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by plaguepilled 3y ago
I want to give Gentoo another go. I do wish there was an installer though - I don't want to config everything out the gate. Ideally, I'd get my software on with default USE flags, then try recompile with small changes here and the
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Adding to the pile of "KDE have been great to work with". Community is friendly and professional. Answers usually work. Lots of attention on user experience and stability.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
You're making assumptions about my motive and experience, and have sadly misinterpreted the point I was attempting to make. I am a little disheartened by your interpretation. My aggravation is not because I have had a bad experience wi
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Hard disagree with the sentiment of this author. Maths is cool on an aesthetic level AND maths is a tool that people should learn regardless of their interest in it. If you want to give people a liberal education in maths, fantastic, do it,
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Who is this Sam guy? He yells a lot and while he has identified some interesting points, he also seems very... Alarmist. Is there a reason this post deserves attention beyond its content?
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
This is extremely ballsy by RHEL so you know what, I am in support of it. Will it work? Idk their client base. But its cool they're trying it.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Metallurgy for the steel industry sounds like a cool experience. If its not too much of an ask, can you talk a little more about what kind of stuff you do for it? Daily tasks, favourite recent projects, etc?
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Materials Engineering always struck me as something very interesting. Are there many big employers in this space nowadays? How does one break into the field?
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
>"Many people appreciate the work" This felt like an addition to ward of anticipated backlash. As if the author was aware their point might not be received favourably. Hmmm. I reject the argument that this term is bad because i
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
While I agree with the goal of 'good journalism' I also want to posit that striving for objectivity is importantly distinct from being objective - which I think you agree with based on this most recent comment.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
The issue with objective truth in the platonist sense is that no one can know what it is without total system knowledge, which is physically impossible (if you disagree with that last bit, Heisenberg would love to know your location to hbar
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Does that actually translate into deliverables though? I'm not convinced it does which is why the question was posed
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Sincere question: why do we consider "news" objective in this context? By any other measure it isn't. Edit: getting a lot of down votes but not a lot of discussion below. This isn't just a "whatever maaaaaan I'
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Heh, ironic that a user named cyberpunk is defending the corporate default. Advocating for change is not invalidated by hypocritical details. Don't be that guy.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
All very exciting to see, but when is crablang going to support this? That's the real meat and potatoes in the memory safe space!
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
I wasn't aware of the galaxy rotation argument for DM - I have always heard it argued for using the bullet cluster observation for galaxy collision ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_Cluster ). That's not t
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Nix is not a "required skill" by any means, but it fixes a very annoying problem that you may-or-may-not face related to dependency conflicts. NixOS also has atomic updates. I think calling it hipster is a bit odd. Its not like I
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Very disheartening. While I have more hope for 1Password than most, at the end of the day, user activity data isn't needed, and this just feels like a start to get more data later.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
>Why on earth would DDG have any obligation or interest in telling you about their supplier pricing? Because I used the feature. >You found out something that has little to no material impact on you from a post on a nerd site. It has
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
I reject the premise that OP dislikes the product because it succeeded, instead of their stated reasons. Also, saying 'no, this is why you think what you do' is not cool.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
This is an interesting detail - I was not aware Microsoft's pricing increased. That said, would this really increase complexity substantially? And as a nitpicky aside, if this was done in response to Microsoft's cuts, I should rea
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
>There is no meaningful competition, so reputation doesn't matter. >Those people already left Google to use DDG. Where are they going to go now? Some random individual's hobby search engine with a crappy index? >Companies
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Ah yes, the classic corporate footgun. I am sure power users who are alienated will most definitely stay quiet and not complain to their peers, damaging the reputation of a once reliable tool. This has never happened before after all. :&#x2
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
I am not sure I agree with this assessment. A tirade isn't the first response and it deserves attention and a degree of empathy, but it is unprofessional almost universally. You generally don't need to do it (it is not competitive
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Really good to see this. It seems that the only way to move your leaders away from MS is to complain loudly. Wish it weren't so.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Oh I like OpenSUSE! Been a while since I used it though. I've been meaning to look into a few things for that distro such as its secure boot implementation and mandatory access control defaults, but I've just not got around to it.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
I agree accessibility is more ergonomic in Windows, but accessibility concerns aren't universally ignored in FOSS. GNOME and KDE both have accessibility projects which have existed for a little while now. Is it as polished? I would say
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Glad to hear it! Mint is definitely a strong pick if your workflow exposes you to a lot of bugs. Love their UI flair as well.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
I say it everywhere windows comes up, but if you're curious about Linux, please try Fedora. Or, if your friend insists it, even Linux Mint.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Microsoft? Using the Embrace Extend Extinguish tactic? On a project that many people use? Truly unheard of.

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