FrostKing

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FrostKing,

The simple answer is, generally no. Most modern Christians are far more moderate and flimsy in their beliefs than one might think. There’s always going to be extremists in any situation, but someone that identifies as a “Christian” in the modern world is generally shaped by the modern world. You’ll be hard pressed to find someone deny basic science in today’s world.

Apple limits third-party browser engine work to EU devices (www.theregister.com)

The Register has learned from those involved in the browser trade that Apple has limited the development and testing of third-party browser engines to devices physically located in the EU. That requirement adds an additional barrier to anyone planning to develop and support a browser with an alternative engine in the EU....

FrostKing,

I could be wrong, but I believe he meant that other countries themselves should pass similar laws; not that the EU should make laws mandating what Apple does in other countries

FrostKing,

Wait, I’ve been out of the loop for a bit; is Trump actually saying that he should be immune to charges because he was the president??? How in the world could he think that would work?

FrostKing,

Personally, I don’t think a service is in the wrong for trying to protect against ad block, especially when their revenue comes from ads. However I also don’t think there’s anything wrong with adblockers continuing to innovate to circumvent that. I’m rooting for Ublock Origin lol

What apps would you love to have open-source alternatives for?

It seems like the FOSS community is continuing to grow, and FOSS apps keep getting better (Immich reallh blew my mind recently), which is a big win 😎 but there are still many apps I use that I would kill for an open source alternative. I am curious what you guys think? Are there any apps you’d love alternatives for?

FrostKing,

I keep hearing people recommend signal messenger as an alternative to discord, and honestly that’s the most obvious sign you don’t actually use discord

FrostKing,

The fact of the matter is, in many places (I’m thinking of America mainly) using a car is far more convenient, if not the only option, and that’s the problem

Having an error running as sudo in Nobara Linux

for context: I have an Asrock b450m/ac R2.0 MoBo (that seems to matter), and I’m running Nobara Linux. I was using OpenRGB to control some rgb fans and it was working fine, although I couldn’t control the individual LEDs. Then suddenly (Can’t think of anything I did that would’ve messed it up, other than maybe going from...

FrostKing,

My family doesn’t get smartphones until age 12. That seems to work well

FrostKing,

Recently installed Linux (Nobara to be specific) and I’m amazed this isn’t talked about more. It’s so useful! Windows is seriously missing out not having a program like this built in.

New to Linux—Epic Games compatibility? (Plus more)

I’m thinking of installing Linux (think I’m going to use Nobara) on my new budget gaming PC, and my biggest worry is video games compatibility. I have most of my games on Steam and Epic. Some on GOG, and some on Itch. I know a bit about steam compatibility, but not much about the rest. Is this something I need to worry...

FrostKing,

I know this won’t be the most popular opinion, but honestly if they hadn’t raised the price and I had the money, I probably would have YouTube premium. This is only because YouTube happens to be my main source of video entertainment, informational content, etc. and I also use YouTube music for all my music (though I highly recommend the app InnerTune to anyone that wants to be able to turn their phone off while listening to music etc.) Now that the price is so much higher, it’s not even close to worth it, but if it was… I don’t know, 5 bucks a month? Sure, I’ll pay it. Ofc if much rather pay like 50 bucks for a lifetime subscription, but god knows they’re never doing that.

FrostKing,

People misunderstand the target audience of GitHub—which is specifically not the general public, but yes, developers. If you don’t want to be treated as a developer, don’t use a platform designed for developers. And I’m saying this as someone who’s having a horrible time learning hot git and GitHub works. (Not because it’s bad, I’m just a slow learner lol)

FrostKing,

I don’t run Linux (though I’m admittedly more interested in it than I used to be) but the reddit API stuff definitely made me learn more about foss, and value it more.

FrostKing,

When I actually talk with Trump supporters, it’s very clear to me that many don’t actually support trump. Or, at least, not the trump we see. It’s usually a case of leading a busy life and making the mistake of trusting a news org to tell you the truth of the matter when you have five minutes to catch up. And if you pick one that supports trump …well you see where this goes. It is admittedly clear that people don’t understand the gravity of the situation—but as a result, the ‘crime’ is usually ignorance, not maliciousness. As always, the fact that this is a ‘political’ topic muddies the water, and no one understands what the other side actually wants. We do agree on most things, it’s just silly tribalism that makes us call a large portion of the population a “piece of shit”.

