Laser

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our Channel Could Be Deleted - Gamers Nexus⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think they’re sensationalist, they just don’t sugarcoat the industry bullshit. And believe it or not, they need to make money from this, it doesn’t pay itself. It’s like saying newspapers should be free, or else informing the people isn’t their primary concern.

  “A farmer wants the money. Giving the good away for free would be great if they just wanted to feed people, but that’s not their primary concern.” Can even pay that game for nurses etc

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨leading ai company⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s really not that hard!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‎‎‎‎⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting, I always thought it was the dumbest and unfunniest stuff. But I mean there’s no need to appeal to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ideal car⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, I immediately recognized it as a formula but couldn’t remember what it was for (in my defense, the last time it was relevant to me was about 15 years ago when I studied electrical engineering).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perplexity AI is complaining their plagiarism bot machine cannot bypass Cloudflare's firewall⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So people from low trust score environments like Linux

  Linux user here, Cloudflare hasn’t blocked access to a single page for me unless I use a VPN, which then can trigger it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perplexity AI is complaining their plagiarism bot machine cannot bypass Cloudflare's firewall⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s been this from the very beginning. But they don’t fit the definition of a protection racket as they’re not the ones attacking you if you don’t pay up. So they’re more like a security company that has no competitors due to the needed investment to operate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨monthly challenge⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what makes it a challenge

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They took our free break!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Counter-productive, if I had gotten cramps at work (because of whatever, it doesn’t matter), I’m just gonna use company time to get rid of these cramps. Hell I’m not even sure these designs are legal here. Surely there is some DIN based ISO norm regarding toilets and their dimensions

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else guilty of this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Stop this slander

  The N64 Pokémon games aren’t that bad

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's up, selfhosters? It's self hosting Sunday!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good luck on the journey! What I meant is that over time, you’ll realize that what you did was probably not the most elegant was to do something, at least that’s my experience with my config. Like, I started with a flake with an explicit config for each machine (basically multiple nixosConfigurations) and then turned it into a lib with functions to turn a set of hosts from json into an attribute set (kind of a simple inventory done). My last efforts that are still ongoing (cough) are splitting my NixOS modules off into a separate flake using flake-parts.

  I do understand you meant having the stuff that your need work, I just wanted to hint that the language is very powerful and as such, most configurations have room for improvement, as in learning to do things more efficient or do things that weren’t possible before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronics⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t have files of you don’t have a computer to store them tips forehead

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Evo Las Vegas 2025 wrap-up⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess you’re right, my complaint was mostly about about the part of groups that I watched that was I think three Goldlewis matches in a round.

  I don’t think the balance for Strive is in a really bad spot, and character skills can outweigh statistical advantages. Maybe it’s just that I dislike Goldlewis and HC due to their oppressive playstyles that I remember them as negative examples.

  Didn’t want to complain really, the matches were hype, I got some really good laughs out of them too when RedDitto grabbed opponents in the most insane situations. Good stuff all around

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Evo Las Vegas 2025 wrap-up⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Capcom vs. SNK 2 was in the extended lineup. It’s great to see those passionate communities still playing those games 25 years later, even with plenty of new blood, though I will admit that both games fall into a situation where the top tier characters are so dominant that you don’t get a lot of variety in character selection in top 8, which can dampen the excitement a bit.

  I hope Capcom brings an optional mode for new balance, like they added the option to disable roll cancel. The game is too unique with its mechanics, I think it’s one of the most interesting games ever with the modes, but the balance just isn’t great, which is holding the game back.

  I was lucky that Strive top 8 were played early, so I could enjoy them at a decent time despite being in CEST. Bit unfortunate with the character variety, a lot of HC and Goldlewis matches and Johnny has proven to be very strong as people predicted. Would have preferred to see Ram win. Not that she’s weak, but in my opinion more interesting and somewhat underplayed. But alas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The AI bubble is so big it's propping up the US economy (for now)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  and most people are frankly too dumb or lazy to properly verify outputs.

  This is my main argument. I need to check the output for correctness anyways. Might as well do it in the first place then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t matter if you voted Republican. These problems are a direct consequence of Republican policies that they announced before the elections. Fearmongering about “any party left of us will take away your freedoms to limit your resource consumption” is a trait of far-right parties. My point was not about Democrats. It was about people who vote Republican.

  The US has a political problem with its voting system that benefits two parties, and they won’t get rid of it. As long as this is the case, no other party matters. Also, Dems usually enact more regulations for the environment; see also California.

  I voted neither Reps or Dems because I live in the EU, and my vote always went to Greens or other environmental parties.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's up, selfhosters? It's self hosting Sunday!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  NixOS […] learn everything

  I don’t think it’s possible to learn everything for NixOS as a casual user / admin. It’s massive. I was luckily able to sneak a NixOS project into work which gave me some paid time on the topic. But there’s always room to learn more about it. Which is a good thing - by its nature, it’s just more powerful than conventional distributions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At least mining did create some local jobs, though I do think that the area itself loses out because it’s a finite resource and the environmental impact is always there. And as you said, these modern examples don’t really require a big local workforce. It doesn’t stimulate the local economy a bit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People should be angry and upset about this. Similar to the story some weeks ago where residents of a small Texan town (seemingly rightfully at first) complained about the noise pollution of a Bitcoin mining farm. Turns out they all voted Republican. It’s always “we’ll deregulate and bring business” just that the modern businesses they bring are a net negative for the area except for the politicians and the companies. Is almost like these regulations were there for a reason.

