Deconceptualist

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[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 10 points 2 weeks ago

is there a difference between power users and stubborn people who are just willing to trial-and-error their problems away until they understand it? lmao

IMO you just described the process of becoming a power user.

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 25 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

C'mon, it fits perfectly and I'm sure it tastes fine. There's something to be said for spatial efficiency.

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 97 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sure it is. Linus Torvalds was the 51st person in his lineage to be be named Nus, so following Finnish tradition his parents put the roman numeral prefix in front of his name. It's quite a coincidence that he also uses an operating system that follows the same convention!

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

German too. Ich habe Hunger. Sie haben Durst.

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No, my stomach is going to town with all this regurgitation.

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well yeah obviously it's way more important on anything portable. For me it's very reliable on Steam Deck. But that's also kind of a core feature, and it only has one type of sleep (in game mode at least). But it does still drain battery faster than I'd like.

I'm curious, what kind of netbook is that one you mention?

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Are you talking the full set of S0-S3 sleep as well as hibernation? Or just whatever your machine did by default? Because I've never had one do all of them correctly without freezing up or having some other issue, across multiple motherboard brands and BIOS updates and so forth. ~30 years here, Windows mostly then the last few on Linux.

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 12 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Wait, are you suggesting it's consistent and reliable on desktops?

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 19 points 2 weeks ago

I'm actually inclined to believe this somewhat, for the simple fact that Krafton could be legally liable for slander if the statements are untrue.

Also, did we know previously that 90% of that $250M was allocated to the three executives? That's a bit shocking to me. If Krafton really wanted to create goodwill, they could say that money remains on the table but would be 100% allocated to the rest of the development team now instead.

You too! And sorry, I just realized I actually posted the video in response to someone else. So big apologies if I came across as argumentative over something you might not have seen. My mistake 🫤

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I didn't consider it a debate in the first place, but yes, I'm aware of how the words have changed in their application. That seemed to be a central theme of the entire post 🤷

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

You didn't watch the video 🤦 Wikipedia is not a superior source to an actual expert. And species are not categorized based on etymology (which wouldn't work here anyway as some "penguins" have all-black heads).

The video is from a PhD Biologist & Zoologist who has made a ton of content on the joys and challenges of phylogeny, and he clearly has a love for these creatures. It's worth a watch if you enjoy this stuff.

Yes, Great Auks were the original "penguins" and they lived in the northern hemisphere. He makes the point that those are more closely related to hummingbirds than they are to what we now call penguins. And the modern "false penguins" (to be a bit cheeky), which live almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, are more closely related to flamingos and other colorful flighted birds than they are to any auks.

So in terms of avian ancestry they are not even very closely related. So yeah, (original) penguins are extinct. Long live (new) penguins!

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