Allero

@Allero@lemmy.today

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anubis is awesome and I want to talk aout it⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Afaik, you can set it up not to have any image, or have any other one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank Mozilla for Killing Localization on Support Mozilla (And Replacing Human Contributions With AI Bots)⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Servo and Ladybird are both worth keeping an eye on, but neither is ready yet, unfortunately

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GPU prices are coming to earth just as RAM costs shoot into the stratosphere - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re unlikely to see the grand price fall in the coming year. Can get a bit cheaper, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No one else in the world matters but me⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Fast lane is for driving at the speed limit. If the front driver goes by the limit, you hold no right to complain.

  Do not normalize speeding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No one else in the world matters but me⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You should do both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK Joseph Stalin created the Great Terror. He started killing people randomly including artists, generals, doctors, diplomats, government officials. Everyone was terrified.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The “political” aspect of communism stems directly from the desire to radically alter the economic system. It is not tied, however, to the particular political order.

  Coming from the same very Wikipedia article you cite on communism:

  Communists often seek a voluntary state of self-governance but disagree on the means to this end. This reflects a distinction between a libertarian socialist approach of communization, revolutionary spontaneity, and workers’ self-management, and an authoritarian socialist, vanguardist, or party-driven approach to establish a socialist state, which is expected to wither away.

  So, communism, just as capitalism and socialism, can be combined with all sorts of governance types. It can be authoritarian (and so can be capitalism - look at fascism to see an example), and it can be democratic (early Soviets) or even libertarian (anarcho-communism). You can build a totalitarian communist hellhole, and a totalitarian capitalist one; same in reverse.

  Now, an argument can actually be made that capitalism is inherently undemocratic. As your ability to exercise rights is heavily tied to your wealth (think of regular worker suing a billionaire, or all the lobbying, or corruption scandals involving the wealthiest and the way they slip out of them like nothing ever happened), people can be and commonly are silenced. Moreover, if you have money, nothing stops you from financing the media to translate your message. This way, important political messages are drowned in favor of what the rich want to translate, and certain (rather corrupt) voices are heavily amplified over others.

  By extension, liberalism, even in the most ideal of its forms, is deeply flawed when it comes to a true democracy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash - Neowin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Microsoft’s Windows chief Pavan Davuluri had earlier hinted at such plans already about how the next evolution of OS will make it capable enough to “semantically understand you” as Windows will get “more ambient, more pervasive, more multi-modal”. Using features like Copilot Vision it will be able to “look at your screen” and do more.

  Since when did corpos try to reframe the word “pervasive” as something positive?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla announces an AI ‘window’ for Firefox⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Please make it slop

  -Mozilla employees, probably

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you beat post-work floppiness?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Aside from a really good advice on putting activity before home, make sure you sleep enough.

  While it may sound tempting to have a few extra hours in the evening, the way you spend them when you’re exhausted is meaningless.

  When you get proper sleep, you may have a bit less time on your hands, but you can actually turn the time you do have into something nice.

  Trust me - you’ll thank yourself for this when you find out you still have energy after your work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No worry, buddy, you were very, very hot

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨pwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Poowned

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Surprise EU rollback of 'GDPR' digital-rights rules prompts alarm⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  First they laughed at Russians Then they laughed at Chinese Now they laugh at Americans

  No system is good enough to prevent abuse and dismantling of democracy. Europeans already lose footing and need radical action to stop repeating same mistakes. Authoritarians are already knocking on the doors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Perfect Picture of Helth⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d rather not taste your nut

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Need to play it again for the fourth time now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Parents App'rule'ved⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s in the icon

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The expenses are mostly upfront though. I’ve spent like $400 on a relatively fancy NAS and two 3TB WD Red CMR drives five years ago, and since then, there was that.

  Of course, depending on your use case, there could be extra expenses as well, some of them recurring: -Bigger drives -Backup storage (I already had a place I could back up to) -Domain name and DNS records (if you expose it to the public Web with a URL; you can otherwise just use a VPN tunnel to access NAS from outside the home network, which is free unless you do anything fancy) -Some kind of paid software (if you don’t enjoy the perfectly good collection of open-source apps) -Etc.

