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Comment on A full body air dryer in ~tech
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Comment on AI content warning label in ~creative
DeaconBlue LinkThis is a malformed question. I don't mean to sound like Stack Overflow here, but you have too many undefined terms/phrases. If you use Photoshop, did you use AI? Probably? You probably didn't...This is a malformed question. I don't mean to sound like Stack Overflow here, but you have too many undefined terms/phrases.
If you use Photoshop, did you use AI? Probably? You probably didn't intend to, but it has a lot of AI for some definition of AI.
Did you take a picture with your phone's default camera app? It probably did some AI cleanup.
Your best option is probably honestly to just explain the tools you used and leave the judgment or lack thereof to the person seeing it.
I don't think any kind of technical answer is the solution here, just the artist's reputation and word.
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Comment on It’s the little things that make me not fully jump to linux in ~comp
DeaconBlue Link ParentFunny thing on this, I did have monitor issues that ended up being down to driver issues after two hours of debugging. For my work windows laptop.At least with the monitor selection one, that could happen with any OS, and most people wouldn't jump to "driver issues" on another OS.
Funny thing on this, I did have monitor issues that ended up being down to driver issues after two hours of debugging. For my work windows laptop.
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Comment on It’s the little things that make me not fully jump to linux in ~comp
DeaconBlue (edited )LinkI am going to HARD disagree with this statement. I have a Windows laptop for work and that thing has no clue which screens are turned on any given day. I occasionally have it think I have a third...3 - on windows, the OS is smart enough to figure out which screen is turned on, so I was used to it automatically outputting to the correct screen
I am going to HARD disagree with this statement. I have a Windows laptop for work and that thing has no clue which screens are turned on any given day. I occasionally have it think I have a third monitor plugged in that it uses as the primary and just does not exist. Switching desks in the office is insanely frustrating because I have to fix the display settings every single time.
Your problems with Nvidia track with my experience. Nvidia does not provide drivers for Linux (last I knew) so they are not plug and play.
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Comment on How are Framework Laptops? in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentI am very much not shy about tearing electronics apart to tinker, so this is a non-issue. I am glad to hear that the new 16 has ironed out some issues, but I am also kind of interested in what...Another thing to consider is how willing to do repairs and upgrades are you?
I am very much not shy about tearing electronics apart to tinker, so this is a non-issue. I am glad to hear that the new 16 has ironed out some issues, but I am also kind of interested in what those issues were.
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Comment on How are Framework Laptops? in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentThis is basically my same use case (including Nix and hyprland), plus some light development work so I am really happy to hear this.My use case is very general. I play light games on it, use word processing and similar software (onlyoffice, and libreoffice). I run nixos w hyprland on it and the processor keeps up with everything even when i have upwards of 7 workspaces open (i usually have at least 3 browser windows open, though most tabs get unloaded from ram). The keyboard is nice and fits my use cases.
This is basically my same use case (including Nix and hyprland), plus some light development work so I am really happy to hear this.
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How are Framework Laptops?
We had this topic a couple of months ago where Framework was mentioned in a few response threads, but the overarching discussion was across a wider subject. My 2016 (I think? It was snagged from e...
We had this topic a couple of months ago where Framework was mentioned in a few response threads, but the overarching discussion was across a wider subject.
My 2016 (I think? It was snagged from e waste) era thinkpad is struggling to keep up with my usage of it. The screen is small, the keyboard sucks, the touchpad is not quite right, it is beyond its useful life.
I like the idea of a Framework laptop. I am leaning toward getting one on principal. It seems like this company is going to survive for a while. I think the last thing I am looking for is anecdotes.
If you use or have used a Framework as a daily driver, what are the pros and cons that you have with them compared to a similar less-modular system? How is support?
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Comment on My guess and opinion on the common blockers to Linux adoption in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentOnly because they've been trained to do so. It's not some inherently safer process.Downloading and double clicking installers is a bit tedious maybe, but it’s entirely familiar and users are reasonably confident that they’re not going to unintentionally explode something while doing it.
Only because they've been trained to do so. It's not some inherently safer process.
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Comment on My guess and opinion on the common blockers to Linux adoption in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentYou don't use the app store because you're used to going out and finding installers for things, not because doing so is some inherently easy or required process. How many non-technical users get...You don't use the app store because you're used to going out and finding installers for things, not because doing so is some inherently easy or required process. How many non-technical users get bamboozled by fake download buttons for applications, or download extra applications they didn't want because the installer application has extra stuff wrapped up in it?
The Ubuntu app store is a perfectly cromulent no-terminal thing for most use cases.
