Electricity isn’t free, and neither is it’s impact on your computer hardware. The life expectancy of a circuit may reasonably be approximated as a function of watt-hours. this is why hardware manufactuers test their circuits in ovens: the heat simulates high wattage.
it doesn’t matter if the power drain is low. So long as your computer is on, it’s lifetime watt-hours are constantly ticking down.
Ah yes, the greek hydra of IT. Disable one policy, two more shall take it’s place.
Imagine sentences being any more than n+1 bytes
We’ve come a long way. Once upon a time, It might’ve said “Linux is only free if you don’t value your time.”
guilty until proven innocent, for it is better that the innocent are condemed than for a guilty man go free. And should a trial be warranted, it shall be conducted not by jury, but by a tribunal of like-minded individuals.
they’re live the perfect anti-libral.
I don’t think performative politics is a FOSS community problem. It’s more of an whole Internet problem.
Challenge: Lemmy users must express their shared interests separably from their politics. Difficulty: impossible
The virgin bin vs the chad .exe
I thought the UNIX terminal was only capable of 8 colors? How do you print characters in precise colors like this?
Valve has proven they will go to great lengths to utterly thwart would-be monopolies that threaten PC gaming (the real reason proton exists). We just need to find a way to convince them that Google is a threat too.
He’s just mad that the Linux community upstaged HURD
The entire thread is hilarious.
“I had to remove my laptop’s battery, now Windows won’t update.”
“Are you using a laptop or desktop?”
“I said I am using a laptop without a battery.”
“Please share a screenshot of your device manager, so I can make sure whether or not you are using a laptop or desktop.”
“Fine.” (Posts screenshot)
“According to your screenshot, you are using a laptop, and it has a battery in it. Please charge the battery to 40%.”
“That’s it. I’m using Linux.”
I don’t know anything about Plex, but I know people have written scripts for migrating Jellyfin databases and installations. Are there no scripts like that for Plex?
I have little patience for digital systems anymore. I want my computer to “just work” the same way I expect a shovel to just work. I prefer Debian.
My understanding was it used to be windows was decent enough, whilst Linux was an upgrade for those who valued freedom.
Now Linux is quickly going from ‘upgrade’ to ‘only sensible option.’
If my mother can’t tell the difference between Firefox and the OS, but can use Linux mint just fine, then so can the average user.
Its not just Linux. NVIDIA sucks on windows too, but those PCMR types aren’t willing to admit it.
I mean, DNA can be stored in a file. Hormones and steroids can be described discretely by chemical composition. And while we still don’t understand how the frontal lobe works, we do understand how brains store, recognize, and recall information, which is the basis for generative AI today.
I’ve never met anyone who likes the windows shell environment, or uses it by choice. Only people who try very hard to convince themselves UNIX is somehow worse.
This is such a non-issue