  Now, for the streaming alternative: Netflix Standard: $18/mo Spotify: $12/mo Total: $30/mo, or $360/yr. Just these two services alone.

  Your NAS system will pay off in a little over a year (maybe two years if you go all in with huge drives, fancy NAS configs, extra expenses here and there), and it’s smooth sailing from there.

  My unit works for 5 years already with no maintenance, is still fully supported by the manufacturer, and I don’t expect to replace it in a few more years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Self-hosting allows you to have all your files on all your devices, like many have used to with the streaming services. Also, some smart TVs specifically require to connect to some server to grab movies from.

  If you don’t need any of that, regular hard drive will suit you best.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you like to playtest a new indie game? Just completed first playable version of my psychological horror/moral choice simulation.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds fun! Can see how well it runs on Linux.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sunday update from the Prime Radiant⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Never saw the show, but I read through the main book series and connected works as a teen.

  Was a very worthy read back then. Still warmly remember the series.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minecraft is removing code obfuscation in Java Edition⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice! Heard of new versions of TerraFirmaCraft, but I believe it is community maintained, as the main author seems to focus on Vintage Story. But since you mention it works fine, I might as well give it a spin! Didn’t know Gregtech updated to newer versions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minecraft is removing code obfuscation in Java Edition⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No need to advertise Prism - using it already :)

  Also, UltimMC is a decent offline fork for pirates and privacy enthusiasts (Disclaimer: I do not promote piracy and own a legal Minecraft license)

  I’m so lost and then I try to play like a Beta 1.7.3 player and everyone else just goes “the fuck are you doing?”

  Happily, I joined Minecraft when it was already 1.7.2 (release versioning, not Beta), so my ways are not THAT outdated, and obviously I never had issues with 1.7.10 because it’s literally my first version with two minor updates. Who would have known that it will all stop there…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minecraft is removing code obfuscation in Java Edition⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I too find myself returning back there :)

  So many great mods died after this version that it was impossible to recreate the experience.

  It goes so bad that when I recently loaded a newer version, I was like “what the hell is going on here” :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minecraft is removing code obfuscation in Java Edition⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Feed the Beast is commonly overloaded and also commonly shoves things like progression and questing, which are not to everybody’s liking.

  The best approach is always to add the mods you want manually to tailor the experience.

  I personally had most fun with Terrafirmacraft, Thaumcraft, Electrical Age, and GregTech. But those were the days gone, and most of them got stuck at 1.7.10

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There was no need to ever improve upon THIS⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  More like complaining about features no one asked for.

  Tactile controls are superior, because they can be used without distraction, and the chance of user error is lower.

  Besides, they involve less circuitry and are therefore much more reliable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Sodium-Ion Battery Revolution Has Started⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see. But sometimes, progress really makes lesser problems than there were before.

  We have cheap and generally eco-friendly solar, we install plenty of wind, and now we have a much more ecological way to store the power, too.

  The rich care about their profits, and if eco-friendly tech delivers that, they’ll be all-in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Sodium-Ion Battery Revolution Has Started⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Sodium-Ion Battery Revolution Has Started⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s the thing: sodium chloride aka table salt is extremely abundant. We are not expected to run out of it in any measurable timeframe, and the effect of sodium mining on the oceans or ecosystems at large is negligible.

  Same cannot be said of lithium, which currently forms the backbone of battery tech. It is rare, and its extraction is extremely polluting. In fact, lithium is responsible for a huge chunk of renewable energy’s ecological footprint.

  Switching to sodium technology is like switching from silver to sand. It’s just one thing we truly have enough of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨F dieting!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  C’mon, it’s Milbona, there’s no need to wait for shroom to f the diet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Linux is exactly where you should go with old computers.

  With a proper distribution/DE combination, you can run it on 20+ year old computers with no issue.

  But overall, if your laptop runs Windows 10, it will likely run every Linux distribution easily.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Commercials seem to be normalizing an unhealthy work-balance more.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They also try to promote a positive image of “work-life blend” in order to try and spark people’s enthusiasm for working pretty much 24/7.

  As in, “work-life balance is a bad concept because it makes work look evil. Let’s put work into all aspects of life, make you live and breathe work, then you won’t think about it”