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Using Arch probably allows for faster updates, since Steam won't have to wait for ages to use some of the newest Linux kernels. Same goes for other supporting software.

Ubuntu is good as a stable platform, but it's probably too slow moving.

1€ ~= 1.18$ US So, probably not just a conversion thing

> I just can't conceive of how modularity, in general, causes duplicate code rather than reduces it.

Yeah, like my node_modules folder doesn't contain tons of duplicate code.

/s

Don't play multiplayer games on Linux.

That's true if one only talks about one person using an extra 200W. But it matters when it's about millions of people using an additional 200W.

No, the obvious solution is paying a monthly subscription to use a cloud-based computer for such high-intensity tasks like web-browsing. We should all be using https://www.mightyapp.com!

/s

It's not a chicken and egg problem. It's Apples fault/intention.

They had really bad support for OpenGL and wanted developers to use Apple's Metal API. But developers stayed on DirectX (Windows-only) or OpenGL/Vulkan for Linux/Windows/Android crossplatform. It just wasn't economically viable to develop for Mac.

Maybe keep an eye out for S&Box, the successor to Garry'sMod.

It's not out yet, but uses the Source 2 engine and C# for modding, and will probably have an active community from launch.

You should keep an eye out for S&Box! It's the successor to the popular Garry's Mod. Garry's Mod is, imo, the sandbox and modding game and I think that S&Box will be even better. It's based on the Source 2 engine, and the main developer Garry has collected a lot of experience with GMod.

While GMod mods are based on Lua, S&Box uses C#, which is an awesome choice, imo. C# is a bit more verbose than Lua, but it probably enables mods of higher quality.

It's not out yet, but some keys get distributed to chosen people. Sadly, I'm not one of those.

He didn't haggle over the price of the procedure.

He only asked how much it's going to be and was charged with over double what he was quoted.

What punishments would you suggest for bullies?

It's educational, too. Andreas has a lot of video content, which explains different OS concepts, available.

> You can also wrap a page as an app on the App Store

For example Apple's store doesn't want these web wrappers: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#min...

Is it illegal to intentionally create security risks?

You make it sound like only RMS' contributions were significant for our current state of software.

There are a lot of people with significant contributions without which the world wouldn't be in its current state.

> cooking techniques that assume cheaply-available vacuum

That also assumes that the atmosphere you're venting for that "cheap vacuum" is cheap as well.

Maybe has something to do with cached driver configuration, but I don't know which version of Windows introduced it. It has to do with remembering which drivers were loaded the last time the OS ran and loading those first on reboot. Saves time on checking the whole driver catalog.

I talked about that topic with my principal when I was in school.

He told me that the school had to prevent those automatic budget cuts. His reasoning was that it's nearly impossible to get a higher budget if some big expenses had to be made. And suddenly needing a higher budge, after for example 3 years of low expenses, doesn't make a good impression on higher-level administrators.

I'd just say that both contribute and stop this whataboutism.

I am not GP ng to clutter my home with old, bulky and single-purpose computers.

> and the computers needed to run them are cheap

Old computers aren't always cheap. Retro PCs get expensive quick.

Maybe that's because Electron isn't made to just display a single line of text?

Text Rendering, CSS Layouts, Accessibility, being good at cross-platform, Canvas/WebGL and a myriad of other APIs make Electron pretty powerful. I don't know exactly, but I think QT would be it's main competitor when it comes to those features. But QT isn't always that easy to develop with.

> Who are these people?

People on the Pinephone forum. Simple survivorship bias.

Judging from the videos I've seen, the Pinephone is for tinkerers for now.

Don't you mean much higher? Like at 36MM/36,000km?

How many credit cards do you have? And if it's 3+, then why do you have so many?

Just curious.

Text file formats have the benefit of being easier to kerge sometimes. SQLite files are binary and hard/impossible to merge.

Here's some knowledge from the time I was into lucid dreaming (6+ years ago):

Some people classify the lucidity of a dream as "non-lucid", "semi-lucid" and "lucid".

"Non-Lucid" is just a normal dream. "Semi-Lucid" is a dream in which you know that you're dreaming, but you don't have real control and are just going with the flow. In real lucid dreams you're fully aware that you're dreaming and can control yourself (movement & talking). Experiencing a lucid dream is just plain awesome in my experience. You know that the experience is not real, but it feels real.

Controlling the dream itself (surroundings, other people, flying etc) is something the dreamer has to learn, as it isn't as straight-forward as just thinking/saying "I want to fly now"/"Let there be an orgy". If your brain doesn't expect something to happen, then it likely won't happen.

Flying is relatively easy because it really doesn't change your surroundings. I just imagine how I'm flying and it happens.

To change my surroundings I usually use the "spinning"/"blinking" trick: Either spin around or slowly blink with your eyes while imagining what you want to change. With some good luck it happens.

But dreams are unstable. Things can change quickly and without your control. It's a constant fight against your subconscious. A fight which often leads to waking up.

I have a recommendation for anyone still reading: Instead of flying or fucking/killing people (those were the most common themes on the forums back then), just talk with the people in your dream. You're not talking with real people, you're talking with yourself, but it doesn't feel that way. Talking with dream characters can be useful for introspection, as dreams are heavily influenced by your feelings.

Man, that all sounds so esoteric and non-scientific. Just my experience.

Let's just create an explicit class system, assign people to those classes using some weird metrics and then decide their whole life for them using those classes! What a perfect solution!

/s

You exchange network+filesystem access against only filesystem acess.

The server needs to store your DB somehow too.

Are you called Linus Sebastian?

I can imagine a future in which Universities just pay someone to create online courses which they can reuse over the years and then just keep the teachers for courses which have a practical side (e.g. Robotics, biology/physics/chemistry experiments).