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- Comment on Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update improves and breaks dark mode 3 days ago:
The average Linux user definitely will not care about reproducibility.
I think a lot of people do care about it, just not under that name. But I think a lot of users asked themselves at least once “what did I do back then to achieve X”. Not in that the whole system is reproduced 1:1, but certain aspects. That’s something much easier to answer with nix.
- Comment on Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update improves and breaks dark mode 4 days ago:
Well, you don’t need to learn nix as a programming language for a simple installation, you can use it like a slightly different job, which the
configuration.nixpart was about. You can get the reproducibility aspect from just that, so I wouldn’t say you get no benefits at all without learning the language.There are more disadvantages (like time required to rebuild because you added a single package), so Arch is the better choice depending on preferences. Arch is a very good traditional distribution in my opinion, can’t go wrong with it
- Comment on Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update improves and breaks dark mode 4 days ago:
Arch is easier in my opinion, at least if you want to leverage the power NixOS can offer. A simple
/etc/nixos/configuration.nixmaybe not, but once you enter custom options / submodule territory and use stuff likelib.mapAttrs, I’d say NixOS is quite harder. Or just a more complexoverrideAttrs. But then again, Arch doesn’t have an equivalent to that… - Comment on Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos 3 weeks ago:
On the other hand, why they actually enjoy this, regardless of the reasons, why would they stop?
Sony could just have ignored this
- Comment on TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear! 3 weeks ago:
I saw this once or twice. Taxi driver had it mounted on how panel to watch something on break. Somewhat solved the power draw problem with a car adapter…
- Comment on Bonfire Social 1.0 is here, back the community‑funded roadmap 4 weeks ago:
Bonfire itself is a framework that implemented ActivityPub, on it you can build applications that make use of it without developing from the ground up. Bonfire Social is a social network similar to Mastodon. Collaboration is is about project management etc and allows one to host their own, but integrate with others, e.g. to synchronize milestones via federation. What they have in common is that both build on Bonfire and as such use the same protocol for federation. But they’re tools for very different jobs.
- Comment on Microsoft CEO says the company doesn't have enough electricity to install all the AI GPUs in its inventory - 'you may actually have a bunch of chips sitting in inventory that I can’t plug in' 5 weeks ago:
Every card they buy isn’t available to a competitor.
Only half joking.
- Comment on Microsoft CEO says the company doesn't have enough electricity to install all the AI GPUs in its inventory - 'you may actually have a bunch of chips sitting in inventory that I can’t plug in' 5 weeks ago:
“bro imagine if we could actually use all these cards we bought, we’d be the best at this AI thing”
I’m still waiting for an actual business case. Who’s going to consume all this slop? And pay for it at one point?
- Comment on where the cuties 5 weeks ago:
It’s us millennials coping haha
- Comment on where the cuties 5 weeks ago:
It’s not a phase!
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
Not as common as one would like
- Comment on She is making a GREAT point 5 weeks ago:
Nowhere does it say you have to limit yourself to that
- Comment on Mini pc for home server? 1 month ago:
Similarly here. Have an Odroid with that platform, it wasn’t cheap but it came with several advantages:
- 4 SATA ports on addition to the M2 slot
- Intel QSV
- 2 x 2.5 Gbit Ethernet (I only have gigabit at home though)
Very powerful machine for the power usage, I ran a really old Athlon before though (from 2010 or so that I retrofitted with 16GB RAM) that did most stuff just fine. But I wanted some transcoding and also possibly a smaller case.
I run everything bare metal though.
- Comment on As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity 1 month ago:
While there is quite the push thanks to Valve, they built upon the work of others, mostly Wine (which I think they fund nowadays) and DXVK (they hired the dev after a short while). So they’re definitely not freeloading, but the main lifting has been done by Codeweavers and Wine contributors through their massive work over the years, plus the quantum leap that was DXVK.
I’m not trying to shame Valve here, they definitely go beyond what they’d be required to by license, but I feel it’s also not fair to call them the reason most games work under Linux when others have poured literal years of work into making it possible.
- Comment on Yacht Trouble? 7 Common Problems & Fixes 1 month ago:
I just always being a backup yacht with me
- Comment on 1 month ago:
If I remember correctly, “earlier” in this case means most of them but the last ones. I haven’t seen one of these in my life.
- Comment on ‘Girl, Take Your Crazy Pills!’: Antidepressants Recast as a Hot Lifestyle Accessory 1 month ago:
Your explanation only covers one side, those who are satisfied by the status quo. The argument is about people who aren’t, for which the commenter made the observation that people who undergo therapy and take medications are less likely to violently fight the system that they hate.
- Comment on ‘Girl, Take Your Crazy Pills!’: Antidepressants Recast as a Hot Lifestyle Accessory 1 month ago:
Dumb name, I’ve had a friend refer to them as happy pills which makes more sense - crazy pills are supposed to make you feel like you’re going crazy (see Zoolander).
