wahming 4 months ago • 16%
No more customers getting blamed for 'fake' stamps, hopefully
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Everything except the brains
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Ooh ooh! Do Allahu Aqua next!
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
This is one side of the story. It's entirely possible CF did provide those details
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Because people wouldn't support spending their taxes on it without making them aware of the value. Which is done by educating them.
wahming 4 months ago • 93%
Not that surprising when you think about it. Bullets operate on the principle of focusing force into an extremely small area, and armor piecing bullets just take that a step further by not deforming the moment they impact without adding any extra force. A heavy punch with the weight of an entire heavyweight behind it has so much more force than the few grams of mass a bullet has.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Zoos are about money, yes. That's not the point under discussion. I'm taking issue with the line 'species don't have inherent value'. You're basically saying it's ok to drive species extinct as long as its done humanely.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
... This is a horrible day to have eyes
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
... What. I don't even know where to start with that. Ecological conservation is about money?
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Generating awareness and sympathy is probably the biggest factor in keeping many endangered species alive
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
So... Was he supposed to jab her in her eye?
wahming 4 months ago • 75%
And most likely taking a million things out of context
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
You're suggesting that every user should learn programming. All 8 billion people. How do you not see the ridiculousness of that suggestion.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
It's definitely a medical room like the other commentor said. Most likely for somebody with long term limited mobility. Everything they need within 5 minutes of slow moving. I've had relatives who would have lived in rooms like this if they could have.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
proprietary, corporate-backed desktop
But how does that differ from Fedora or Ubuntu, besides popularity?
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Yeah, honestly given the time this has been at play I’m surprised nobody has tried to do that type of full control integration besides Google. Given how well ChromeOS and especially Android worked as platforms why hasn’t… I don’t know, Valve? Adobe? Apple, even? tried to create a major desktop PC take on Linux that does have the type of support and sensible UX you want out of the box?
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
I agree. However if you look through the other comments in here, you'll see a LOT more examples of stuff that fall into the "it just doesn't work" category instead. And most of them are a lot more obvious to casual / new users. Those would be the ones that really require priority if Linux is ever to become mainstream.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Because, please don't make that recommendation to anybody else. Of all the places for somebody to start contributing to open source, linux is probably among the top in complexity. And if it's a new user, as per the original topic of this post, and they can't figure out their issue from the million guides online, you're just ensuring they make a speedy return to windows.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
- someone complaining about something openly instead of using the proper channels
I refer you back to my original statement. I was not asking how to do something. I was grousing that basic tasks are extremely user-unfriendly to configure. I've fixed it on my computer. That's not the topic under discussion.
- someone suggesting they use the proper channels
What proper channels? We're in a post claiming it's the YOTLD again, because OP apparently doesn't realise it's been claimed every year for the last couple decades. I'm posting about why that's not gonna happen this year either.
- they denying that its an issue they can help fix but a general failing of the software/vendor (typical proprietary software-user behavior)
I could fix it. However, I have no intention of opening a PR and spending what little free time I have contributing to open source (I'll contribute money, but not my time). Kudos to those who do write and maintain open source, but that's not for me.
- & 5.
I think you can see how we've diverged into entirely different directions already.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
I'm on Mint, which is one of the most-recommended distros to newbs around. Good luck persuading new users that they should change their distro every time they run into an issue like this. However you may choose to word it, these are exactly the issues that will stop widespread adoption.
Also, I'd like to know which distro actually supports autoscroll.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
This isn't an article, it's a collection of single sentences separated by empty lines.
Jeezus, chatgpt would have done a better job.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Ditto. I set up my first triple boot (win/mac/linux, fun times) system 2 decades ago. I was a teen then with all the time in the world to dive into this stuff. Now? I just want something that works and doesn't consume a free day whenever I want to customise a new option. If Linux is too user-unfriendly for me, good luck with the average user.
Linux is like democracy. It's the worst OS except for all the others that exist.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
A more classic example of linux users pushing others away, I could not have come up with.
"I have so-and-so issue"
"Fork the OS and fix it yourself!"
Yeah, no. I already spend 8 hours a day programming, I'd like my free time to be spent elsewhere, thanks.
wahming 4 months ago • 87%
If minor issues like this bother you while major issues like data collection and ad pushing dont
As I pointed out, I'm using it because MS is screwing the pooch with those issues.
you dont want to participate in making linux better by submitting bug reports
These are known issues, and have been around for more than a decade. They're not bugs, they're missing basic features. But sure, go ahead and assume stuff.
Its very much like owning a house or a ranch. You‘re free of others and can do whatever you like. But you do have to do your own maintenance.
If you want to go back paying rent for a shoebox apartment, thats your choice.
It's probably closer to renting a apartment vs owning a shack (or it was, before said screwing of said pooch). You can upgrade it into a mansion if you want, but that's not where you start.
wahming 4 months ago • 83%
Honestly, I am so tempted to ditch Linux because of minor issues like this. No autoscroll on scroll wheel, no option for mono audio, etc etc. I do not want to set up a million scripts to customise my experience, I want the options to be there by default. If MS wasn't screwing the pooch I probably would have moved back at some point.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
I don’t really understand the argument of “people will use what ships.”
