baconisaveg

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[–] baconisaveg@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which seems like a really good thing. So he lied to NIMBY's? I'm... ok with that?

[–] baconisaveg@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

There's a digital billboard six blocks away that lights up the wall on my 38th floor bedroom at night whenever it cycles through a white ad at 3am. Seriously? What the fuck.

[–] baconisaveg@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've run Linux since 1998, about half of that time was as a primary desktop. I switched back to Windows on the desktop for a few years (but always had Linux servers on my home network), and recently switched back to running Linux on the desktop about 18 months ago.

I don't run Gnome, KDE, or Wayland. I don't want my Linux desktop to emulate a Windows machine. I prefer command line apps for a lot of things, like music players, file browsers, etc. I don't mind the efforts to make Linux on the desktop more beginner friendly through various UI tools, but I abhor when they do so while degrading the non-UI experience (gconf, you can fuck right off).

I also don't care too much about FOSS. I run plenty of proprietary software packages. I have both Nvidia and AMD GPU's and both work fine, though I prefer the Nvidia because of some of the AI tooling I run. Both have worked fine in Steam for the handful of games I play (FFXIV+mods, New World, Enshrouded, ESO+mods, Neverwinter, Path of Exile, Planetside 2), but I only have about 30 games in my library and I can tell you a good 70% of those I'll likely never feel like playing again.

I do all my work on the same Linux desktop, but most of my job is done on command line tools (coding, git, aws, docker) or via web-based tools (Jira, Outlook, Teams). I have a VM for running Word when I need to open documents with DRM.

I don't think Linux is for everybody, and I don't think people should switch to it unless they're actually interested in learning how to run Linux, and not simply looking for an alternative because "Windoze bad lol".

[–] baconisaveg@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Digital cameras need this kind of speed to dump larger and larger RAW images, especially with things like burst mode. No one cares about your Steam Deck lol.

[–] baconisaveg@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Remember that brief moment where they were the Conservative Reform Alliance Party?

[–] baconisaveg@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

until it’s night time and they is no… wind

Spot the person who's never been to Alberta. It's ALWAYS FUCKING WINDY HERE.

[–] baconisaveg@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

To shreds you say?

[–] baconisaveg@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago

See its the opposite in Linux land.

Yeah see, it's really not. Perhaps if you're only interested in gaming, you might think that way, but Nvidia's GPU's are just plain better at rendering and AI tasks. It doesn't matter to most people if the drivers are open source or not.

[–] baconisaveg@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I just take taxi, go to hotels (using the owner site, never a 3rd party), and do groceries and cook at home.

You might be distancing yourself from the exploitation, but I guarantee you could still find it if you looked.

[–] baconisaveg@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago

Or you know, just beat your kids like they did when I was young. Being bullied at school for not spending your allowance on Fortnite skins would pale compared to the spanking I'd get when asked where my allowance went.

[–] baconisaveg@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not sure why comments like this get so many upvotes. What kind of fantasy world are you living in where rich people pay taxes? There are entire industries formed around helping people to avoid paying as much tax as possible.

[–] baconisaveg@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Didn't POE2 start out as an expansion and they quickly realized they would be better off architecturally just creating a new game? I'm pretty sure that's happened a few times over the years.

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