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Comment on My guess and opinion on the common blockers to Linux adoption in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentDo you think that navigating to a website, downloading an installer, and executing it is less effort than apt install softwarename or pacman -Sy softwarename? It's a different process, but I find...Why can't I just download an installer from a website and after a few clicks, have it installed?
Do you think that navigating to a website, downloading an installer, and executing it is less effort than
apt install softwarenameorpacman -Sy softwarename? It's a different process, but I find the act of going out to find installer applications kind of tedious.If you want the "download a thing from the web and double click it" experience, there are always appimages which are very very common.
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Comment on Sweden's employment agency has been tracking the online locations of thousands of citizens claiming unemployment benefits in an effort to crack down on welfare fraud in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentThat tells you that they are on a VPN but you cannot glean where they are. You cannot use IP to know if they are in the country.That tells you that they are on a VPN but you cannot glean where they are. You cannot use IP to know if they are in the country.
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Comment on Sweden's employment agency has been tracking the online locations of thousands of citizens claiming unemployment benefits in an effort to crack down on welfare fraud in ~tech
DeaconBlue (edited )LinkNo, IP cannot be used to identify the device's physical location. With the press of a button I can make my IP from Germany or Sweden or Russia or pretty much wherever I want. This is absurd. A...But Sweden’s Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen) has been tracking citizens online to detect if they are actually in the country. It is checking their Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, which are unique strings of numbers that are assigned to every device and can be used to identify its physical location.
No, IP cannot be used to identify the device's physical location. With the press of a button I can make my IP from Germany or Sweden or Russia or pretty much wherever I want. This is absurd.
A more accurate summary of the article would be "Sweden cracking down on unemployment benefits for people trying to watch specific anime on Netflix"
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Comment on RSL (Really Simple Licensing): The open content licensing standard for the AI-first Internet in ~comp
DeaconBlue Link ParentWhy would it do either thing? Putting a thing on your website that says "do not crawl" is just an extra document to feed the crawlers. Until some of these companies get dismantled, none of them...Will this actually work to get big tech to pay for content, or will this just be a technical way of opting out of being crawled?
Why would it do either thing?
Putting a thing on your website that says "do not crawl" is just an extra document to feed the crawlers. Until some of these companies get dismantled, none of them are following any licenses.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
DeaconBlue Link ParentLauren Boebert is functionally a professional troll. I am surprised that anyone at that level took her bait.Lauren Boebert is functionally a professional troll. I am surprised that anyone at that level took her bait.
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Comment on Looking for some video game suggestions based off some specific parameters in ~games
DeaconBlue Link ParentSeconding this suggestion, great tactical/puzzle game combination and the dialogue is really silly.Seconding this suggestion, great tactical/puzzle game combination and the dialogue is really silly.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
DeaconBlue Link ParentThe closest thing anyone (before your comment) said to "he had it coming" were Charlie's own quotes on gun violence. I don't think that direct quotes from the victim on how he would feel about the...The closest thing anyone (before your comment) said to "he had it coming" were Charlie's own quotes on gun violence.
I don't think that direct quotes from the victim on how he would feel about the subject can be considered malice.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
DeaconBlue Link ParentI am just picturing a version of this pre-social media in a small town. It would be like a newspaper article commenting "Mayor's aid seen pinning a paper to the bulletin board at the post office."...I am just picturing a version of this pre-social media in a small town. It would be like a newspaper article commenting "Mayor's aid seen pinning a paper to the bulletin board at the post office."
I don't know, maybe I am the absurd one.
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Comment on Has anyone else run up against higher costs due to the US tariffs? in ~society
DeaconBlue Link ParentI got stopped and searched on the way back from Canada a couple of weeks ago because I said that I did not have anything to declare and they mentioned the bag of snacks my kids were eating in...I got stopped and searched on the way back from Canada a couple of weeks ago because I said that I did not have anything to declare and they mentioned the bag of snacks my kids were eating in their seats, so I think they are really upping the searches.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
DeaconBlue LinkThis line from the article in particular throws me pretty hard, just at the absurdity Both that a lot of elected officials made it a point to get something out there within minutes despite it...This line from the article in particular throws me pretty hard, just at the absurdity
President Donald Trump and a host of Republican elected officials offered prayers for Kirk on social media.
Both that a lot of elected officials made it a point to get something out there within minutes despite it being a non-statement, and that doing so was important enough to be part of the associated press coverage of the event.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
DeaconBlue Link ParentThe torch was thrown in there a long time ago, this is only like the 15th most notable politically charged violent event this year.The torch was thrown in there a long time ago, this is only like the 15th most notable politically charged violent event this year.
I guess that I would need to know how warm it gets and the airflow rate to run the numbers, but moving air is pretty easy (at least in the amounts of air that people can deal with being aimed at their face) so I can see a world in which the numbers work out.