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MajorHavoc

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  • I see these MFs on a daily basis

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  • Question: Would I still struggle to get games working on a desktop using Linux as I have in the past

    Maybe.

    1. The Linux side problems are long since fixed. Games developed with modern engines just work on Linux.
    2. The vast majority of older "this is for Windows only and we fucking mean it" games work perfectly on Linux with Proton anyway. Some require 3 minutes with a search engine to pick a preferred version.
    3. nVidia is still going to nVidia.
    4. Weird DRM bullshit is still going to weird DRM bullshit.

    would they work as well as on a Steam Deck, that doesn't have to account for a variety of hardware differences?

    Hell no. There's a reason we love the SteamDeck so much, and want to see the Steam Machine return.

    Almost every single person I have seen lately saying gaming on Linux is awesome now, is using a literal device designed for it.

    Yes. It's fucking amazing. Lol.

    But what about my hardware? Is getting wrappers for nVidia drivers still a fucking PITA with a 50/50 chance of actually working correctly?

    nVidia hasn't improved, to the best of my "fuck those guys" knowledge. (Meaning I'm not the most informed since I carefully avoid their chips. Lol.)

    But the entire SteamDeck costs less than most graphics chips. It's not equivalent, but that's where my "fuck it, life is short" energy currently is.

    I've heard nice things about other graphics chip makers, but I'm waiting with my SteamDeck docked for a Steam Machine console, myself.

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  • Ubuntu betrayed the community with some opaque proprietary bullshit. We don't recommend it to newbies anymore, because they won't know when to jump ship to avoid a lot of headaches later.

    Ubuntu may still be fine for advanced users who know what deal they're making with which devil.

    But I don't feel ethical recommending Ubuntu to newbies anymore.

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  • So why isn't it Debian?

    As a ride or die Debian fan, I can answer this:

    A lot of really nice updates happened in the last year, and we're not going to see a lot of them in Debian stable until 2 or 3 years from today.

    If you're already running Debian, you'll probably just be delighted when they reach Debian stable.

    But if I'm recommending a "how's Linux today?" test, grab something that already includes the latest quality of life features. There's been some really nice stuff added to Gnome and KDE and various Flatpaks, this year.

    Edit: In about two years I'll probably be back to saying "forget all that, just run Debian Stable, because the very best stuff is already there."

    Of course, if the current trend of great updates continues another two years, I may have to eat my words, lol.

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  • They're all fine, but Hannah Montana Linux is the best.

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  • Yeah. I've been spoiled by Linux for awhile, but sometime in the last few years, I realized I don't reach for the terminal on Linux anymore to configure anything (other than crazy bullshit I compiled from source code... I am still me, after all.)

    And Windows is still the usual level of pain, not amazing and not the worst... Well, I guess maybe now it really might be the worst, just because everything modern has gotten better.

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  • So long as you need a terminal to do anything on a Linux machine it's not gonna get any mainstream appeal,

    That's one of the main things we're talking about, actually.

    This year, t's my Windows PC that constantly makes me reach for PowerShell to fix annoyances, while my Linux PC just has a quick toggle for whatever convenient UI feature I want.

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  • That's not "Linux isn't ready", it's "I still play games from companies that like to fuck with me."

    It's fine, and we get it. But Linux isn't ever going to fix that.

    Edit: We are seeing a lot more care from companies now that the SteamDeck is popular, so I hope your favorites get some relief.

    I've accepted that I'll need a weird rig to play my favorite games that come from developers with shitty practices.

    Ironically, mine tend to be Linux rigs emulating Windows to get things just right. But we do what we have to do play our favorite games.

    Anyway, I'm not judging you, or your gaming choice.

    I'm judging the game developers for choosing shitty tools that make our lives harder.

  • How it started vs. How it's going

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  • Lol. When I retire, I'm going to change all my job titles on social media to "entrepreneur" just to fuck with my friends.

  • How it started vs. How it's going

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  • Yes. I love the confidently incorrect additional comments explaining in detail how the incorrect code works.

    Though I'm usually pretty angry at that point, it is also pretty funny.

  • How it started vs. How it's going

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  • Yes, that's the joke.

    AI creates almost (but not) good enough stuff really fast. And occasionally straight up hallucinates stuff that is meaningless or worse.

    So this person has a huge stack of functional but broken crap, and it's blaming X for their woes.

    There's an old saying that goes roughly "It takes four times the experience to maintain a program as it took to write it. So anyone writing the most clever program they can think of is, by definition, not competent to maintain it."

    In this case, it's extra funny, because neither the AI nor the AI user has the faintest idea how the generated code works. So maintaining it is almost certainly 1000% outside their abilities.

    So they've paid an AI for the privilege unpleasant daily panic of learning everything they need to learn after the app has gone to production, rather than before.

  • the last commit improved the performance by 10x...

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  • The twofold reason Cybersecurity professionals always hit the bar early on Friday afternoon:

    1. It's a great example for their sysadmin colleagues.
    2. Easy access to sysadmin colleagues if something goes wrong.

  • Chicken coup

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  • "They're up to something. I know it!"

  • I've updated the Digital Independence cheat sheet for leaving big tech

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  • For most of those devices, it depends what your goals are, but many privacy minded folks consider them unsalvageable.

    If you can root the device, you could install the latest compatible version of the Android Open Source Project, and then use your newfound root powers to disable components you don't want, to the extent that the older versions of Android support doing so.

    Technically, that's all LineageOS is doing for you. So if you're willing to put the effort in, the device can be salvaged. For most of us, it makes more sense to get a newer device, researching what OS-es are supported.

  • To boost Bookwyrm, there should be a tool to scrape book data from Amazon

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  • ISBN Search is a non-monopolist source of the same information.

  • Just weeks later, Ubisoft walks back some disappointing Assassin's Creed Shadows news: it will be fully Steam Deck Verified "despite the fact the team thought it would not be the case"

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  • Holy title gore, Batman.

    But anyway, hooray.

    "We have some exciting news to share: our talented developers gave Steam Deck players the option to play Assassin’s Creed Shadows at launch; despite initially announcing we wouldn’t be able to support until later,"

    Edit: We just wanted to deny that we're not not going to do the thing at said we wouldn't not be able to do.

  • muskrat's data eng expert's hard drive overheats while processing 60k rows

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  • Yeah. Every farmer I've met was also a solid mechanic.

  • muskrat's data eng expert's hard drive overheats while processing 60k rows

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  • That's pretty plausible. Inexperienced engineer plus overheating...good chance that adds up to a malware infection.

  • muskrat's data eng expert's hard drive overheats while processing 60k rows

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  • Yeah. Hiring inexperienced children into government isn't fraud, by itself. But I bet it makes fraud way easier.

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  • has Elmo only hired people who claim that they can "wrangle data" and say "yes" ?

    There's two issues going on:

    1. Elmo's sociopathic approach to laying people off is public knowledge, and top experts have the luxury of not even applying for his jobs.
    2. Elmo's ability to judge engineering talent has likely been wildly exaggerated thanks to how he has successfully bought organizations full of talented people, in the past.