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  • What do you hate about linux?

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  • The lack of a universal application installation method which 98% of developers use. Windows has .exe and it makes it so much easier for developers to release one application which is dead simple for users to install. No instruction manual with different methods per distro. Just double click. This results in less support for Linux in general. Fewer games and applications an drivers with fewer features.

    That's not true. .exe isn't an installation method, it's just a binary, the better equivalent would be .msi. Also you also have to consider (some) dependencies on Windows, e.g. you can't assume the required vcredist is available on the target.

    Poor backwards compatibility. Yes it results in bloat, but it also makes it much cheaper to develop for and maintain applications, and this results in more developers for Windows. More hardware and driver support. More applications. More games.

    Not super sure about this. I was able to run an over 10 year old binary only game when I last tried (UT 2k4 in 2016 or so) and it worked after providing a single missing library. Yes, it did require manual intervention, but I think the situation is much better on Windows where compatibility also isn't granted anymore.

  • Border patrol agents jump out of rental truck and ambush people at LA Home Depot

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  • China warns EV makers to stop price-cutting to protect the economy

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  • Xi Jinping has spoken of the problem directly. In an unusually blunt speech this month, China’s president criticised provincial governments for blindly overinvesting in artificial intelligence, in computing power and in new energy vehicles, industries that Beijing has identified as strategic priorities but which are also at risk of overheating.

    I hate it when an authoritarian leader is the only voice I can agree with on a given topic. Fuck him, but he's right on this one

  • Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronics

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  • Can't have files if you don't have a computer to store them tips forehead

  • systemctl status wipe-my-butt.service

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  • None of this stuff for me. I prefer one tool doing one thing, like busybox

  • Congratulations to Linux on recent victories!

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  • Oregon Trail?

  • 80 Jahre Hiroshima: «Jüngere Generationen unterschätzen die Gefahr der Atombombe»

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  • Ich denke der Aufbau der Atomwaffen nach dem 2. Weltkrieg war der ultimative Ausdruck des "Recht des Stärkeren". Man hat sich dann auf Regeln geeinigt, weil man verstanden hat, dass Leben und Leben lassen einerseits, und das Verhindern weiterer Nuklearmächte im gegenseitigen Interesse ist. Vielleicht kann man dazu zurückfinden und alle aktuellen und potentiellen Atommächte wieder zur Kooperation bewegen.

    Atomwaffen sind aus meiner Sicht das genaue Gegenteil: sie dienen dazu, das Recht des Stärkeren dahingehend zu untergraben, als dass der Krieg für ihn zum unkalkulierbaren Risiko wird, obwohl er im klassischen militärischen Sinn überlegen ist. Der offensive Einsatz ist auch nur bedingt sinnvoll: z.B. verkauft ja Russland jetzt eroberte Gebiete in der Ukraine. Wie sollte das funktionieren, wenn sie das vorher mit Atomwaffen verstrahlt hätten? Ja, auslöschen kann man damit, aber für Geländegewinne sind diese Waffen eher ungeeignet. Deshalb hat die NATO auch damals gesagt, dass wenn Russland die Ukraine mit Atomwaffen angreifen würde, man gemeinsam konventionell angreifen werde, obwohl es ja eigentlich kein Bündnisfall ist: sie dienen eben der Abschreckung.

    Die U-Boot-Nummer ist aus meiner Sicht deshalb auch nur Getöse, um von Epstein abzulenken. Diese Waffen lassen sich aber nicht realistisch einsetzen; das wäre ein sehr viel größerer Bruch mit Russland und der Welt, als die konventionellen Streitkräfte in die Ukraine zu entsenden, und davor schreckt er ja schon zurück. Russland kann den Bluff allerdings nicht callen, ohne sich selber lächerlich zu machen, denn sie drohen ja auch mit Atomwaffen, die sie aber aus den gleichen Gründen nicht einsetzen können bzw. wollen.

  • Trendy Rule

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  • It's a special offer, get it now before it returns to its regular price

  • Sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell not welcome in cushy Texas prison camp, says inmate

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  • She didn't testify during her trial, why would she give a believable testimony now?

