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Comment on AI to drive natural gas boom as utilities face surging data center demand in ~finance
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Comment on Unity appoints former EA and Zynga executive Matthew Bromberg as its new CEO in ~games
adutchman Link ParentI'm not a game dev but I keep up with Godot developments and the somewhat recent 4.0 release has been a leap forward, especially in the 3D space, so depending on when you made the decision to...I'm not a game dev but I keep up with Godot developments and the somewhat recent 4.0 release has been a leap forward, especially in the 3D space, so depending on when you made the decision to switch to UE, it's probably worth trying out Godot.
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Comment on Unity appoints former EA and Zynga executive Matthew Bromberg as its new CEO in ~games
adutchman Link ParentYou probably have, but have you considered Godot?You probably have, but have you considered Godot?
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Comment on Big Tech has slashed its office presence in San Francisco by half in ~finance
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Comment on SSL.com is evil and deceptive: Don’t do business with SSL.com in ~tech
adutchman Link ParentThe only reasonable use-case I have seen for no SSL/TLS is retro sites or just blogs that need/want to keep compatibility with old computers. Other than that I also think it is the bare minimum. I...The only reasonable use-case I have seen for no SSL/TLS is retro sites or just blogs that need/want to keep compatibility with old computers. Other than that I also think it is the bare minimum. I must say that I have not really encountered any websites without SSL/TLS in the Netherlands though.
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Comment on Help me ditch Chrome's password manager! in ~tech
adutchman Link ParentI rent a Hetzner server. It's a fair price and good service. Only downside is that you can't easily add other services like Collabora Online.I rent a Hetzner server. It's a fair price and good service. Only downside is that you can't easily add other services like Collabora Online.
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Comment on Help me ditch Chrome's password manager! in ~tech
adutchman LinkI use Keepass intensively. Synchronising is quite easy actually, because you just have to synchronise the file. I use Nextcloud, but you can use any cloudprovider or software like syncthing or...I use Keepass intensively. Synchronising is quite easy actually, because you just have to synchronise the file. I use Nextcloud, but you can use any cloudprovider or software like syncthing or rsync. Most mobile clients even have an option to synchronise from a cloud service. I don't synchronise the keyfile to make sure that even if my password and cloud are hacked, an attacker can't get in. It is probably overkill, but hey, why not. As for ease of use: I don't really use that sort of functionality much, but I'm pretty sure you can achieve some pretty smooth operation with browser plugins. That being said, Bitwarden is also an excellent option and it is what I normally recommend to others, since it is more user friendly.
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Comment on In Berlin, I experience icks I never thought possible in ~travel
adutchman Link ParentThat's a great point. I also think that ideally more people would learn about these things.That's a great point. I also think that ideally more people would learn about these things.
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Comment on In Berlin, I experience icks I never thought possible in ~travel
adutchman LinkThe thing about the N-word is a bit of projection I think. To understand why it is not just bad but very racist to say the N-word, you have to be aquanted with US history on slavery. The writer...The thing about the N-word is a bit of projection I think. To understand why it is not just bad but very racist to say the N-word, you have to be aquanted with US history on slavery. The writer pretty much assumes that people in Germany should all just know this, but never considers the culture difference. The work thing also feels like a projection of American culture ("Work means individuality, performance and innovation") instead of German work culture ("You get paid to do something specific correctly in a strict context and time-frame"). All in all, it just seems like they don't understand German culture and write it off as wrong.
Now, the graffiti and art stuff is true: Berlin have a "edgy-teen" reputation among Germans as well, this is widely known (as far as I know).
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
adutchman Link ParentSame here. 3 times in the last decade is a lot more than I expected.Same here. 3 times in the last decade is a lot more than I expected.
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Comment on This month in Servo: tables, WOFF2, Outreachy, and more in ~tech
adutchman LinkGreat to see that the Servo project is still chugging along.Great to see that the Servo project is still chugging along.
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Comment on Linux Distro Recommendations in ~comp
adutchman (edited )Link ParentNothing at all agaknst you personally, but Manjaro is probably the only distro I would actively recommend against: https://manjarno.pages.dev/. TLDR: the Manjaro maintainers have a trackrecord of...Nothing at all agaknst you personally, but Manjaro is probably the only distro I would actively recommend against: https://manjarno.pages.dev/. TLDR: the Manjaro maintainers have a trackrecord of poor security and stability and have shown that they don't really learn from those mistakes. As an alternative, you can use the
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Comment on Linux Distro Recommendations in ~comp
adutchman LinkIf you ask me: Linux Mint or Debian for the laptop, Pop! OS, Fedora/Nobara or Arch (if you like tinkering) for the Gaming PC. I also wrote a blogpost about choosing a Linux distro a while ago...If you ask me: Linux Mint or Debian for the laptop, Pop! OS, Fedora/Nobara or Arch (if you like tinkering) for the Gaming PC. I also wrote a blogpost about choosing a Linux distro a while ago which you might find interesting.
