Nicbudd

@Nicbudd@beehaw.org

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Nicbudd,

This is such a boomer meme

Nicbudd,

Being able to see bug reports is not required to use the software. You’ve made the decision to block Cloudflare, so now you face the consequences of not being able to access certain websites. Expecting free software developers to ensure that every single part of the experience is seamless for users who decide to block certain services is not reasonable.

Nicbudd,

No way y’all didn’t stretch out his face

Nicbudd,

I installed Edge on Linux because it’s fun watching Linux people get angry about it

Did we kill Linux's killer feature?

A few years ago we were able to upgrade everything (OS and Apps) using a single command. I remember this was something we boasted about when talking to Windows and Mac fans. It was such an amazing feature. Something that users of proprietary systems hadn’t even heard about. We had this on desktops before things like Apple’s...

Nicbudd,

This sucks, but on the flip side, before Flatpak and others, if the software wasn’t in the repo then we’re SOL and can’t install it. Asking all developers everywhere to maintain a version of their software for every single package manager and ensure support for every distro is a bit unattainable. If Linux settled on one package manager or one distro then this would be solved, but such a statement is antithetical to the abundance of choice that Linux boasts.

Would you rather not be able to update an app or not be able to install an app?

Nicbudd,

What do you mean integrate? The framework doesn’t have any ports on it by default, that’s kinda the point. I don’t want an SD card reader, only a micro SD card reader, why should I pay for one?

Are you ever disappointed by bands that completely change their music style?

I’ve noticed that the majority of bands I’ve loved since I was younger have entirely abandoned their old style for music that feels far more bland and uninteresting. It breaks my heart to no end when a band I’ve loved releases a new album and by halfway through you’re done with it....

Nicbudd,

Highly Suspect were so good in their first two albums, but fellow New Hampshire boy Johnny Stevens decided he wanted to be a rapper, and then the band started to suck

Nicbudd,

You think someone should be locked up for “repeat offenses” of having sex? Is that reasonable?

Nicbudd,

The Ancient Greeks beg to differ

Nicbudd,

Linux Mint with XFCE is what I’d go with

Nicbudd,

I’ve had a much easier time on Ubuntu with NVIDIA cards than with other distros. Also, I’m not sure how this is helpful advice to a new user at all.

Nicbudd,

I’m interested by the fact that we have very different experiences with Linux. I switched from Windows to Kubuntu when I was starting out and I found it pretty easy to learn, aside from a few new concepts that were just different. Aside from programs that just didn’t work because they didn’t have Linux versions, I had vastly less problems running Linux than Windows on my PC.

Nicbudd,

When did he do that?

Nicbudd,

I’ve known Alyaza for about 6 years now, she deserves all the help she can get right now. They’re an intelligent person in a bad situation, and I want to see them succeed.

Nicbudd,

How is getting more performance out of a CPU greedy? Is making a better product that people want greedy? Stagnation is lazy, and making CPUs faster is better for the consumer. So is AMD putting pressure on Intel by releasing faster and faster CPUs. This is a large part of why we have such powerful computers now that shape our modern world.

What “hack” are you talking about that they implemented in Zen 3? Speculative Execution has been around for years, and speculative execution vulnerabilities have been happening ever since. Thankfully, the fix is available and not incredibly difficult to implement, which seems to be the case for most of these bugs. Why should we sacrifice speed for the potential that maybe we implement a bug that can be fixed with a BIOS upgrade?

Nicbudd,

Some bots are cool, some are annoying. How about the community gets to vote to add certain bots. Many such options have been brought up already.

Nicbudd,

That’s a very valid opinion. I started out with Kubuntu, and after a bit of distro hopping I’m on Pop!_OS now for my laptop and desktop. I love it, but I doubt I would’ve at the start of my journey

Instead of visiting r/place to drive traffic to Reddit, try out HumanShader! (humanshader.com)

This website is pretty cool. It’s a shader algorithm with the goal of rendering an image pixel by pixel, but it relies entirely on human calculation, with no computers and no calculators. Claim a pixel, and follow the instructions to calculate the Red Green and Blue values of the pixel you have claimed....

Nicbudd,

It’s a fun thing to commit 10 minutes to, kinda satisfying too. It’s fun to try to do a job that we normally expect computers to do, and it’s cool to work collaboratively towards something bigger than yourself.

Nicbudd,

My pixel expired after I finished it unfortunately. I wish I contributed, it would be cool to make something a little bigger.

Nicbudd,

Pop!_OS. It just works, it's easy, and it makes me enjoy using my computer.

Nicbudd,

Copyright and patents: 10-20 years maximum, depending on the industry. Trademarks should be forever, because that kinda defeats the point of a trademark if it expires.

Let me give an example I understand personally: Rubik's cubes. Rubik's cubes were invented by Ernő Rubik, and gained widespread popularity in the early 80s. In 1982 there was a speed solving competition, where Minh Thai got the world record fastest solve at 22.95 seconds. After this, the "craze" died out and it lost much popularity. Ideal Toy Corp sold the puzzle and retained a patent on it until 2000, after which was the second cubing craze. Sales doubled between 2001 and 2003, and the speed solving competitions came back. This time, however, solvers were not buying the stiff, clunky, catchy, sandy "Rubik's Cubes", they were at first appearing to be buying Chinese "knock-offs", brands which quickly developed recognition and brand loyalty among speed solvers. They were designed for speed, they had looser springs, less plastic, but "torpedoes" to keep them in place under other pieces, and cut out corners to allow imprecise movement. You can buy a better cube than the Rubik's Cube for less money than a Rubik's Cube. You can buy 10 speed cubes for the price of one Rubik's Brand speed cube, their failed attempt at capitalizing on the market. Rubik's Brand has spent the entire time up until very recently not interacting with the rest of the community, trying to sue companies out of selling their products.

Nicbudd,

Was going to send someone at work an interesting article which was linked from Reddit but the subreddit was shutdown. I hate that reddit is doing this, and I hope more subs shut down permanently for protest so that reddit can't just "wait it out", but man is it inconvenient as hell.

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