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[–] sp6@lemmy.world 66 points 6 days ago (26 children)

On one hand, the Valve Index launched for $1000 in 2019. Adjusted for inflation, that is $1306.25. And you needed a powerful PC to be able to use it, where this can be used standalone. Only effectively costing an extra $194 for standalone processing is pretty impressive.

On the other hand, it is difficult to justify this price considering cheaper headsets on the market, like a $600 Meta Quest 3. Unless you dislike Facebook that strongly (justified).

[–] sp6@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

You don't have to use Gnome on Cachy or Fedora. Fedora has spins for nearly every DE, and Cachy also has an option for nearly every DE on install.

[–] sp6@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

No. This company actually had a legal dispute with Meta when they rebranded from Facebook: https://www.the-sun.com/tech/3983498/facebook-meta-name-trademark-battle/

[–] sp6@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Not owned by Meta. This company actually had a legal dispute with Meta when they rebranded from Facebook: https://www.the-sun.com/tech/3983498/facebook-meta-name-trademark-battle/

[–] sp6@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Looks like it goes on sale for $10 every 1-2 months: https://steamdb.info/app/489830/

It will probably be on sale during the summer sale, which starts on the 25th of this month. Up to you on if waiting 11 days is worth saving $30 per copy.

[–] sp6@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

It's from the 2006 movie Monster House. In the movie, the guy just finished helping a kid, and then decided to steal the kid's snack and eat it right there in front of him. I think the face in the meme was originally supposed to be a kind of "what are you gonna do about it?" face, but people now use it for disappointment / dread / concern.

The version we see here is "AI enhanced" so it's somewhat deviated from the original.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reginald-skulinski-eating-disappointed-monster-house

[–] sp6@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

If you put any stock in IMDb ratings, this may be useful to evaluate each season: https://seriesgraph.com/show/1399-game-of-thrones

[–] sp6@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

This might work OK for simple period tracking, but for more advanced fertility tracking, it's not really possible to do pen-and-paper without being a huge pain.

For example, the open-source, local-only app Drip optionally uses a "sympto-thermal method" to estimate when a user is fertile; the app takes not just the days they are on their period into account, but also their body temperature, cervical mucus values or cervix values, and throws those inputs into an open-source algorithm for much more accurate results.

Doing all that on pen and paper might be possible, but it would also be a bit of a nightmare.

[–] sp6@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

PrivacyGuides has a section about this on their website: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/health-and-wellness/#menstrual-cycle-tracking

At the time of writing, it seems Drip is the best option on both iOS and Android. The app is free, open-source, and all data is completely local. Honorable mention to Euki as well

[–] sp6@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

PrivacyGuides has a section about this on their website: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/health-and-wellness/#menstrual-cycle-tracking

At the time of writing, it seems Drip is the best option on both iOS and Android. The app is free, open-source, and all data is completely local. Honorable mention to Euki as well

[–] sp6@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (13 children)

Other than Fedora Atomic derivatives (like Bazzite) and of course SteamOS, the only big one I can think of is NixOS? It's certainly not tailored to gaming, but it does look like 2.4% of ProtonDB users run it

 

Trust me, I push Signal hard and even donate to it monthly. As I'm sure many of you know, there are always a few contacts who unfortunately refuse to use it.

In this case: do you prefer to use insecure SMS in something like QUIK SMS or Fossify Messages, or do you prefer to bite the Google bullet to get end-to-end encrypted messages (even if the metadata isn't encrypted)?

I can see good arguments for both sides, so I am curious what Lemmy's take is.

 

First release since May 2024, came out a few weeks ago

 

I know they're all bad for privacy to an extent, which is why I specified "least bad."

This is for casual use, as someone concerned about surveillance capitalism, digital privacy, social cooling and the like. I do not have a high threat model. I am looking to balance privacy and convenience. I am not going to teach my grandma how to use monero, and it isn't always a reasonable option to use cash or mail a check.

The big services in the US I know of are:

  • PayPal: shares your data with 600+ companies
  • Venmo: owned by PayPal
  • Apple Cash: Requires an Apple device, not an option for many
  • Google Pay: it's Google, and it doesn't work on custom ROMs like GrapheneOS
  • Facebook Messenger: apparently you can send money on there, but I think "there's zero chance I'm making a Facebook account and I'm especially not linking my bank to it" needs no explanation in this community
  • Cash App: owned by Square, might be a decent option?
  • Zelle: Not supported by all banks (I don't think it's supported by mine and I definitely have friends that use unsupported banks)

If anyone knows of better options, or tips to minimize shared data while using any of the above options, please elaborate.

 

This Major Order requires us to kill 5,000,000 Chargers, and special chargers like the Behemoth and Spore charger do not count. So to progress the MO, people have been suggesting dropping the difficulty to 5/6, since that's where normal charger spawns are the highest.

The problem with that is, you get 36 medals from completing a D10 operation, but only 21 medals for completing a D6 - a 15 medal difference. So after 4 operations, you've missed out on 60 medals when the major order only rewards 50, if we even succeed (not looking good currently).

The same applies to D7-D9, but the break even points are different: 17 OPs for D7, 7 OPs for D8, and 5 OPs for D9. May or may not be worth it depending on how much you play.

I imagine there are lots of D10 players who do more than 3 OPs per week, so this is a bit of a disappointing MO when it's in their best interest to ignore it.

 

As noted by the news release from CalyxOS and Mastodon thread from GrapheneOS, Google did not release the Pixel device-specific source code alongside their Android 16 AOSP release like they usually do. I think many of us, including myself, are hoping this will be published in the near future, but considering they moved AOSP development behind closed doors earlier this year, it's more likely Google has stopped publishing this section or their code altogether, making development of custom ROMs for Pixel devices significantly more difficult. Sad news for the Android ecosystem, and for open source in general.

 

Fixing the bot crisis, open sourcing the game, adding lots of community fixes, allowing F2Ps to use in-game communications, and releasing the 7th (and final) comic probably helped... kudos, Valve.

 

From CNN. Picture is roughly 2.5 miles / 4 km wide. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is barely cut out of the picture to the west.

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