He’s the guy in the comment asking for evidence. Which I don’t think is wrong, but it seems like he could’ve done some research and they could’ve posted a link for anyone who wanted to know more
It’s free software so you can get rid of it if you want. It’s not really for the users of a free software project to dictate the direction the project should take, perhaps unless they have made substantial contributions
Pricing doesn’t look that bad $2.99/month for 250GB ($0.01196/GB) but bit of a jump to $14.99/month for 2TB ($0.007495/GB), real lack of middle ground there though. I think it is US dollars (hate how websites don’t tell you). Since Audacity is open source it should be possible to create an identical API to the audio.com one for custom storage.
Maybe they store the tracks in an uncompressed format to preserve quality. But you’d probably want to only use it for active projects to avoid the hike. Though there is potentially a conflict of interest there - as with any project that offers cloud storage. You’d have to see if a patch to reduce the file size would be accepted or not
From reading the letter it seemed that they were more concerned with the lead developer’s conflict of interest with said defense company as their company, Determinant Systems, may or may not work with them. They can’t say due to an NDA which implies that they do work with them.
I’m not terribly concerned over the ethics of the defense contractor, what I took away from the article is that Eelco develops some competing products for nix which are proprietary and leads the nix project. Massive conflict of interest he refused to address. Furthermore, his behaviour in the community isn’t very good - you could argue “But that doesn’t matter, what matters is that he writes good code”, however you would miss the point. Such behaviour has the potential to alienate current and future contributors - what open source projects need to keep going.
I’m working on a some materials for a class wherein I’ll be teaching some young, wide-eyed Windows nerds about Linux and we’re including a section we’re calling “foot guns”. Basically it’s ways you might shoot yourself in the foot while meddling with your newfound Linux powers....
Maybe, just maybe it shouldn’t cost close to 10k to even TRY to have a kid through IVF? More like 15k out of pocket costs till the Medicare rebate anyway....
??? I don’t think this is targeted at Indigenous Australians, I think the point of the article is that the economy requires population growth in order to grow. I suppose economic growth may be a threat to Indigenous communities if more land is taken to support the growth.
Maybe I’m reading it wrong but they just seem to insinuate that it is common knowledge when I doubt most people would be aware of the issue. It just seems really off topic - I suppose it’s important but as far as I know that practice does not continue today.
Should we be trying to correct it by encouraging Indigenous Australians to have more children? It’s up to the individuals really but I don’t think it’s wise to encourage people to have children if it’s not economically sustainable for them just so we can feel satisfied that some past wrongdoings have been “corrected” (at least on the population size front, not the socio-economic front). Personally, I don’t think we really need to increase our population size too much anyway, as we’re seeing now “baby booms” aren’t actually that good long term, when there is a massive ageing population in need of care. Simply put I think that quality of life is inversely proportional to population size.
The only game I have ever played is FIFA on a PS4. Now I have a gaming laptop but have no idea how I should go about playing games on Linux. Appreciate your help in advance!
Beyond All Reason was recently recommended to me in an ask Lemmy Thread. Can confirm it is a great game if you’re into real time strategy (Free and Open Source). Naev and Endless Sky - Single player 2D open world space exploration, trading with some interesting storylines (Both are also FOSS and inspired heavily by the Escape Velocity series of games), I have spent ma y hours playing these games. Mindustry is another fun one people are recommending, takes elements of Factory Building games and Real Time Strategy (FOSS).
Venturing into the non-foss side of things, most games seem to work, check protondb before purchasing for Linux compatiblility. Steam is pretty good on Linux. I’ve found Terraria to be quite addictive which natively supports Linux. Starbound is also pretty good but I haven’t touched it for a few years because the storyline is rather a cliche and just not interesting at all to me (I did finish it).
Another option for games is emulation.
If your gaming laptop has an NVIDIA GPU as well as integrated (usually Intel) you may need to launch your games with certain environment variables incase they default to the integrated graphics. In my experience with hybrid graphics Wayland works quite well as the desktop will be run on the integrated graphics.
A 53-year-old mother and personal trainer has been identified as the victim of a suspected mushroom poisoning at a wellness retreat in regional Victoria on Saturday night....
It will be interesting to see if the weirdness of “Sexy Train” will be beaten next year. Thank you for everyone who participated and thanks for organising this great event!
