UnpopularCrow

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[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yea, as the other person mentioned, to my knowledge (which is limited) the video decoding in the browser on Linux tends to be browser and hardware specific. I know it’s gotten easier over the past couple years tho.

[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It will choose for you, but you can select specific drivers if you’d like. I’ve only had to mess with installing specific drivers on edge cases.

[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

PopOS in my opinion. It (mostly) solves the issue of getting the drivers needed to run GPUs.

[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 41 points 4 months ago

“Such tension is especially rife in rural areas, despite the end of the racist system of apartheid more than 30 years ago. Most private farmland remains in the hands of the white minority, while most farm workers are black and poorly paid, fuelling resentment among the black population, while many white farmers complain of high crime rates.”

That last sentence sounds familiar. Gee-whiz, I wonder why the crime rates are so high?

[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 67 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Well the head of the EPA called climate change “a religion” so that ship has sailed for the US.

[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Good to know! But the out of the box version of DuckDuckGo.com does have AI on by default. I think it should be off by default.

[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 56 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Somewhat ironic given that DuckDuckGo has AI on by default. You have to either save the settings on the cloud or manually turn off AI when searching using DuckDuckGo. Still a good privacy search engine though.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b12b60ef-816c-4fef-9124-9c33041c9587.jpeg

[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Andy Capp use to have a version called “salsa fires” and they were the superior Andy Capp fry. But alas, they discontinued them many years ago.

[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Impossible. Even in a world where AI can do everything perfectly, they still would not be able to disintegrate Microsoft products and support at the current pace Microsoft is doing it. With every Teams update, I honestly think it’s an April fools joke. There is no way it can be on purpose.

[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It’s not ignorance, it’s bribery (lobbying). The oil industry wants to take advantage of green energy incentives to build more gas power plants.

Also I love the hypocrisy here:

“In 2024, Gov. Landry signed a pro-gas proclamation stating that “Louisiana recognizes natural gas as an affordable, reliable, and clean energy resource,” and that efforts to transition away from fossil fuels stand to “devastate” Louisiana consumers and economic growth.”

But also:

“Entergy customers will be on the hook for $470 million to finance the project, according to filings with the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the Midcontinent Independent Service Operator, as reported by New Orleans City Business.”

[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yea, I think you are correct. The BBB will be voted on July 4th, not the budget. I had my facts backward. That said, I still don’t anticipate a lot of DHS pushback. Although I hope congress does change it considerably. It’s a mess as is.

[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

It’s already passed the house. The senate plans on voting on it by July 4th. So far, no push back from senate republicans on the DHS side of things.

According to Wikipedia:

“The Republican-led Senate is expected to amend the bill.[63] Fiscally conservative Republican Senators (nicknamed "deficit hawks") such as Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Rick Scott of Florida, Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky, have pushed for deeper spending cuts.[63][64] Moderate Republicans such as Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Jerry Moran of Kansas, along with populist Josh Hawley of Missouri, have expressed concerns about Medicaid cuts.[63][65] Other moderates such as John Curtis of Utah and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, along with Murkowski and Moran, have also expressed concerns over the end of green energy tax credits.[63] Defense hawks such as Mike Rounds of South Dakota are opposed to spectrum auction provisions in the bill.”

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