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Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, I answered without giving enough thought. You are right in your reasoning of course.

Still, I find it confusing to have 2 completely different moments of the day represented by the same number.

In phrases like "After 12 PM on Monday", "Before 12 AM" etc. I always need to think an extra second.

Another example is setting automatic responder on the mail, where I need to rely on 11:59, because the date is selected before the time of day.

Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Everything before midday is AM, etc. etc.

Germany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threats in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Tjack Norrees

Denmark’s Army Chief Says He’s Ready to Defend Greenland | Danish forces are moving to the island to show NATO—and Trump—that they’re serious about security. in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

He looks like an action figure.

Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago (5 children)

You could just as well say the opposite.

Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Or indie games.

Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (8 children)

What is the logic for distinguishing 12AM vs 12PM? Also, you have double of every element and need 2 more sillables each to distinguish.

It's confusing and inefficient.

Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I use 24h all the time when speaking, never got strange gazes for doing so. And I never remember which one is midday and which is midnight on the 12-hour time.

Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Oh, even I create maps with my cousin still. Playing though...

Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (23 children)

AM/PM time is another thing that needs to sink with the USA, just like the Imperial system and Fahrenheit.

Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] biofaust@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Sorry to break it for you, but no one actually plays Doom anymore.

We made physical toys and games into something expensive for adults and kicked kids out of the equation.

Now all they have are videogames and the most affordable ones (the ones on PC) are soon to disappear.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues banning Twitter over its ability to AI-generate pornographic images of minors is just 'gatekeepers' attempting to 'censor all of their political opponents' in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I know, but at least I asked.

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[SOLVED] Unity games downloaded from Steam not working on Linux Mint (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by biofaust@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
6 comments fedilink
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41338733

Since a few weeks my Unity games are not working anymore on Steam (not flatpak) on Linux Mint.

I have tried Stick It to the Stickman, Olija and Dystopika. They all behave the same, with the audio starting playing fine, but still on a black screen. After that, nothing happens and even trying to switch window doesn't work or is extremely slow, requiring a few minutes to have anything happening.

Adding the same games to another launcher (Heroic), makes them work a bit, but eventually they stop at some loading screen and remain there forever.

I am on the latest OS version, I have the latest proprietary drivers from Nvidia, I have tried switching Proton versions and my GOG Unity games all work fine on Heroic.

I don't know if there are any logs I can submit, but I am all ears for any suggestions.

UPDATE: Solved! The problem was with the fractional scaling feature in Cinnamon. Once disabled, everything went back to work perfectly.

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[SOLVED] Unity games downloaded from Steam not working on Linux Mint (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by biofaust@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
17 comments fedilink
 

Since a few weeks my Unity games are not working anymore on Steam (not flatpak) on Linux Mint.

I have tried Stick It to the Stickman, Olija and Dystopika. They all behave the same, with the audio starting playing fine, but still on a black screen. After that, nothing happens and even trying to switch window doesn't work or is extremely slow, requiring a few minutes to have anything happening.

Adding the same games to another launcher (Heroic), makes them work a bit, but eventually they stop at some loading screen and remain there forever.

I am on the latest OS version, I have the latest proprietary drivers from Nvidia, I have tried switching Proton versions and my GOG Unity games all work fine on Heroic.

I don't know if there are any logs I can submit, but I am all ears for any suggestions.

UPDATE: Solved! The problem was with the fractional scaling feature in Cinnamon. Once disabled, everything went back to work perfectly.

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[SOLVED] Unity games downloaded from Steam not working on Linux Mint (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by biofaust@lemmy.world to c/steam@lemmy.ml
1 comments fedilink
 

Since a few weeks my Unity games are not working anymore on Steam (not flatpak) on Linux Mint.

I have tried Stick It to the Stickman, Olija and Dystopika. They all behave the same, with the audio starting playing fine, but still on a black screen. After that, nothing happens and even trying to switch window doesn't work or is extremely slow, requiring a few minutes to have anything happening.

Adding the same games to another launcher (Heroic), makes them work a bit, but eventually they stop at some loading screen and remain there forever.

I am on the latest OS version, I have the latest proprietary drivers from Nvidia, I have tried switching Proton versions and my GOG Unity games all work fine on Heroic.

I don't know if there are any logs I can submit, but I am all ears for any suggestions.

UPDATE: Solved! The problem was with the fractional scaling feature in Cinnamon. Once disabled, everything went back to work perfectly.

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Thermaltake HDD Docking Station not recognized (lemmy.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41331598

I am trying to use a Thermaltake Blacx Duet (ST0015) HDD Docking Station with my Linux computers (Linux Mint and Ubuntu, all latest).

