mosiacmango

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[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee -2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)

/etc is a standard, defined in the filesystem hierarchy standard. This is not:

freedesktop.org produces specifications for interoperability, but we are not an official standards body. There is no requirement for projects to implement all of these specifications, nor certification.

Below are some of the specifications we have produced, many under the banner of 'XDG', which stands for the Cross-Desktop Group.

Its nit-picking, but this is a specification, i.e a preference, not an official standard. It would be great if everyone would agree on just one of these to use, but that isn't a foregone conclusion. Even the actual standard, the FHS, isn't followed by popular OS's like NixOS.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Someone asking a question doesnt merit the insult of saying they "would never ask if they used a terminal." I have no particular dog in this fight, but not being a dick isn't that hard.

As to using this standard, just because this is your preferred standard, doesnt mean its the only standard.

It may actually be the best now, but so were the 14 others that came before it. Your stated reasons are the same reasons as everyone agreeing to use any other standard. Consistency, predictability, automation,ease of backup/restore, etc.

What sets this standard apart from all the rest? Based on their own description, they aren't even an official standard, just one in "very active" use.

So why this, specifically? Just because its what you're already doing?

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Huge leap forward if the process is in the same ballpark expense wise. Being able to reduce a cars battery by 50% would reduce the prices by at least 5k, and likely have longer range because of the reduced weight.

Edit : still very experimental. Battery only retains that energy density for 300 charges. This is an improvement from an earlier 50 cycles, but not really viable either.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

Most smart features can be disabled on modern cars if you dont want to use them.

The tracking is harder, but if you are willing to remove the stereo head unit, a lot of brands have their GPS junk attached to it.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Pasta might be an improvement over its current UI.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Wendel does amazingly deep dives on all things hardware. Hes got that deep, deep sysadmin understanding of various components and integrations that always make his videos on hardware a smokeshow, no matter genre.

I wouldn't even call this a bad title, but if that keeps you from watching one of the best IT youtubers out there, so be it.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 23 points 5 months ago

"The odds are good, but the goods are odd."

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

TL:DW? ACAB

Slightly longer : corpos make money, they dont give a fuck about laws. Cops dont give a fuck about anything.

Longer still : she was stalked/had her face photoshopped onto actual child porn. Gave detailed info about the child porn, including who did it/where they were/etc. Cops did literaly nothing.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Alana Pierce, a games journalist/streamer/writer/etc has a specific responses to this exact question, based on personal experience. Her video on the topic is worth watching.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They arent dead, but they are in the millions of users, not hundreds of millions.

That is enough to sustain a social media platform, but none of them fully have the network effect going for them yet.

With federation, hopefully they won't need it. That can be the network effect once interoperability is really here. Then everyone can still communicate, but not be beholden to any one service/owner/etc.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 19 points 5 months ago

Im just messing around man. This does sound like a good case for a basic LLM.

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