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Comment Re:If anything will do it (Score 1) 55

If anything will get people to move to Linux, increases in gaming performance will. I know a couple of people who moved to Linux and virtually every game they play runs faster on Linux than on Windows. Also, some oddball USB stuff that wouldn't work under Windows works perfectly under Linux. They're not going back; they're more than happy using Linux as their daily driver.

The biggest problem for me was not performance in FPS, but the fact that no game worked out of the box on pop!os or bazzite. I want to install and play; not install, crash, rifle through the internet for 15 suggested fixes, implement them all, cry a bit, play, crash, and then give up. Until that problem is fixed I will sit tight on win10 for my gaming.

Comment Re:Temu missiles (Score 1) 310

You get what you pay for.

"using civilian-grade materials and widely available commercial parts, along with simpler manufacturing methods like die-casting"

I'm sure these will work reliably. Why didn't lockheed martin think of that?

I think the problem is that you set them up in Florida, aim them at Cuba, and then they hit your grandma in Wisconsin.

Comment Re:Might Be Something, Maybe (Score 2) 72

It's not blocked, if that's what you are wondering. I have been running GrapheneOS for about 5 years, and it does indeed come with its own store. The first thing you can download in that store is Google Play if you so want, giving you access to everything else. The biggest difference between Graphene and Stock Android is that Google gets no special permissions and cannot override permissions or settings. All things Google have to be permitted the same way as any other app. You can install everything Google and give them all full permission if you want, or none and use only the hardened browser Vanadium (a chrome-based Graphene variant focusing on privacy and security). Apps like Apple wallet/ google pay may have problems, but bank ID apps and similar all work for me without issues (and no issues installing either). It's a pretty good OS in my eyes.

Comment Re: Really? (Score 1) 153

People are upset over 600 words? That's about 50 or so sentences in a typical essay form. I probably write double that everyday in just work emails.
It's when you have to do 10,000 words on a subject where it starts to get a little difficult to come up with enough to say. Breaking it down into an outline and attacking the problem piece by piece is the easiest way for those larger projects. For 600 words, I feel like a casual attempt can nail it with a little experience.

My old supervisor would say that if you need 10,000 words to explain something you do not know what you are talking about.

Or, as an aphorism:
"Sorry my letter is so long, I didn't have time.

Comment Impenetrable language (Score 1) 25

That sounds a lot like HP Inc is signing up new suppliers at a brisk pace. Broussard said the company has also "expanded lower-cost sourcing across our commodity basket, lowering logistics costs with agile end-to-end planning processes." The company is using its internal AI initiatives to power those new processes. The company is also "configuring our products and shaping demand to align the supply we have with our customer needs" and "taking targeted pricing actions to offset the remaining cost impact in close partnership with both our channel and direct customers."

Did they also have AI generate the marketing statement?

Comment Re:It would be nice if Epic supported it too (Score 1) 65

Recently Nvidia and Intel even hired Linux developers to help with their GPU drivers. Linux is getting better for gaming all the time.

It would be nice if Epic supported it too with their store, and an anticheat solution that would work for Fortnite. Linux is capable of running software that is secure and verifies integrity.

Getting better yes. Good? No.
Tried it a few weeks ago just to see how far it has come. Got a new Asus laptop with 5080 RTX. Pop!_os couldn't run a single program without adjustments and fidgeting. Couldn't even install the damn OS without disabling the SD card reader in BIOS/UEFI, and couldn't get the bluetooth to stop printing errors every boot. Steam was either zoomed in to font 40, or zoomed out to font 6. Not a single game ran without issues - couldn't move in Helldivers 2, couldn't turn more than 45 degrees in Satisfactory, 15 second long stutters in Enshrouded. Linux won't be gaming-ready for quite some time.
I installed win10 LTS, and while hybrid graphics cause havoc every now and then, everything actually works.

Comment Re: Tell them to piss off (Score 3, Insightful) 195

Please tell what is wrong with supporting the defense of your country.

When your country is the offender it cannot be called defense any more. Opting out because you do not want to facilitate the murder of news-unaware boat enthusiasts is a pretty solid moral stance.

For a party that allegedly loves Jesus you sure enjoy murdering Jesuses.

Comment Re:Backwards into stupidity we go (Score 1) 307

One nice thing is this will help to reduce the world's population, thus helping to mitigate the effects of climate change.

They'd be so upset if they knew they were helping the planet recover.

It's remarkably efficient. You would have to not vaccinate 285 Somalians to reach the same CO2 reduction as not vaccinating one American.

Comment Re: Or, hear me out... (Score 1) 98

no way should movies be altered to deal with idiots who can't bother to watch what they are watching.

Imagine you're Netflix, and a paying customer says "I am paying you to show me this stuff I'm not watching, and I am becoming somewhat disappointed. What are you going to do about this?"

What would you say to this paying customer, who is representative of millions of paying customers?

Do you find a way to keep taking their money, or do you close up the video business and open a tire shop instead?

Personally I would tell them to go elsewhere, but my goals in life are not about money. If your only understanding of life is "money == better person", which I presume is the driving force of big business CEOs, then money from customers trumps movie quality every day of the week.,

Comment naah (Score 3, Insightful) 65

Schmidt wants Europe to prepare space for Google since the US is becoming less and less stable.
For European companies it makes much more sense to wait, or at least wait until models become better, and then steal whatever is available and start from there. I think it will be a hilarious trial if some European company will defend itself against Google, where Google has to assert that a A) it's Google's copyrighted property and B) Google has not used any copyrighted material from anyone else (which presumably would invalidate the copyright).
 

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