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  • FOSS Alternative to Chromecast?

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  • Yeah that's basically what I did too.

    I just installed dash to dock and made the icons quite large, then rebound a button on my air-mouse to the super key (to bring up the dash). I also installed Just Perfection and used it to hide the top bar unless the dash is open.

    90% of the time, I'm just using Firefox, so I don't need anything too fancy.

  • FOSS Alternative to Chromecast?

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  • I've heard that the focus is on the ARM versions (so maybe they are much more developed) but I tried the x86_64 version on my HTPC recently and it was super barebones.

    In the end I found Gnome with a few extensions to be a better solution for my needs

  • A $1 million starter home is now the norm in more than 200 US cities

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  • Housing shouldn't be an (in real-terms) appreciating asset. In the long run that just leads to feudalism.

    Imagine if everything keeps appreciating for 200 years.... now only cyborg Elon musk can afford to buy a house.

  • A $1 million starter home is now the norm in more than 200 US cities

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  • I mean, the coasts aren't really that densely populated. If we build nicer cities there would be plenty of potential space.

    Instead we build shitty suburbs and sprawl, which will always lead to awful, expensive cities

  • A $1 million starter home is now the norm in more than 200 US cities

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  • They may not have much money left over after downsizing, however. In markets like California the value is almost entirely from the land. The comparative value of the house (even a 5 bed) is comparatively negligible. So a 5 bed on a small plot would cost almost the same as a 1 bed on the same plot. In Silicon Valley it's really common to just buy a house and knock it down and rebuild, since the cost of building a new house is much less than the cost of the land.

    It's a genuine issue that the liquidity of the real estate market is impacted by this.

  • A $1 million starter home is now the norm in more than 200 US cities

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  • Which has the downside that it locks people into their current home because moving would mean losing their favorable rates.

    Rising prices are bad for everyone.

  • A $1 million starter home is now the norm in more than 200 US cities

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  • The best way to make money is to already have money invested. You take the proceeds from your earlier investments and invest in MORE assets.

    In this case it's real estate.

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  • KDE: traditional desktop environment with focus on lots of customization, options, and features. Often aimed more towards enthusiasts or everyday users who want the latest features.

    GNOME: non-traditional desktop focusing on simplicity. Designed to be used a very specific way to maximize productivity. Often aimed more towards corporate or professional users.

    Mint uses their own desktop environment (cinnamon) which is somewhere between the two.

    All of these are nice in their own way, you just need to find which one you like best!

  • Joe Biden ends re-election campaign

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  • Yeah the reality is that Biden was 95% going to lose to Trump. Picking a new person is usially a huge risk, but in this case there wasn't much to lose.

    As things stand right now, Trumps chances of winning just went down a bit. Worst case, they pick someone terrible with similar (non-)chances to Biden. Best case, they pick someone who wins.

  • Joe Biden ends re-election campaign

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  • In most European countries governments are elected for 3-6 years (though they may end up happening more frequently since, most places, it's possible to call early elections). The campaigning only really happens for 1-2 months before the election.

    The fact that the US essentially spends 1.5-2 years campaigning for a 4 year position is insanity to me!

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    Salaries of head of governments compared to avarege salaries of their countries

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  • Yeah to be honest, the biggest takeaway for me is that many of these are crazy low relative to the power they have...

    If you underpay public servants, you either end up with terrible public servants, those who are good at finding 'other' sources of income, or both.

  • Germany’s doner kebab becomes symbol of angst over rising costs

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  • There was one place where i was living where you could get one for 2.90€ as recently as 2018. It wasn't the best, but it was great value.

    I moved around then, so I have no idea what it costs now.

  • What bizarre misconceptions do people have about your field?

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  • And even then, it just meant that whatever solution they thought up worked first try.

    With experience you get better at finding good, working solutions quicker, but there will always be times when things take a bit of iteration.

  • Comment on a YT video about Windows on ARM

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  • I know right? I always bought Logitech specifically because it always 'just worked' everywhere for me.