The senior officer, Amy Scott, was conducting routine duties nearby when she was directed to head to Westfield shopping centre following reports a man was using a “massive” knife to stab shoppers....
I’ve no doubt that the prejudices of individual officers affects their policing and in some cases may be racist or anti-minority. I think the way around this is more accountability for police officers: they must have bodycams when doing their jobs which are publicly available (we live in a Democracy do we not?) and officers can be removed due random reviews. There is no internal process, it is done by an independent commision. In incidents like this or when in a dodgy area I wouldn’t feel very comfortable with a low police presence. I’m not sure what the alternative to police would be, something like the second amendment in the US?
I wonder also whether it would be interesting if votes were public like on Facebook for example. Though I don’t think disabling downvotes solves the problem. It makes it easier to agree and harder to disagree. You’ll still be mostly exposed to things that the majority of people agree with, this not challenging the majority opinion. Looking at how most social media work, aiming to keep you on the platform longer to see more ads the votes make sense, see more stuff you agree with, happier you are, longer you stay. I don’t see why we need that here, I’m not currently aware of any for-profit instances (there is threads I guess). It was probably brought over from Reddit without much thought.
Edit: I’ll also point out that the voting system on the Stack Exchange sites is different as those sites generally cover objective topics (it does fall apart in some cases), while here pretty much everything is political.
I mostly agree with what you have said. I’m not denying that the problem is societal:
I’m not sure what the alternative to police would be, something like the second amendment in the US?
What I meant by that statement was what do we do to prevent crimes (especially of the violent kind) when societal change fails to prevent it? My solution would be a much, much smaller police force that can run more efficiently with much higher standards of training and accountabilty
I think hating the police is a distraction from holding politicians who create and protect the laws which the police enforce. For anything to be done politicians need to do it, yet they don’t. Don’t fight the symptoms fight the disease
Sure grab some quotes, don’t engage with the whole comment. I can change my mind on things. I don’t know why this needs to be about trying to hurt me rather than have a reasonable debate
You never said that we should have less police, you only said that certain groups feel safer with less police. I was under the impression that you didn’t want police at all
Recognize the mother of Wifi (i.imgflip.com)
What’s your evidence, Richard Easton??!?
Would you? (lemmy.world)
Roy was distraught when police seized his beloved roosters, saying 'I have failed as a father' (www.abc.net.au)
Roy lost his roosters over a noise complaint, he’s hoping the premier can intervene as he did with Molly the magpie...
It isn't an ugly city (aussie.zone)
Audacity 3.5 Released with Cloud Saving, Beat Detection, Pitch Shifting, and More (9to5linux.com)
open letter to the NixOS foundation (save-nix-together.org)
chaos.social/
What're some of the dumbest things you've done to yourself in Linux?
I’m working on a some materials for a class wherein I’ll be teaching some young, wide-eyed Windows nerds about Linux and we’re including a section we’re calling “foot guns”. Basically it’s ways you might shoot yourself in the foot while meddling with your newfound Linux powers....
There's a baby drought in Australia. Maybe we should fund IVF? (www.abc.net.au)
Maybe, just maybe it shouldn’t cost close to 10k to even TRY to have a kid through IVF? More like 15k out of pocket costs till the Medicare rebate anyway....
I've never played games. Suggest a couple of addictive games I can play on Linux
The only game I have ever played is FIFA on a PS4. Now I have a gaming laptop but have no idea how I should go about playing games on Linux. Appreciate your help in advance!
Rachael Dixon, 53, dies in suspected mushroom poisoning (Ballarat). (www.news.com.au)
A 53-year-old mother and personal trainer has been identified as the victim of a suspected mushroom poisoning at a wellness retreat in regional Victoria on Saturday night....
Lemmyvision - The Results Are In!! (jlai.lu)
The results are in! 🎶...
Coulda been worse. Could've ended up like Oscar Wilde (aussie.zone)
Transcript:...
Anthony Albanese has praised a lone police officer who pursued a man on a stabbing spree through a shopping mall, saying ‘there is no doubt that she saved lives through her action’ (www.theguardian.com)
The senior officer, Amy Scott, was conducting routine duties nearby when she was directed to head to Westfield shopping centre following reports a man was using a “massive” knife to stab shoppers....