  Both Bitcoin and AI are stupid VC money that only matters in a very small bubble, and they’re not business in a traditional sense. They just leech resources at their compute centers to make the people who own them and live far away rich. I pity all this who didn’t vote for this kind of bullshit. The rest, enjoy your shorter showers and everything else! But remember, it’s the Dems who want to dictate stuff like water usage. Not in my free country! Oh, the water is gone because a greedy Corp stole it? That’s fine, one day it’s my turn to be rich.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Privileged ports can be used by processes that are running without root permissions.

  I guess you mean unprivileged ports?

  So if the sshd process would crash or stop for some other reason, any malicious user process could pretend to be the real ssh server without privilege escalation.

  Not really, except on the very first connection because you need access to the root-owned and otherwise inaccessible SSH host key, otherwise you’ll get the message a lot of people have probably seen after they reinstalled a system (something like “SOMEONE MIGHT BE DOING SOMETHING VERY NASTY!”).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨change_org⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How are you going to stop the Sudanese Civil War with a petition?

  By removing Character.AI NSFW filters

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NO! I don't want to download your app and set up an account. Leave me alone⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  JPEG is surprisingly decent considering its age ( it’s actually Alien technology from the future). Gif… not so much. Gif is horrible

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HOOOOONNNNKK-snewewewewwew⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a statement. Similar to a thinking cap

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Itch.io apologise for "frustration and confusion" after delisting thousands of NSFW projects⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
  1. Install Cake Wallet on phone
  2. Setup Monero Wallet
  3. Click “Buy”

  It’s not that difficult

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get in the pod, inhale the fumes.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  However, if you follow that train of thought, you’ll often get to the point where you’d need to get rid of cars as we know them today.

  If people weren’t depending on them, fewer would have one. And if only few people have one (they are expensive, after all), why build roads just for them? Why all this costly infrastructure that would only benefit 5% of the population? Why use everyone’s tax to fund them?

  The fact that cars are built like today - basically comfort cages - is only because all this infrastructure exists. They’re not used outside of that environment. So of people don’t depend on it, they’d probably vanish in a couple of decades, at least outside of their respective niches.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A New Guilty Gear Game Has Been Canceled⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In my opinion, the problems in Strive are nothing a new GG would fix better than patching Strive itself.

  I think they had a good idea with Strive, as in casualize GG to make it more appealing to the masses. Yes, at the top, the game has balancing issues; but numbers can easily be tweaked. The game lacks a proper ranked mode, but so far, none of their games had one AFAIK so a new game wouldn’t necessarily fix that either (ranked is announced for Strive though). The only thing I see a new game improve is new singleplayer content, and

  The game had a relative peak last year (second only to the original release) when Dizzy was released – almost double the players compared to the Baiken release… while the player baseline is relatively constant, it seems the peaks are growing. Why go for a new game when you can actually build a playerbase with the current one?

  I see some videos of players discovering Strive right now (almost surreal considering the game is four years old now…) and nobody is claiming about age issues with this game, as in bad netcode, performance, graphics or whatever. In fact, most people say that the game’s presentation is very good and that the fights are fun. There’s no need to crank out a new game for the sake of it when the teams are busy with other projects anyways, like Marvel Tokon, Hunter X Hunter and whatever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘You can’t pause the internet’: social media creators hit by burnout⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My point was not only that aspect, but also about the fact that input and output of the task is information. And while information itself can be a “product” or be provided as a service, in most cases, it’s not.

  But anyhow, I feel like I’m overexplaining myself over a term I said wasn’t good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let’s Encrypt Begins Supporting IP Address Certificates⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Think that’s called NATing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘You can’t pause the internet’: social media creators hit by burnout⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  With administrative, I meant that IT is a about information flow - defining rules how data is consumed, transformed and ultimately output. These by definition of a classic business I’d see as administrative.

  I agree the wording isn’t good, and I didn’t mean it as in “anyone working in IT is just performing administrative tasks”, but rather that the field of IT is traditionally more of an enabler of other businesses.

  The mechanic is usually the actual worker - you run a repair shop - but his spare parts management is an administrative task, and nowadays usually implemented by an IT solution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘You can’t pause the internet’: social media creators hit by burnout⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  At least in some cases, it might just be wholesome advice. The fact that you have “a job” and a whole different persona from that and they’re two separate things that sometimes intertwine probably brings you closer to us in administrative tasks (in the end, IT is by definition always something administrative rather than actually productive) than me as in an IT guy with an influencer. Because ultimately, your actual identity is your job, and by conclusion, your whole life is performative, which sounds REALLY exhausting

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's Encrypt rolls out free security certs for IP addresses⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Shameless self plug: pc-hass.de/blog/simple-home-dns/