GregorGizeh

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GregorGizeh, (edited )

I made the switch to Linux just some days ago, and landed on bazzite. It is fairly idiot proof with an option to roll back the entire system and is generally focused on gaming and ease of use.

So far i am having a blast, almost everything works right out of the box, and the things that didn’t were very minor and fixable with a bit of web search or asking on a relevant discord. I didn’t have to use the dreaded CLI much either yet - maybe 4-5 times - and when I did, I just followed a step by step guide to do something.

My personal recommendation would be choosing gnome as the DE, going with plasma seems more logical coming from windows, but I find it a lot simpler getting used to the differences by using an entirely different ui than windows. Forming new mental pathways is easier than adjusting something practiced a particular way for years.

For reference: bazzite.gg

E: meant to reply to the guy asking for better choices

GregorGizeh,

All good points, I also read somewhere that KDE has slightly better performance. Maybe I’ll make the switch eventually too, but for now I am very happy and am discovering desktop computers all over again. Perhaps gnome is a good starting point for linux, with fewer, more streamlined options. And the new ui factor I mentioned, which was ultimately the deciding point for me

GregorGizeh,

I just want to point out that even bazzite comes with the productivity basics: full libreoffice, Thunderbird, gimp and other graphics software available on installation. VSC has an official (and inofficial) app available as well.

Not saying you’re wrong of course, but as someone who uses his computer to game, consume music and media, and dabble in coding and game modding I haven’t missed anything so far (am very new to Linux myself). Though I’m sure that a more discerning user may find those essentials insufficient.

Youtube Rant from a paying customer

I used to use NewPipe back in the days of yore. Then I got Youtube Premium since it bundled in Youtube Music as well which I used. But the former’s app on mobile is a shit show. Even after paying, you are asked to tip random creators, purchase merchandise[ which are shown as actual ads below videos] and join channels to access...

GregorGizeh,

Am somewhat late to the (third) party, why are most people here using a newpipe fork? Is the original compromised somehow?

GregorGizeh,

Got it, just switched over myself because I liked the differences in the description. Thanks for letting me know!

GregorGizeh,

It is a bit more nuanced than that, AFAIK they added female versions of a specific subset of human military, which for all this time were explicitly male with various lore reasons supporting that fact.

I’m not involved in the hobby myself but went on the occasional lore reading spree on the wikis, as s disclaimer. But I can understand that fans are upset about retcons such as this, where there wasn’t much ambiguity in the lore to squeeze the change in, making it a pretty hard lore break

GregorGizeh,

Paleopunk?

GregorGizeh,

I’d rather have those than the half a dozen random crashes since the update. Everything runs fine, mission progresses, you are done and on the way to extraction. Boom desktop, game process gone, as well as 20 minutes of lifetime. Really kills the fun.

GregorGizeh,

Tangentially related, but reading this made me wonder how it works for her. The picture shows her with short, open hair and a lot more visible skin than strict islam allows. Special permission? Also, does she need a male guardian around even though she could probably kick his teeth in without breaking a sweat?

The whole thing seems very hypocritical from the saudis; women should dress like beekeepers except when it yields us international renown…

GregorGizeh,

Pretty sure that’s how super earth actually fights its wars.

For clarification, the Helldivers are not the regular earth military, that’s the SEAF. The helldivers are some sort of cannon fodder citizens high as fuck on propaganda, deployed on completely reckless complementary missions deep behind the actual front lines that have by default a low chance of success or survival and mostly only serve the role of cavalry: barge into the enemy supply lines, wreck shit and bail again, to take pressure of the main army.

As for the FTL (alcubierre) drive, according to the lore we encountered a third faction in hd1 that was initially peaceful but very technologically advanced, and essentially exterminated them and stole their tech. As far as I know the alcubierre drive model requires dark and/or anti matter to function, so I would guess humanity has also learned (stolen the knowledge) how to harness these substances.

GregorGizeh,

I just realized I dont know who this lady is in real life, i think i never saw her prior to the expanse and then in a bunch of other recent sci fi movies. Seems unusual that an actress would achieve popularity only with age, mostly it is the reverse. Not to say I dislike her, she is great and very memorable with her hardass roles and chain smoker voice.

