HK65

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[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

turbocharged

I wonder where the exhaust fumes come from for the turbocharger. How many cylinders do you think the engine of an average Copilot+ PC have? How much extra torque can they get out of it?

Fuck idiotic marketing, words have meaning.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the Steam Deck production OS is built on Arch.

The problem with Arch is that it's too minimal for someone who comes with an expectation that everything "just works".

It’s installer is as easy to use as the other shit you recommended if you can fucking read and follow directions, but skips the unnecessary installer UIs that hand-hold (which requires just as much reading and direction following, difference is the others have a toddler-appealing colorful UI).

Most people who use computers today started using GUI software as their first contact with computer tech in general. Hand-holding is customer service, some people need to be guided through the process, and having something that looks like it should work even if you don't know what you're doing helps.

If old MAGA Boomers can handle text terminal DOS installs with floppy disks, a contepmorary dumbfuck Windows user will be fine too.

On the one hand, take 10 randos who have never seen anything but Windows, and give half an Arch installer, the other half eg. Fedora. Take a guess which half will fare better.

On the other hand, Linux and OSS in general is about choice. Not just your choice, but the choice of "dumbfuck Windows users" as well. If you like Arch, go for it, but most people find it hard to cope with after coming over from commercial interfaces. You do Arch, they do Linux Mint if they feel like it.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 27 points 1 month ago

If it's an explorer.exe dependency, it's not an optional feature.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Isn't 4(c) supposed to be the issuing authority instead of your residence? Or is it a Belgian thing because your government is confusingly complex?

All the licences I've had in Europe were always just listing the issuing authority of the country in question. It would have been a bit painful to get a new licence every time I moved.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The reason why it might be fucked up is that while the KoL guys might design such a system to create game design that is fulfilling to all these groups, the MBA in charge of the development of an AAA game is going to be "how do we best monetize all these motivations", as in "how do we exploit all these disparate personalities to make this game as fucked up addictive as possible for everyone".

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Your thing and Leon's dream has one major difference. Thanks to those open protocols, multiple companies could build everything apps and compete on service, with all of them being able to access all you need.

Leon does not want Twitter to be an everything app, he wants it to be the everything app that you can't escape, owns all your data, and you can't get on with doing basic shit without paying him money.

He basically wants to monopolize everything, because he's bad at competition, because he's bad at it.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 month ago (8 children)

You know it's never the engineers and always the managers even with software, right?

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Did someone sign into law again that pi is exactly 3?

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 month ago

I guess the big question that lies under this whole debate is "can someone own our culture and rent it back to us", and "do works of art have meaning and value beyond monetary value"

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 months ago

I think mine interacts with the microplastics in my balls, cell reception is always better when I get morning wood.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Okay, great, what are the rules, the consequences, and who is going to enforce them?

Otherwise this is just a marketing stunt for the AI bubble.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Based on the one time I've driven their electric SUV, they auto level to blast and dazzle the cars in front of me. Together with the GPS that only told you about the offramp you need at the last second, I felt like a serious road hazard.

Never driving that thing again.

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