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- Comment on Google Search referrals to the web have plummeted, AI links are 'less than 1%' of traffic 7 hours ago:
Given the state of a lot of the summaries I’ve seen lately, that is scary.
- Comment on Manjaro Linux Team Goes on Strike, Threatens to Fork the Project 21 hours ago:
It’s the tls certificate that proves your website is legit. Without which, you can potentially be a malicious actor that can pose as the website, and when you download the iso, you could unknowingly download something malicious. It’s pretty hard to forget certificate renewal (most of the time there are plenty of reminders sent and warnings given), so the fact that it happened twice was very impressively bad.
- Comment on Manjaro Linux Team Goes on Strike, Threatens to Fork the Project 1 day ago:
Plenty of things, but the most obvious being the two separate instances they had issues with renewing their certs.
- Comment on Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptops 2 weeks ago:
Also, don’t forget creating a bootable USB stick with the distros you think you’d like. Rufus or balena etcher should get you there, just figure out what distros you think you’d like to try out, as sometimes it can be easier to set those up than create a vm, plus you might be able to notice any obvious issues running natively.
- Comment on Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable 2 weeks ago:
I mean, I use Bluetooth headphones on my phone most of the time, but I do still require a headphone jack as a backup. I used a phone without one for a while, and decided I need one on future phones, as well as a micro SD card (I need more than a tb of storage for my music and audiobooks).
- Comment on Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable 2 weeks ago:
Actually, a few of the Motorola phones do have headphone jacks and sd card ports, like the moto G. Which is why I’m really, really hoping those are the models supported.
- Comment on Is spreading. 3 weeks ago:
Huh, interesting. My old laptop was on x (i3wm), so I mostly had issues with that, and how the GPU would have to spin up if any of the usb c ports were being used, as they ran through the GPU (stupid design). Thankfully I don’t really have to worry about Nvidia anymore, new laptop (which is actually older) only has Intel integrated (specifically wanted to get away from Nvidia) and the desktop has an AMD gpu.
- Comment on Is spreading. 3 weeks ago:
Any issues with the GPU drivers switching between integrated and discrete? That’s what I was having issues with on my last laptop, didn’t really have too much else as a problem, and why I often hesitate to recommend people with laptops running Nvidia graphics to switch too quickly for that reason.
- Comment on Is spreading. 3 weeks ago:
Eh, the install for most distros is pretty hard to screw up, just be careful about your Nvidia drivers. I’ve had bad luck with laptops with Nvidia in past, but actually running the game in Linux (at least from steam/proton) should be pretty seamless.
- Comment on January meme 2 months ago:
Do you know de wae?
- Comment on McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash 3 months ago:
Yeah, pretty much the same here though if the dose is higher it can get close to this.
- Comment on McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash 3 months ago:
It was shitty, but if you wanna imagine you’re tripping, this is it right here.
- Comment on McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash 3 months ago:
Look it up, the whole thing is bad, like “how did they think this was gonna work” bad. It’s got the uncanny valley, lack of a cohesive storyline, nonsense song lyrics (they sound decent, until you read the lyrics), etc. I can only assume they thought it would only do them good because they were using AI, but no, no it didn’t help.
- Comment on Netflix kills casting from phones 3 months ago:
You absolutely can. Currently running mine off of my desktop, but it’s overkill and have a few coworkers that used nucs/cheap mini PCs to setup jellyfin. Biggest thing is to make sure you have enough storage to hold all of your media, then you’re fine.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats 4 months ago:
My father got and installed two of the newer nest thermostats, and they are bar none two of the most annoying tech devices I’ve ever had the misfortune of having to fix. Have literally spent hours debugging them when changing the wifi password, they don’t support wpa3, and the setup app feels like a half assed student project. I know this audience probably isn’t interested in getting one, but if one of your family members gets some for free, do NOT let them install them.
- Comment on What Are Ya'll Playing? 5 months ago:
I mean, the graphics were pretty impressive and the beginning premise was interesting, but after 3hrs I just kinda got more bored as the plot isn’t cohesive at all and figuring out where you need to go is actually rather annoying after a bit. I played a bit more than 3hrs because surely it would get better, but it didn’t seem to be so I gave up.
- Comment on What Are Ya'll Playing? 5 months ago:
Finished up “my friend Pedro” a couple of weeks ago (absolutely recommend if you haven’t played it, especially with a high refresh rate screen), played control for a bit (interesting beginning, but the more you play the more confusing/boring I found it), and been revisiting doom eternal since I just upgraded my PC about a month ago. I was planning to play it through with the dlc expansions, then maybe try cyberpunk after. Also been intermittently playing “golf with your friends” when I have game night, pretty fun to play with friends and doesn’t take too much effort.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
Nazis are gonna Nazi, watching what you say doesn’t really stop them from being offended over non offensive shit.
- Comment on The US government could get even more Intel stock if the company ends up losing control of its chip manufacturing business 6 months ago:
They’re not really that great compared to AMD for the most part. Plus rumor is that AMDs next gen is a lot further ahead of Intel. Then again, it depends on how good of a deal you get on them and if power efficiency is a priority (I’ve heard that Intel still is pretty decent in that regard). That being said don’t get any of their 13th or 14th gen CPUs, that’s part of what has led to their current state of affairs.
- Comment on Realized 99% of all my chargers are USB-C. This can only mean one thing. New USB bout to drop! 8 months ago:
Funnily enough, USB c can also do that.
- Comment on rinse 8 months ago:
"Giddy with delight, seeing what’s to come… "
- Comment on What the fuck 8 months ago:
Very Gregnante
- Comment on 'We're done with Teams': German state hits uninstall on Microsoft 8 months ago:
Don’t forget, most computers are faster on Linux than on the newest windows version, so you can hold off on upgrades for longer if the hardware is physically fine, which just further decreases costs.
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 8 months ago:
Book club or maybe even some sort of 3d printing meetup? I’ve always found that the people that are interested in those probably would hit the other items on your list.
- Comment on Why do fancy cars look fancy and cheap cars don't? Can't you just slap a Lamborghini-style chassis onto a lawnmower engine if you want? 9 months ago:
It depends on the frame and the ideals of the manufacturer. You can make a sports car with essentially an economy motor from the same brand (Miata, MR2) or maybe a reliable engine from another (Lotus with Toyota engines), but largely it comes down to if the brand wants to spend money to do it.
- Comment on I got a feeling.. 9 months ago:
She’s lump, she’s lump, she’s lump
- Comment on brb goin shopping in South Carolina 9 months ago:
Not noisy enough.
- Comment on Business Insider will lay off 21% of staff amid AI disruption and “extreme traffic drops” 9 months ago:
I mean, wasn’t mostly spam anyway?
- Comment on Cory Doctorow on how we lost the internet 9 months ago:
Excellent read, this isn’t a post you should just up vote blindly, read it first.
- Comment on "You can't just have Geralt for every single game" says his voice actor, and if you think The Witcher 4 making Ciri the protagonist is "woke," then "read the damn books" 9 months ago:
It’s how they getcha! That dang “Thinking for themselves!”