dustyData

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[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Most tweaks on protondb are either copy pasting a few settings to a Steam dialog box, or picking a particular option in the compatibility list on the GUI. Mostly old games take a bit more effort, yet it won't be any harder than what you used to do to make mods run on Windows. Really, the only reason anything Linux could be intimidating is because it is unfamiliar. As soon as you start seeing the parallels with tinkering and tweaking on windows, you'll realize that it is actually easier, more intuitive, and more stable than on Windows.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

You want to game and you want it to be easy. Just install Bazzite, ignore people suggesting Mint. Mint is the best traditional distro ever made, but it has major flaws and it gets difficult if you try to game in it. Containerized immutable OS are way better for novices and the average user. People want to use their computer, not manage a computer they never use. A lot of us Linux fanatics we tend to forget that fact.

You have plenty of technical knowledge to get it installed. And that's about it for what is required.

Don't dual boot Windows, it gets too hands on and too technical fast. Instead, have Windows on a entirely separate second drive. Boot to the desired drive accordingly. Linux plays nice and can work with windows perfectly, but windows actively hates linux and will fuck up any drive it shares with it. So it is best windows is absolutely oblivious as to the existence of Linux in the machine. For that you'll need to disable secureboot and probably disk encryption as well. As I said, it's a technical challenge. Not worth it in my personal opinion.

Be mindful about the games you play, often if it doesn't run on Linux is not because of any technical limitation on Linux side. It's because of the political will to hurt Linux. This is why virtually all indie games run fine on Linux, it's AAA slop that is designed to stop working if it detects it's running on Linux.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

[...] implementation of the dictatorship [of the proletariat] was clearly defined by Lenin as early as in 1906, when he argued it must involve "unlimited power based on force and not on law," power that is "absolutely unrestricted by any rules whatever and based directly on violence."

Leszek Kołakowski

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (10 children)

Never idolize anyone. I think the lack of certainty in the number of deaths Lenin was responsible for adds more horror to his decisions. No matter how pretty his ideas were, or how cute he looked with a cat, an oligarch is an oligarch, and as soon as a revolutionary acquires power, they become the oppressor.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (13 children)

Fascism has no ideology. They will just take any varnish that makes them look acceptable in the short term. Just like fake tan, it's just gold paint over a turd.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

There's several of these things all over the world, they are as old as road themselves.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What's that weird write out on their webpage? It reads like a super cringy AI generated Instagram ad.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Samsung has had 7 (5 of updates and 2 security support) years support por flagships and 5 years (4 updates, 1 security) for the A series for over 5 years now. They've had their hiccups with updates, but so have all phone manufacturers.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It already knows which words are, statistically, more commonly rhymed with each other. From the massive list of training poems. This is what the massive data sets are for. One of the interesting things is that it's not predicting backwards, exactly. It's actually mathematically converging on the response text to the prompt, all the words at the same time.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Why not having an archive of exclusively warranties? Emails can be downloaded, indexed and compressed. I agree on keeping archives of old stuff. But emails used as cloud drives are a huge problem for IT and security reasons. A legal folder is better and facilitates backup, encryption and much more accessibility.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

When was the last time you had to find a 20 year old email? Share your anecdotes.

Edit: I'm not being snarky, there are legitimate and more functional solutions.

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