Cyph0n

If the Python 2 to 3 migration took a decade, isn’t it reasonable for a display server migration to take even more time to stabilize?

Especially given:

(1) The (relatively) fragmented reality of Linux distros and desktop managers. I am sure that such a migration could have been executed faster had the Linux desktop world been more centralized like Windows or macOS.

(2) The age and maturity of X11

Ah, perhaps I misread your conclusion then. I hope COSMIC irons out the issues.

No, because you’re concluding from your experience and a single article that Wayland in general is bad.

I am saying that perhaps your experience has nothing to do with Wayland directly, so maybe you should still give Wayland a chance.

You can see many others in this thread contradicting the article’s complaints.

Sure, let’s throw some monke- I mean agents in a room and see if they can make something better than X11 and Wayland - each of which has had 10s of thousands of man hours put into them.

Could the problem be COSMIC? Put differently, why do you assume that the issue is with Wayland rather than the work System76 did to support Wayland?

Because many other DMs and WMs do not have issues with Wayland.

I have been thoroughly enjoying Wayland with Niri. It is snappy, looks beautiful on my 4K monitor, and handles X11 emulation perfectly (via xwayland-satellite). I have not seen any major issues with OBS, clipboard handling, or any application I have had to run.

So as an end user, I don’t get all the hubbub. Reminds me a bit of the whole systemd craze from some time ago.

Me personally? No. Us collectively? Absolutely.

Was an individual mind responsible for us as humanity landing on the moon? No. Could an individual mind have achieved this feat? Also no.

Put differently, we should be comparing the compressed blob of human knowledge against humanity as a collective rather than as individuals.

Of course, if my individual mind could be scaled such that it could learn and retain all of human knowledge in a few years, then sure, that would be a fair comparison.

Oh sorry - I misread your suggestion! I thought you were talking about separate matchmaking logic for known cheaters, but you're asking about opt-in matchmaking for those willing to use invasive anticheat.

The example still kind of applies. In the CS world, serious players use Faceit for matchmaking, which requires you to install a kernel-level anticheat. This is basically what you're suggesting, but operated by a 3rd party.

> I would love to see a modern competitive game with optional anticheat that, when enabled, allows you to queue for a separate matchmaking pool that is exclusive to other anticheat users. For players in the no-anticheat pool, there could be "community moderation" that anti-anticheat players advocate for.

This is roughly what Valve does for CS2. But, as far as I understand, it's not very effective and unfortunately still results in higher cheating rates than e.g. Valorant.

It also just be the typical “don’t scare the shareholders just yet” PR speak. Time will tell.

The bigger problem is it sets us on a possible path towards completely government-controlled computing devices. The fact that so many countries are pursuing ID requirements online is somewhat of a canary for this whole OS age check thing imo.

It is biased - interestingly less than expected on this topic because Iran is shelling them - but the idea is to read something to counteract Western bias. Asian outlets (non-Japanese) are another good source.

I am not following. Is it not the definition of hypocrisy to essentially cry about how international law has always been dead, and then unflinchingly support an act in violation of international law a few weeks later?

Iran has been sanctioned for decades. As a result, they do not have a modern airforce, navy, or even air defense systems. So it is completely unsurprising that USIS has complete air superiority. You can rest assured that Iran has planned for this.

Their entire defense strategy post-war (Iran-Iraq war) has been centered around ballistic missiles. More recently, they “pioneered” the use of kamikaze drones (Shahed) and included their use in their strategy. Note that they have aggressively optimized Shahed when it comes to cost, ease of manufacturing, and ease of launch. Shahed drones have seen extensive combat usage in the Ukraine war.

The other “hint” when it comes to Iran’s response is the increasing estimates by the US as to how long this “operation” will last. Initially, it was a few days. Now they are saying 4-5 weeks. Edit: Looks like it could up to 8 weeks..

Long story short, until we start to see significant degradation in launches - both missiles and drones - we simply cannot say that Iran has been defeated.

As far as news sources go, the easy recommendation is Al Jazeera. Twitter/X is also decent, but there is a ton of noise.

The beautiful irony is that Carney initially went all in supporting this illegal war of aggression. It seems he tempered his language a bit since then. Perhaps his team realized how hypocritical he sounds after that whole speech on Greenland.

https://x.com/markjcarney/status/2027721462233141679?s=46

Here is the partial walk back: https://x.com/harry__faulkner/status/2028950225683894395?s=4...

You should sprinkle in a few other news sources because that’s not what is happening at all.

Iran also has further escalation paths it can take. So far, they have only been targeting US-affiliated targets in the Gulf. You can imagine what would happen if they decide to expand their target list. But I think this will only happen if GCC countries decide to participate.

> Linux support required basically no effort with NixOS

My main requirement for a next laptop is running NixOS (coming from Macbook land). It’s probably this or one of the new XPS models, but not clear what NixOS support looks like there.

I think you mean when the US and Israel decide to start an unprovoked war “on a whim”.

Absolutely, especially in the KSA.

No, they are more aware of the customer demand for compute in the region.

Now imagine if Bush & his family were assassinated by AQ on 9/11, and you’ll understand why the majority of Iranians inside Iran will not be celebrating.

You realize that international law exists, right? Or are we now OK with devolving into a world where assassinating heads of state and cabinet members is applauded?

The problem with passkeys is that they aren’t exportable (at least from Bitwarden).

> Could very well be that, on a diplomatic level, they're far more reasonable and forgiving than we've been lead to believe.

If you have been following Iran over the past two years (and even before), you would know that this is empirically true and not just a hypothetical. American propag- sorry, media does its job well.

The Iranians are pragmatic. Look beyond their relationship with the US. There are other state actors that Iran wants to remain in good relations with.

They understand that a defensive war is not the same as an offensive war. Besides, going on the offensive isn’t something they - as a regional power - have the firepower or diplomatic “street cred” for.

They are already painted as a so-called irrational actor. Doing something reckless will only prove their detractors right.

The other part to this is keeping the negotiation door open. The idea is to demonstrate to other state actors that they are cool headed & rational - even in wartime conditions.

And on the off chance this defense doesn’t work? No system is perfect. Put another way, would the risk calculation for an attack on Iran be as easy as it is right now?

The point of having nuclear capabilities is to make the risk calculation more difficult. It doesn’t mean you need to have state of the art capabilities.

They love to project the past crimes of the West onto the East as a justification for their current crimes.

Assume whatever helps you move on from replying to me. I recognize your username btw.

No. Any other questions, or do you want to just continue feigning interest in having an actual conversation?

Not really sure what to say here. Maybe it’s a lack of empathy or imagination because the victims are Palestinians?

Perhaps a good thought experiment would be to swap out Israel and Palestine with some other similar (real or fictional) conflict to help you think through your apparent confusion.