
- Comment on No, the UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online 1 week ago:
Big not a lawyer caveat but if it is revenue then likely not. That would be all money collected before expenses which I could see including donations collected for server expenses.
- Comment on Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet 2 weeks ago:
Its a server configuration issue. If you have a SPA even server side frameworks that uses native paths you need to configure the server to send all requests to the main application. You’ll find documentation of how to do this in the setup for every framework I’ve run into.
- Comment on Duckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users. 3 weeks ago:
really don’t care enough who you claim to be. You asserted pretty matter of fact who I was starting this discussion but ok.
if a group of people are using the tools that he created in a way that he doesn’t like or want, is he not entitled to make a change to stop that from happening?
In short no. At least not if you’re software is GPL, then you don’t have any say in how its used. Its the bargain we make when we choose an open license as it specifically grants the right to use software freely. So up to last year, he has no say in how its used. And honestly, If download and compile the CC version today he doesn’t get any say either. For the most part even proprietary software like Windows don’t get a lot of say in how things are used either if you pay for it.
at that point the whole community could fork the repo and do their own thing. but no, entitled shitlord users want to post ragebait shitposts and call the dude an asshole for putting his foot down and drawing a line
There are forks of the GPL code. They’re in the fork tab in github. Also a trip to google finds this version github.com/libretro/swanstation which appears to have been forked for 4 years now. There are also other PS emulators that seem more popular in things like retropie where it would be more widely distributed so not sure how much interest there actually is.
because he’s had enough of entitled shitlord package managers. Genuine question, what did the package managers do that’s so “shitlord”? I can guess about bug reports or complaints about licensing(guess because issues are closed) but really don’t know what he’s mad about the packaging thing. There are some community aur’s but they seem fine.
- duckstation-git “most popular” clones the github source and compiles it locally. Its downloading the source directly so can’t be any more unmodified and allowed under the restrictive CC license.
- duckstation-qt-bin downloads the app image from the official github and extracts
- duckstation - Also builds from source but pinned to old gpl release. looks to patch and update some libraries for compatibility? GPL code so modifications fair game.
- duckstation-preview-latest-bin also just downloads app image and extracts
So none of the aurs distribute anything built on arch infrastructure, its all unmodified versions exactly like his license and readme specify.
the guy didn’t do anything wrong, because as the maintainer he has the sole responsibility and vision of where he wants to take his project
Sure, he can do what ever he wants I guess. Accept what ever PR, commit what ever code. He can even delete everything tomorrow(I believe he’s done it before?) because he thinks neclimdul specifically is a jerk and was mean to him on lemmy and no other reason. That doesn’t make his decision good or reasonable or right. I mean you don’t seem to like me but I hope you get my point.
But just to really be clear why I think this was a jerk move, github.com/…/DuckStationBuildSummary.cmake#L38
This doesn’t block packaging, it blocks compiling on any arch system. Its a poison pill because he didn’t like some people using a specific distro and doesn’t really affect me but strikes me as pretty petty.
- Comment on Duckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users. 3 weeks ago:
You got me, I’m impersonating some other neclimdul guy that’s easily Googleable and matches the description I gave. I registered this account two years ago and participated in discussions all this time so I could trick you specifically Hawkeye. You really did call me out. Good one.
- Comment on Duckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users. 3 weeks ago:
Petty is pretty harsh and reading this message I wish I’d paused and chosen a better word.
That said, the way the commit reads, the relicensing, the fact they seem to be upset the aur is locked to the GPL version to comply with the license but also poisoning the build scripts like it’s somehow going to affect the old GPL code. It just does not sound like someone acting in good faith with the open source community they’re clearly building on top of and that does rub me the wrong way.
- Comment on Duckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users. 3 weeks ago:
Hi, I’m a subsystem maintainer for the Drupal project, a security team member, and over the years have helped maintain several of the largest projects in the ecosystem. I’ve also contributed to a number of open source projects over the years and have a lot of experience collaborating with maintainers to get fixes committed going back to early amd64 fixes coming out of testing in the gentoo project before Intel even had a real 64bit platform. I’ve got a pretty good feel for how this works and it’s safe to say FLOSS is kinda my day job.
- Comment on Duckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users. 3 weeks ago:
Imagine if Linux developers building the libraries this was built on where as petty.
- Comment on Duckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users. 3 weeks ago:
Imagine if Linux developers building the libraries this was built on where as petty.
- Comment on Microsoft exec admits it 'cannot guarantee' data sovereignty 3 weeks ago:
As someone in the US who has been in audits where we had to attest to where our data was stored, also wtf.
- Comment on Hot take: 3D printing toys kinda sucks 4 weeks ago:
Couple of thoughts.
First, what you described sounds like most of the toys I’ve bought my kids growing up so if it brought them joy, probably about as valuable as anything else.
Second, my experience is a bit different. My sons have 3d printed nick nacks displayed on their shelves and both have fidget toys they play with on the regular. Also I’ve got a chain fidget in my pocket I’ve been playing with all day.
