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feoh ,

I keep hearing this, and I KNOW it’s true at the enterprise level, but I’ve been running my home LAN IPv6 native for the last - 6+ years? Ever since I learned Comcat would vend it to you from their stock router.

Works great. No problems. Didn’t used to be that way, but these days most (more?) of the stack bugs have been shaken out.

feoh ,

I looked at their site and thought: What a #!@$ stupid idea.

The whole thing stinks of Twitter brain. “Follow topics, not people”? So what you’re saying is that the null brains on Twitter are far too focused on whenever one of the Kardassians farts to focus on anything real?

Puhh-lease. The Fediverse isn’t about that all.

Hard pass.

feoh ,

I would spend more time doing charity work and contributing to open source.

I already volunteer for a reproductive justice charity, and I would LOVE to devote more time to making the Linux desktop more accessible for visually impaired folks like me.

feoh ,

I don’t love this question.

I spent a huge chunk of my life putting so much focus into being “nice” that some friends sremovedd about me being “a doormat”.

Also? The word “nice” has so many soft negative connotations in 2024.

Subtext: if you’re “nice” you’re fundamentally un-interesting Subtext: if you’re “nice” you’re a push over and ripe to be taken advantage of.

GOOD person? MORAL person? OK.

Nice? Asking anyone to attribute this to themselves is a foot gun.

feoh ,

I won’t moralize because that never stopped anyone from doing anything, ever :)

What I will say is, with the vastness of the internet available to me, I would not personally choose to sift through the reams of malice and hate to find the useful grains that no doubt exist, buried.

Plenty of other permissive fora where even somewhat radical ideas can be expressed but without the embrace of genocide, Neo-Nazism and rape.

feoh ,

Yes TheLounge is fantastic but I switched to Convos these days because it’s lighter weight and I somehow manage to overrun my disk much less often :)

feoh ,

Convos - self hosted web based client written in Perl of all things, because it’s small, simple, does exactly what I want and no more, and avoids my having to faff with client + bouncer which was getting old 10 years ago and feels positively withering now.

convos.chat

feoh ,

Hat tip to you for including some classic games. Most of the respondants are making me feel positively antediluvian :)

feoh ,
  1. Joust (1982 arcade game by Williams)
  2. Marble Madness (arcade, 1984)
  3. Fantavision (PS/2 - also Fantavision 202x - remake for modern PC)
  4. Bioshock
  5. Stardew Valley
  6. Oxygen Not Included
  7. Another World (Amiga)
  8. Populous (Amiga)
  9. Lemmings (Amiga)
  10. Star Raiders (Atari 8 bit)
feoh ,

If I had a I’d have listed Halo3. GREAT game :)

feoh ,

Good choices!

The original Thief is such an incredibly atmospheric experience. Nothing quite like slinking around in the shadows watching that visibility meter…

feoh ,

I’ll take “Product Categories That SHOULD NEVER EXIST” for $1000 Alex!

feoh ,

The Passion of Joan of Arc because if they don’t like it I can harangue them mercilessly for having bad taste :)

feoh ,

I get it.

I don’t love Snaps either.

However, a thing I try to remember and wish others would as well is simply this: Canonical is a company. Their goal is to make money. They are not out to create the ultimate free as in freedom Linux distribution.

This does (to my mind) not make them evil, and ESPECIALLY doesn’t make the folks who work there evil. It makes them participants in the great horrible game that is Capitalism, and expecting anything else from them is going to lead to heartache, as you’ve seen.

If you want a Linux distro that shares your preferences and won’t try to jam snaps down your throat, you might consider giving Debian a whirl as many others have.

Continuing to ride the Ubuntu train and raging against the dying of the light when it continues chugging in the direction it’s been headed for YEARS seems … futile :)

feoh ,

Humans are inherently evil. There is but a thin veneer we call “civilization” that stops of from beating each other to death with whatever object can be brought to hand.

And what does any of this have to do with the price of tea in China? :)

feoh ,

I’m not gonna speak for Canonical but snaps enable commercial vendors to more readily ship their apps on the Ubuntu platform.

feoh ,

Nice to see that KDE is so well supported! I’d been running Manjaro KDE the last time I had Linux installed on my desktop but I may give Debian a try this time around.

feoh ,

Gamer culture in one :)

feoh ,

Points for honesty, but how does one find exploitation free porn? I know some smart women who would say there is no such thing.

