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C was originally created as a “high-level” language, being more abstract (aka high-level) than the other languages at the time. But now it’s basically considered very slightly more abstract than machine code when compared to the much higher level high-level languages we have today.

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Tell them if you have to go back to the office, you quit.

Nah, never say “or I’ll quit”, you just say you won’t go to an office. End of statement. You don’t make any sort of threat or give them an ultimatum, just set your boundaries. Make them fire you, if you’re valuable and/or well liked odd are they won’t and you just get to keep working remote.

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IMO, the best free option is freedns.afraid.org. The biggest downside of that one is that you have to login a couple times a year (IIRC?) to keep it active. I actually still use this even though I have a paid domain, I just CNAME my real domains to the afraid dynamic name. That was easier than changing the config every time I become unhappy with my domain registrar and have to reconfigure everything after swapping.

Why is TikTok seen as privacy invading and bad, but Facebook is fine?

I’m not here to claim that Tiktok is completely harmless, or that it’s even a good site. I’m sure they absolutely do collect as much personal information as they can, and I’m sure they give it to the Chinese government whenever they ask. But I don’t understand how Meta and Facebook are meant to be any better? There’s...

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For the purposes of data collection, the US basically isn’t foreign for AU: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes

If saturated fat is the most unhealthy part of cooking oils, then why don't we remove it?

I noticed that almost all types of cooking oil (vegetable oil, olive oil, peanut oil, etc) contain some saturated fat. Since saturated fat is known to be a contributor to heart disease, then could you simply remove the saturated fats from the oil to make it healthier?

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We tried that in the 90s, it went poorly: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat#History

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Less commercial interest means only hobby level development

Podman is developed by RedHat: github.com/containers/podman/graphs/contributors

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Oof, that’s rough. I really hope they’re able to recover. I Am Fish is my all time favorite game, I really hope they survive to make an ‘I Am Gull’ (or w/e).

(P.S. to a mod: English seems to be blocked as a language on this community.)

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The day Firefox shutters its doors is the day the internet truly dies.

*the web

The internet has so far been doing a much better job surviving as a proper decentralized system than the web.

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I use an Xbox Series X/S controller (I think? I don’t actually own an Xbox Series (is that the name?)). I usually use it via Bluetooth (requires a FW update that can only be installed via windows to actually work), but I aprecieate that there is also a dongle I could use (though, sadly that requires out of tree kernel drivers [edit: on Linux]).

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are you able to use the bluetooth functionality on Linux then?

Yep. Well, I’ve technically only tested it on SteamDeck, but it works out of the box there, so I’m fairly confident it’d work on other distros too.

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Assuming you meant de-federate, there are a few listed on fedipact.online that seem to be lemmy instances.

Should I move to Docker?

I’m a retired Unix admin. It was my job from the early '90s until the mid '10s. I’ve kept somewhat current ever since by running various machines at home. So far I’ve managed to avoid using Docker at home even though I have a decent understanding of how it works - I stopped being a sysadmin in the mid '10s, I still worked...

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IMO, yes. Docker (or at least OCI containers) aren’t going anywhere. Though one big warning to start with, as a sysadmin, you’re going to be absolutely aghast at the security practices that most docker tutorials suggest. Just know that it’s really not that hard to do things right (for the most part[^0]).

I personally suggest using rootless podman with docker-compose via the podman-system-service.

Podman re-implements the docker cli using the system namespacing (etc.) features directly instead of through a daemon that runs as root. (You can run the docker daemon rootless, but it clearly wasn’t designed for it and it just creates way more headaches.) The Podman System Service re-implements the docker daemon’s UDS API which allows real Docker Compose to run without the docker-daemon.

[^0]: If anyone can tell me how to set SELinux labels such that both a container and a samba server can have access, I could fix my last remaining major headache.

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The top white rectangle is a multi-color LED (presumably RGB). Can’t make out what’s in the bottom, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was some form of light sensor for (literally) flashing new information onto the tag.

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The light is visible, the flashing isn’t.

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Meh. Now I’m a dyed in the wool Linux zealot, but this list is crap.

  1. Everything you need, nothing you don’t

Phoey, even the description for this point talks about how much Valve had to build to make the deck possible.

