derpgon
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- Comment on How to find 20 hours ago:
Then it is probably not for you. It specializes in “general” trade.
- Comment on How to find 2 days ago:
Sadly no termination condition.
- Comment on How to find 2 days ago:
Kagi gang here. For whoever debating of it is worth the price - go for it. Worst thing that can happen is you lost like $5. Or, for tech savvy people, go for SearXNG.
- Comment on YSK before you buy a replacement for your cellphone that has stopped charging, buy the $10 cleaning kits and spend the time deep cleaning the phone's charging port. 1 week ago:
Use a knife to thin it. I used to have a box of thin ones, but had to buy larger sturdier round ones, so last time I just sharpened it with a knife and it worked like a charm.
- Comment on Minecraft is removing code obfuscation in Java Edition 2 weeks ago:
Open-source and source-available are used interchangeably. Releasing the source does not mean the license will allow any form of redistribution or recompilation.
If you decompile the game yourself you can infinitely distribute the game as well. This is not an argument.
- Comment on Caltech team sets record with 6,100 qubit array 5 weeks ago:
No, but you might be colorblind
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Super easy with Docker, and also quite portable. Usually is a copy paste and minor changes that irk me, but now I don’t have to explain my family what are torrents, how are torrents, what is a tracker, give them my credentials, and teach them to SSH to the server in order to copy a file let alone show them how to properly name it in order for Jellyfin to correctly recognize it.
All I have to do is log them in the app once, and tell them "If you want a movie, find it here, and it will probably be available in Jellyfin in and hour or two.
- Comment on Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia 1 month ago:
Their AI is pretty good, both assistant and search summaries. Been using it extensively as it actually provides correct and objective information (at least more often than others). It is also privacy-first, so you don’t get those annoying personality shifts as with like GPT.
- Comment on Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia 1 month ago:
- Comment on I see your canal, and raise you a water bridge 1 month ago:
I am no physicist, so thanks or added context!
- Comment on I see your canal, and raise you a water bridge 1 month ago:
Boat displacement is the amount of water the boat displaces while floating. It is equal to boat weight.
So, if you put a 100 ton boat in enclosed bowl, you will of course get 100 tons more on a scale. However, if you do the same with a large surface body of water (river, lake, ocean), the water will be displaced equally over a large surface area, thus distributing the weight. You still get 100 tons more, but less over the are “under” the boat.
- Comment on Breaking news 1 month ago:
Not gonna lie, he totally looks like someone who was picked up randomly on the street, given uniform, and told to “do as I say”.
- Comment on Reddit Mods Sued by YouTuber Ethan Klein Fight Efforts to Unmask Them 1 month ago:
Both sides have waaay over-exaggerated it. Ethan said there is shit everywhere while he probably meant that there is just poop on the floor because it is a puppy, and Denimz though there is uncleaned shit everywhere and did the first thing her tiny-ass brain though to do.
This is on Ethan for giving the other side a loaded gun and begging them to shoot him.
As far as I don’t think the CPS call should be suable, the copyright definitely is.
- Comment on They recalled the radioactive shrimp again. Why? My research shows you can just cook off the radiation. 1 month ago:
- Comment on If sexuality is a spectrum, does that mean one person is the gayest? 1 month ago:
I said not necessarily, not that its impossible. Strive for gayness and ye shall be the gayest, albeit for a fleeting moment.
- Comment on If sexuality is a spectrum, does that mean one person is the gayest? 1 month ago:
Not necessarily. You might never be the gayest person on Earth (at one given moment), but there was (or will be) the gayest moment you ever were.
- Comment on Borderlands 4 Launches To Mostly Negative Steam Reviews Over Performance Issues And Crashing 2 months ago:
True, TT’s B&B was great. Shame the TT standalone game lacked that charm and any meaningful engame.
- Comment on Borderlands 4 Launches To Mostly Negative Steam Reviews Over Performance Issues And Crashing 2 months ago:
Let’s be honest, the only story missions we ever cared about were those starring Handsome Jack.
