wxboss 10 months ago • 100%
I completely agree with your assessment especially with how most social media these days really dumbs down the entry level effort needed to participate in discussions.
And to your point, participating on a BBS (which usually requires a more specific interest and consequently a similar engagement level) will generally reward you with a community that is more civil, friendly and worth frequenting.
wxboss 11 months ago • 100%
Meta summoning forth the hivemind swarm to invade and dominate.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
Trying to fly in Chuck Yeager's Flight Simulator and not experience vertigo 🫠.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
AOL was 'everywhere' especially in the mid to latter '90's. Their advertising push coupled with so many hours of free Internet access upon installation made them an early titan of Internet service access.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
The open source community (or movement) is about, well..open source that many of us here benefit from and greatly appreciate. While everyone is free to agree or disagree with the personal ideals of any developer who has made their positions known, it's not fair to discount the importance of someone's historical contributions just because their current opinions seem incongruent to our own.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
"JS is his baby that’s all there needs to be said about the person’s motivations."
"During these formative years of the Web, web pages could only be static, lacking the capability for dynamic behavior after the page was loaded in the browser. There was a desire in the flourishing web development scene to remove this limitation, so in 1995, Netscape decided to add a scripting language to Navigator. They pursued two routes to achieve this: collaborating with Sun Microsystems to embed the Java programming language, while also hiring Brendan Eich to embed the Scheme language."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript
I think you're confusing the reasons behind the initial intent of JS versus what it has evolved into almost 30 years later.
I was first introduced to Vince Guaraldi (as I believe many others were) through the Peanuts TV shows back in the 60’s and 70’s, and I thoroughly enjoy all of the songs associated with those shows. But I was pleasantly surprised to discover his love for the Latin flair/style of jazz, and I soon found myself loving the latter more than the former (but only by a little bit 😉). Edit: grammar
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
Agreed.
I don’t particularly care for streaming services either, and the reason I mentioned that app was because I use it to essentially “rip” music from Spotify, download it to a folder and then use another music player app to create custom playlists. It’s the closest option I can come to without having the actual CDs to rip from.
And the iPods were indeed great little devices that had plenty of storage and made customizing playlists easy and enjoyable. Those were the days 😉.
wxboss 1 year ago • 50%
Okay. Do you have Wine installed?
Wine can potentially help resolve the .exe and .NET errors that you’re experiencing.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
Did you download it via Snaps or Flatpak?
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
We’re you able to download the game via Steam? And if so, what method did you use to launch it via Lutris? Did you try launching it by accessing a file?
Try looking in: ~/.steam/steam/SteamApps/common
wxboss 1 year ago • 66%
I don't have BG3 installed, but I have had some weird issues when using Steam lately. Have you tried using Lutris to launch the game?
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
This was a great series to be sure!
Like you, I have unfortunately lost the physical CDs over time which I also used to rip to my pc and copy to other places as well.
However, I did stumble across an app called Spotiflyer which I use to download songs/albums from Spotify (and other services) for free and then listen to them offline. It's great to have locally stored media vs. having to be chained to online services.
That being said, I haven't listened to that Billy Holiday album, but you've got my interest piqued and I'll definitely check it out.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
C'mon peeps...this is Linux Gaming (having fun, playing games and looking for help to get our favorite games to run properly). It's a community focused on information and support - confrontations and PvP should be reserved for "in-game" experiences only ;).
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
Yeah, I feel the same way.
I found a Spotify link. I’ll see if that works.
Around 30 years ago, I found a CD series called “Jazz ‘Round Midnight”. Each album featured a different jazz artist with songs they played that were apropos to the series title. This one by Bill Evans I listened to every night when going to sleep for literally 10 years and never grew tired of it. I can’t say that about any other album or individual song.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
Another update: I installed the game on a newer computer running a different OS, and BG1 is now working as expected.
It’s interesting, I only have a couple of Steam games in my library, but they all respond differently on my two systems - some that didn’t play, now do. And some that worked on the other system, won’t on the new one 🤷♂️.
wxboss 1 year ago • 66%
I don't think Jerboa supports 'native notifications' which means it relies on other services (such as Google Play Services) in order to push notifications to your phone. Some applications (such as Fairmail, F-Droid) don't rely on Google's services and use the OS's native notification abilities.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
I ran into the same problem with Steam today, and your post caught my attention.
