Bluewing

@Bluewing@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Order a Slate pickup. Buy what you want and only what you want. And add things later as you want or buy that tablet from amazon and a bluetooth speaker and install it yourself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the issues is that you can’t pick and choose exactly what you want in your new vehicle. You can’t say, get just a simple AM/FM radio and get bluetooth. You buy a package of accessories.

  So if you want just that simple radio, not only don’t you get the bluetooth, but you have to give up the power seats and windows too. It’s an all or nothing choice.

  There was a time you would order your new car with individual accessories and then a couple of months to get it. I’m pulling for Slate to be successful and bring that freedom of choice back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slicer software for a Linux system?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  OK, I’ve heard conflicting reports if it was moribund or active. Always an issue with one man shows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"ok, imagine a gun."⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, and we thank you for the word soccer too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"ok, imagine a gun."⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  No, but many needed to protect those passengers from bandits and other assorted outlaws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Speed Loader For Your 3D Printer Filament⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Another answer to question that no one asked…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slicer software for a Linux system?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Is there any new work being done on SuperSlicer? Or is it orphaned yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slicer software for a Linux system?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a subscription based software. And it appears that it doesn’t much care for my old Nitro 5 laptop and Fedora 42. With 16Gigs of memory and the old 1650 nVidia chipset in it. It really slammed the brakes on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slicer software for a Linux system?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m using Fedora KDE 42 and I found that to run Orca well I had to switch to the flatpak of the nightly builds. It still crashes sometimes, but not very often.

  Bambu Studio was stable, but I have ditched it for Orca. I also use Prusa Slicer to run my Klipperized Mk3s. Prusa Slicer has always been rock solid for me no matter the distro or OS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slicer software for a Linux system?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you tried starting Orca from the command line? It should show the error of a lib you are probably missing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Legislation is a poor way to force populations into changing away from something they choose to do/use. As the saying goes “It’s hard to talk someone out of something they weren’t talked into”.

  Example: See France or Somalia

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  All it takes is one big brother/sister that knows how to access a free or paid VPN and their 5 year old little sibling and all their friends will have it also. Despite the difficulty teaching them math or history, they DO learn very quickly and are fast to figure out new things that interest them.

  Do you know what’s smarter and more talented the the UK government?

  14, 402, 544 kids…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Karma Wyrm(3D printed soft bait fishing mold)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You are pushing me into yet another hobby. I really want to try this! You are an evil dog!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Karma Wyrm(3D printed soft bait fishing mold)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As another fisher person, I’m interested in this. This could open a whole new world for wannabe lure makers. I can see myself dabbling in this since it appears cheap and easy enough to engage in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Cheaper PEEK? Polymaker Unveils Its New $66 High-Temp Filament⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Few consumer printers can print this material any better than PEEK. The Bambu H2D and Prusa’s HT90 can just do it. And $60 while cheaper than PEEK, still ain’t much of a bargin for the vast majority of hobbyists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And you don’t think iPhones and Apple don’t know your location?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They got pills for that. Just sayin’

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Vivaldi is OK, but I would replace it with something else. It’s a pretty busy UI and I have had issues with it freezing in Fedora 42 KDE.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sovol SV08 or Prusa MK4S⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, they have taken some things proprietary with software and hardware. This was done in response to Chinese manufacturers, and yes Bambu in particular, taking the proprietary pathway and not giving new ideas back to the open source community.

  Now, Bambu making proprietary products is well within their right. But that makes life harder for a true open source manufacturer to make enough money to stay in business. So it ain’t taking 20/10 vision to read the writing on the wall if Prusa intends to stay in business. So there is a real need to protect themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sovol SV08 or Prusa MK4S⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you are willing to spend the money, I would highly recommend a Prusa. The quality of service and support alone is worth the extra money. If the cost of a Prusa bothers you, I would point you at Qidi as a more budget friendly brand. If I was starting over and looking to buy my first printer, I would be looking at the Core One or the Qidi Plus 4. And Qidi is set to release their own AMS called the Qidi box for the Plus 4 here shortly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3D Printed Damascus⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  3D printing and lost PLA casting is a valid process. And is something that can be done in your own backyard if you want. Aluminum and brass are common metals used by home casters. So it’s kind of cool to see.

  As an old toolmaker, I do take exception to this being called “Damascus”. To even call it pattern welded even would be very generous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gimme mah Cube!

  And the wobblies and explosions are cool too!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember when Walmart sold boxed releases of RedHat and Mandrake. My first installs were fueled by $20 boxed releases at Walmart. I was so bummed when they stopped. But I could send away for Ubuntu releases on a CD for free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks to Trump, there appears to be some initiatives in Europe for governments to switch to open source. It seems they want to try and get out of relying on US companies for their technology. That would make a large jump in the user base.

  They have tried before, and not had the best luck in dropping US vendors. Things seem to run out of steam at some point and they switch back. It will be interesting to see if things stick more this time.

  I’m pulling for them to succeed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I briefly looked at LFS with the thought to try it a long time ago. No… Just no…

  That’s not an OS, that is a psychotic break with reality. Fortunately, you can take shots for it…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I did Gentoo for a bit also. Ain’t enough hours in the day…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Despite not being a gamer myself, Gamers are or should be a hotly contested demographic for Linux to chase and capture. And thanks to Steam, there is a shift happening as gaming gets easier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Real men and women run Slack. Tarballs Yum!

  To head off the zealots-- ./././

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My first guess is the author is aggregating the numbers from either the distros download data directly or they are getting the numbers from some place like Distro Watch. You can even get a crude sense of the increase in new users if you hang out in a distro help forum. I check the r/Fedora sub on reddit a few times a week, (I run Fedora 42 BTW), and there has been enough of an increase in new users posting “OMG, I just ditched Windows and look at my shiny new Gnome/KDE desktop!” to be annoying to some people. It can be hard to find those posts from people looking for help with a problem sometimes.

  What no one can say is just how long those shiny new users will stick with Linux or run back to Windows at a later date. My gut feeling is, if half of this new 5% sticks it’s a major, major victory for all the distros.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Feds in Catalonia, Spain think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It looks to be a pain between the tools needed and the hassle. It supposedly takes between 30 minutes to a couple of hours depending on your skills and some luck.