circuitfarmer

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine & Steam Frame FAQ - RAM and storage crisis to blame for no pricing or dates⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I had started to assume this was the case.

  With all the layoffs in tech, I’m just hoping the Frame releases while I can justify it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I be using Debian?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely makes a lot of sense to use a VM for it. Though there is something fun about having a spare laptop and just playing on bare metal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I be using Debian?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m running Mint currently

  I’m wondering if there is a lot of benefit to going more barebones

  Not really. On the scale at which homelabs operate, I doubt you’ll see any difference at all – except what might be the significant time sink to set everything up again.

  I’m not having any issues with my current setup

  I’d put this firmly in the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” category. Mint is already a distro which is ultimately a Debian derivative. It operates more like Debian as opposed to, say, Fedora or Arch. While it can be enticing to explore the many options of Linux, the benefit isn’t clear here.

  Now, distro hopping on a nonproduction system? Something where you don’t care what’s on it and you just want to experiment? That’s one of the best parts of being a Linux user. But at least do that first before even approaching breaking something that isn’t broken.

  It sounds more like you want to have fun distro hopping, and believe me: I can tell you from experience that distro hopping isn’t fun if you have to rely on that machine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m really tired of seeing this idiot quoted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will pay $135 million to settle illegal data collection lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, no argument there. But I’d argue companies do that kind of thing already for various reasons (many having to do with taxes).

  Overall, I don’t think it’s a good argument against regulation to say “let’s regulate less because people will cheat”. People will always cheat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will pay $135 million to settle illegal data collection lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Really need to start calculating settlements like this as a function of profits. Otherwise this is just factored in as a business cost and does not actually apply as a consequence.

  $135 million may seem like a lot to regular people, but it’s not for Google. If we are letting these tacit monopolies stay in place, then the kid gloves at least need to come off when they’re being dealt with. Scale up consequences so they are appropriate for the size of the corporation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux just works until it doesn't⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This guy fucks

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG accused of using AI-generated art to promote sale, as job listing indicates they're keen to adopt "AI-assisted development tools"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oof. I feel like GOG has been on the good guy list for a while, so this is pretty disheartening.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Owner Valve Faces $900 Million Lawsuit Over PC Monopoly Claims, Following UK Tribunal Ruling - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is exactly why this shit constantly annoys me. Steam is not unique in how they handle their store. If you don’t want to pay Valve a fee as a dev, then don’t put your game on Steam. No one is forced to do that.

  Now, you will lose many sales. But a service being popular does not make it a monopoly. Other stores exist, and are even discussed in the article. All of them have some similar method of getting add-ons. Steam’s happens to be very easy – again, that doesn’t make it anti-competitive.

  Also: the fact that this is about “PC gaming monopoly” and “Microsoft” is not mentioned is just… wild. And sad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Owner Valve Faces $900 Million Lawsuit Over PC Monopoly Claims, Following UK Tribunal Ruling - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Xero is publicly traded. Generally it’s shareholders wanting endless return that pushes every company to enshittify. The specifics of the company matter less if they have public shareholders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gehheie88f3nj3-i-odk3j4y8-fff-jej⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “Works on my machine”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Humans on average get 2 hours of battery life for every hour they charge⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I only charge myself to 80% each time in a vain attempt to extend my feeble existence

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Textbook definition of a solution searching for a problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else feel like "analog" stuff is more "tangible"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I felt like I agreed with the title, but the logic in the explanation doesn’t hold up for me. I don’t think analog or digital are more resistant to various things that may happen – both are susceptible to their own things.

  Where I do agree: I can hold a vinyl record in my hand, and it’s MY copy. Mine has a scratch that makes that noise on track 2. The crackle is specific to mine. It is unique in a way that the Spotify equivalent isn’t.

  But put that record in the wrong spot, it’ll warp. Everything dies, just in a different way.

  PSA: I am not suggesting equivalence. I’ll take analog all day long and it shocks me that people are willing to pay over and over again to access the same content with digital streaming. But yeah, can’t get behind the logic in the post.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I rememeber when “the 1%” was a thing. It wasn’t that long ago.

  And no one really cared. The rich just do want they want and entire countries just spend and spend and pretend like a Balenciaga T-shirt that took them 100 hours of labor to afford is worth mountains of systematic injustices.

  I’m so tired of this timeline.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone NOT steaming their Music?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Most times I listen to records.

  For digital music, I have a local collection. I copy chunks of it to my phone periodically for remote listening.

  Making people pay over and over again for the same product is the greatest trick businesses ever pulled.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme crushes Apple M4, Intel, and AMD in new benchmarks⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll take cherrypicking for $500, Alex

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon is making it impossible to remove the DRM from Kindle Books⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This. All of these problems are solved by people not giving money. But often it seems difficult for people to actually stand behind principle when the time comes – convenience is a helluva drug.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When real life generates the shitpost⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Jerry who?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI announces AI-powered hiring platform to take on LinkedIn⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You need jobs before you can have hiring

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Been seeing a lot of posts about replacing Spotify and such, so I wrote up a guide on how I did just that⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To each their own I guess (which is the point after all :) ). I’ve never had an issue with Jellyfin for music in the few years I’ve used it. All setups are different though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Been seeing a lot of posts about replacing Spotify and such, so I wrote up a guide on how I did just that⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never had an issue, hm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Been seeing a lot of posts about replacing Spotify and such, so I wrote up a guide on how I did just that⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fantastsic post!

  FWIW I suspect Jellyfin is the better choice for libraries with both music and movies. That said, we live in a world where multiple FOSS options exist to serve these roles. That should be appreciated and noticed by waaaay more people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There aren’t really many choices when it comes to mobile OS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saudi Arabia says no normalization with Israel without establishing Palestinian state⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No shit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Introduces In-Game Performance Monitor⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Being able to see your actual performance versus your framegen performance is actually pretty cool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says a 25% tariff "must be paid by Apple" on iPhones not made in the US, says he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the US⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is, perhaps, the only thing he touches that is made in the USA.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says a 25% tariff "must be paid by Apple" on iPhones not made in the US, says he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the US⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I bet Tim Apple is really happy about his large donation to the Trump inauguration.

  Then again, if you’re that rich, maybe having some intelligence and foresight should be an expectation. If you don’t have those things, maybe you shouldn’t be rich.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions are getting more expensive⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it just me, or does that sound like a monopoly?

  Do any creatives attempt to create assets for another platform?

  I’m really not blaming creatives on this one. Obviously they need to make money. But this seems like a clear case of advantage being taken against one skillset by virtue of monopoly.

  I’d say it seems like the key issue affecting creatives, if AI didn’t exist.

  As an outsider: how did we get to a point where every creator is limited to one box?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For those non-USians reading this, the pattern is: states which tend to vote Republican and thus have majority Republican governance. So called “red states”.