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  • Framework Computer Now Sponsoring LVFS / Fwupd Development

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  • So what are you buying instead?

  • Valve confirms Steam Machine will be priced ‘like a PC with the same level of performance’

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  • That's kinda why I said to each their own. I personally find a full fledged keyboard with integrated touchpad controlling a PC using a media center UI to be my control/interface preference. The keyboard is small enough and light enough that it sits on the couch or end table with the other remotes or controllers without any issue. Until Logitech decided to be cunts there was actually a great solution more on your end of the spectrum in the form of the Harmony remote, but well, they killed it. Luckily though, there are a couple of open source efforts to create equivalent hardware as well as to dump their database of IR codes.

  • Valve confirms Steam Machine will be priced ‘like a PC with the same level of performance’

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  • I use a Logitech K400 to control the PC connected to my TV and I generally find it to be much more convenient and responsive than using the remote on a smart TV or the controller for a console when over at someone else's place. To each their own though.

  • This place has an "Alberta" problem

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  • I have absolutely no stake in this, but that's not how I read it.

    They are stating it's something they are encountering with some frequency and then they are giving a concrete example and analysis to hopefully illustrate what they are experiencing.

    I'm sure you are familiar with the experience of being frustrated with someone's behavior or actions, but then have a hard time coming up with more than a couple of examples when prompted.

  • More than $70tn of inherited wealth over next decade will widen inequality, economists warn

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  • Yeah, I doubt it. People talk a big game, but at almost every opportunity they will chose convenience and price despite what they say, and there are few things more convenient than wealth and the ability to use money to make problems go away.

  • Lock Screen Ads Are Coming to Some Smartphones

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  • Lol, sorry, I re-wrote my final sentence, and didn't delete how I started it originally 😅.

  • Lock Screen Ads Are Coming to Some Smartphones

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  • Ubuntu Touch exists and I have it installed on my backup Fairphone 5. In terms of the OS itself, it seems pretty solid and performs well. However it is very spartan in terms of both the interface itself as well as the apps available to interact with the OS in various ways.

    It's a very small team working on it and as far as I can tell they aren't exactly drowning in funding. I bet if every person that would like to see another OS option donated a cup of coffee amount of money to them every month they would probably have what they want in the next 3-5 years.

    I don't see that happening though. I think most

  • An ethics question

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  • I should preface everything I'm about to say by saying there is probably a reason you are married and I am not, and that my response is probably wrong.

    I lived a somewhat similar experience during his first presidency and COVID. Personally, I would have the most issues with my partner. By ignoring the abhorrent behavior and decisions of their family and choosing to interact with them anyway, they are condoning what their family is doing. Even if they are somewhat vocal in their disagreement, the family is avoiding the consequences of their actions since the spouse is still giving them what they want.

    If my spouse shut them down and called them on all of their bull shit, I'd probably be OK with them continuing the relationship, but most people aren't willing to do that.

  • Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age

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  • Great addition. That was what was kinda in my head, but I didn't state it explicitly.

  • Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age

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  • You aren't wrong, but I still see two distinct benefits assuming there is an IR reflective or absorbent coating that can interfere with facial recognition.

    • For non government entities it makes direct tracking of individuals much harder (i.e. if you decide not to carry your phone or smart device any one company probably doesn't know who you are).
    • For government entities it's about making their job harder and increasing the error rate. You are right that they can still track someone via those means, but any time they have to correlate data or use multiple sources it does become more resource intensive in some way.

    Realistically will either of the above matter? Probably not. For it to be effective a large portion of the population would need to care about their privacy, or even their principles above convenience, which they usually don't. However, I can't control what other people do, only what I do. So in this kind of situation I do my best to be a good example of the behavior I would like to see from others and do my best to not contribute to the Prisoner's Dilemma or Tragedy of the Commons.

    It's not much, arguably it's basically nothing, but it's what I have.

  • Trump is ‘gonna be president’ in 2028, MAGA leader bluntly declares: ‘There’s a plan’

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  • Henry Kissinger lived to be 100 years old. Ass holes live forever.

  • Have you seen progressive people be discriminatory either intentionally or unintentionally and if so in what way?

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  • I refrained from talking about the gender role thing because per the post title it didn't seem like a prejudice perse, even if related. It's also a topic I always try and preface with stating that although the symptoms might be fairly plane and apparent the cause is very complex and nuanced and a result of a lot of different societal pressures and influences. Partially because it is very easy to paint someone talking about it as a red pill misogynist if that nuance is ignored. I also try and point out that this ultimately isn't a gender issue or any other tribalism type thing, but merely a result of human nature. People are shitty sometimes. That's universal.

