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Godort ,

These are good rays.

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I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp. (www.adobe.com)

I expected ridiculous propaganda from Adobe, but they give absolutely no reasons why Photoshop is better than Gimp and list a bunch of things that Gimp can do too....

Godort ,

How is Photoshop different from Gimp?

Photoshop is a subscription-based graphic design and photo editing program with a large catalog of advanced features that go beyond simple photo retouching. It’s the go-to tool for experienced photographers, graphic designers, web developers, and film editors. But at the same time, its tools are approachable enough for beginners and hobbyists looking to tweak images for work or create artwork in their free time.

Okay cool, that’s all technically true or unverifiable. What makes Gimp different, Adobe?

Godort ,

I wonder if that would sometimes be a desirable trait in farmed bees in areas with a lot of predators or competitors.

Like, the human knows that protection will be required and will suit up accordingly, but the ants, wasps or bears that try to rob the hive will be much less successful.

Godort ,

It depends on the plastic and the acid involved.

Most plastics are unreactive with most acids. Sometimes, like with Hydrofluoric acid, it must be stored in plastic, because it can dissolve glass.

Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Addresses Studio Closures (www.ign.com)

“The closure of any team is hard obviously on the individuals there, hard on the team,” Spencer said. "I haven’t been talking publicly about this, because right now is the time for us to focus on the team and the individuals. It’s obviously a decision that’s very hard on them, and I want to make sure through severance...

Godort ,

You dont need to remind us to sympathize with the people you laid off, Phil. Thats the whole reason why your PR is bad right now.

Godort ,

Its the best when you buy an LP and get a download code for the album as well.

I listen to LPs mostly when I want music to be the primary thing im doing. There is a whole ritual involved with putting a record on. Whereas, sometimes I just want to listen to something while I’m doing dishes or driving, and then playing an MP3 over a Bluetooth speaker from my phone is just infinitely more convenient.

Godort ,

Im almost positive that Andrew Wakefield has caused more harm to modern medicine than any other person in the last 200 years.

Godort ,

Dude is out there trying new things and getting experience. Once he stops looking for approval from everyone he’ll be much happier

Godort ,

Should the machine’s operating system be calculated in the storage too?

Godort , (edited )

I’m positive that David Cronenberg had no idea what a video game was when he made that movie

Godort ,

No, you dont understand. All the historical records of that period I’ve seen dont have black people doing things.

What do you mean fantasy movies from the 80s aren’t historical records?

Godort ,

Have you tried waking up earlier, so that you have time to relax before jumping up to do shit?

Godort ,

My understanding is that juries in America dont really deliberate on a verdict or a sentence. Thats up to the judge.

Instead, I believe they’re presented with all the facts and arguments, then determine based on that information whether or not the the prosecution’s claims hold up.

So its more of a “based on the facts you have been presented with, do you think the defendant did X”, rather than “should the defendant be punished for this crime?”

Most Trump supporters understand that he’s a criminal, but believe that his actions are in service of the greater good. So in a situation like this the distinction between “do the facts line up” and “should he be punished” is an important one.

Godort ,

I would argue that damage to property is much better than damage to people.

Godort ,

This is explicitly against their TOS. Whether or not you’ll be found out is a whole other matter

Godort ,

Half-foots only live to about 50 in that universe, so he would be roughly the equivalent to 50 in human-years.

Godort ,

It’s the comic sans of art movements. It works really well for what it was designed for (eye-catching, inoffensive, and simple) but its both overused and misused in enough places that people have soured on it over the years.

Godort ,

I also want this as a canvas print. If you find one, let me know where.

Godort ,

Probably negatively, but also likey not enough to matter. CPUs these days run pretty cool.

Were a long way from the days of an idle Pentium 4 at 75C

Godort ,

My Ryzen 3900X idles at around 50C, although that’s a few generations ago now

Corporate astroturfing is the norm

Went to Google Play to complain about Hulu. I noticed Google advertising that over 300 reviews had the verbatim quote “watch and movies that you love”. It’s always confusing that buggy corporate apps have >95% 5 star reviews until you see that the majority are just completely fake, and no one cares or is doing anything...

Godort ,

The only use reviews have is to make sure that the app youre downloading is most likely the original and not a malicious lookalike.

Artificial content has poisoned the web to the point that adding “reddit” to the end of google searches so that you could get real human content was commonplace.

I miss the days where you had to learn HTML if you wanted to share your opinions online.

Godort ,

Its especially bad these days to the point where im not even sure how to find good results anymore, but 5 years ago things were much better (or at least astroturfing was way less common).

