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  • I'm not hating on km... I'm hating on listing one distance in miles then the next one in km. I don't care which system they used, I care that the two numbers we are supposed to compare are in different units. :(

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    Why the Linux ecosystem cannot be considered "standardized", unlike Windows and Mac?
  • I guess it depends on how "standard" is defined. Ie, its pretty standard for shirts to have 2 arm holes, one head/neck hole, and one body hole and therefore they work for the vast majority of users.

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    What Linux distro surprised you the most?
  • Garuda Linux hands down. Arch at its core but has just enough hand-holding for me to be comfortable and able to do most things via a GUI out-of-the-box.

    I might not have made the switch when I did if I hadn't found this distro.

    Bazzite for an honorable mention, running it on my laptop and recently had some update troubles as it hadn't been booted up in a while and ended up rebasing to the newest image (and discovered there was a specific image for Asus laptops with nvidia GPUs). The rebasing process really WOW'ed me...

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    ‘Do not store guns in your oven’: Loaded gun stored in oven fires multiple rounds after getting overheated
  • Oh I was definitely just considering testing the firearm being able to cycle the action when sitting loose on a flat surface, lol. I wasn't anticipating getting a fully functioning oven in the hole, that does complicate the matter considerably.

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    ‘Do not store guns in your oven’: Loaded gun stored in oven fires multiple rounds after getting overheated
  • Can I recommend digging a hole to test in. In addition to the typical hide behind a very solid wall not right next to it with some way to remotely pull the trigger. And one live round with the followup round being a dummy would also be a good bet.

    But there are so many variables to test here... If it works on a smooth surface then you gotta see if it works on a surface like an oven rack. Would have to check different models as well. We just really need some semiprofessional to test this thoroughly.

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    What's A Piece Of Software You Could Never Do Without?
  • Absolutely. Nothing wrong with np++ for sure. But it does feel like something someone had to make just to make up for the shortcomings of built-in options in Windows.

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    Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots
  • So are we committing fraud if we turn on Spotify and leave it playing in an empty, sound-proof room??

    That contractual agreement has nothing to do with the user or artist, its between advertisers and the platform. That can't be what they got this guy for.

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    Wait, was I supposed to upgrade other things? Eh, it'll be fine
  • Speed of ram typically isn't a problem, but ram configuration absolutely can cause a bottleneck (that usually looks like a CPU bottleneck). The amount of companies selling a "gaming PC" with one god damned stick of ram drives me crazy. Single channel ram? In 2024 my dude?

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    Square Enix invests in Linux distribution
  • Exactly. The average Joe sees he can't just download hacks and suddenly be good, assumes the anti-cheat works, and then when they still get owned complains about something else instead of cheaters and is happily giving shady game publishers the highest level access to their computer like its nothing.

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    Square Enix invests in Linux distribution
  • Anti-cheat doesn't actually need to eliminate cheating, it just needs to make the masses think it works by slightly raising the bar for entry into cheating. Cheating is still rampant, players just feel better about it and complain about smurfs more because they dont think its possible to get around kernal level anti-cheats.

    Honestly I'd be much happier if the industry moved away form terrible anti-cheat software in general.

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  • Its very unlikely you would brick the computer in the sense of not being repairable. Most likely mistake would be accidentally wiping everything that's on the laptop currently. As always, backup your important files to an external device first just in case.

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  • For now... But they like to just turn shit on willy nilly... They've done it with onedrive before (and promptly deleted the local copies of files). Even when they don't force it on during an update, they have a ton of ridiculous pop-ups telling you that you should turn it on and people click them by accident. I know I don't trust them to keep it turned off.

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    What hobby was easier to get into than you thought?
  • Same. Parts designed in freecad take me about 10 times longer and have about 1/4 of the "polish" and nice finishing touches compared to the ones I've done in fusion.

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  • Yea but I think part of the point is the corporate politics are not required to do the job, they are required to work at that company.

    Also what the op finds simple may not be to average people, but if they have specialized skills and training, it becomes a 'simple' task.

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    What hobby was easier to get into than you thought?
  • 3d printing and even designing my own basic parts/items. Seems daunting as all hell to get right but honestly it wasn't that bad to figure out. Fusion360 was a dream to learn. I've been trying to make the switch to freecad and struggling though. :(

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