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  1. Comment on Living in times of technical feudalism in ~tech

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    After a little readup, it is a new Linux distro. It claims to be independent, fully free, and not to use systemd.

    After a little readup, it is a new Linux distro.

    It claims to be independent, fully free, and not to use systemd.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Looking for an Android keyboard app in ~tech

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    I use https://anysoftkeyboard.github.io/ (fdroid) It checks all your boxes (you can configure it without gifs/emojis/etc), but it is old school, without swype-type and a bit complex to configure.

    I use https://anysoftkeyboard.github.io/ (fdroid)
    It checks all your boxes (you can configure it without gifs/emojis/etc), but it is old school, without swype-type and a bit complex to configure.

    5 votes

  3. Comment on Ukraine war latest: Moscow claims clashes with Ukrainian troops on Russian soil in ~news

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    Happily, we can wait and see. And since the source is Ukrainian, I hardly worry on the impact of it being false.

    Happily, we can wait and see. And since the source is Ukrainian, I hardly worry on the impact of it being false.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Ukraine war latest: Moscow claims clashes with Ukrainian troops on Russian soil in ~news

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    Sure, it can easily be misinformation, but Lgov can become tactically important, so big if true.

    Sure, it can easily be misinformation, but Lgov can become tactically important, so big if true.

    3 votes

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  6. Comment on Google now only search engine allowed to provide results from Reddit in ~tech

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    It is banking on existing content, that will get less relevant over time.

    It is banking on existing content, that will get less relevant over time.

    20 votes

  7. Comment on A wife’s revenge from beyond the grave in ~life

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    After reading through this, my main feeling is of sadness. The girls, the husband, even the (crazy) wife, should deserve something better. And there's enough blame to go round..

    After reading through this, my main feeling is of sadness. The girls, the husband, even the (crazy) wife, should deserve something better. And there's enough blame to go round..

    5 votes

  8. Comment on Does anyone have any advice for new dads? in ~life.men

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    My 2 cents: Try to support and help the mother as much as possible. Other than that, just prepare mentally for a demanding first 1-3 months (you might be lucky, or you may not).

    My 2 cents: Try to support and help the mother as much as possible.
    Other than that, just prepare mentally for a demanding first 1-3 months (you might be lucky, or you may not).

    3 votes

  9. Comment on AMD vs. NVIDIA Vulkan ray-tracing performance on Linux with breaking limit in ~comp

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    The NV linux proprietary drivers always were pretty good performance-wise, but if you run a bleeding edge distro, they are a hassle. And I never saw the point of supporting a company that makes my...

    The NV linux proprietary drivers always were pretty good performance-wise, but if you run a bleeding edge distro, they are a hassle.

    And I never saw the point of supporting a company that makes my experience a hassle (unless I need something only they got -like cuda-). Especially in comparison to the great open-source driver-experience AMD provides.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on Celebrities like Elon Musk and Taylor Swift might soon be able to hide their private jet flights from online sleuths in ~transport

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    Still, making the release of this data legal is much better in principle than the current trend of hiding data: It signifies a "legal will" that the public will know. Moreover, it throws a wrench...

    Still, making the release of this data legal is much better in principle than the current trend of hiding data: It signifies a "legal will" that the public will know.

    Moreover, it throws a wrench at any further attempts to hide it more efficiently

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Celebrities like Elon Musk and Taylor Swift might soon be able to hide their private jet flights from online sleuths in ~transport

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    Hide that data in realtime, but make it available a week after: Security issues fixed Transparency kept

    Hide that data in realtime, but make it available a week after:

    • Security issues fixed
    • Transparency kept
    20 votes

  12. Comment on Kingdom Come: Deliverance II -- coming 2024 in ~games

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    Far as I know, there's even tourism due to the 1st game.

    Far as I know, there's even tourism due to the 1st game.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Backdoor in upstream libxz targeting sshd in ~comp

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    Reading about this since the start, the main thing in my mind is: Imagine if the work by JT75 was spread among several users: It would be impossible to undo all of it. Of course, it is most likely...

    Reading about this since the start, the main thing in my mind is: Imagine if the work by JT75 was spread among several users: It would be impossible to undo all of it.

    Of course, it is most likely that the above is true: any organized bad actor would do so. Which would imply that mostly everything is compromised (even double compromised).

    1 vote

  14. Comment on How can I best keep my room cool in summer? in ~life.home_improvement

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    If they are on the outside of your window, they should be fine. Keeping the sun out is very important. You should go out, not let the sun inside. You should air the room as much as possible, if...

    If they are on the outside of your window, they should be fine. Keeping the sun out is very important. You should go out, not let the sun inside.

    You should air the room as much as possible, if the outside temp is lower than the inside.

    Also, 27-29 Celsius is what I consider acceptable in-house temp for our summer. In July we usually face up to 30-33 at night inside. Above that, AC is the only solution.

    One small trick: Sprinkle a few drops of water on a curtain/sheet. It will evaporate and cool the room a little when it does so.

  15. Comment on How can I best keep my room cool in summer? in ~life.home_improvement

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    Greetings from Greece. I would consider a large slow-moving ceiling fan. Also, shutters are much more effective than blinds to keep the sun out.

    Greetings from Greece. I would consider a large slow-moving ceiling fan. Also, shutters are much more effective than blinds to keep the sun out.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    Seconded for Arch stability. I've used it daily as my desktop since 2013. Real issues were encountered ~4 times in those 11 years, and I could fix them after booting from live usb, downgrading in...

    Seconded for Arch stability. I've used it daily as my desktop since 2013.

    Real issues were encountered ~4 times in those 11 years, and I could fix them after booting from live usb, downgrading in chroot, then waiting for/applying a fix.

    For me, such stability is plenty good.

    Also, you CAN have multiple installed kernels on Arch

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Erling Haaland remains both solution and problem for Manchester City in ~sports.football

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    So... he is too good and too influential and the team becomes sort of dependent on him? That's expected for world-class players and sort of the point :). I would love to have such players in my...

    So... he is too good and too influential and the team becomes sort of dependent on him?

    That's expected for world-class players and sort of the point :).

    I would love to have such players in my team regardless.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Hewlett-Packard wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors in ~tech

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    Not surprised. I bought an HP laser printer/scanner in 2022 and the TOS required me to: create an HP account connect my printer to the internet share all my printed data with HP Moreover, the...

    Not surprised. I bought an HP laser printer/scanner in 2022 and the TOS required me to:

    • create an HP account
    • connect my printer to the internet
    • share all my printed data with HP

    Moreover, the printer would refuse to print until I complied with the above.

    I promptly returned it for a Xerox. Never again will I pay HP for anything.

    16 votes

  19. Comment on Why you should consider a smaller keyboard in ~comp

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    Those are also my thoughts. I hate any notion of smaller keyboards, unless used for a very specialized purpose.

    Those are also my thoughts. I hate any notion of smaller keyboards, unless used for a very specialized purpose.

    9 votes

  20. Comment on Notifications are ads in ~tech

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    It depends on your apps. I try to use FOSS apps as much as possible, and heavily curate all installed apps. I go so far as to freeze/disable all "required" apps that try to push nonsense...

    It depends on your apps. I try to use FOSS apps as much as possible, and heavily curate all installed apps. I go so far as to freeze/disable all "required" apps that try to push nonsense notifications, and reenable them ondemand.

    2 votes