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Dark_Arc

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Hiker, software engineer (primarily C++, Java, and Python), Minecraft modder, hunter (of the Hunt Showdown variety), biker, adoptive Akronite, and general doer of assorted things.

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Cool! It Takes Two is a great game; hopefully this lets more people enjoy it!

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    Kagi Summary:

    Open source software alternatives like GIMP, Kaden Live, and Inkscape often fall short compared to their closed-source counterparts like Photoshop and Premiere. This is because open source projects tend to lack dedicated designers, quality assurance teams, and overall management, resulting in subpar user interfaces and missing key features. However, there are successful examples of open source software like Blender and Thunderbird that have overcome these challenges by building dedicated teams, standardizing their designs, and engaging with users. The open source community faces difficulties in competing with the ease of monetizing software today, as independent developers are more likely to create their own closed-source apps rather than contribute to open source projects long-term. While open source has produced many great tools, improving the user experience and management of larger open source projects could help them better rival their commercial competitors.

    As for “why the downvote” … this is a click bait title with a “tell me something I don’t know” levels of content. The #1 problem facing all OSS is a lack of volunteers. It’s rare that a project owner is actively malicious towards their user base or doesn’t understand that things like UI/UX and QA could be better.

    This has similar energy to a Twitter argument I had with Liam from GamingOnLinux that made me lose all respect for him. OSS authors are not indebted to their users. If you want OSS to be better … go spend some time making it better or donate money to the authors of the software to allow them to spend more time on it.

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    Yeah, it’s actually … a bit creepy.

    Federated voting in general seems like it could use some rethinking to enable private voting but also to protect against vote manipulation. Right now the fediverse is arguably incredibly vulnerable to vote manipulation campaigns.

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    One possible answer is to allow anyone to see votes categorized by instance, so you know where they’re originating from.

    Small/single user instances could be aggregated together/anonymized or maybe that’s just the price you pay for having a single user instance.

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    Something with 1-click installs like TrueNAS can help quite a bit. It’s still something that requires active involvement from the operator to do well though. If you’re self hosting, it’s like DIY construction, if something falls down … you can’t sue your contractor/nobody’s going to make you whole again except yourself.

    There’s also the networking side of things. I just wrote up some thoughts on that as well… alexandrite.app/social.packetloss.gg/…/1821545

    Things like ZeroTier/TailScale/Nebula can make this monumentally more approachable and safer. It’s still far from for everyone though.

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    It seems nice … but where did the archive message button go?

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    Ugh… It’s wayyyy at the bottom of the list for me (behind a dozen or so folders that I do use, but use far less regularly).

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    I hope so

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    Comparing floats for equality is generally a bad idea anyways.

    Floats should really only be used for approximate math. You need something like Java’s BigDecimal or BigInteger to handle floating point math with precision.

    Looks like this is the equivalent for Python:

    docs.python.org/3/library/decimal.html

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    I’ll +1 the Fedora KDE for desktop usage and Debian for server usage … this combo is where I’ve landed after over a decade in the Linux space mixed with personal and professional usage.

    Greater Idaho movement: 13 counties in eastern Oregon have voted to secede and join Idaho (ktvz.com)

    On Tuesday, voters in Crook County passed measure 7-86, which asked voters if they support negotiations to move the Oregon/Idaho border to include Crook County in Idaho. The measure is passing with 53% of the vote, and makes Crook County the 13th county in eastern Oregon to pass a Greater Idaho measure.

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    Look at lemmy. Same country, different laws per instance and different laws in the communities.

    Dark_Arc, (edited )
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    The country is Lemmy the software itself.

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    You mean that floatplane thing he has?

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    It could become independent with sufficient funding. I think that’s part of the idea.

    Though, being able to use other indexes is likely still helpful.

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    All these stories make me feel good about my habit of locking the car doors the second I sit down in the driver’s seat.

    Dark_Arc,
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    I was on a hiking trail … I could see at least 50 meters/yards back.

    I stopped and took a couple pictures of some deer super close to the trail. Looked back, then kept walking… Nobody there.

    A matter of moments later, I hear footsteps behind me. I had headphones on but I wasn’t playing my music very loud. I take a quick glance back, the guy is wearing a grey T-shirt, a blue ball cap, blue jeans, and white sneakers. Literally the most generic outfit you can possibly have and he’s looking at the ground so I can’t see his face.

    I decided to call my friend who’s always home on my phone. He picks up and I just start some BS conversation. Probably 15 seconds later, the dude vanished just as quickly as he’d come.

    I don’t know if he was just a really fast walker and my situational awareness was way off that day, but it did freak me out.

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    Do they actually require it or do they “require” it.

    A lot of things that are browser based “require” Windows or Mac but don’t actually require it.

    Dark_Arc,
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    You should be worried about being on any Windows computer connected to the Internet that Microsoft is no longer patching period…

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    Oh christ…

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    Thoughts on American Giant?

    Is there a website that collects Donald Trump's most incoherent speeches and tweets?

    Sorry if this is the wrong community for this. I’m looking for a compilation of Trump’s most rambling moments (e.g., “Look, having nuclear”; Gettysburg being beautiful; etc.). Does anyone know of any sites that would have something like this? Thank you!

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    www.washingtonpost.com/…/trump-claims-database/

    This is the best database I know of but it’s also old now… And more oriented on lies

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    It is

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    You can almost feel the paranoia that some folks have about a little bit of dirt or a couple of bugs in their house forming in 20th century advertising.

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    I’ve heard dishwashers dull blades. I don’t understand the science (assuming there is some) behind it.

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