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lvales

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lvales··on Linux 7.3 improves performance when running out of vRAM
200% isn't fractional scaling, as far as I understand it. Are you using Xorg by any chance? This would explain the issue.
lvales··on The lost joy of music piracy
It hasn't, but it was used by the community to kickstart the rebuilding process. I'd wager at this point there's less than 1% of the original catalog missing. Plus, all the music that was released meanwhile. RED already surpassed the number of releases that were on WCD many years ago.
lvales··on Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring: Built together, designed for the future
Yeah, I eventually gave up on self hosting Nextcloud because of incompatibilities with PHP(-FPM), iirc. They were always lagging behind and it became a hassle to mantain. I ended up replacing all the parts I used with other single purpose software, and it's been a better experience overall.
lvales··on Show HN: We automated Portugal visa appointment checks with computer-use agents
The system is bursting because AIMA is severely understaffed and there's a shit ton of people waiting in line. An agent is not going to solve this, it will just make you earn some money while helping people who are able to pay to jump the line.

You are framing the problem in whatever way it helps you sleep at night. "Fairness", lol.

lvales··on Show HN: We automated Portugal visa appointment checks with computer-use agents
What a great way to make a system that's bursting at the seams, even worse.
lvales··on Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I'd like
Why don't addicts chose to stop with their addictive behaviour?

And this isn't an excuse btw, but if you want to understand why, this is a good place to start.

lvales··on $1,605: average annual ad value of a U.S. Google user
FTA: "One caveat: this analysis estimates advertiser demand for access to a given profile. It does not reflect the exact revenue Google receives from any individual user. What the model reveals is the ceiling, the maximum price the market places on your attention."

From this I believe that your problem can be solved. In accounting terms, the 1605USD isn't a flow (e.g., revenue) but rather a stock (e.g., receivable). They've estimated value about how much a profile is worth, which you shouldn't use to draw those conclusions about revenue.

lvales··on Migrating to the EU
This is something I've been trying to help people and companies with excipio (shameless plug). Data and digital sovereignty are fundamental nowadays.
lvales··on GrapheneOS will remain usable by anyone without requiring personal information
> Set up a private space which will be used for google play services required apps (bank stuff, etc).

If all the apps (including GP+GPS) are sandboxed anyway, what's the point of doing this?

lvales··on Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps
> This is going to hurt legitimate sideloading way more than actually necessary to reduce scams

Isn't that the objective? "Reducing scams" is the same kind of argument as "what about the children"; it's supposed to make you stop thinking about what it means, because the intentions are so good.

lvales··on Building a Shell
Building a shell is a great exercise, but honestly having to deal with string parsing is such a bother that it robs like 2/3 of the joy along the way. I once built a very simple one in Go [0] as a learning exercise and I stopped once I started getting frustrated with all the corner cases.

[0] https://github.com/lourencovales/codecrafters/blob/master/sh...

lvales··on The emergence of print-on-demand Amazon paperback books
Thanks, I for sure know someone who will be interested in this, I'll be sure to pass it along!
lvales··on The emergence of print-on-demand Amazon paperback books
Yeah, I'm leaning towards that conclusion as well. While I don't publish my writings, I have a few friends who do. The stuff that comes from Lulu, even the cheapest "models", is honestly fine. The ones from Amazon, not so much.

Of course if you typeset and edit your book like a moron, that's going to impact the quality, but this has nothing to do with POD.