- Comment on I suppose it's better to find this out 35 years later than never at all. 1 month ago:
Yeah a couple of ROMHacks actually require you to do this (mostly puzzles)
- Comment on Excel's AI: 20% of the time, it works every time 2 months ago:
I think an Apple machine will set you back slightly more than a League capable Windows 11 machine
- Comment on Excel's AI: 20% of the time, it works every time 2 months ago:
Yeah, this wasn’t about whether they’re screwing the customers - they are - but about whether this has any negative financial implications for them
- Comment on Xbox: "Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody" 2 months ago:
Lol yeah the naming was incredibly bad. But I’m pretty sure it was 360 -> one -> series. I only owned the original one (not the One one) and a 360 which luckily was unaffected by RRoD.
I think the 360 was really good all things considered, it was a good console at the time and MS actually helped getting smaller studios their stuff into the store with summer of arcade. It also captured a lot of interest from third party studios. All in all pretty solid. Damn shame that the RRoD tainted the console so much.
Segmenting the market after into S and X was a really dumb move in my opinion. The other one was trying to turn it into an entertainment machine instead of a game console (TV, TV, TV, sports…)
- Comment on Excel's AI: 20% of the time, it works every time 2 months ago:
unless you’re running one of the Enterprise/IoT SKUs…
That is the whole point. They’re squeezing the users they don’t give a shit about. But personal users almost never buy Windows licenses from Microsoft I’d bet. So what if they switch away? And how are they or their kids going to play Fortnite or League after switching?
The money for Windows non-Enterprise is made with OEM deals. They probably wouldn’t even notice if nobody bought personal licenses anymore. Might as well make actual money from selling data about them.
Enterprise is a different story, once you squeeze too hard, companies will find ways to replace you; they are somewhat resilient to pain, but it does have limits.
- Comment on Excel's AI: 20% of the time, it works every time 2 months ago:
Just because it doesn’t offer features a database has doesn’t mean people aren’t trying to use it as one
I support your argument, but unfortunately there are some real monstrosities out there that have carried small businesses since decades
- Comment on Ibuprofen 2 months ago:
Do these generic painkillers even do a lot for migraines? I thought tryptamines were what helps most people
- Comment on Microsoft starts rolling out Gaming Copilot on Windows 11 PCs 2 months ago:
And they said AI wouldn’t boost business. Who’s laughing now, haters?
The whole thing is just embarrassing. Anyone with a bit of understanding knew that the technology comes with huge risks (after all, there is no understanding, just the imitation of it). Billions have been poured into a glorified autocomplete in one of the biggest corporate FOMOs I can remember. Nvidia is (as much as I hate them, rightfully) laughing all the way to the bank. Crypto and now this allow them to practically buy Intel - back when AMD bought Ati, people speculated it’d be Intel buying Nvidia! Granted, Intel did their part too, but Nvidia selling cards that will be completely outdated in two years in unthinkable amounts is wild. And the best part is, except for them, everyone else lost money, like not even OpenAI themselves are making any, and this is with Microsoft subsidizing them. Absolutely insane!
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Yup because negative consequences weren’t a thing before the guy was shot
since hes now going to be a rallying cry for action against “the left”.
If you haven’t heard any before, you might want to check with your ENT physician.
In the famous of words of John Wick… “Consequences.”
Consequences indeed
- Comment on 2 months ago:
When I hear Nazi I think of concentration camps and killing Jews. Kirk was a big supporter of Israel.
Well, Israel didn’t exist when the NSDAP did, so if you apply the literal meaning of each, a Nazi couldn’t support Israel. But fascism was also something that only applied to the party in power in Italy from 1922 to 1945. The terms have somewhat evolved since then; fascism generally meaning authoritarian, ultranationalistic and antiliberal. The same applies to nazism, but usually with some racist ideology with hatred for other religions.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Nah, it’s the same playbook every time. You have dangerous right wing rhetoric justifying violence (as seen in this thread, even by Kirk himself) that leads to political violence and the right is just “this is deserved” (see J6 or the attack on democratic lawmakers), but when it hits themselves, suddenly political violence is the worst and collective pearl-clutching starts. These people have created a dangerous atmosphere that they can’t control and it’s backfiring, there was never an attempt from them to defuse it.
People like Kevin Roberts who threaten revolutions with thinly veiled violence etc… btw my personal theory is that Kirk was shot by a right wing lunatic who was disappointed in Kirk’s 180 on the Epstein files which went from something like “this is the biggest conspiracy in history, never trust the government” to “I trust my friends in the government” over a weekend. They have created an atmosphere of “you need to fight those in power by any means necessary” and now they find themselves in an awkward spot.
Anyhow, everybody in the thread you replied to just did what Kirk ask them to. Not show empathy, not let the victims emotionally hijack the narrative. He made the world a worse place, I don’t know if it’s gonna be better without him but I have no reason to believe otherwise.
- Comment on Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs 2 months ago:
The 4k you find on streaming services can’t really be compared to the 4k you find on Blu-ray. It’s a different league. Turns out bitrate actually matters