lurch

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago (4 children)

There is a lot of dumb stuff, but also a bit very cool space pew pew, very charismatic actors and occasionally Odo emerging from a wall panel, being one step ahead of everyone.

Also, the versatile actors playing different characters are awesome, if you know about it. Oh and the mirror universe.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

It's also the cry of people being chased by Richard Stallman

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, Java has lots of merits. For example, once you know layout managers, you can have a resizable GUI app in no time. It's the exact opposite of arranging things pixel by pixel. You just define "I want a grid of these buttons south and a big text field in the center" and Java will do the rest. I whip up apps like this for the silliest things, like noting which dungeon has what rotating boss this week in a game, so it's more convinient than noting it in a text file.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I also don't understand why their algos cater nazi, racist and nationalist propaganda to young people. Being international corpos, they should be aware they are creating their own worst enemies. How will for example Chinese companies do business in EU, when they raised a xenophobic racist generation? Terrible plan.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 week ago

and proper trashing is actually really helpful, so you can trash files on encrypted volumes without leaking them to a unencrypted trash dir.

trashing saves time and has a more continous workflow, as you don't have to confirm each file to prevent accidents, because you can restore if you deleted too much

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

I have used this for something else a few years ago: It let me select what user to run it as and prompted me for a password while configuring it and then later it didn't need a login any more.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm in EU and I have 2 different internet connections without a data cap, because I work from home and don't want to commute to the office if one type is down. Both have bandwith caps tho (that way they are cheaper and it's still good enough for me).

However, I want to suggest you use traffic shaping. In Linux, I used "trickle" many years ago, so I could download things without disturbing my family streaming or video calling. Idk how it works in other OSes, but the idea is to send a big download through a special network filter that slows it down to your configured bandwith, delaying it so much that you don't reach your bandwidth cap. (The dowload will take months.) Also, I think I have seen something like this built into Steam and Filezilla. If I remember correctly Steam also had the option to pause downloads manually, but you have to remember to keep an eye on it, if you do that.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Hitler didn't just kill Jews, but also many other groups, which invalidates Anons conclusion.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 96 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Exactly as intended.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

😄 All movies about time travel (so the Terminator franchise as well) are extremely inaccurate and far fetched for sci-fi, so you're not wrong. Still, it's very entertaining epic action.

However, in this scene he's basically doing an audio CAPTCHA to determine, if he's speaking to another Terminator.

My point is (meant as a joke): You agreeing with that picture raises the suspicion you're also a machine. (Maybe even a Terminator. Who knows.)

 

The area of the cooling towers of decomissioned nuclear plant Biblis has been hit by a flood, but there seems to be no threat of contamination as the area containing waste material is on slightly higher ground.

 

The area of the cooling towers of decomissioned nuclear plant Biblis has been hit by a flood, but there seems to be no threat of contamination as the area containing waste material is on slightly higher ground.

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