So being a sexual creature like any other, I get it but also maybe it’s OK if that just lives on pornhub or whatever :)

feoh ,

It’s great!

The single biggest problem i see is the lack of network effect.

We need more people to use Lemmy and create and participate in communities. I know part of that is actually using and participating ourselves. so I will try to be better about seeking out active communities already here and patronizing them regularly :)

feoh ,

I’m all for more options for sex work. And I certainly have no puritanical objections to consenting adults enjoying the idea of others enjoying their bodies!

feoh , (edited )

What I initially wrote:I’m old and nervous, and while some small part of my brain reads this and says “Cool! Neat!” the larger part IMMEDIATELY leaps to other … things.

I feel like I need to say the quiet bit out loud here, and will do so in the hope that it will be taken for what it is - collegial discourse around a topic of shared interest.

I’m super concerned about this idea. There are so many ramifications that verge into the negative here that it makes my head spin.

How can we be sure that the training corpi used to create said Porn AI will be free of images drawn from sex trafficking and/or abuse victims? What about images from folks who gave freely when they were 18 and in high school but now are 28 and applying for jobs as school teachers?

Also, how will the AI “understand” things like informed consent? Even more questionable are things like social norms

Anyway, it will certainly be interesting to watch this space evolve.

feoh ,

The answer is these days I mostly don’t. No judgement though :)

Jagex co-founder and ex-employee (Andrew Gower) announces new MMORPG inspired by RuneScape (store.steampowered.com)

I mean, when I saw an ex-Jagex employee making a new MMO I thought it was going to be slightly inspired by RuneScape… But this game looks exactly like RuneScape, and the description of the gameplay also matches it perfectly - this is essentially RuneScape 3 but managed by someone else (and with a much newer engine)

feoh ,

I know it’s awful but I see the acronym “MMORPG” and it’s an instant buzz kill.

feoh ,

They publish Runescape.

I never played it, I know it was ENORMOUSLY popular with a certain generation of folks :)

feoh ,

This one goes to 11 :) seriously though? Good on them. The good guys deserve their fair share of hype too!

feoh ,

Computer Engineering For Big Babies

I love objects that teach and are fun to play with :)

feoh ,

Mostly? I have uncompressed FLAC encoded music on my Plex server, and I listen to that streaming through over ear (Bose NC-700) headphones on a computer, or on our home theater system (Monitor UK, 2 stand speakers, 2 rear wall speakers, 1 subwoofer) with an Onkyo receiver.

I also listen to Tidal hifi a bunch and electronica on youtube because some of the Boiler Room and other club mixes are pretty dope :)

feoh ,

Holy cow I’d love that too.

I want to buy a game, not an ongoing financial leeching.

feoh ,

Fun meme, but honestly I think the only folks it’s gonna be a bad year for are AAA game devs, who I already sympathize with.

I think indies are gonna keep rocking some outstanding content. Content made with and for love will always beat content made for money IMO :)

feoh ,

Kinda disappointing how much of the community just takes a giant 💩 on Mozilla whatever it does these days. Funding open source is super crazy hard folks. Notice that the really successful well funded projects are fueled by megacorps?

Offering constructive criticism is great but if you don’t have better ideas around how to fund an open browser without selling your soul to GOOG or MSFT then perhaps your energy might be better spent elsewhere.

feoh ,

I don’t understand this.

How would one federate a shopping cart or an e-commerce store?

I mean, I’m not asking for technical details because we’re brain storming, but even in concept I’m struggling with this :)

feoh ,

Github

All the benefits of the network effect without the crippling reliance on a single MegaCorp to keep the lights on and not turn hostile like the owners of SourceForge, Reddit, and Freenode IRC.

Would also solve a problem I’m not hearing anyone at all talk about - what happens when the Gitlab / Gittea / whatever instances projects are hosting run out of money and go dark? Those sources are lost forever.

feoh ,

So like, maybe distributed recommendations, reviews and the like? I could get behind that :)

feoh ,

That’s really great to hear! It’s an incredible vision for an open source future not dependent on MegaCorps, and I am SO here for that!

feoh ,

Fantastic, I will check this out!

