CthuluVoIP 2d ago • 100%
Electioneering is a hell of a drug.
CthuluVoIP 5d ago • 8%
The shitty part is that they’re right.
CthuluVoIP 1mo ago • 75%
🤔 username
CthuluVoIP 2mo ago • 46%
The Democrats, a broken clock like most political parties, happen to be landing on one of their twice daily “right” slots?
CthuluVoIP 2mo ago • 100%
But how do you get the average user, for whom the cost of licensing the OS is completely opaque, to even think about cost at all? The computer they bought comes with Windows or MacOS on it already. Neither of which currently has any additional recurring monetary cost to the user.
You’d need mass-market laptops and desktops coming with a Linux distribution tuned well enough to run Microsoft Office and Adobe products without any more work for the user than running them on Windows. It needs to come pre installed and work so well at the “prosumer” use cases that they aren’t constantly thinking about how much easier it was to run Windows. Doing that means the OEM has to do much more unit testing and compatibility checks to ensure that when the customer opens the box and goes to install Steam and Apex or whatever that it just works without any terminal work necessary. Add to that that the OEM will want support from the company that manages the OS, and suddenly the cost to license tried and true Windows vs almost any Linux distribution for end user workstations is nearly moot.
And to make a dent in gaming, there is still an ocean to cross in terms of driver readiness and ease of use. It’s coming along, no doubt, and Valve investing as heavily as they are in Linux gaming is sure to move the needle, but it will still be an area of difficulty for some time because the user experience needs to accommodate completely custom builds with unexpected hardware configurations and box-built gaming PCs that can be OE tested and configured and everything in between.
CthuluVoIP 2mo ago • 100%
Who raises these people? Tik Tok check fraud trends? Really?
CthuluVoIP 2mo ago • 91%
This is fair. But at that point the same could be said of a Chromebook for her needs, which I’d venture is true for most people’s computing needs given entire swaths of the world do everything on a phone or tablet.
The Linux vs Windows debate is peculiar, because it really only applies to users who are more advanced than the average, arguing about problems that only arise when you want to do more demanding things with your machine like development and gaming. Your average user doesn’t care about any of the anti-monopolistic / FOSS reasons to use Linux, which makes the argument for them essentially “you should use this operating system that takes more work to use because it’s better for you for reasons you don’t care about.”
In order for Linux to become more mainstream, it needs to be able to exceed Windows’ performance and ease of use for gaming and productivity - which is challenging since when most users think of productivity apps, they only think of Microsoft products. It’s not enough to be equal in order to compel people to switch from what they’re accustomed to.
CthuluVoIP 2mo ago • 98%
The same could be said of Trump debating a seasoned Junior High Debate Club member.
CthuluVoIP 3mo ago • 95%
You’re on to something. He must get some kind of satisfaction out of proving that he really doesn’t have any scruples or integrity. I’m sure it’s a bonus that he knows it’s very difficult for anyone to force him to stop what he’s doing. He’s “owning the libs” by just being out and out corrupt and a crappy person without even trying to maintain appearances. It’s fucking weird.
CthuluVoIP 3mo ago • 100%
This feels like the dumbest “nohomo” that’s ever been.
CthuluVoIP 4mo ago • 100%
Did the front fare better? 😳
CthuluVoIP 4mo ago • 100%
Literally why the phrase, “Any given Sunday” exists. This is a feature of the sport.
CthuluVoIP 4mo ago • 98%
My favorite part about modern republicans is that they made me look back fondly on former republican leaders who I used to despise. “Ahhhhh… binders of women. Those were the days.”
CthuluVoIP 4mo ago • 100%
It’d be pretty tough to have a Make a Wish record like his and have it turn out to be an act. He’s business savvy and knows his likability is a big part of his staying power, sure, but the man’s made very few mistakes, and that seems to imply it’s genuine.
CthuluVoIP 4mo ago • 96%
In fairness, it’s Wired who called them creatives, while Adobe called them artists.
CthuluVoIP 4mo ago • 100%
If you can think of two boats meeting in open water, there’s porn of it on the internet.
CthuluVoIP 4mo ago • 85%
Influencers are paid product shills. Most have no scruples or real positions. They produce whatever content will attract followers so that they can maximize their sponsorship dollars. These aren’t serious opinions anyone should pay much mind to.
CthuluVoIP 5mo ago • 100%
Whether or not you win additional concessions depends on what information or knowledge you have about an organization that could prove damaging in some respect, and whether or not you can afford legal representation. But it is negotiable.
CthuluVoIP 5mo ago • 97%
She, in particular, does seem to be earning more rebuke from her Republican peers of late. Some of them have recognized that the antics on display by Greene and her ilk are beginning to wear on constituents more and more by the day, and are attempting to distance themselves in acts of self preservation.
While I hope that it doesn’t work and that these folks also lose their voice and seat, it does seem to bode well that at least a minor course correction is happening in the GOP, if not far too late. I’m not completely optimistic, though, because the constituency hasn’t suddenly become less divided - we’ve just seemingly found the bounds of the caricature the right wing of this country is comfortable with being publicly represented by.
Just a chill video in a series by the creator, Brady Brandwood, about a lobster he bought from a grocery store and rehabilitated into a pet. I appreciate the vibe that Brady puts into these videos and his clear admiration and care for Leon. Thought others might enjoy discovering them, too.
Found this post super informative as it relates to Mastodon, and thought Lemmy might also benefit from this perspective. I'm not sure I share his optimism, but his points seem sound to dampen some of the alarm bells over Meta joining the Fediverse.