CalcProgrammer1
@CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.today
Software Engineer, Linux Enthusiast, OpenRGB Developer, and Gamer
- Comment on Nvidia and OpenAI abandon unfinished $100-billion deal in favour of $30-billion investment 1 week ago:
This makes me happy, it sounds like it’s only a matter of time until this ridiculous company crashes and burns. Hopefully when that inevitably happens they’ll have to sell of their ill-gotten RAM surplus that they bought with fake money for pennies on the dollar to pay off their debts.
- Comment on Youtube frontend, Grayjay is coming to Steam 1 week ago:
The more I hear about Louis Rossman and Futo the less I trust either of them. I used to like Louis for his right to repair conversations, but Futo is a very shady organization. They act like they promote open source but refuse to adopt actual FOSS licensing and try to be overly corporate while also trying to play the pro-consumer side. I don’t like it. There are YouTube frontends made by actual FOSS developers with proper FOSS licenses, so I’m not sure why anyone should support or use Grayjay.
- Comment on Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 day 1 week ago:
PostmarketOS is already in a good state for a secondary device, though I don’t think it can completely replace an Android phone just yet. Most devices still have some fundamental hardware support issues even on the more well supported phones (camera is the big one, call audio is also problematic on a lot of devices). However, as a pocketable Linux machine, it is wonderful. I got a second cheap SIM card so I can have data on my OnePlus 6 postmarketOS phone as there are a lot of tasks that work better on Linux than Android. I keep an Android daily driver but am trying to do less and less on it and more on the postmarketOS device.
- Comment on Experimental code ready for testing to enable HDMI 2.1 FRL with AMDGPU on Linux 1 week ago:
I always wondered why nobody just said “screw HDMI, this is open source and nobody can stop us” and did it anyways. I guess now my question is answered. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Hopefully there’s a path to getting this merged, otherwise I hope distros are willing to ship a modified kernel or DKMS patcher for it. A large chunk of Linux drivers are based on reverse engineering, why not HDMI 2.1 support.
- Comment on FR#153 – What does a Discord replacement look like? 2 weeks ago:
I’ve looked for alternatives lately and the most promising one I’ve seen is Spacebar. I would like to see it federate eventually, but I think the way to attract users fleeing Discord isn’t to make them adjust to a less-intuitive or less-featured alternative. People switched to Discord because it combined feature-rich text chat with group voice, video, and streaming all in one central place. Going back to Mumble, Teamspeak, etc. for voice, Matrix or XMPP for chat, etc. is a downgrade and people will just put up with Discord if that’s the alternative.
Unfortunately, there are no fully feature-complete alternatives with Discord’s user-friendliness yet. Spacebar is at least going in the right direction, trying to completely replicate Discord’s API. It seems they had voice working at one point but it’s currently broken due to a compile issue, hopefully the influx of new users will expedite a fix. The only major other thing they’re lacking then is streaming, though that doesn’t sound too hard if they already have voice working. The devs have said they’re open to federation as a future upgrade but the current focus is fully implementing the Discord API. A self-hostable Discord is pretty much what I’d want as a replacement. I’ve used Mumble and I’ve used Matrix and I agree with the idea that neither are a proper replacement for Discord. Matrix’s communities are a loose collection of independent rooms, which is not the same as a proper Discord guild/server. Matrix is great if you want secure, encrypted chats, but synchronizing keys is a pain I don’t see most Discord users accepting.
- Comment on HORI Steam Controller releases in the USA in December 1 year ago:
What is special about this controller? It looks like a basic layout, no haptics, nothing that compares it to the actual Steam Controller or Steam Deck other than the Steam logo. Why would I want this over an Xbox, DualSense, or Switch Pro controller?
- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 1 year ago:
Why can’t they put the power button on the front where it belongs. It’s already stupid that they put it on the back, putting it on the bottom is downright idiotic. If they don’t want to mess up the oh so important Apple aesthetic just make it an invisible touch button or something. Apple hates usability.