  • Over 10,000 hotels join complaint against Booking.com

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  • There is another case why I always use booking except for places I know. A place once did a bait and switch on me. I wrote them (the place) an email that I want the room (this was even a different location mind you) that was advertised, they basically told me to go fuck myself. I forwarded the mail exchange to booking. The place contacted me thirty minutes later, apologized and assured me I'd get the room I booked, which I did then. Funny how that works.

  • AI Data Centers in Texas Used 463 Million Gallons of Water, Residents Told to Take Shorter Showers

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  • You don't understand, cutting back for the benefit of everyone is communism (bad!), while cutting back for the benefit of the rich is capitalism (good!). You know, one day it might be their turn to figuratively shit on everyone, until then they'll happily get shat on.

  • Evo Las Vegas 2025 wrap-up

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  • I guess you're right, my complaint was mostly about about the part of groups that I watched that was I think three Goldlewis matches in a row.

    I don't think the balance for Strive is in a really bad spot, and character skills can outweigh statistical advantages. Maybe it's just that I dislike Goldlewis and HC due to their oppressive playstyles that I remember them as negative examples.

    Didn't want to complain really, the matches were hype, I got some really good laughs out of them too when RedDitto grabbed opponents in the most insane situations. Good stuff all around

  • Evo Las Vegas 2025 wrap-up

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  • Capcom vs. SNK 2 was in the extended lineup. It's great to see those passionate communities still playing those games 25 years later, even with plenty of new blood, though I will admit that both games fall into a situation where the top tier characters are so dominant that you don't get a lot of variety in character selection in top 8, which can dampen the excitement a bit.

    I hope Capcom brings an optional mode for new balance, like they added the option to disable roll cancel. The game is too unique with its mechanics, I think it's one of the most interesting games ever with the modes, but the balance just isn't great, which is holding the game back.

    I was lucky that Strive top 8 were played early, so I could enjoy them at a decent time despite being in CEST. Bit unfortunate with the character variety, a lot of HC and Goldlewis matches and Johnny has proven to be very strong as people predicted. Would have preferred to see Ram win. Not that she's weak, but in my opinion more interesting and somewhat underplayed. But alas.

  • The AI bubble is so big it's propping up the US economy (for now)

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  • and most people are frankly too dumb or lazy to properly verify outputs.

    This is my main argument. I need to check the output for correctness anyways. Might as well do it in the first place then.

  • Why I'm Leaving NixOS After a Year? (Uğur Erdem Seyfi)

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  • I see, thanks

  • Why I'm Leaving NixOS After a Year? (Uğur Erdem Seyfi)

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  • For instance, I recently discovered the structuredExtraConfig option for patching the kernel straight up does not work. This means you cannot unset any kernel options

    From reading, I thought this option was for adding options, not removing them. Sure, you might be able to set options to "no", but I don't think this will override the defaults...

  • Italy hits Chinese fast-fashion platform Shein with 1 million euro fine over "false" claims on product recyclability, environmental and social responsibility

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  • Countries should take the gloves off against these corporations. Sold stuff for 100 million a year in Italy? Assume all of this was profit and put 50% extra on it. Make it so that operating in this fashion (heh) is not only unprofitable, but outright a net loss.

  • Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!

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  • It doesn't matter if you voted Republican. These problems are a direct consequence of Republican policies that they announced before the elections. Fearmongering about "any party left of us will take away your freedoms to limit your resource consumption" is a trait of far-right parties. My point was not about Democrats. It was about people who vote Republican.

    The US has a political problem with its voting system that benefits two parties, and they won't get rid of it. As long as this is the case, no other party matters. Also, Dems usually enact more regulations for the environment; see also California.

    I voted neither Reps or Dems because I live in the EU, and my vote always went to Greens or other environmental parties.

  • What's up, selfhosters? It's self hosting Sunday!

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  • NixOS [...] learn everything

    I don't think it's possible to learn everything for NixOS as a casual user / admin. It's massive. I was luckily able to sneak a NixOS project into work which gave me some paid time on the topic. But there's always room to learn more about it. Which is a good thing - by its nature, it's just more powerful than conventional distributions.