Because that's just how things are. Why do you think Google pays billions yearly to be the default search engine wherever they can?
wahming 4 months ago • 99%
Most of the points listed here don't matter a hoot to the average user.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
It's amazing what you can convince the public of when the media is on your side
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
But why? The article just states it happened without any context
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Source? That was not my understanding of the OGL. It guaranteed a perpetual license to users, and there is no legal precedence for such a revocation. That didn't stop them from trying to bully everybody into submission. What reason is there to think any other license would make a difference? It's not about the chances of them winning, it's about the legal trouble and bills they can cause. I'm not sure why anybody would trust hasbro / wotc after that fuckup, regardless of their promises.
wahming 4 months ago • 87%
There's no revoking the OGL either. That didn't stop them from trying.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Until the next time they try to revoke the license, you mean?
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Some servers are much worse at it than others. I'm a Chinese who got banned from .ml because I was 'racist' for making Xinnie jabs.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
That's... Exactly what the article said. I'll grant you their formatting is horrible though.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Don't let perfect be the enemy of good. Would you rather things stayed as they were?
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Please mind the rules and tag this NSFW. I can't have random Johnsons popping up on my screen in public!
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
I agree with you there. It's a known issue, the workaround is to load into comments.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Loads perfectly fine for me. FYI, you have to view the comments for the full image to load. If you click on it from the main feed, you'll get the blurry low res version you posted.
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Yeah I used to enjoy them. But they've been really shit recently
wahming 4 months ago • 100%
Can you link to the post in question?
NASA is elevating its digital platforms for the benefit of all by revamping its flagship and science websites, adding its first on-demand streaming service, and upgrading the NASA app. With these changes, everyone will have access to a new world of content from the space agency. NASA is elevating its digital platforms for the benefit of all by revamping its flagship and science websites, adding its first on-demand streaming service, and upgrading the NASA app. With these changes, everyone will have access to a new world of content from the space agency. “Our vision is to inspire humanity through a unified, world-class NASA web experience,” said Jeff Seaton, chief information officer at the agency’s headquarters in Washington. “NASA’s legacy footprint presents an opportunity to dramatically improve the user experience for the public we serve. Modernizing our main websites from a technology standpoint and streamlining how the public engages with our content online are critical first steps in making our agency’s information more accessible, discoverable, and secure.” This new web experience will serve as an ever-expanding yet consolidated homebase for information about the agency’s missions and research, climate data, Artemis updates, and more. The updated nasa.gov and science.nasa.gov websites will provide a connected, topic-driven experience, with a common search engine, integrated navigation, and optimized publishing capabilities in a modernized and secure set of web tools. NASA will continue to update and improve the beta site on a rolling-basis as it receives feedback from website visitors. Once fully launched, the online content from a selection of popular agency websites will be included within this new experience to ensure easier, integrated access to NASA information currently found across the agency’s many websites. Later this year, NASA also will launch its new streaming platform, NASA+., and upgrade the NASA app. Through the ad-free, no cost, and family-friendly streaming service, users will gain access to the agency’s Emmy Award-winning live coverage and views into NASA’s missions through collections of original video series, including a handful of new series launching with the streaming service. “We’re putting space on demand and at your fingertips with NASA’s new streaming platform,” said Marc Etkind, associate administrator, Office of Communications, NASA Headquarters. “Transforming our digital presence will help us better tell the stories of how NASA explores the unknown in air and space, inspires through discovery, and innovates for the benefit of humanity.” NASA+ will be available on most major platforms via the NASA App on iOS and Android mobile and tablet devices; streaming media players such as, Roku, Apple TV, and Fire TV; and on the web across desktop and mobile devices. Following the launch of all new digital platforms, NASA will continue to connect additional agency websites and multimedia libraries into this new experience to continually streamline all the information shared across its centers, missions, and programs. With an enhanced digital presence, NASA will share science, research, exploration, and innovation with the world through cohesive platforms. “From exoplanet research to better understanding Earth’s climate and the influence of the Sun on our planet along with exploration of the solar system, our new science and flagship websites, as well as forthcoming NASA+ videos, showcases our discovery programs in an interdisciplinary and crosscutting way, ultimately building stronger connections with our visitors and viewers,” said Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters.
Still in Act 1, so no spoilers please. I found out that if you have the Idol of Silvanus in your inventory and transfer it between characters while in sight of the Strange Ox, the entire herd aggros and attacks you. Cue the speculation! Edit: Did some testing, apparently all the tieflings react the same way, so it's not some scripted event for the ox :(
I've been hearing for years that artificial gems (diamonds, rubies, moissanite, etc) cost a 'fraction' of the real thing. Is this true? If so, where can I as a consumer buy a handful of this stuff? Note that I don't want jewellery-grade gems, I realise that would cost a lot simply due to rejects and labour to cut / polish. I just want stuff I can mess around with for hobbies and crafts.
Check https://pawb.social/post/2123853 which is a multi image post. Only the first image is shown in sync. Also, rice! Edit: This issue seems to be happening only in certain views. I can confirm this is happening in cards, and not in slides
The reason I asked is, I just noticed that I have zero posts in my feed from lemmy.world. I'm sorting by top (last 12 hours). Lemmy.world posts should be filling up half my feed, but there's absolutely nothing. Switching over to other accounts on other instances shows me expected results, it's just my monyet.cc account that's wonky. Edit: Also, is there a reason why c/meta can't be posted to? This is the sort of post that belongs exactly there.
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