VinesNFluff

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[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 31 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Once I went travelling and left my arch(btw) desktop computer unplugged for just over a full month.

When I came back there were 1 235 packages needing updating, between repo and AUR.

.... It worked fine tho. That install didn't really go to shit until about a month ago, when months of sloppy system management on my end finally caught up to me and left me with a lot of mysterious issues. So I cut my losses and ditched it.

I'm using OpenSUSE Tumbleweed now (btw).

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

Tldr is awesome.

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The only "issue" with man pages is that they open in less and less is a bit too -- Vim-y. So you end up needing to read a manual on how to read manuals?

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

On my end, like --

I have about as many tech issues with Windows as with Linux -- It comes with me enjoying tinkering as a hobby I think?

BUT, and this is important, when shit breaks on Linux, there is always output on the terminal, or a log file, or something else you can check, and even when I don't know what to do about it, a simple copypaste of the error on internet search usually gets me some answers.

When shit breaks on Windows? HOLY FUCKING SHIT. It just sorta dies and leaves you in the dark with nothing to go on for troubleshooting. Windows wants to make computers into magic boxes that "just werk", but it never really gets there, and instead what you get is something that breaks just as often, but is a lot more opaque.

That BSOD with an emoticon lives rent-free in my head. Like who the fuck thought it was a good idea?

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago

It is not two concentric circles, but the overlap is gigantic.

Both circles are entirely contained within a larger circle that says "neurodiverse people", though.

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Proprietary NVidia API for paralell computation.

Very useful for Machine Learning stuff. And for Crypto though that has fallen out of fashion nowadays.

Basically if you're doing a fuck-ton of math and want it to happen very fast, you want to use a GPU to do it (GPUs are literally made for that -- That this helps them draw video games is a happy consequence), and NVidia's CUDA tech makes it... Easier? Faster? Not sure what the proper difference is, but yeah.

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ubuntu logo looks kinda like an abstract drawing of an anus--

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If there are any car guys in the family, simply tell them it's sorta like that. Tinkering is a totally valid hobby, but older people have an easier time understanding it with cars (because cars have been around longer, mostly :P)

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 7 points 1 year ago (7 children)
[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As an Amateur Artist (my pfp was drawn by me) -- You are correct. Though in this particular picture I have no trouble telling her shape from the background objects.

Addendum: In cartoon art, generally, black fills are avoided. Instead you use very dark grey for black things, so as to keep the (black) outline distinct. Other artstyles have other ways of doing stuff.

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

"Ugh my old laptop runs so slow now. I'm gonna have to buy one, won't I?"

"Seriously? I can't uninstall candy fucking crush now?"

"Man, why do they always make it so hard to change the most basic of settings?"

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