  1. Better performance, lighter overheads
    Windows is a pretty bloated OS

Honestly don’t know enough about Windows to say anything on this one definitively. I still doubt it though…

  1. A hidden desktop experience
    You never need to use it if you don’t want to

This has nothing to do with windows vs linux, Valve just did a good job on their ‘not-desktop’ side of things.

  1. Never worry about drivers

Do the windows consoles not come with drivers installed? Also, can you point out where I can download all the Linux drivers from Valve without exacting them from a full OS recovery image? (Actually kinda honestly asking on that last one. Or have they just upstreamed everything already?)

  1. Modify it to your heart’s content
    Linux puts tools in your hands

This is a choice that Valve made. They absolutely could have given this thing secure boot that only lets you run official software with no hooks for mods. I was tangentially involved with doing exactly this for the SmartThings Hub V3, it’s not particularly hard.

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That’s a problem anywhere with user generated content & user defined communities. The usual example is that when BOTW came out there were at least half a dozen subreddits created and more than one survived, so there were two that were both really popular at the same time and that’s in addition to multiple Zelda and multiple Nintendo subs that might all get the same links/posts.

What is the thing that resembles a camera shoe under the handset holder found on telephones with a handset used for? (lemmy.world)

I have noticed phones with a handset (like the one in the image) have a little cover that resembles something like a cold camera shoe under the bottom of the handset’s top speaker holder. Is there a use for it? It has a line bump in the middle, but it doesn’t go all the way from both sides, it leaves a gap. I have also seem...

azdle ,
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It’s for a hook to keep the handset on when the phone is mounted flat on a wall. It can usually be slid/folded down or removed when its not need.

azdle ,
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Its a non-powered version of a hot shoe, both of which are the thing you use to mount an external flash that’s on the top of a lot of (all?) full sized cameras.

azdle ,
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If you have any straight straws, you might want to hold them up to the light. They get pretty grody on the inside.

azdle ,
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Bad Bot! You stripped out the only important part of the article:

For the special Limited Edition version Valve has said:


<span style="color:#323232;">You need to be in the United States or Canada.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Your account needs to be in good standing.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Your account needs to have made a purchase on Steam before November 2023.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Only one unit may be purchased per account.
</span>

If their experiment with this extra Limited Edition model goes well, we may see others come in future.

Additionally, their FAQ also notes for the normal 512GB and 1TB Steam Deck OLED models you will only be able to purchase “1 model of Steam Deck OLED per customer per week” but they plan to relax that when they’re confident they can meet demand.

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Yep, the extra sad thing is that there are actually sold listings too: www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=steam+deck+OLED&rt=n…

Some people just can’t be helped, I guess.

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Yep! I got one.

Got it into my cart within seconds, didn’t even get through more than the cart screen before I started getting 502 errors. Eventually went out of stock. But, showed back in stock a few minutes later and I was able to get my order in. My order email shows 12:29 (10:29 PST).

Already had a 512 Deck that I got in Feb 2022, but when you combine mainstream Linux gaming, OLED, and a translucent shell, apparently I have no self-control.

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Also, the LE is still showing as in-stock for me: store.steampowered.com/sale/steamdeck_2023LE

I think the OOS labels it showed a couple times might have just been from the servers getting overloaded.

Steam Deck Owners: What’s been your favorite game that you first discovered on Steam Deck and now you can’t seem to put down?

Looking for those games that you may have heard about but never tried until you got a Deck. Or old games on systems you never had that you’re trying for the first time. Or new AAA games that just released in the last year or two that you picked up for the first time specifically to play on Steam Deck and have kept you glued to...

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Fall Guys, have had it on steam since before it got bought by epic, having the SD and looking for good controller-based games right after I first got the deck convinced me to play it. I’ve played it almost every day since getting my deck in February of last year. Had been getting a bit bored of it just before the constructor update (user built levels), and the fact that it was broken for ~a week after an epic games services update didn’t help, but the new constructor levels sucked me back in. I usually play it in the morning to help me wake up, the whole bright colors & tight races thing really help my brain to start turning on.

azdle ,
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If your distro offers it, rootless podman + podman system service is the best setup, IMO. That will give you a docker command that is 1-to-1 compatible with docker and lets you use tools like docker-compose that expect a docker service socket. Then you can just follow tutorials that only explain things for docker.

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Defense in depth. If something escapes the container it’s limited to only what’s under that user and not the whole system. Having access to the whole system makes it easier for malware to hide/persist itself.

