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sylver_dragon

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  • Is every memecoin just a scam? Experts on whether Andrew Tate and Trump are fleecing their followers

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  • Crypto is a ponzi scheme playacting at being a currency or investment vehicle. Meme coins just dispense with playacting and aim for shorter time horizons on cashing out from the ponzi scheme.

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  • Um yay, I guess. I'm always for more options. And maybe there is a market out there for the "game from the cloud" idea. Personally though, I'd rather just play a game on the Steam Deck directly. Or, if that's somehow not an option, stream the game from my own PC to my TV via SteamLink. In no world do I want to pay for a subscription to play games on a device where I can just play that game locally.

  • threatening children

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  • Maybe just take them away from their abusive parents, keep them out of the horrors of WWI and provide a better society for them to grow up and live in which isn't facing crippling post war sanctions. For as evil as Hitler turned out, a lot of that was probably shaped by the environment he grew up and lived in. And the environment in which he rose to prominence and power was not something he set up. While it might seem an easy solution to snuff out baby Hitler, and in no way am I trying to excuse what Hitler did, it's entirely possible that someone else would have done the same things, if Hitler didn't exist.

    If we want to not have horrible, mass murdering fuck-heads, we need to create societies which don't promote the creation and elevation of mass murdering fuck-heads.

  • Do you separate your asset database and CMDB?

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  • Personally, I prefer that it's all in one place. It's hard enough to get teams to update any sort of asset inventory in one place. Getting them to update it in two, and keep everything in sync, sounds like a disaster begging to happen. And, as a heavy consumer of my organization's CMDB (I work in cybersecurity), I much prefer having only one place to look.

    The most successful CMDB I've ever seen was a single, unified asset tracking system which included all relevant asset details, asset owner, technical PoC and compliance documentation. The reason it was so successful was that NAC was tied to the CMDB. If a system wasn't in the CMDB, it got dumped in a very locked down VLAN which was really only useful for new system setup. Once a system was configured, the appropriate paperwork submitted, and the system added to the CMDB, it would then be automagically moved to the appropriate VLAN for it's location/function. When a system owner or technical PoC left the organization, one of the required workflows was reassigning all assets in the CMDB. This all worked surprisingly, especially considering that the CMDB was a bespoke Classic ASP website written in VB6, with some newer pages being VB.Net in C#.

  • Why

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  • That's just active equipment testing. Sure, a suit may claim to protect you, but you don't actually know it will protect you until it's been thoroughly stabbed a few times.

  • The elusive goal of Unix – or Linux – is simplicity

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  • Yes.

    Symbolic links are files that act as pointers to other files.-- Source

    A hardlink is the original file.

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    What do you all think about piracy?

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  • My personal preference is to use FOSS whenever it's practical. For home use, I've switched to FOSS for the vast majority of my computing needs. I run Linux on both my server and desktop. Most of the software on my server is FOSS, with the one exception being a container using the Splunk free license. My desktop is running Linux, and I use LibreOffice for documents and the like. I do run Visual Studio Code, which is technically Open Source, though I would not put it past Microsoft to do a rug-pull on that eventually. And I have an extensive library of games with Steam, basically nothing of which is Open Source.

    I have reached a point, financially, that piracy is not morally defensible. And I'm not willing to get into the mire of if, or where such a line would be. I believe that creators should be rewarded for their work. Though, I also agree that the limits on copyright are way out of whack with the changes Disney has purchased through the years. So, piracy as a moral question is a murky subject, with no clear answers to me. But, the end result is that I buy games, movies or TV shows. For other software, I usually look to FOSS projects (e.g. Gimp vs Photoshop, FreeCAD/OpenSCAD vs Autodesk), free licenses (e.g. Splunk) or just do without. For TV Shows/Movies, if it's not on one of the streaming services I subscribe to, I may buy it via a digital service; or, I do without.

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  • Companies taking advantage of Linux to create locked down, proprietary systems is pretty common. For example, Android is Linux. Many smart TVs run some flavor of Linux. E.g. Tizen from Samsung is Linux based. If a company can short cut the software development process and licensing costs by using Linux, that's often a first choice. So, my bet would be on Wall-E running on a version of Linux.

    The dystopian part would be that the company locked it's drivers behind a closed source model, and only included highly obscured binaries on Wall-E's OS. Motors and controllers would be non-standard, requiring closed source firmware and the hardware would refuse to work with any software which isn't signed by an original manufacturer's digital certificate. Using an unsigned binary would blow a fuse in Wall-E's CPU, killing him.