- Comment on Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code 2 months ago:
Hell I am absolutely positive that any Windows code could pass as AI written, even some before AI was even starting to take off lol.
- Comment on Mercedes and BMW, eternal rivals on a race once again - this time to the bottom. 2 months ago:
BMW ass looks nice, combine it with the MB front grille in black and I won’t be too mad.
- Comment on Android’s most beloved launcher may be done for good 2 months ago:
To feed you ads, or make you pay for nothing special. Nova - the launcher from the article - is great, very customizable, and lightweight.
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 2 months ago:
Oh and leave a bad review so other people won’t make the same mistake!
- Comment on How did it come to be that only two companies supply all of the world's PC graphics chips? 2 months ago:
Rocking my second Thinkpad with full Linux, it has been a very pleasant experience both times. Sadly, had to switch a year back to from E15 to T16 because the keyboard started failing and it wasn’t servicable from my side. Still works with external one though.
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 2 months ago:
Linux is heavily used on servers. Losing server sector means a huge chunk of revenue.
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 2 months ago:
It is entirely possible to lock down computer parts to only run Windows and signed drivers. However, the sheer amount of available computer parts, open sourced hardware, widely understood technologies, and not enough monopoly makes this unfeasible for anyone to really try to implement (yet).
If Intel started doing Windows only, they would lose so much revenue from big corporations and data centers it would ruin them, and everyone would just buy AMD instead. Consumer market in computer sector is secondary.
For phones, you really do not have enough alternatives. You choose between evil and more evil. Think of it as Linux in it’s starting days - missing features that makes it unusable for the common folk. Linux phones haven’t matured yet, that’s why you have to choose between feature rich vs heavily degraded user experience, as opposed to minor inconvenience of not being able to run some apps.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 2 months ago:
Realistic games do not quite count, because the controls are complicated by nature and learning them is the gameplay.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 2 months ago:
Usually boils down to a given category and combination of main elements. Open world, survival, crafting, automation, FPS, rogue lite/like, RPG, inventory management, RTS, puzzle, first/third person, action combat, tat target, top down, isometric, etc.
Of course, there are heavy outliers, but those usually require heavy wiki / youtube use to even get into. Same with spreadsheet simulator games where mastery does not necessarily come with time but understanding of hidden mexhanics and synergies.
As an example, I used to play WoW a lot and raided a lot, then got back into GW2 after 10 years (where I didn’t do any dungeons or big raids, and if I did I couldn’t remember), and didn’t have problems with mechanics as others who were playing for several years. The mechanics just make sense, even when it is a new one - stay out of red circles, stack during attacks that split damage, damage phases etc.
When I got into Valheim, I already knew what would be needed without having to see any tutorials - build a house, make a farm, roughly where to look for what, and how to find info correctly.
There is not much I havent explored in my younger days, and throwing me into an FPS game I haven’t played would probably mean I’d be in the top quarter on my team in two or three games.
When started Helldivers 2, I could no problem take on diff 8 (out of likr 10 or 11) and stay up to speed with others way before I unlocked it, as lower difficulties did not pose much of a challenge besides not having the top gear unlocked.
Sure, I won’t know immediately what to do or how to control the character, but when I see a streamer struggling to clear content and see they throw points into defense on an attack character especially when it HIGHLIGHTS the recommended stats (looking at Clair Obscur), I just wanna tip my eyeballs out.
I am usually having a hard time with choices regarding optimization, like when I get to choose “do you want 1 level up or 10 attack power”, bitch I dunno. But we are back at spreadsheets.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 2 months ago:
I played games all my life, and it always baffled me how some streamers can master one game over several years and then be completely unusable in another. Like bruh, it is still a game, it is not THAT different. Sure, they might suck because they didn’t master the mechanics yet, but struggling with basic controls for an hour? They gotta be playing it…
Throw me into a game, and if the controls make sense it will probably be second nature to me in 15 minutes for me.
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 2 months ago:
I think the update is already installed, just waiting for the kill switch.
- Comment on Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple 2 months ago:
So does a lot of countries, and I am not sure if a car company has anything to do with decisions of politicians.