    In my experience, there are a lot of women that are very vocal about equity and equality, especially in relationships. However it's often fairly unidirectional. For example they want their partner to be able to do things like cook, laundry, dishes, etc (which I can do, I think that's part of being a well rounded person), but they don't have much interest in learning how to do the traditionally male coded household tasks. Or they don't want to be the one to approach and ask me out, I always have to be the one to pursue. Similarly in the bedroom I have never met a woman who is dominant or willing to try, despite the fact that I am very switchy.

    In talking to these people and pointing out how their personal desires and behavior don't align with their actual decisions and behavior they often default to, that's just my personal preference.

    That's nice, but who cares? It's not fair to have it both ways and ultimately feels like another form of pulling the ladder up behind them.

  • Have you seen progressive people be discriminatory either intentionally or unintentionally and if so in what way?

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  • I have a lot of first hand experience with it via dating. In terms of outward Appearance and how I present I am an average looking straight cis white male. Mentally, in addition to being on the spectrum, that's not really how I identify or am wired though. If anything, I'm probably more lesbian based on who I seem to get along with and am attracted to, lol.

    As I am sure we are all (hopefully) aware there are a lot of men with very problematic behaviors (which is an entire other complex topic). As a result, within the liberal sphere I exist in it is very socially acceptable to shit on or otherwise have a negative bias against people that present like I do in a way that would not be acceptable if it were against another social group because of what they are.

    I have had a number of interactions and conversations where my point of view/input/feelings/etc. were more or less dismissed or ignored by women when if I were a woman saying the exact same thing it wouldn't be. I have also had people flat out say "that's a very man thing to say" as a when what I am saying conflicts with their world view or how they feel and they can't engage with it logically anymore.

    Please note, I am leaving a ton of intricate context out of the above to try and avoid having to write a novel. I understand why women have the bias/reaction towards men who present like I do, and why it's necessary. In the examples I am thinking of, these are women who know me, not strangers or randos. When discussing things I do my absolute best to have conversations in good faith and on the merits/logic of what is being said.

    I don't like pulling the autism card or saying that's just how I feel, but I find that people are so unused to interacting with someone like me, rather than engage in the nuance of my experience and how it very much contradicts their world view, it's much easier for them to find a reason to be dismissive of it. I also realize that from a third party perspective without any context my autistic behavior is indistinguishable from gas lighting.

  • Pentagon Pete Fires ‘Fat’ Soldiers as War on Weight Rages

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  • New account being a troll? Color me surprised.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Recommendations for where to commission short graphic design work?

  • Anyone had any luck running Fusion 360 on Linux?

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  • In what context? I personally find NX and SpaceClaim to be as good or better in both of those aspects, buuuuuut no home gamer is going to be able to afford either.

  • 6 in 10 Canadians say they can never trust Americans the same way again

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  • Not that I'm trying to pawn off our responsibilities, but I think part of that change needs to come from the rest of the world putting us in our place. Quit bending the knee and letting us get away with murder. Sanction our asses.

  • Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away

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  • Wikipedia actually hosts various snapshots of the entire website that you can download. If you download the text only version in English it's less than 10GB if I recall. If you want photos and other things it's in the hundreds of gigs.

    The easiest I'm aware of that requires the least effort and knowledge is an open source application called Kiwix which has apps for Android (both F-Droid and Play Store), Windows, Linux, iOS, and MacOS.

    https://kiwix.org/en/

  • Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away

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  • Uhhhhh, I have specifically downloaded an offline version of Wikipedia. I'm pretty sure this is just regular reporting from The Onion.

  • Obama says Trump deepened US divide in rush to ‘identify enemy’ after Charlie Kirk shooting

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  • Well, they're long dead. I'm more despondent at Biden giving the J6 instigators a free pass.

    That's literally what I am talking about. It's a pattern that goes back to before either of us were here, but that we feel and see as a result.

  • F-Droid @lemmy.ml
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    Why are parts of application in a different language?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Is there a European Union equivalent of BLS.gov?

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    How Different Countries Teach History (Comedy Sketch)

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    What would be the best Fediverse sub/community/place for questions about probability and statistics?

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    Tiffany & Co Is Lying To You (RamsesThePigeon)

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    Wordsmithing 101: Comma Chameleon (RamsesThePigeon)

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    Wordsmithing 101: "Setup" or "Set Up" (and Similar Terms)

  • Autism @lemmy.world
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    Generic Art Dad - Do Autistic People Think In Black & White?

  • Autism @lemmy.world
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    This is what stigma around autism sounds like to an autistic person (comedy sketch)