  • Ive won a game but I'm not a gamer is there a way of donating it to lemmy somehow?

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  • it’s steam game which means there’s a key?

    Maybe.If the game is already in your Steam account, no. I can't seem to run the actual policy down with a quick search, but games in your Steam library are not transferable.If you have received a key in your email (It'll be a long, alphanumeric sequence) then you can forward that to someone else, so long as it hasn't been used by you or anyone else.If the game was sent as a gift to your Steam account using the Steam gift system. Then no, you cannot transfer it.

  • Ive won a game but I'm not a gamer is there a way of donating it to lemmy somehow?

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  • I would look into three things first:

    1. Do the terms of the prize dictate transferability? In the rules of the contest in which you won the game, was there anything about not selling or giving away the prize?
    2. What type of game is it? Video game, board game, card game?
    3. What is the delivery mechanism for the game? Some things will be easier to transfer than others. A physical copy can likely just be shipped to a new recipient. A digital key for a game might be easy to just send to the recipient. Other delivery mechanisms may or may not have a system to prevent transfer.

  • The good old days

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  • Never mind recent motherboards, I’m still salty about the era of boards from 2004-2010 or so which had USB ports but the BIOS would refuse to accept inputs from them until after POST so you’d have to dredge up a separate PS/2 keyboard and jack it in to be able to configure the damn thing or use the boot menu.

    Had one of these in a server rack. Which was all kinds of fun because the rack KVM was USB. We ultimately just left the PS/2 keyboard plugged in and sitting on top of the server in the rack. Given the shitshow which was cable management in those racks (we shared them with several departments), that keyboard was hardly the worst sin.

  • Too soon?

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  • The American version would require a modified F350HD with a fork lift to get the Pope lifted into the back.

    And rigged to roll coal incense.

  • “How you design the beep is important.” Behind the movement for calmer gadgets.

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  • While an interesting idea, this sounds like an organization designed to separate some doofus investment manager with a lot of capital before inevitably folding because companies won't give a damn. Sure, if we were to pass laws allowing us to hunt down anyone responsible for using blue LEDs on devices which did not specifically need blue light, and burn their eyes out with a hot poker. Then, such a certification might make sense. But, so long as there are no repercussions for companies making horrible design decisions, why would any company pay for a certification like this.

  • Those of you that back your vehicle into parking spots, why do you do it?

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  • Geometry is a lot of it. It also makes seeing much easier when pulling out. When backing in, I can easily see the traffic lane around me, and they can see me pretty easy as well (I'm the asshole blocking up the whole place). When driving out, only a smaller portion of my vehicle needs to enter the traffic lane before I have a clear view of any opposing traffic. For the case of nosing it, I have a clear view while pulling in; but, when pulling out I need to get most of my vehicle out into the traffic lane, before I can see anything.

  • Does Windows virtual machine crash due to low RAM?

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  • No, if you open a terminal and run:sudo dmesg

    You should get a long output which is the kernel log. Assuming the crash happened recently, there may be something in the last few lines (bottom of the output) which could indicate why the process died (or was killed). Keep in mind that this is a running log; so, if it's been a while since the crash, the entries for it may be higher up in the log. It's often best (if you can) to trigger the problem then immediately go run the sudo dmesg command and look at the output. With luck, there will be useful logs. If not, you may need to look elsewhere.

  • Does Windows virtual machine crash due to low RAM?

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  • On my system (Arch), if I have too much running, the kernel can kill processes based on resource starvation. It's quite possible you're running into a similar limitation. There should be a message in dmesg when this happens.

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    What are some kinds of apps or standards that are good because they provide a way to liberate your data and gain control of your tools?

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  • Ya, I really like NextCloud and have been using it for quite a few years now. But, like many such solutions for getting your data off other people's computers: it means you have to do a lot of work. I have a server running in my home and have to maintain all of the software on it myself. I also have a small Splunk instance setup which I use for log collection and analysis and check the dashboards at least once a day to watch for possible compromise. It's certainly more work for me than just using Google's cloud. But, it also means my data isn't compromised by default.

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    How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?

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  • As many angels as actually exist.

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    What are some kinds of apps or standards that are good because they provide a way to liberate your data and gain control of your tools?

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  • NextCloud - Stop storing your data on someone else's computer. Works well to allow syncing KeePass databases between devices.