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mdhen··on Review: Framework's Laptop 16 is unique, laudable and flawed
Man what? I always use AMD with zero issues (arch). AMD is known as the best graphics card for linux. Your experience does not match up with what is typical.
mdhen··on Stract: Open-souce, non-profit search engine
I dont use google, that's how it works on ddg and kagi
mdhen··on Stract: Open-souce, non-profit search engine
Normal way is "site:reddit.com"
mdhen··on US Postal Service rolls out first EV charging stations
Not for the public, read the article
mdhen··on Judge blocks JetBlue from acquiring Spirit Airlines
Get a big backpack, i got a tom bihn synik 30 that qualifies as a personal item. Let's me carry enough for any short trip without having to use a carry on.
mdhen··on Amazon Prime Video starts showing ads in January unless you pay $2.99/month xtra
Yes they do. On public trackers even. Almost everything i download is 2160p and DV.
mdhen··on Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications
Yep sounds like five eyes.
mdhen··on Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%
I can reccomend deezer. I switched away from spotify last year and ended up trying like 5 different options before settling on deezer. No complaints, great quality streams (lossless), can upload your own songs and their recommendations system is really good.
mdhen··on Three gaming-focused Linux operating systems beat Windows 11 in gaming benchmark
They used debian before the steam deck was released. They are definitely using arch now, at least for the deck.
mdhen··on Nutrient found in beef and dairy improves immune response to cancer in mice
They try, but not successfully. It is called the healthy user effect. If something is already considered unhealthy by conventional wisdom then people trying to be healthy dont do that thing. And it's extremely difficult to account for because the differences between those people and everyone else are very large and difficult to lock down, since they will tend to do lots and lots of things that you are supposed to do for good health, but most people dont.
mdhen··on Ubuntu squeezes more performance than Windows 11 on new AMD Zen 4 Threadripper
If you want the primary benefit of arch (AUR, best package manager repo) but don't want to do a custom set up then Manjaro is a very good choice.
mdhen··on The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs
so this was actually on an open source android keyboard (florisboard) which is made by one guy and does, in fact, have terrible auto correct. hilarious that it is in the same league as apple.
mdhen··on She lived in a New York hotel for more than 40 years, but her life was a mystery
yes, old buildings will have central radiator heating and the heat is free. Very high probability the apartment in question has this.
mdhen··on The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs
They have made a number of changes to makebit easier to fix, not sure about the screen though.
mdhen··on Speaker Support in Asahi Linux
Pipewire and its compatbility programs is all you need. So arch that is pipewire, pipewire-alsa and pipewire-pulse. There's also pipewire-jack if you need jack support.
mdhen··on Las Vegas Sphere reports $98.4M loss; CFO quits
Ticketmaster is a vertical monopoly in the US. They control all major venues in the country, all ticketing, and resale of that ticjeting. They are awful. I assume they have yet to achieve total market dominance in norway.
mdhen··on First 96-Core AMD Zen 4 Threadripper Tests Show Utter Domination over Intel
I'm pretty sure that was a joke
mdhen··on The Five-Day Office Week Is Dead
I think the UAW is pushing for it. Like the 40 hour work week i expect unions to be the ones leading the way on it.
mdhen··on Next year, SpaceX aims to average one launch every 2.5 days
Why is a luddite on hacker news?
mdhen··on United Airlines plans to board passengers with window seats first
Yeah this what i do if i don't need to use the overhead bins. Either checking luggage or only bringing a backpack
mdhen··on X.org Alternatives? MicroXWin, Wayland, Y, DFB, Xynth, Fresco, etc. (2009)
Sway or hyprland
mdhen··on Bitcoin stolen from FTX being converted to cash via "mixer"
2.8 billion market cap. So a quarter the size of bitcoin. Not sure why you think that wouldnt work.
mdhen··on AMD Counter-Strikes itself, pulls driver after anti-lag feature causes CS2 bans
Nobody pays for this game. It's free.
mdhen··on Spotify prepping $19.99/mo 'Superpremium' service: lossless audio&AI playlists
Most of their competitors alteady offer lossless for less money. I switched to deezer awhile ago because spotify was constantly skipping while casting over both chromecast and sonos. And it's been better in pretty much every way.
mdhen··on 'Morning After' Antibiotic Could Reduce STIs
Yeah this is an absolutely terrible idea. Antibiotics should be avoided unless needed, they will wreck your digestive system.
mdhen··on Press Reviews of the AMD Ryzen 7040 Framework Laptop 13
Yeah you could have just used a parcel forwarder in germany.
mdhen··on MP3 vs. AAC vs. FLAC vs. CD (2008)
I mean the vinyl masters have greater dynamic range the the digital / cd masters. Because of the loudness wars.

I do not mean that vinyl is capable of greater dynamic range then digital. Of course not.

mdhen··on Nadella tells a court that Bing is worse than Google – and Apple could fix it
Yeah i just switched to kagi a couple weeks ago and ita great, much less seo stuff and very useful results at the top. The only thing i'll still use google for is shopping searches, since kagi doesnt have that explicit functionality.
mdhen··on VeraCrypt: Free open-source disk encryption for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
I use CryFS combined with SyncThing, perfect solution for my needs. Have it set up on linux and android.
mdhen··on MP3 vs. AAC vs. FLAC vs. CD (2008)
This is exactly why vinyl actually does sound better sometimes. Because of the physical limitations of viny, vinyl masters were less affected by the "loudness wars" and they have greater dynamic range.
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