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Comment on Why x86 doesn’t need to die in ~comp
adutchman Link ParentExactly. I am exited by RISC V because I hope it will encourage more competition meaning a more diverse chip-landscape and cheaper mainstream chips. I thought that it was faster and more energy...Exactly. I am exited by RISC V because I hope it will encourage more competition meaning a more diverse chip-landscape and cheaper mainstream chips. I thought that it was faster and more energy efficient because I hear that a lot but in the end I really don't care. If the open standard was CISC and the closed one RISC, I would have been excited for CISC.
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Comment on Qualcomm says most Windows games should ‘just work’ on its unannounced Arm laptops in ~games
adutchman Link ParentYes, that's right. I was talking more about the performance and caviats. Didn't know QEMU could do that sort of thing.Yes, that's right. I was talking more about the performance and caviats. Didn't know QEMU could do that sort of thing.
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Comment on Qualcomm says most Windows games should ‘just work’ on its unannounced Arm laptops in ~games
adutchman LinkIt sounda on the surface that the compatibility is similar to Steams Proton for Windows to Linux compatibility. If that ia true, the laptops have a lot of potential. I hope it could also put more...It sounda on the surface that the compatibility is similar to Steams Proton for Windows to Linux compatibility. If that ia true, the laptops have a lot of potential. I hope it could also put more pressure on game devs to stop using Kernel level anti-cheat, because it is nonsense anyway
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Comment on AI IT project management in ~tech
adutchman LinkI am a programmer and I have found that it is great at writing boilerplate code. I will carefully craft one unit test and tell it generate one for all the other methods in a class for example. It...I am a programmer and I have found that it is great at writing boilerplate code. I will carefully craft one unit test and tell it generate one for all the other methods in a class for example. It can also greatly help by making a jumping of point.
The thing with coding specifically is that the core business is still designing an app that meets all the requirements and figuring them out when users themselves often can't clearly articulate what they want. Add to that the management of a growing system and keeping it stable, performant and easy to use and you've got the core tasks of a software engineer that is very hard to replace with AI. AI being able to code just means we will spend less time crunching code, but that's just a continuation of a longer trend: assembly to C to high-level languages to highly integrated full-stack frameworks (obviously skipping over a lot).
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Comment on Cystic fibrosis breakthrough has given patients a chance to live longer in ~health
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Comment on What's something about your lived experience you wished people understood, but rarely do? in ~talk
adutchman Link ParentFully agree with you. The core issue is people not making an effort to respect and understand dogs.Fully agree with you. The core issue is people not making an effort to respect and understand dogs.
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Comment on What's something about your lived experience you wished people understood, but rarely do? in ~talk
adutchman LinkThis is something that pales in comparison to the other stories, but I wanted to share it anyways: fobias. I have always had a fear of dogs. When I was younger it had quite a big impact on my...This is something that pales in comparison to the other stories, but I wanted to share it anyways: fobias.
I have always had a fear of dogs. When I was younger it had quite a big impact on my life: I was nervous going on a walk in a forest or going to a beach because there was a good chance of dogs running around there. I couldn't go to some kids homes because they had dogs.
People just don't understand fear. That's because it is irrational by definition. I also understand that dogs won't hurt me, but that's not how fears work. The fact that people don't understand is probably a bigger problem than the fear itself. When I ask people to put their dog on a leish or put them in another room, they take it personally:"My dog doesn't [bark, bite jump]" or they ridicule my fobia:"It's such a small dog". If they don't ridicule it or take it personally, they will just forget that I have a fobia because for them, a dog is such a normal part of life they literally cannot understand that someone would be frightened of it.
This is why, when I ask for the dog to be put in a bench/other room, someone there (be it family, guests) would let the dog escape. When I say the dog escapes every time, I do mean every time. I know of one single home where I know they will truly understand and I have tried going to people with dogs tens of times.
I have done therapy for this and it's at a point where dogs in public will only make me nervous when running around. I can even stay in the same room as a dog now with one exception: barking. That still triggers a fight or flight response. The sad part of that means that now I am nervous because I am anticipating a bark.
This seems to be skipping a few steps. It's still early in the AI boom, so there is no telling how players and, most importantly, hardware will evolve. I think we are also getting to a point where renawables plus batteries are getting cheaper tha gas peaker plants. Besides: the world is trying to fase out gas for climate reasons, not increase it, so claiming that there will be a "gas boom" is a bit rich.
P.S the article also has a "owners of gas energy plants forecast an increase in a demand for gas" vibe.