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That’s not really possible with docker TBH, and I say that as a diehard Podman advocate. Docker, the tooling that you install with your package manager, is open source. Sure they have windows and mac desktop stuff that isn’t open, but it’s not like you’re self-hosting with that, right?

Plus there’s always Podman to switch to, which can be a (mostly) drop-in replacement, if you want something with a more trustworthy provenience.

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When this happens, do these companies ever remove the DRM on steam too?

Have you ever had to retake a major course you already passed in order to understand the subject better?

So essentially I took a class last semester, passed it, but didn’t learn shit because I rarely attended the lectures (worked evenings, class was in AM, used the hour to catch up on sleep). I didn’t realize how important the class was to my major, and now I’m seriously struggling in my current classes....

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Yep, I did exactly that. I passed a class because the prof graded on a curve, but if he hadn’t no one would have passed, so I learned nothing. I went and talked to the prof that was teaching it the next semester, just before classes started, and he said it was fine fine to sit in as long as I didn’t come on any of the test days.

I suggest you go in person to ask, it might be something they’re not supposed to do, so if you ask in some way that leaves a paper trail, they might have to say no just to cover their ass.

azdle ,
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Compose works with podman too, you just need podman system service & to set the DOCKER_HOST env var to it’s socket.

azdle ,
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Seems that way: en.wikipedia.org/…/Vehicle_identification_number#…

  • SN-ST Germany (formerly East Germany)
  • W Germany (formerly West Germany)
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Your thoughts.

(And to a lesser extent your actions, but that gets tougher to define since external factors will apply more there.)

azdle ,
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The exact laws vary by state, but it’s always “get the fuck out the way, as quickly as you can while being as predictable as possible.”

I’ve never heard that you’re supposed to not stop (if that’s what you meant), but as far as I know, you’re not required to stop if you’re out of the way and not preventing anyone else from getting out if the way.

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I had an AMD Phenom-II era motherboard that claimed it would be able to do that. OP, you might be able to find an old NIC/mobo that could do this for cheap.

azdle ,
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This is about “fees” over and above the advertised “price”. So it says your plan is $65/month, but when you get your bill it’s actually $95 because there’s a “Cost Recovery Fee”, a “Network Maintenance Fee”, and a “Municipal Area Surcharge” (IIRC all real fees I’ve paid on an internet bill) on top of the advertised rate. They’re often meant to look like taxes, but they aren’t.

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Meat doesn’t grow in the suburbs either though. Plus if you’re buying meat at a major supermarket, it probably didn’t even come from your state anyway. Your proximity to the nearest cow doesn’t have much to do with how far your steak came.

What happened to dataterm.digital?

During the Reddit migration, I made 2 accounts for myself. This account for research and one for actually being active on lemmy. My other account was on dataterm.digital and I really liked it there! But now it’s gone. Does anyone know what became of them? Apparently they had/have Mastadon, but I’ve never used it before and...

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This is their meta site: obeythesystem.com It doesn’t seem to list it. Neither does their network status page: biomonitor.cyberwa.re/status/network

I don’t know anything, but that seems to imply to me that it’s probably not coming back.

azdle ,
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Oh, right, this is the fediverse. (This is a Lemmy comment, FYI.)

@lucy, whatever happened to dataterm.digital? Is it ever coming back?

azdle OP ,
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Do you just use the gitea web editor for that? (I assume it has one right?) Does it provide a nice markdown-aware editor?

azdle OP ,
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I’d personally like to not depend on infra like github, but I hadn’t considered just using the web UI of a code forge. That’s a good idea, I’m going to try that and see if I like it, thanks!

(Still interested in other suggestions if others know of things that are more fit for purpose, tho.)

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Ah, nice. I think that’s exactly what I was trying to describe. Thanks for the suggestion!

Though, I think the git forge ‘backend’ + “Static CMS” frontend seems a bit more featureful and slick. I think I’m going to keep going down that path instead for now. Good to have a backup of exactly what I originally thought I wanted though.

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Just upgraded to 0.18.3-rc.4 and the Hot sort seems to be fixed now. (I’d guess Active would be too.) So, that now. Before I pretty much only used Top X Hours based on when I last looked.

Though, now that I’m looking at Hot, the communities I’m in definitely feel a whole lot more active.

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I think you found an extra factor of a thousand somewhere along the way. I get 497 cubic meters: www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=(0.0043+inches+*+2.6…

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