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I F*cked up and I need help.

Hey guys. I’m new to Linux and I’m running Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon. Yesterday I have f*cked up. I was testing things in users and geve myself standart priveledges insted of Admin ones I had from beggining and then restarted PC. I then tried log back into users tab and change myself back to Admin but even tho the password is...

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If somebody had physical access to a machine, they can get into it. If you want your data secured l, use encryption as others have suggested.

Fan drivers for a Windows laptop

Tldr: Are there fan drivers I should look into for my Gigabyte Aorus XC laptop (Intel i7; RTX 3070; 32GB RAM), so my fans do not get stuck at 100% when running Linux? I installed Mint 2 yrs ago when this happened. Im aware I cant tell for sure without doing another live boot, but I’d like to prepared just in case....

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Have you used the fancontrol script from lm-sensors yet?

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I’ve never tried to do that but probably. It might require you to have a recent kernel and Nvidia drivers installed.

SQLedge - SQLite read replica of a Postgres primary DB (news.ycombinator.com)

SQLedge uses Postgres logical replication to stream the changes in a source Postgres database to a SQLite database that can run on the edge. SQLedge serves reads from its local SQLite database, and forwards writes to the upstream Postgres server that it’s replicating from....

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Sqlite can be super useful for client side caching, searching and filtering. But this would require having you’re postgres database exposed to your end users. That would be a huge security mistake unless your users are all internal and trustworthy. Definitely retrieve data over an API instead.

Logitech Powerplay stops working randomly when launching games.

Weird issue sometimes when I launch a game my mouse(Logitech g502 X connected via Logitech Powerplay mouse pad) stops working. Until I reboot. I know it has something to do with the powerplay since the mouse has a wired mode as well and it works again when I plug it in. Anyone else experience this problem or know of steps I can...

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I haven’t had this issue in Linux with my g703 or g903 using my powerplay mousepad. I’ve had it for a few years at least, and used it on 3 different machines.

Have you tested it on another machine yet? Are you connected directly to it or through a hub?

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Hah, well I’m also running pop_os so maybe that’s why I’ve never experienced it. Maybe it’s a kernel or firmware issue.

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Haven’t seen any socketable ARM processors outside the server space. You can find plenty of single board computers with ARM chips on them (look up Rock pi) that you can put in a case. And some ITX developer boards (kinda pricey). Or you can get a server motherboard, they come in ITX form factor (not cheap).

Backwards compatibility is the best feature of Xbox, and I don't understand why Sony is so far behind on this

When I got the XSX recently, it was so I can play Starfield when it comes out. That was basically the only reason. I did not realize the extensive backwards compatibility that this thing has. But since getting it, I’ve been playing FF13 trilogy, Fable games, Dragon Age series, Lost Odyssey, etc. Basically all games of note...

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Sony changed their CPU architecture every time until PS4/5. The only reason some PS3s could play PS2 games is because they had also had PS2 hardware in them. Xbox has been x86 the whole time.

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Oh I forgot about the xenon chips. Those are still much easier to emulate I think, at least compare to the cell and emotion chips Sony used early on.

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I can’t remember the last time I had to use the command line to do something that wasn’t me writing/publishing code or managing a server. It may have been years.

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This in a framework laptop might make me finally switch to an eGPU instead of a dedicated desktop/laptop combo.

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This is like suing google because maps has address of places where crimes are committed, and judges agreeing with you.

latest version packeges on mint

I have started using linux for 6 months since I leave Windows and already tried ubuntu, arch and liked mint besides arch AUR be so useful, but because I have had some issues with rolling release I choose mint, and I sometimes need latest package, there is somehow to install without being though appimage and tarball?

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Flatpak is good for user things that need to be bleeding edge. If I need to work with a server that’s bleeding edge, containers are the way to go.

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I really wish people would learn SQL instead of learning all the languages/tools that write SQL for them. Why are we abstracting this from ourselves? Is it really that hard to write some set based operations?

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Yo - my message probably seems like a downer then, and I apologize for that. I’ve just seen so many ORMs and query builders and other things come and go. And it frustrates me when people want to learn the new hotness rather than learning how to do the thing. Especially when the thing in this case is SQL, the most widely used language for database interaction.

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I think Ubuntu is the most popular distro in the cloud, at least based on cloud provider metrics. Dockerhub shows like 30 million downloads a week for it regularly, which is a lot compared to most images. Debian would be good to learn as that’s what Ubuntu is based on and all the major software with will probably target it. Alpine is good to learn as it’s super slim, tends to be used for containers a lot.

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In my experience, ChatGPT is very good at interpreting documentation. So even if it hasn’t been asked on stack overflow, if it’s in the documentation that ChatGPT has indexed (or can crawl with an extension) you’ll get a pretty solid answer. I’ve been asking it a lot of AWS questions because it’s 100x better than deciphering the ancient texts that amazon publishes. Although sometimes the AWS docs are just wrong anyway.

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That should be totally fine for 4k video playback.

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Yea, most enterprises that I know of are looking at VDI. I don’t think Apple has made any effort in that area?

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Nice. Mine were all bright red or pink (depending on which TV I was playing on).

