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by spystath 5y ago
For every couple "just works" cases there is a corresponding "doesn't work at all". Given the diversity of the PC as a hardware platform there are going to be edge cases. There is no avoiding that. I'm fairly c
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by spystath 5y ago
In reality the Linux and web versions are not similar to the actual Windows client. For instance the Linux version is stuck to 2×2 video streams at best, doesn't support background blurring, audio/video quality is inferior, doesn&
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by spystath 5y ago
On some linux distributions [0] microcode is loaded early during kernel boot. So it's a matter of pinning the package to a previous version. No idea what happens with BIOS/UEFI updates though, although you can roll these back too.
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by spystath 5y ago
This might be me being pessimistic but there are no web standards any more. It's Chrome standards. You can fall in line or drift into obsolescence. We never really got rid of the IE dominance on the web, we merely exchanged one boss fo
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by spystath 5y ago
The problem with proprietary chat services is that if, for instance, Discord pulls a Freenode you need to look for an entirely different app to migrate. With IRC or any federated network for that matter you point to a different server and i
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by spystath 5y ago
It's true, I haven't factored in smartphones. That still doesn't invalidate the argument. I still believe it's quite narrow-minded to choose typefaces based on a 270+ ppi device. It still excludes a quite significant amo
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by spystath 5y ago
I don't think high-DPI screens are as commonplace as it is continuously being repeated here. The only relatively common high-DPI screens are on the macbooks and higher end 13/14" laptops (250-300 ppi). If you move away from l
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by spystath 5y ago
I think the generally accepted way to do that would be a container image running a relatively old distribution. This is exactly what python packages do when they need to distribute binary packages on linux [0]. You are supposed to compile t
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by spystath 6y ago
Going through the trouble of implementing CGNAT and skipping IPv6 seems like a partially degraded service for the end user though. It's becoming common practice for ISPs to slap all the users between two layers of NAT and calling it a
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by spystath 6y ago
Proton is Valve's Wine integrated into Steam, it's essentially vanilla Wine plus some extra patches (that will eventually work their way upstream) and libraries to make your life easier. You enable windows compatibility for a non-
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by spystath 6y ago
I believe this argument is slightly weak. I understand that the ecosystem is very diverse but even on Windows most new games only officially support Windows 10. If you're on 7 for any reason then it's your problem if the game does
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by spystath 6y ago
Qalculate ( https://qalculate.github.io/ ) is quite good for linux/bsd
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by spystath 6y ago
I don't believe the main problem with gaming on mac was the architecture or their anaemic graphic cards but rather their non-standard mac-only graphics API (metal), their deprecation of OpenGL, spotty support of Vulkan (if any) and rem
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by spystath 6y ago
It's common occurrence having software dismissed as second rate because it's "ugly" or non-conforming to current design trends. Although form and function should enhance each other we've now reached a point where ch
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by spystath 6y ago
As long as the DUID does not change, though, is it really important how the DHCP address is mapped? MAC addresses can be spoofed, even randomised at every boot if one is so inclined. They are not any more unique as the DUID in the end of th
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by spystath 6y ago
The relevant bits are available in the WSL2 fork of the linux kernel. I know MS is probably doing that for access to GPU hardware for ML/AI training but I'm wondering (and hope) if this would indirectly benefit the DirectX impleme
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Custom client-side window decorations in Qt 5.15(qt.io)
2 points by spystath 7y ago|0 comments
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by spystath 7y ago
Except high density displays are not really that common outside smartphones and the Apple world. It's probably safe to say most people still work on regular 1080p monitors at 90-100 dpi or at best on 1440p with slightly higher dpi. So
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by spystath 7y ago
> I don’t think asking for a graphical shell for TeX/LaTeX is unreasonable. There is one: it's called LyX [0]! You take care of content and LyX will abstract away most, if not all, TeX stuff. I've used it in the past for q
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XMPP – Fun with Clients(blog.windfluechter.net)
3 points by spystath 7y ago|0 comments
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by spystath 7y ago
Albert, maybe? https://albertlauncher.github.io/
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by spystath 7y ago
It's interesting to see how Valve alone changed the landscape when it comes to gaming on linux. For once someone, no matter their motive, put their money where their mouth is and actively contributed towards that effort. I know, they&#
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The modders who spent 15 years fixing Knights of the Old Republic 2(arstechnica.com)
2 points by spystath 7y ago|0 comments
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by spystath 7y ago
I'm fairly certain Gajim supports most of the standard XMPP features one might expect from a client [0]. I use it daily. Granted Jingle audio/video is not working in a cross-platform fashion but I'm fairly certain file transf
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by spystath 7y ago
My experience is kind of similar. Unfortunately the way Rust interacts with memory is quite different from how Gtk does (and most GUI tool-kits to be fair). The end result is a kind-of awkward battle between the Rust borrow checker and the
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by spystath 7y ago
It's a shame that IRC usage is dwindling especially in techie circles. However I can understand it if it doesn't work for them any more although in my opinion IRC has a lot of moderation tools available. In any case, the "pro
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by spystath 7y ago
I was never aware of the ping attribute but now it makes me wonder what was the rationale behind standardising it. Is there any particular legitimate (ie. non-tracking) use for such a feature? It would makes sense, of sorts, if there was a
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Gearbox’s Pitchford: Steam may be “a dying store” in 5 to 10 years(arstechnica.com)
1 points by spystath 7y ago|1 comments
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Common misconceptions about IPv6 security(blog.apnic.net)
2 points by spystath 8y ago|0 comments
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Orbital: Experimental PlayStation 4 Emulator(github.com)
4 points by spystath 8y ago|0 comments

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