GregorGizeh,

I am surprised none of these people has done one of those deadman switches to increase their chance of survival. Like a thing somewhere that info dumps all the incriminating evidence on the web if the user hasn’t entered a passcode for 48 hours

GregorGizeh, (edited )

The factory is threatening the water supply of the area, and the planned expansion will decimate the forest. Not to mention that the only reason Tesla is even there is because the politicians did everything short of sucking elons dick to get it. It is only about the prestige of having the hip new car maker (as usual, politicians are years behind the public perception) produce in car country Germany.

GregorGizeh,

By that logic every comment section under a random newspaper’s article is social media. I dont think this forum esque, link feed with comment sections kind of social media that lemmy is, qualifies. Reddit didnt either for the longest time, before they started trying to form a culture and drowned in self referencing humor and repetitive one liner comments.

Posiert diese Vorgesetzte?

Gespräch mit einer Vorgesetzten, die nicht meine aktuelle ist. Mitten im Gespräch wurde erwähnt, dass ich vielleicht eine Versetzung auf einer anderen Station im selben Krankenhaussystem beantrage. Diese Vorgesetzte sagte, man soll das nicht häufig machen, weil sonst wird man als unzuverlässig betrachtet....

GregorGizeh,

Ist subjektiv, aber nicht ganz ohne Wahrheitsgehalt. Wenn du in einem Jahr mehrfach den Job in der selben Branche (oder sogar im selben betrieb) wechselst fragt sich dein nächster chef sicherlich irgendwann wieso. Und wird dann ggf auch mal deine vorigen Arbeitsplätze kontaktieren warum du so unstet bist.

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GregorGizeh,

100% where we are headed with this backwards capitalist approach to ai. Make bots churn out art, films, music, anything creative really, so the proles have more time for mindless manual labor

GregorGizeh,

I noticed you license your comments here, do you really think that stops llm scrapers? I have more or less resigned to the fact that anything I write or post here is in the public domain and on the internet essentially forever.

GregorGizeh, (edited )

Even if it is capped at sub light speeds we could travel all around our solar system in very reasonable timeframes, probably even visit neighboring solar systems without generational ships. Very cool, but this is obviously a very sensationalist headline, so I remain on the fence

GregorGizeh,

Makes more sense than thinking there is a large amount of money deposited by the government in your all caps name that you can access with the right legalese incantation.

GregorGizeh,

Not sure if that is an option for you too, but I have a scanwatch light myself. It is a hybrid smartwatch, being a classic analog watch with a small black and white display in the background.

The scanwatch products are health focused, allowing the user to track a variety of health stats like heartrate, activities and sleep analysis. It is very energy efficient, requring a a recharge about once a month in my case.

It is noteworthy that the hybrid concept makes some cuts to the smartness of the watch, for example replying to messages from the watch is not possible, only reading them as they come in. It doesn’t have touch functionality either, instead you control it with the bezel.

You can configure in the smartphone app which apps are allowed to relay notifications to the watch, giving you the option to filter out most noise that is not relevant to your mom. You can also set up activity plans to track and/or remind her to engage in some moderate activities like taking a walk.

Do note though that the watch asks for a subscription for some premium functions, like workout plans and more in depth health analysis. I don’t have that myself either though, being able to generally monitor my activities is enough for me. The watch also relies on the paired smartphone for its gps functionality, without the phone it would essentially be reduced to a classic wristwatch.

GregorGizeh,

“Under communism you fix your own damn toilet” is a bit of a hard sale I’d say

GregorGizeh,

They can both fuck off

GregorGizeh,

More than anything it is a matter of principle and choice.

Yes, the psn thing was listed somewhere deep down the steam page, where most users dont bother to look and people who are gifted the game will never ckeck. It was also disabled almost immediately, and many thousands of players bought the game and played it for months without ever being asked or informed to make a psn account. Evidently the game runs perfectly fine as is without any need or tangible advantage to enable it now, aside from obvious corporate greed. Even the security pretense they tried doesn’t track because as you point out there is a very invasive anti cheat running anyway.

Meanwhile the anti cheat was also very unpopular, but players could make that choice themselves because it is well known, prominently displayed, and has been consistently a part of the game.

Also, it is not hypocritical at all. One is for mostly legitimate reasons like cheat protection, the other is obvious and pure corporate greed. Not to mention that the assumption that if a person is willing to compromise their data to one party, they should he willing to give it to anyone else who asks as well, is a logical fallacy.

GregorGizeh,

I have adhd, caffeine doesn’t do much for me except make my heart race.

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