Godort ,

The argument is that “we would like to study these works of art in a purely academic setting, and are willing to limit access to academics only, we just need to make sure it’s going to work even if you guys stop supporting it”

The corporations involved seem to read this argument as “we are looking to start a game streaming service, please give us free access to all your games to distribute at our whim”

Godort ,

To be fair, the alcoholic menu us typically like this too. 95% of the menu is beer, wine, or vodka and some kind of syrup.

Godort ,

To be fair, comparing terminal to the registry is not comparing apples to apples. The registry is more like a complicated config file full of barely documented options. Still miserable to work in, but that’s beside the point.

The terminal equivalent to windows is Powershell which id say is much more favorable.

Godort ,

I’m about 60% through Ori and the Blind forest. Its curently scratching an itch I have for metroidvania games.

However, I learned that instead of patching the original game or releasing a DLC, they just made a re-release and im not buying the game a second time just for a new area and some improved QoL with fast travel.

Godort ,

I started Ori specifically because I didnt want to endlessly throw myself at Soul Master and the Watcher Knights again.

Godort ,

I had the same thought. I thought kiwis were smaller than pigeons.

How do you store your grounded coffee? (slrpnk.net)

Hiya, just quickly wondering how people store their coffee? Mine is in a tin box I got second hand, cos I thought it looked nice. Any rules regarding storing grounded coffee? I don’t store much at the time, it’s just if I grind a little too much and what not. I’m assuming the general thumb rule for this is to store it in a...

Godort ,

I think most people here will be grinding their own coffee per batch. It’s typically step 1 or 2 when getting into the hobby, the other being buying better coffee.

That being said, if you do have pre-ground coffee try to use it as quickly as possible as it will lose flavor much faster than whole beans. Store it in a dark, air-tight container.

That tin box you have was originally used for loose leaf tea and is widely available if you want more

Godort ,

Honestly, with the unfathomable amount of money he was set the make from that deal, I dont blame him for doing it.

It’s a good message too, if you ignore who said it and why.

Godort ,

Windows error messages are usually something to pay attention to if they generate a popup. But you can ignore most errors and warnings in the event viewer.

Linux is the same. If you get a popup, look into that, but if you see warnings or errors in a logfile then they can most likely be ignored if the app is working

Godort ,

How?

I dual boot and use the command line a similar amount in both. cmd and powershell in windows are super useful for troubleshooting things that don’t work, or setting configuration options that are just not possible from the GUI, like disabling the hiberfil

Torrenting exposes your public IP. In a country where government doesn't care, does that pose a risk?

I honestly don’t believe I will have any legal trouble because I don’t do anything like cp or worse, I just pirate media I like, not even porn. But across users of communities, or on public trackers, is IP exposure something to be concerned about?

Godort ,

It’s good opsec to have a VPN when torrenting but thats largely due to the risk of being identified commiting a crime.(Or at the very least, having your ISP send you an angry letter about copyright infringement)

If thats not part of your threat model, then you dont need to worry.

Godort ,

The first game is pretty rough around the edges but pretty fun.

The sequel is a masterpiece.

Godort ,

Thats BC politics in a nutshell, really.

The same thing happened in Victoria when they converted that hotel to make permanent housing for the homeless while offering basically no social support for those people.

Godort ,

The first release of windows 11 LTSC is supposed to be out sometime this year too.

Much like the 10 version, I expect it to have most of the bloat removed and only require a couple tweaks.

Godort ,

Figga please

Godort ,

The bees that leave the hive are the oldest ones. Old age is likely

Godort ,

The Internet Archive is right up there with Wikipedia in terms of public good they have done.

It’s a travesty thet they even need to fight this.

Godort ,

I just made the switch after seeing this article.

Is there a way to get an icon to open the app drawer? Or am i forced to live with a gesture?

Godort ,

I also recommend this. EntraID is pretty handy and it was a fairly painless experience to get everyone using the Microsoft authenticator app on their phone for MFA. SSO via a registered app in Azure is just an added bonus.

Our typical user reaction is something like “Oh, like my banking app?” when we enroll them in MFA

Godort ,

There is, actually.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc

Godort ,

Those are Mini DVDs. Totally different technology.

You’re right though, Mini CDs also exist, but were much rarer.

Godort ,

What if the other side is also genocide along with totalitarian fascist rule?

Godort ,

“Choose LVM and encrypt that volume, you little slut”

Godort ,

So far, the only thing AI has shown to be pretty good at is summerizing a large amount of data, and even then it cant be fully trusted to not make mistakes.

Godort ,

Maybe not a super beginner question, but what do awk and sed do and how do I use them?

Godort ,

Yes, it’s possible

You need a SIP trunk to connect to and a PBX server. I would also recommend a proxy server to obfuscate your SIP server as it will be constantly attacked.

It doesn’t technically need its own network, but having it on its own VLAN is recommended as you will want to have some QoS policies for the UDP voice traffic otherwise your call audio will be choppy

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