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I used to run debian testing, but as the branch name implies you will experience the occasional break. If you’re doing straight gaming, Arch seems like the distro to be on. I game and work (dev stuff) on my machines so I run pop_os (with xanmod kernel).

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This dude is a big part of why I dove into tech as a kid. Absolute legend.

USB battery bank recommendations?

In need of a rechargeable battery bank I can keep in my car and use to charge my phone. My car is a little older and has one of those cigarette lighter things. Only problem is it doesn’t charge the phone, it just keeps it from dying, which is inconvenient for my current setup. Looking for good ones for the price, and hopefully...

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I’ve seen people plug heated blankets into those ports. It’s definitely capable of fast charging your phone but I’m guessing the adapter is busted (or just real old). You should be able to pick up a fast charger (20-40w) for $20-30 and not have to worry about charging a battery at home.

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You may need to turn on virtualization support in your BIOS for the CPU. That’s often disabled by default.

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I don’t think you can go wrong with either. But I love that I can swap my ports around on my framework laptop. Especially after my display port got broken last year (cable got snagged). Instead of it being damaged until I replaced the laptop, I ordered a new module for $20.

Eta: I’d love to see a partnership between them in the future.

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I love javascript and how loosey goosey it is, I must be the odd one out. Then again my apps tend to be database driven so it’s mostly just a UI and very thin API layer.

VR, Linux, and my Currently Unused Rift

I’m looking to getting back into VR gaming. However, with my switch to Linux, that has made things a little more complicated. I don’t own a Valve Index (although I’ve heard that there are some issues with the Index on Linux), I own a Rift CV1. As far as I’m aware, the Oculus Rift is pretty much completely incompatible...

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Doesn’t openHMD support it? Have you tried it yet?

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The Mama World (Manaverse) is pretty small IIRC. But it’s a sprite style game, not sure if you’re after that.

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Wow that is a prime typo. Changes the whole sentence, gonna have to leave it.

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HP bought the Samsung printing business and kinda ruined it FYI. If it ever breaks, you have my condolences.

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This reminded me of the bedroom level of Twisted Metal 4. Loved driving around that map. Felt like I was a hotwheels car.

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It’s use cases might be more focused, but I’m gonna say no. At least based on the distributed database cluster that I am in the middle of building right now. When folding@home started, the processors in PS3’s were a big deal. But these days a single socket server can have 256 threads and 3TB of RAM in it. Why manage 500 servers when you could manage 4?

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Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/23779039/microsoft-activision-blizzard-ftc-trial-win

From the article, quoting Judge Corley:

... the Court finds the FTC has not shown a likelihood it will prevail on its claim this particular vertical merger in this specific industry may substantially lessen competition. To the contrary, the record evidence points to more consumer access to Call of Duty and other Activision content. The motion for a preliminary injunction is therefore DENIED.

@gaming

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Honestly I can’t remember the last game I played from Activision/Blizzard. I know this is bad because market consolidation is bad. But I think this will have no impact on my gaming.

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If you’re using a right join, you’ve done something very wrong.

Also don’t forget cross join and laterals/cross applies.

French Courts Are Giving Protesters INSANE Sentences (www.youtube.com)

French courts have been imposing disproportionately severe sentences for minor offenses, including 10 months in prison for stealing a can of Red Bull and one year for a homeless boy with schizophrenia caught looting a luxury store. The overwhelmed courts rush cases, provide minimal time for defendants, and prioritize punishment...

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“A riot is the language of the unheard.” - A quote that always comes to mind for me.

I seriously respect how French citizens protest. They do not fuck around. Handing down a 10 month sentence for stealing a soft drink shows fear rather than decisiveness to me. Hopefully this brings about some positive change and these sentences all get commuted.

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x is used for map, filter, etc. a and b are used for sorts, comparisons and merges. y might be used if I’m doing multiple lambda expressions (but that means I’m in a bad place already). I have no idea why, but these are firm rules in my brain.

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For what purpose though? All my servers and containers run debian. Everthing I care about publishes fresh packages for it, but on their own repos. My desktop and laptop run pop_os with a few additional repos.

Everything that needs to be bleeding edge can come from snap or flatpak these days anyway.

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What are they still making? The only thing I know of would be power supplies, and I’m pretty sure those are rebranded Seasonic units.

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They’re calling all the current protesters terrorists. They’ll abuse this to put down any protest.

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This is something everybody with an ev already knows. Drag is a big factor at high speeds. But under 40mph (65kph) it’s pretty negligible. If you did a constant 30mph you could probably triple your estimated range.

With an ICE vehicle, you’re wasting a lot of energy at low speeds being inefficient. But with an electric motor, you’re always using exactly as much energy as needed to move.

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"We wouldn't have civil unrest if the peasants couldn't communicate!" - his thought process I'm guessing.

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If they're banning people who use slurs, I'm all for it and beehaw may not be the place for you.

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Even if they win, this dude is a literal war monger fascist. Not better or worse than Putin.

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Every time a big company gets into an open source space, they try to take it over. Hopefully everybody in the fediverse recognizes that.

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