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Comment Re:Definitely worth to look further into this. (Score 1) 101

by gardyloo (#65736370) Attached to: FSF Reminds Consumers That Truly Free OS's Exist

Out of curiosity, I opened the web version (https://teams.microsoft.com/v2/, in Firefox 144.0, on Mint 22.2, using Cinnamon 6.4.8 on a Beelink mini-desktop). To make the usual "test call", I can't go to three-dots (...)--> Settings --> Calls --> Devices (there is no "Devices" under THAT version of "Calls"). However, I CAN go to the "Calls" menu on the far left of the window --> Custom Setup (gear menu) --> Device Settings, and then do a Test Call.

From there, all works fine, including sound and video. Of course, all my Sound Input/Output devices work OK in the OS itself....

Comment Re:Definitely worth to look further into this. (Score 1) 101

by gardyloo (#65736202) Attached to: FSF Reminds Consumers That Truly Free OS's Exist

I'm right now trying out Zorin OS, this could be an alternative for some since it has a look similar to Windows.
But is there a version of Teams for Linux?

I have a couple of people I *can* "upgrade" to W11 from W10, but I think they're ideal candidates to move to Zorin or Mint.

MS used to supply a desktop client of Teams for LInux, but hasn't for a year or more at this point. However, the web interface works well enough. And if you don't mind snaps on your system, you can try wrapping the web interface in a sort of desktop app: https://snapcraft.io/teams-for...

Comment Re:Amazingly, Trump did something similar too (Score 1) 75

by gardyloo (#65732180) Attached to: Scientists Create New Form of Ice, Known As Ice XXI

Hoping that the Democrats learn to read the room, and abandon some of the far left ideas they've incorporated, and produce electable candidates. Hoping the Democrats become a party of ideas, not a party of "When we want your opinion, we'll tell you what it is."

[...]
None of this is living in my head rent free - only takes a little time to suss out the issues. I write, maybe troll a little, then go about my day.

Cute, even with the unironic discussion of irony self-contradiction.

Comment Re:Safety reasons (Score 1) 153

That's an interesting link, thank you.
The "nuances or causal factors" do show up -- somewhat -- farther down that report:

It is sometimes less obvious when an electric burner is turned on or is still hot than it is with gas burners. In addition, once turned off, it takes time for an electric burner to cool. UL 858, Household Electric Ranges, which took effect in June of 2018, includes requirements for electric coil ranges to prevent the ignition of cooking oil. Compliance may be demonstrated by either not igniting cooking oil in a cast iron pan or keeping the average temperature of the inside bottom surface of the pan below or equal to 725F (385C). All electrical coil ranges being manufactured now must meet these requirements. Because ranges last a long time, it could be years before these safer ranges become common in US homes.

Comment Re:speaking of run-on sentences... (Score 1) 76

by gardyloo (#65619620) Attached to: One Long Sentence is All It Takes To Make LLMs Misbehave

"You just have to ensure that your prompt uses terrible grammar and is one massive run-on sentence like this one which includes all the information before any full stop which would give the guardrails a chance to kick in before the jailbreak can take effect and guide the model into providing a "toxic" or otherwise verboten response the developers had hoped would be filtered out."
Is this example of terrible grammar intentional or unintentional?

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