I’ve also got a box of less successful toys I’d love to recycle if I could but definitely some wins too. So I think there are a lot of toys you’d be right about but also a lot of them are actually pretty interesting and fun to the right person
- Comment on Print refusing to stay flat in corners 4 weeks ago:
Cleaning is a good suggestion. I’d start there.
Also, that kind of looks like the cheap black textured plates that come with some printers. I thought the people talking about pei sheets were over-hyping but honestly they are really much better. It’s not a silver bullet but pla sticks soooo much better to them.
For pla it’s overkill, but for tricky stuff build adhesive can help. I had good luck with vision miner. It’s expensive but it’s been buy once, cry once because it has lasted a really long time.
- Comment on AI slows down some experienced software developers, study finds 5 weeks ago:
That’s kind of outside the software development discussion but glad you’re enjoying it.
- Comment on AI slows down some experienced software developers, study finds 5 weeks ago:
Most ides do the boring stuff with templates and code generation for like a decade so that’s not so helpful to me either but if it works for you.
- Comment on AI slows down some experienced software developers, study finds 5 weeks ago:
Explain this too me AI. Reads back exactly what’s on the screen including comments somehow with more words but less information Ok…
Ok, this is tricky. AI, can you do this refactoring so I don’t have to keep track of everything. No… Thats all wrong… Yeah I know it’s complicated, that’s why I wanted it refactored. No you can’t do that… fuck now I can either toss all your changes and do it myself or spend the next 3 hours rewriting it.
Yeah I struggle to find how anyone finds this garbage useful.
- Comment on ! Mastodon new ToS from July 1has a binding abbreviation wave !!r 2 months ago:
With the local law, probably not. With the translating the concerns of open communities like the fediverse and FLOSS into legal terms, most definitely.
- Comment on (Technology Connections) Closed captions on DVDs are getting left behind [33:46] 2 months ago:
I meant that in the video it’s consistently not worked for a very long time. Seems the switch to HDMI left it behind. While it would be nice if devices supported it like he asked, the fact it was skipped in the HDMI standard and not mandated by law means it’s unlikely devices racing too the bottom line will ever care. And that’s basically what we see. Only the most expensive devices even acknowledge it’s an issue.
That said, I hope VLC devs see his video and improve things. I’m sure it’s more complicated then it seems but it would be cool for them to add that to the ways they’re better than every other player put there.
- Comment on Former Meta exec says asking for artist permission will kill AI industry 2 months ago:
Of someone wants to make me worth 100 million I wouldn’t complain. Can’t guarantee I’ll understand though.
- Comment on (Technology Connections) Closed captions on DVDs are getting left behind [33:46] 2 months ago:
After watching his video it feels like it was already left behind.
- Comment on Former Meta exec says asking for artist permission will kill AI industry 2 months ago:
If you’re giving me the choice of killing the AI industry or artists it doesn’t seem like a hard decision. Am I missing something?
- Comment on Grieve with me 2 months ago:
If you’ve got a 3d printer there are various picks you can print to help too. This ones popular www.printables.com/model/…/related
- Comment on ChatGPT does not fuck around 3 months ago:
But it’s a giant island surrounded by water. Surely they can just pipe some water over to the deserts right? /s
- Comment on A VPN Company Canceled All Lifetime Subscriptions, Claiming It Didn’t Know About Them 3 months ago:
I mean it seems to happen pretty often. The Curiosity Nebula mess, Crunchyroll had a $10 for the lifetime of your account thing but when Sony bought them they started messing with it. Even Google tried it with Google App domains free tier which they promised for life. I think everyone said fu to the buyout and just waited for the class action until Google blinked at the last minute.
I assume Plex will find a way to start charging lifetime purchasers any day now.
At this point I look for them just to see what sort of train wreck it’ll turn into.
- Comment on All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding | by Dan Fabulich | Apr, 2025 3 months ago:
Safari used to be khtml/Konqueror so … I’m not sure how we’re dividing actually.
- Comment on All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding | by Dan Fabulich | Apr, 2025 3 months ago:
I mean, before DOGE ostensibly took over USDS I was aware of it funding open source projects through normal processes just because their continued improvement helped the government function. Making software good for government agencies was one of their mandates.
If I had full faith in the current Mozilla project like I used to, I’d say they could just accept funding through the nonprofit in a similar setup and just do good things.
My point is there are ways to make it work where there is funding without influence. Just corruption and capitalism are fighting against it.
- Comment on OpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an “AI-first” experience 3 months ago:
Great! Now not only can chrome eat all my system memory, it can use all my GPU memory at the same time! It’s genius!
- Comment on Elon Musk: your new Tesla will drive from the factory floor, to your house 'this year' 3 months ago:
You can tell because his mouth is moving.
- Comment on Does Bambu lab transparent petg just suck as a material? 4 months ago:
Yeah I’ve had foil bags with dessicant be damp too. In my experience, if you’re getting a deal on petg you probably need to dry it. That’s probably why you got the deal.
- Comment on Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft. 4 months ago:
I do too. I kinda miss Jenkins but a lot of the conveniences in GitLab’s CI are really nice and it’s better for 99% of use cases.