jjjalljs

joined 2 years ago
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 minute ago

I can imagine an engineer working on the OS going "we'll expose battery info via this API. Responsible developers can then use this to, like, turn off battery intensive operations when the charge is low". Something naive and optimistic like that

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 22 minutes ago

That intersection looks like a nightmare for crossing on foot or bike. It's so flat and open cars are going to want to just gun it.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 hour ago

American culture values cars (and guns) more than the lives of people, even children.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 hour ago

A mark on the record for killing someone seems like a weak response.

They should lose their license and the intersection should be fixed.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 10 points 3 hours ago (5 children)

The suburbs really are the worst of all options.

It's too spread out for scenes (eg: a music scene, an art scene) to take off.

It's too dense for nature to be primary.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, 2nd person is pretty rare. the "Broken Earth" books by NK Jemisen are 2nd person, if i recall.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I thought this was a quote from the article until the end

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I've also run mint and ubuntu, but this was very smooth.

The only problem so far are I get a crackling in my headphones in at least one game (guild wars 2), and I'm not sure how to diagnose that. One of the related problems of windows being so dominant is the internet is full of SEO slop for windows problems

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 37 points 4 hours ago (6 children)

Switched to linux (popos - so far so good) this month because fuck microsoft. yeah, some things aren't perfect or require extra steps (modding, usually) but fuck microsoft. Fuck their AI shit, fuck their "recall" spyware, fuck their CEO that babbles about AI while laying off thousands of workers.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 6 points 4 hours ago

Rice and beans.

Oatmeal

Pasta

Marked down produce

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 5 hours ago

Some investment things like betterment will buy Tesla as part of their automation, and the end user might not even know.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 12 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Traditionally it's

  • Soap Box
  • Ballot Box
  • Jury Box
  • Ammo Box

First you talk. Then you vote. Then you use the legal system. And if things are still broken, you use violence.

I'm in the US so I can't speak for the UK specifically, but it does feel like the rise of fascism and consolidation of power into fewer and fewer people is a real problem that won't be fixed by asking nicely.

36
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by jjjalljs@ttrpg.network to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

A friend of mine has an old macbook air. It still works, more or less, but the OS isn't getting any updates anymore, and updating to the latest OS seems dicey.

Has anyone had experience installing linux on an old macbook? From a quick internet search it looks like you can just make a bootable USB and have at it. Thinking mint because it's popular and my friend is a pretty basic user. The laptop will be mostly used for like youtube/netflix and basic web browsing.

Edit: a little extra context: I am moderately comfortable with Linux. I ran mint for a while on my desktop, and I've done software development for a job. I can install docker and start a python project fine, but I'd use a GUI for like partitioning a hard drive.

 

I tried it a bit with my reaper in pve and it seemed okay, but I wasn't doing anything challenging that really put it to the test. I haven't tried the others classes yet.

 

Currently, I'm polite to friendly with all of them. No outstanding conflicts. It's sometimes literal kitchen table poly with one, and the others I only see at like parties and such.

Some years ago I had two partners that absolutely did not get along with each other, and that was rough. Recently I was able to do a dinner with 3 partners and everyone had a good time.

I try not to make a big deal about folks meeting. I try to model after meeting your friend's friends.

 

For me there's a bit of a network effect where the polycule sprawls out into the distance. Partners have partners who have partners.

But for disconnected folks, it's mostly been tinder (yuck), and a local meetup.

(Also this might be the first post? That or nothing federated yet)

 

Like I saw one that was titled "I wonder why rule" and had a picture about overpaid CEOs or something.

Why "rule"? What's the origin of this format?

view more: next ›