I have a SATA disk plugged in one of the bays and when I connect it to a USB port with its cable (everything is brand new) nothing happens.

lsusb returns:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 174c:2074 ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1074 High-Speed hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:082d Logitech, Inc. HD Pro Webcam C920 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:0ac4 Logitech, Inc. G535 Wireless Gaming Headset Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:c53a Logitech, Inc. PowerPlay Wireless Charging System Bus 001 Device 006: ID 046d:c547 Logitech, Inc. USB Receiver Bus 001 Device 007: ID 26ce:01a2 ASRock LED Controller Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 174c:3074 ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1074 SuperSpeed hub

The only message in dmesgrelated to usb is:

[ 474.891877] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage

which I understand means that the usb-storage module is loaded.

Same behavior in Ubuntu.

Does this mean that the hardware is just incompatible or is there anything more I can try?

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Thermaltake HDD Docking Station not recognized (lemmy.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41331598

I am trying to use a Thermaltake Blacx Duet (ST0015) HDD Docking Station with my Linux computers (Linux Mint and Ubuntu, all latest).

I have a SATA disk plugged in one of the bays and when I connect it to a USB port with its cable (everything is brand new) nothing happens.

lsusb returns:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 174c:2074 ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1074 High-Speed hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:082d Logitech, Inc. HD Pro Webcam C920 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:0ac4 Logitech, Inc. G535 Wireless Gaming Headset Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:c53a Logitech, Inc. PowerPlay Wireless Charging System Bus 001 Device 006: ID 046d:c547 Logitech, Inc. USB Receiver Bus 001 Device 007: ID 26ce:01a2 ASRock LED Controller Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 174c:3074 ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1074 SuperSpeed hub

The only message in dmesgrelated to usb is:

[ 474.891877] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage

which I understand means that the usb-storage module is loaded.

Same behavior in Ubuntu.

Does this mean that the hardware is just incompatible or is there anything more I can try?

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Thermaltake HDD Docking Station not recognized (lemmy.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41331598

I am trying to use a Thermaltake Blacx Duet (ST0015) HDD Docking Station with my Linux computers (Linux Mint and Ubuntu, all latest).

I have a SATA disk plugged in one of the bays and when I connect it to a USB port with its cable (everything is brand new) nothing happens.

lsusb returns:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 174c:2074 ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1074 High-Speed hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:082d Logitech, Inc. HD Pro Webcam C920 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:0ac4 Logitech, Inc. G535 Wireless Gaming Headset Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:c53a Logitech, Inc. PowerPlay Wireless Charging System Bus 001 Device 006: ID 046d:c547 Logitech, Inc. USB Receiver Bus 001 Device 007: ID 26ce:01a2 ASRock LED Controller Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 174c:3074 ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1074 SuperSpeed hub

The only message in dmesgrelated to usb is:

[ 474.891877] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage

which I understand means that the usb-storage module is loaded.

Same behavior in Ubuntu.

Does this mean that the hardware is just incompatible or is there anything more I can try?

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Thermaltake HDD Docking Station not recognized (lemmy.world)
 

I am trying to use a Thermaltake Blacx Duet (ST0015) HDD Docking Station with my Linux computers (Linux Mint and Ubuntu, all latest).

I have a SATA disk plugged in one of the bays and when I connect it to a USB port with its cable (everything is brand new) nothing happens.

lsusb returns:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 174c:2074 ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1074 High-Speed hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:082d Logitech, Inc. HD Pro Webcam C920 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:0ac4 Logitech, Inc. G535 Wireless Gaming Headset Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:c53a Logitech, Inc. PowerPlay Wireless Charging System Bus 001 Device 006: ID 046d:c547 Logitech, Inc. USB Receiver Bus 001 Device 007: ID 26ce:01a2 ASRock LED Controller Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 174c:3074 ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1074 SuperSpeed hub

The only message in dmesgrelated to usb is:

[ 474.891877] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage

which I understand means that the usb-storage module is loaded.

Same behavior in Ubuntu.

Does this mean that the hardware is just incompatible or is there anything more I can try?

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EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR (noyb.eu)
 

The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.

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EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR (noyb.eu) (noyb.eu)
 

The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.

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EU Commission about to wreck the GDPR pushed by AI companies (noyb.eu) (noyb.eu)
 

The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.

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Dutch cycling website outspoken about having to close because of AI-related content theft (www.holland-cycling.com)
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When was the last time you actually laughed while playing a game? (lemmy.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/37932218

Yesterday I played the demo of the new game Dispatch and it is all beautifully written, but at some point, while presenting the team in-game, there was a casual funny line, pronounced by a voice off-screen, so without graphical support and I just burst out laughing (I was alone at home, so not pressed by social influence of any kind).

When I stopped, I realized how uncommon this has become lately. As a kid, I found LucasArts games extremely funny and I laughed more than occasionally, but this aspect of video game entertainment has been dying out.

When was the last time you actually laughed out loud while playing a game for something that was actually designed as funny (no Fortnite or CoD shenanigans stories please)?

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