Now we just need to get projects to start using it and federating their source code :)

I suspect the other comment about Gitlab may have more adoption because lots of projects including some very large ones are already using that platform.

feoh ,

This. I’ve seen SO much hype and FUD and all the while there are thousands of developers grinding out code using these tools.

Does code quality suffer? ONLY in my experience if they have belt wielding bean counters forcing them to ship well before it’s actually ready for prime time :)

The tools aren’t perfect, and they most DEFINITELY aren’t a panacea. The industry is in a huge contraction phase right now so I think we have a while before we have to worry about AI induced layoffs, and if that happens the folks doing the laying off are being incredibly short sighted and likely to have a high impact date with a wall coming in the near future anyway.

feoh ,

I met my wife at 37 and married at 39. Best decision I ever didn’t intentionally make :)

But looking back, I had a TON of growing up to do before I was ready to seriously commit to marriage the way I personally view it. Pair bonding for life. Sure, people, things and desired change, but I’ve watched far too many god awful divorces to ever want to go through that, so I wanted to be really sure and I totally was. It’s been an awesome 16 years.

feoh ,

I think everybody’s different. I mean, there do exist 23 year olds who are incredibly mature and fully formed as human beings, capable of making that kind of a Big Decision, but from what I’ve seen they’re pretty darn rare :)

feoh OP ,

That’s interesting it’s a public group. Just search on “LemmyGaming”.

feoh OP ,

And if you’re having trouble, others might be too. Thanks for the report! Also I wonder if it takes time to percolate out to all their servers.

feoh OP ,

We do have horses! Some horses. Not nearly as many as just about any other state you could think of :)

But mostly we have apples. And baked beans. Didn’t you watch Goodwill Hunting ? :)

feoh OP ,

@restingboredface@sh.itjust.works Heh! Cool! BTW Resting Bored Face is an awesome moniker :)

feoh OP ,

You’re very VERY late to this party, but as the person who created it I’m happy to remove it.

Would you be willing to expand on what you mean please? What is the philosophy of this sub?

ajayiyer , to linux
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Gentle reminder to everyone that support for ends in about 90 weeks. Many computers can't upgrade to Win 11 so here are your options:

  1. Continue on Win 10 but with higher security risks.
  2. Buy new and expensive hardware that supports Win11.
  3. Try a beginner friendly distro like . It only takes about two months to acclimate.

@nixCraft @linux @windowscentralbot

feoh ,

A thing I wish more Linux enthusiasts were more up front about: And prepare for PAPER CUTS! Because they’re there. Most Linux folks ^1 probably do 5-6 things a day that new folks would find confusing or infuriating, just because they Get Used To It.

A perfect example: My Linux desktop is a System76 Thelio-r2 running Manjaro KDE latest, which I LOVE. Every time I boot it up, if I want to use my BT speakers or headphones ^2 I have to go into the BT settings panel, wonder why it says “Bluetooth Disabled - Enable Bluetooth”, click the button, and move on with my day.

Turns out this is because of a kernel bug in the latest kernel versions with Intel bluetooth hardware. The driver times out at system boot, and thus the system is disabled by default. By the time you’re fully booted, that time out never happens so if you just click Enable, you’re good to go.

And these things are additive. They pile up and increase frustration for end users who aren’t savvy enough to know which forums to search on or what search terms to pump into their search engines.

This does not mean you shouldn’t try Linux. Please do! It can be a life changer and a serious power up! But be aware that the path will have many small roadblocks that need to be traversed, so just set your expectations accordingly, explore and have fun!

^1: I use Windows, Linux and Mac as need dictates. Let “tool to task” be the whole of the law :)

^2: Perfect example: Many Linux users wouldn’t use Bluetooth speakers! They’d get wired ones or one of those RF thingies that has long time Linux driver support. But if you’re new, you don’t know that!

feoh ,

Yeah, “brand new” hardware is rough in the Linux-verse :) I think Linux advocates need to be more up front with that as well. Quite a number of them are rocking 15 year old Thinkpads because that’s what they read will maximize compatibility.

feoh ,

I saw so many Meh reviews of The Expanse. Glad to hear someone who enjoyed it! I’m a HUUGE fan of the books and TV show and would love to play the game at some point!

feoh ,

Baldur’s Gate 3 on the desktop because it’s so good and Bayonetta on my Steamdeck because I got it dirt cheap from humble bundle and it plays great there :)

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