There are always those outliers that are genuinely evil, but I do believe they’re outliers.

9 days after writing in defence of a Free Palestine, Paul Biggar is dropped from his director role at CircleCI (hachyderm.io)

His original post , titled I can’t sleep, is some brilliant writing. When we talk about the chilling effect that criticism of Israel creates in industries everywhere (including ours) this is what that looks like.

FrostKing,

Genuine question: What’s this have to do with open source?

FrostKing,

Seriously though, people way over gate-keep cooking. It’s not hard to get into, at all. Just practice, and don’t feel bad about following recipes to a tee. Even once you get better, there’s nothing saying you have to create your own recipes. If you enjoy the process of cooking but not the rest, fuck putting limitations on something as simple as making food and do your own thing

Linux Newbie here, can I have some advice on dual booting my windows laptop

I’ve used Windows my whole life, except for a 2006 Mac OS X I got when I was a kid, and I never thought about switching away from it. However, in recent times, I’ve grown to care more about FOSS and customizability, and I’m also a bit more tech-savvy than the average person, I’d say. As such, I’ve of course heard of...

FrostKing,

People’s perspectives on things are weird. I’m totally fine with vegans, vegetarians, meat eaters, whoever. But when someone who eats meat is excited because they think meat tastes good… why did you think they eat it??? Obviously they think it’s yummy, and obviously, to a certain degree, they see animals as a source of that. If you want to fight against that fine, but don’t act surprised that it exists.

FrostKing, (edited )

As someone who’s had bedbugs multiple times… Yes it’s very much worth throwing away your entire wardrobe if you have to. Do everything you can to prevent getting them.

FrostKing,

Can’t tell you the amount of times someone has acted astonished when I tell them I drink coffee because I genuinely like it—i just drink it in the morning because if I drank it later it’d keep me awake.

A lot of people drink it purely to stay awake and I do not get that. Get some caffeine pills or something.

FrostKing,

Re-Logic have always been my favorite group of devs in the industry. This is yet another item to add to my long list of reasons for that.

Putting their money where their mouth is.

FrostKing,

AAA companies: Makes bad game and releases apology promising to make good games now

Also AAA companies: We are not capable of making good games, stop expecting to much.

FrostKing,

People expect social media services to die and rise in a day. As much as people like to think that is how it works, it isn’t—Reddit itself grew slowly overtime, before absorbing Digg and Lemmy will hopefully do the same. We just have to use it, enjoy it, and recommend it to people. Overtime, it will grow, and we have to hope for the best and spearhead that.

FrostKing,

I think an important thing to note is that he is right in pointing out that his channel was always for people that can move, explaining why you would want to and why he did. The problem is, you finish doing that at some point, and it trails off into “let’s complain about cars”. There was a video that stuck out to me, where his tone was very harsh and unwelcoming to those who might disagree with him. In the comments, he said something along the lines of “If you find “my tone too harsh” don’t watch the videos or deal with it” although I think with more curse words, I don’t remember exactly.

I think that’s a horrible perspective that he’s moved into. As a rather progressive person, including in this topic of conversation, his older videos were a well-measured perspective that I could send to my (rather conservative) family in hopes that they’d understand where he (and I) was coming from. Now, as much as I want to say I like his content and am a fan just because I usually agree with him, he sounds more like a bitter old man complaining in a way that’s not going to do anything other than make people who already agree with him feel good, certainly not bring people who don’t over to his side or help them understand his perspective. It’s all very disappointing.

As far as whether it’s “possible” to “fix” North America… I don’t think it matters all that much as far as affecting our actions. Whether the things we’re doing take hold in 10 years, or 60, or 100, we should start and continue as soon as possible. Being cynical about it, while maybe not being wrong, I don’t know, just seems… useless.

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