tuxed

joined 2 years ago
[–] tuxed@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

FreeCAD, but (from a pure usability perspective) OnShape is quite good if you just want something done (note my CAD usage is fairly limited).

[–] tuxed@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For a media PC GNOME is goated, specifically their overview! One button on the "magic remote" mouse to easily switch between desktops, windows, control basic settings, and launch other applications is awesome. Generally prefer KDE and did choose it this time when reinstalling the media/coach-gaming machine, but really wish there was anything like GNOMEs overview on KDE.

(Yes, the Plasma overview is awesome, but you can't launch new apps from it without typing).

[–] tuxed@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Except if the AI companies get what they want, and age/id verification goes through globally as seemingly planned, and they get a convenient "this is safe to train on" stamp on all their data.

The death of online privacy for most/all, better training for the models they use to manipulate public opinion, easier protection against scrapers (can't have your competitors stealing the things you've stolen first) and a sweet deal for the advertisers that can rest easy knowing their ads are shown to real people.

Yay.

[–] tuxed@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Did my very first 3d print yesturday on my new Anycubic Kobra S1, and I'm very happy with going with the kombo. For the future or if you print a lot of multi-material I definetely agree, but being able to swap between 4 different spools without manual intervention is great, and considering it has a built in dryer the package deal felt like a no brainer. Just a decent seperate filament dryer seems to cost 100-200€.

For me the ability to do occasional multi-material prints is just a bonus!

[–] tuxed@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

I think that was the reason he gave for using clippy?

"Clippy didn't spy on you, he just wanted to help", as a contrast to copilot etc.

[–] tuxed@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Or had to use the 365 version, which somehow is a thousand times worse. Like seriously, what kind of fucking drugs were they on when writing that piece of crap? Google Drive, Libreoffice, regular Word are all fucking perfect compared to that hellspawn. /rant

[–] tuxed@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Hm, not sure that would be legal even? Considering it likely contained information on different employees etc. But yeah, if possible it would have been nice to see.

[–] tuxed@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

A friend had a cat move in voluntarily, so guess that would be one way. It's still an outdoor cat and can come and go as it pleases, it just seems to prefer staying there. It just gets food, scratches, and a place to stay, but is technically pretty much a wild animal. It behaves as if its lived with them for its whole life and tends to sleep next to my friend in her bed at night.

[–] tuxed@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah you're correct on the accusations, I should have clarified.

But with that approach it doesn't sound like there is anything an organization could do against false accusations that would absolve them of wrongdoing. I'm all for bashing corrupt/horrible companies, but it feels like there should be at least some presumption of innocence unless there is any kind of proof. Painting all accused with the same brush just leads to devaluing the brush IMO. But like you said, people may (and will) believe what they want, and people are under no obligation to watch or support any creator unless they want to. In my case I just haven't seen any proof of wrongdoing (in this case, gamersnexus controversy was worse IMO).

What do you think a company should do in that situation, assuming it is being falsely accused? What would a "perfect" response be? I cant think of a much better one than what LTT did, given their circumstances, but would love to hear what a better response would look like.

[–] tuxed@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They hired an external firm to investigate themselves and they found nothing, while the accuser had zero proof. There is plenty of things to accuse them for, the gamers nexus thing for one, but I'm a bit annoyed about false accusations sticking so hard when there is little reason to believe it. If anything it makes people less likely to believe actual victims.

[–] tuxed@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Feels like I remember that one getting pretty good proof Linus didn't do anything, but could be wrong

[–] tuxed@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not sure how great it holds up today since it was a while ago I watched it last, but The Thing is for me still one of the best ones.

 

I started using Linux when I was 12.

Getting my first computer I was excited to play games and just tinkering with it to see what I could make it do. Sadly, it came with an installation of Windows Vista, something I'm thankful for today since I learned a lot about troubleshooting but at the time was a major pain in doing what I wanted to do.

My school had a 10 week after-school program where you got to learn different programming languages, ranging from perl to JavaScript. Part of that program involved installing and using Linux.

I was immediately hooked. Trading the problems of Vista and everything that entailed with the problems of my Ubuntu installation were to me a godsend. Actual error messages?? People online with similar problems suggesting solutions that made sense?? What is this, and why isn't everyone using it??

Today it is foundation of my career, the reason of any academic success I've had, and a hobby that has brought me immense joy (and struggles with primarily Bluetooth, audio and getting games to work).

I'm so happy I found this amazing software, built in small and large contributions over many years by many of our times brightest minds and just regular people contributing solutions to their personal pet-peeves, fixations and use-cases. It is truly something that (for me) brings some much needed positivity and optimism of our future as a species and what we can accomplish.

Seeing how far we've come as a viable platform makes me very happy. Proton, KDE/Plasma, pipewire, Wayland and many more amazing projects we all use daily still give me an appreciation of what computers should be and what they are capable of.

So thank you. Whether you've contributed code or other things, interacted with the community, or just used this amazing software I hope you feel something similar to what I feel.

I love you all.

(And yes, I am very drunk right now.)

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