pathief

pathief, 6 days ago

The mechanical keyboard topic was just an example. Because I’m kinda into mechanical keyboards, I can instantly spot the obviously bad recommendations. If the topic was something like microphones or washing machines, I’d be toast.

pathief, 6 days ago

Thanks for sharing, I’ll definitely start asking there!

pathief, 6 days ago

Unfortunately this doesn’t work in Portugal. Most sales people don’t have any sort of training in the products they sell and they are heavily pressured into selling services rather than products. Your budget is 200 euros? They’re going to try to suggest you a 100 euros product and then try to get you to buy extended warranty and/or insurance.

Source: I did sales to pay for my college

pathief, 6 days ago

That’s a very neat idea, to be honest. I hadn’t thought of that!

pathief, 9 days ago

I only played the boardgame is ascension 0 and I feel like the experience is the same as playing the videogame in ascension 0. The early encounters are very easy and provide no challenge. Monsters in early encounters have 3-9 HP, each attack deals 1 HP. It gets more interesting in the second act.

The game provides you with a way to start the game immediately in the second act. You can skip the first act altogether if you don’t find it interesting.

pathief, 9 days ago

Their website says Temporarily sold out., one can only assume. Fingers crossed!

pathief, 10 days ago

While I wish Linux support was something they prioritized, it doesn’t take much to understand it’s never gonna happen.

It takes a single look into the Proton VPN v4 client to understand Linux is a third class citizen at best.

pathief, 9 days ago

The problem isn’t just the packaging format, it’s the quality of the application. It’s missing a ton of functionalities that exist in the windows version. Wireguard isn’t available, for instance. And have you seen the design? Why do other OS get a beautiful application and we have that?

pathief, 9 days ago

Proton does improve their products, that’s true. I’m very happy with the improvements they have been making with Proton Pass, for instance.

But they don’t improve their linux products, at least not at a reasonable pace. How many years to we need to wait for WireGuard support? Or ipv6? :/

pathief, 9 days ago

That Boss guy says it there, Linux customership is negligible.

Yeah, of course. I understand this. Developing for Linux is hard and probably not worth it financially.

It’s also a chicken/egg problem, isn’t it? If a Linux user is seeking a VPN software, why would they pick Proton over something with a better client? (eg: Mullvad). You can’t get a good user base when your product is so inferior.

The Proton Drive problem is something I don’t really understand. How hard would it be to develop a v1 product with rclone and then a v2 product that was actually nice?

pathief, 9 days ago

Proton supports Wireguard on Windows for several years now.

pathief, 9 days ago

I know about this but it sucks for several reasons:

• This doesn’t use the proton vpn client
• You need to setup configuration files for each country you wish to connect
• You configure a server directly, you can’t just connect to “France” and have the client choose the server with the least load
• You can no longer select a random country, you have to introduce the randomness yourself
• You have to manage configurations like kill switches on your own, since you’re no longer using the proton client

It’s certainly a viable option, but why must linux users have all these drawbacks? :|

pathief, 12 days ago (edited 6 days ago)

Having free and open source software is not enough for some people. The dev needs to publish it in a Foss platform, use a Foss operative system, a Foss ide, mild political views. Free, quality and high maintained software is not good enough these days. /s

pathief, 14 days ago

I mean… If Proton had no way of knowing your recovery email, it would be pretty pointless to set one up. If they do have a way of knowing it, they are bound by swiss law to give it up. No company is above the law, they have always been very transparent on that matter.

pathief, 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago)

You REALLY overestimate how much men like urinals. Have you ever seen an urinal at anyone’s home? Men would be perfectly fine with toilets.

pathief, 16 days ago

No, the reason is because no one even thinks about urinals. Many people actually prefer the privacy of a bathroom stall.

pathief, 16 days ago

I’ve never seen one in Portugal. From low to upper class, no one has them at home.

pathief, 18 days ago

They have posted on Reddit that if you have kill switch and wireguard you are safe on every platform except Linux. A fix is being worked on for linux, no ETA.

pathief, 18 days ago

It does affect Linux, tho! In fact that’s the only platform where proton claims to have no solution yet.

pathief, 22 days ago

Wow, what a blast from the past. I loved playing this game as kid. I’m not sure I understood the strategy or anything, but I did love playing it :P

pathief, 22 days ago

This is not how you get people to join your ideas, this is how you push them away further.

pathief, 22 days ago (edited 22 days ago)

I don’t know how you read my comment and concluded that I approve racism or homofobia. It’s these kind of comments that push people away.

Vegan and non vegans are are at the opposite extremes. One only eats meat, the other never eats meat. You can’t insult people into your way. No one wants to have a conversation with you when you just randomly accuse them of homofobia. In your future attempt try going easier and with baby steps. People are more likely to stop eating meat if they take it one step at a time. This ridiculous expectation that someone must change their lifestyle over night or they’re racists… This isn’t the way, statistically speaking. But alas, this is a pointless discussion because you already know this and just want to fight with a stranger on the internet. Have a nice day.

pathief, 23 days ago

Yep, I know exactly what you mean. Lack of ipv6 is mind blowing, to be honest.