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  • 765MB ram usage rule

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  • In terms of what? It's not like Electron, Qt, or gtk have been around forever. Programs with UI existed well before they did.

    One of my favorite applications that I use basically every day is convert. It takes up about 500KB on disk, consumes about 1.7KB of RAM, runs on anything from Windows 98 to Windows 11, and runs on Linux via WINE without issue.

    I guess I don't know what it was actually written in, but it sure doesn't seem like it was any of those 😅.

  • Over 19,000 games have released on Steam in 2025, with nearly half seeing fewer than 10 reviews

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  • The developer of Mind Over Magnet did a post mortem video where he covered among other things how much of gross he kept after paying the artists he hired, paid for things like assets, and after taxes, and it was about 43%. A very lazy search yielded somewhere around $300k in total sales on Steam, meaning he took home $129k. So yeah, not a bad chunk of change, but it's not exactly changing social class or long term working conditions.

  • U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Up 77% Since 2009 & The Auto Industry Knew It Would Happen

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  • That would be included in the data. The auto braking is also worse when it comes to to pedestrians than other cars if I'm remembering a report from a little while that came out correctly.

  • What YouTube channel to you has degraded in time?

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  • The issue is that "finding it a personal failure" is missing the point of a Union and the conversation entirely. The entire point is that there is an inherent power imbalance and with everyone's livelihoods relying on each other having a concrete set of mechanisms in place beyond "trust me brow" is very important.

    For the sake of argument let's say that every employee feels 100% comfortable discussing issues with Linus and that he is 100% reasonable in his response such that his statement about feeling like a failure is valid. What if he were to suffer some kind of brain injury where cognitively he seemed to make a full recovery but over the course of a couple of years he seemed to be more selfish, less willing to take feedback, and more willing to order people to do things or they are fired?

    It wouldn't be severe enough for family or anyone to legally take control, but it could harm workers, and that is exactly what how a Union could help balance and smooth things out in that scenario.

  • Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway

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  • A phone in a breast pocket doesn't look all that out of place, especially if the person has very tight jeans on, but it's quite effective for filming.

    To be clear, I'm not OP, and I'm not even necessarily saying you are wrong, but as with most things I think our energy is being pointed in the wrong direction. I care more about the governments and corporations with their ability to record and cross reference images and videos from basically everywhere much more than I care about an individuals ability to do so. Even our concerns with an individuals ability to do so are often a result of that individual's ability to amplify the harmful aspects through the use of one of the aforementioned's unchecked power.

    If we aren't afraid to fuck up some people wearing Meta glasses that are being dick heads, then let's also not be afraid to fuck up the government and corpo forms of it as well.

  • Framework Computer Now Sponsoring LVFS / Fwupd Development

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  • Unless I am mistaken Lenovo has at least all of the ethical issues of Framework if not more. What would make a used Lenovo better than a used Framework?

  • 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.

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    Recommendations for where to commission short graphic design work?

  • 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?

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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)

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    Wordsmithing 101: Comma Chameleon (RamsesThePigeon)

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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)