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Are you assuming Tux’s gender?
Nah, wine prefixes are good
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Technology@lemmy.world•Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patchEnglish
5·2 months ago95 wasn’t good. That’s when the “just format C: and reinstall windows” tradition started. I had to do that to my computer at least yearly until 2000 came along.
Damage@slrpnk.netto
Technology@lemmy.world•Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patchEnglish
14·2 months agoThat’s how the matrix started!
Damage@slrpnk.netto
Technology@lemmy.world•Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patchEnglish
17·2 months agoYou don’t own proprietary software. When you allow it access to your computing resources, you can just hope it does what you want it to do, the way you want it to.
Sounds like a bonkers extremist position, and in a way it is, but it’s also true.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patchEnglish
3·2 months agoDistribution choice makes a lot of difference, but they’re not wrong, manufacturers just don’t write drivers for Linux. Sure, we’ve got AMD, Intel, and even nVidia (fuck nVidia btw) writing theirs, but peripherals are way more hit or miss.
That’s only going to be solved with wider adoption.
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Technology@lemmy.world•X pulls Grok images after UK ban threat over undress toolEnglish
9·2 months agoYou assume they have morals, yet they work for X on an advanced feature
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Technology@lemmy.world•Linux usage hits an all-time high in Steam Hardware Survey—and AMD processors continue their march against IntelEnglish
3·3 months agoThat’s the reason why I bought a 13 despite coming from multiple touch-screen laptops
Real-time collaboration is fairly useful, you can have a videocall or meeting while discussing changes to a document and making them together
Damage@slrpnk.netto
Technology@lemmy.world•Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies insteadEnglish
10·3 months agoI believe that was implied
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Europe@feddit.org•‘I’d rather pay taxes to NATO’ - Russian IT worker reportedly quits with mass email wishing death to enlisted coworker and saying he’s moving to FranceEnglish
31·6 months agoEh lesser evil and all that
Damage@slrpnk.netto
Technology@lemmy.world•Our Channel Could Be Deleted - Gamers NexusEnglish
5·7 months agoStorage? Traffic is the real cost
Modern installations are supposed to have overcurrent and ground fault protection on all branches, so the fuse is somewhat useless and you have an extra protection against electrocution.
Most European receptacles only accept a plug if both prongs are pressed in at the same time, so children can’t get electrocuted without being exceptionally clever
Damage@slrpnk.netto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's the most unexpectedly useful item you've ever bought under $20?
9·9 months agoI became a full-on programmer after joining Lemmy. Coincidence?
Damage@slrpnk.netto
Technology@lemmy.world•Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You StopEnglish
3·1 year agoThe Chinese won’t be stopped by that. CANBUS integration controlled by a poorly designed app coming to your (2-3 versions old) Android head unit!
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Technology@lemmy.world•'Meta Torrented over 81 TB of Data Through Anna's Archive, Despite Few Seeders'English
13·1 year agoThey’ll be fined 100k
Imagine being in 2025 ahead of time… Embarrassing


The complaint about the one I have on my work ZBook is that removing the cable is more fiddly