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Stallman in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 46 minutes ago* (last edited 36 minutes ago) (1 children)

I'm going to guess you've never been part of a project with complexity and sheer black magic fuckery comparable to Ventoy. The developer (a singular person) had to make a choice between:

  • Pandering to a small group of vocal open-source extremists, dedicating a large part of their time to changing the incredibly complex build process to also build the binaries of other open-source projects, potentially at the cost of stability, eventually arriving at a product with the same feature set, pleasing some open-source extremists, but still receiving criticism for "taking a year to respond to a genuine concern"; or
  • Not doing that and focusing their effort on stability and compatibility fixes to arrive at an improved product.

I've read the original issue thread front to back, and it's a fucking clown show. I can't blame the developer for not wanting to engage with those people. Nobody is entitled to the developer's time or attention. Right now the issue is being worked on, which is more than most of the whiners can say about themselves; if you think that's still insufficient, do better.

Who knew decanters could be in funny shapes in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 22 hours ago

dickanter

Do you keep your phone in your right or your left pocket? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

Whichever pocket doesn't conain the keys.

And the keys go in whichever pocket doesn't contain my phone.

Stallman in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Yes, but people have concerns. Ventoy is fully open-source, but the build process pulls binary blobs (compiled executables, think of them like blob chips) from other F/OSS projects, which is an issue for some people. They have legitimate concerns about trusting Ventoy because they have to implicitly trust the projects that Ventoy pulls from but can't verify what is getting pulled. If such a project were to become compromised (the way XZ-Utils was), it would eventually spread to Ventoy.

That being said, the developers (or singular developer, not sure) are taking steps to reduce Ventoy's dependency on external blobs. It's a difficult task and they have limited resources, but they have acknowledged that it is an issue and are working on a solution.

Stallman in c/[email protected]
Monobloc (chair) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

It's a large household trash bin with two wheels, a handle, and a lid, usually made out of plastic. You can tilt it onto the wheels for easier transportation. It often has receptacles that a garbage truck can hook into when emptying.

The "wheelie bin" expression is (probably) Irish.

Monobloc (chair) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

There is a variant of the chair that have gaps in the seat to prevent rain from pooling. While it's a useful feature, it also presents a danger because sitting on them can cause the gaps to widen, allowing things like testicles to pass through, and get caught when the person stands up.

Enjoy picturing that thought.

Nighthawks: Vic's in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't see an egress airlock... wonder what it means.

This MP3 nugget is humiliating modern tech. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Do early ipods not show up as mass storage devices at all?

This MP3 nugget is humiliating modern tech. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Maybe I'll put it in another community. Audiophile Circlejerk if it exists.

But my main points boil down to:

  • Extra hardware -> extra work & materials -> extra cost
  • Additional point of failure
  • Horrible effect on repairability, e-waste
  • Limits audio quality and volume (both maximum and minimum) to the integrated DAC's output
  • Limits compatibility to devices that have USB-C and implement the protocols, which precludes everything that is analog
This MP3 nugget is humiliating modern tech. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That is a horrid idea from so many perspectives and I hope it never sees the light of the heavens. I would elaborate, but my reply would surely contain an excess of profanities and I fear the moderators' wrath.

This MP3 nugget is humiliating modern tech. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Absolutely cromulent.

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This MP3 nugget is humiliating modern tech. (lemmy.world)
 

It's a Creative Zen Stone that I got as a Christmas gift in 2008. I just found it in a drawer, and it's still holding charge. The last thing I put on it was The Life And Times Of Scrooge by Tuomas Holopainen, in 2015 -- I don't know why, at that time I definitely had a smartphone.

It has a headphone jack, which immediately makes it better than every smartphone produced in the last several years, and it can easily drive my 80-ohm Beyerdynamic. The audio quality is as good as one can expect. The only drawback is that it only holds 1GB... my old CD rips had to be compressed to hell and back.

Let me reiterate that this has been sitting untouched for a decade and was immediately ready for action. No login, no annoying software updates, expired subscription, or remote bricking by the manufacturer. Eat my shorts, Spotify Car Thing.

P.s. A Lifetime Of Adventure is a banger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWwSVOo5K_k

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My Deer Friend Bajirao (www.youtube.com)
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At some point, kids watching older cartoons will no longer understand why putting a thermometer under a desk lamp was a way to skip school. (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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LED lights are great, but I miss having a mini hot plate on my desk to mindlessly touch and burn my hand.

(Do kids even watch cartoons these days, or do they go into scrolling withdrawal before the first commercial break?)

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In a stunning case of crossed wires... (lemmy.world)
 

I just tossed a fistful of pistachio shells into my mouth.

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Happiest man in Revachol (www.youtube.com)
 

INTERFACING [Trivial: failed] - The umbrella bounces off the side of the bin with a clang and a clatter. It comes to rest on the cold concrete, in the middle of a puddle of trash juice. It is no more pitiful a sight than before.

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Decoy jeans! (files.catbox.moe)
 

Clipped from Josh Strife Hayes' "Dark Swoles" stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfwKE9XpvBs

Textless version: https://files.catbox.moe/6kd0wi.mp4

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All hail the mighty butt. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Philip Rebohle, DXVK's founding developer, stated in an interview that he started the project "to get one specific game to work". Later, he explained in a forum post that he was a bit of a Nier fanboy, and that it was a relatively simple game to use as a test subject for DXVK.

Rebohle was later contacted and hired by Valve. Wine already had a D3D11 compatibility layer, but it wasn't nearly as far ahead as DXVK at the time. It's fair to say that Linux gaming wouldn't exist in its current form if not for one guy's appreciation for Nier Automata. Rebohle still works at Valve, currently conributing to VKD3D-Proton.

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Twitter's blue check mark is the modern equivalent of a dunce cap. (lemmy.world)
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It's not a store... it's where I get my free games. (lemmy.world)
 

re: this article.

The title is a joke. "Free, but you have to make an EGS account" is a bit too rich for me.

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My impulse purchase of a UPS is saving my ass right now. (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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About half a year ago I bought a used UPS. It didn't have enough output to power my main PC, but it's perfect for my home server and network.

Starting on Christmas eve and continuing even today, my neighbourhood has been getting intermittent brownouts. It's only affecting one phase (house is on a three-phase 240V connection), which happens to be the one powering my network (also all of the light fixtures, stupid Soviet house), and the UPS works beautifully. I didn't lose any of my services even once. Without it, I would probably be reinstalling Proxmox and praying to the RAID gods to restore my hard drives.

"It pays for itself as soon as it is needed" is proven true once again.

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PEGI is a pissing joke. (lemmy.world)
 

For context: https://sh.itjust.works/post/29595487 https://lemm.ee/post/50197116

(actual life-ruining gambling is okay though, as long as you give the slot machine a thematic paint job)

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Slow day at work made me realise why I like this community so much. (lemmy.world)
 

It is the polar opposite of the hustle culture, and I despise the hustle culture. Here I can be comfortably adequate and still feel valid.

I haven't done a damn thing today at work. My inbox is empty. The helpdesk is stagnant. Nobody's come into my office with an emergency. I've been watching Star Trek TNG interrupted only by toilet and coffee breaks. I'll wait for the cleaning lady to check the trash cans (they're empty), lock up, and go pick up my dad's gift.

What a perfectly adequate day.

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