nickhammes

joined 2 years ago
[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
  1. Windows as a whole is less useful than prior versions in significant ways. They presumably know this, but think they can make it better in the long run than it was before, without AI. But given that a lot of what they've done is tear out well-suited technologies for the problems people face on desktop OSes, and replace them with LLMs that aren't as well-suited to the task, I'm not sure how they can justify that to themselves. I can't imagine the justification is particularly good.
[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

"Show me where on touch-me Elmo Elmo touched you"

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Yes, but if Rudy Giuliani's disbarment is evidence of anything, brazenly defrauding the legal system for political purposes can have that effect. Much like Comey's claim being one that rarely succeeds, I think we're in the realm of possibility where rare things may well happen

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

Salmonella recall? Nah, I've got a kitchen autoclave, I'll be fine

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If the goal is to serve people with larger distances to groceries today, and unmet needs, it's probably not as helpful in wealthier areas like Staten Island. Though surely some people there will benefit.

I can't find easy data on grocery store density, but I'm guessing if the program is as successful as it seems like it should be, dozens of stores across NYC seems like a place they could get quickly. Probably not evenly distributed across boroughs though.

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

There weren't even gender markers on US passports until the 1970s. As it should be, honestly.

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Anecdotally, it doesn't feel like the experience is contracting, or part of a shrinking community. It's worth asking what the data means, and whether it's bad, but there are definitely other reasonable factors too. Users from interoperable platforms like mastodon and piefed, individual people using fewer accounts, or even fewer lurkers, could be responsible for a good chunk of the data.

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

As an experienced Linux user, I just migrated my last windows machine to Debian sid, my gaming PC. And it's great. But I started on stable, and moved to sid after a few weeks, and it really wasn't an issue for gaming or general use. My partner's gaming computer is still on stable.

But yeah for someone less familiar, Bazzite and Mint are great choices. Pop! OS if you like the look of it, or Zorin OS if you like its look. You can always try something new if you're interested in its features.

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

There's a very easy way to prevent that; add a rule that any claim made against an officer without a working body cam is presumed to be true, and the officer's contracting testimony isn't relevant. If they don't want people lying about their conduct, they're given the equipment to protect themselves, and responsible for ensuring it's functioning.

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

In what way? There's this, and the punching down / anti-trans rhetoric thing, but it feels like you're talking about something else entirely.

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I just upgraded from Win10 to Debian on my primary/gaming desktop; every game I've played in the last 4 years in my Steam library is listed as compatible, most things I do on my computer are either a website, a game, or an application with a native Linux version or good wine compatibility.

As a personal user who does a wide variety of things on my computer, I don't really need Windows anymore. I'm dual booting for the time being as I configure things, but I'm quickly running out of reasons to use the old Win10 partition. And all the weird slowdowns it was exhibiting? Totally absent in Linux. I expected performance to be a wash, but it's noticeably improved.

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