I had been playing Carcassonne without any issues when I tried to launch it today and began receiving DirectX errors. Trying different Proton versions didn’t work for me either.
I’m running an i7 11th gen on openSUSE with a GeForce RTX 3050 with similar errors to yours.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
On a semi-related note, the Hale-Bopp comet was an amazing event to witness.
wxboss 1 year ago • 6%
Actually, you made a claim without any explanatory information, and people (such as myself) were seeking clarification.
wxboss 1 year ago • 8%
So, you're making an assertion that you cannot validate or prove.
Next time, try asking a question first if you are uncertain about something instead of leading with a statement that could be calumnious.
wxboss 1 year ago • 77%
If true, this is a bit disturbing. However, I run uBlock in my browser and don't recall seeing any blocking attempts when on this instance. Do you have any specific details?
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
It cannot be…Hal 9000 and SDF have synthesized and are taking over!
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
I don't think you'll be disappointed. They're a decent size that makes them noticeable without being ostentatious.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
It seems as though I am stuck in Tutorial prison. I've tried the suggestions here, but I'm unable to get anywhere.
I've read that other people are having problems with the current version of Steam, so this might be something that gets resolved via an update. Again, thanks for the help!
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
Thanks. I’ll report back soon.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
Thanks for the feedback everyone. I actually have Proton running at 8.3 (I’m not at the computer so I’m not sure of that number is correct).
I did try hitting single player first and it sends me into the same loop.
I did think of something that might be causing the issue, and if I’m right, it would be a real dumb ass moment for me 🤪. I’ll check that out and try your other suggestions as well. To be continued…
I downloaded it from Steam, and finished the tutorial. Then the transition video plays and I’m back at the main menu. However, when I select the play Baulder’s Gate option, it takes me right back to the end of the tutorial and I’m in this endless loop that I can’t get out of. Any suggestions?
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
If I make it out that way, I’ll be happy to slap a couple on there 😉.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
I’ll give weechat a try. I appreciate your feedback 😉.
I've been playing around with Goguma and RevolutionIRC mostly. I'm leaning more towards RevolutionIRC at this point, but I was curious about any suggestions you might have.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
No worries. The Fediverse is a complicated beast 🙂. My understanding is that the @ symbol is a way of directly responding to that person and can also be used by others who see the post to actually identify that person. So say you have 20 followers - when you create a post all of your followers would see it and the person you contacted with the @ symbol.
But if you’re wanting to mention that person or bring more attention to them for a wider audience, then you would need to use # with words that are closely associated with said person.
For example, you could create a post to mention SDF as so: “If you’re interested in #retrotech and #Unix like systems, then I would recommend checking out @SDF.”
In this example, you would want to use relevant hashtags to reach a wider audience, and you’d want to tag the correct person with the @ symbol so people could connect with them.
At least, that’s how I would go about it. Hope this helps.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
Everything is moving so quickly these days, and the exodus from other failing sites along with the expectations of those transitioning from them is creating a crescendo that is just unrealistic.
So many people have been working very hard to keep up with all of these new and increasing demands (and they ought to be credited for that), but what is lacking is patience for those working behind the scenes.
They’re doing a great job, but, for God’s sake, give them some slack!
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
'@SDF' should work to bring people to the right account.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
I'm running LibreWolf unmodified on a Linux box, and this is my result using a site that checks this information.
Outside of the default uBlock Origin, do you use any other extensions that offer privacy benefits? I only have one other extension installed, JShelter, and I'm wondering if this is an overkill or not.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
It's for people who want to keep their network traffic private from say their ISP or other sniffers.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
On the desktop, I use Whonix which does utilize the Tor Network. That being said, I rarely use the Tor browser outside of it.
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
I find myself waking up in an even stranger world than the one I left the night before.
It's one thing to understand that while surfing the Internet you expose yourself to being monitored, it's quite another to take a walk around the park and have someone trying to 'sniff out' your movement and potentially your identity.
Are there people who don't really understand the implications of this?
wxboss 1 year ago • 100%
Google and Apple have built out their own private 'little internet' by turning the users of their products into their own personal nodes that they have access to and control.
I spend most of my time on the Libera/Linux channel but there are times when I just want to go OT.
I've heard it is also working on the new Pixel Fold as well.
Welcome to the GrapheneOS community! This is a place for all the curious, its users and general GrapheneOS discussions. Anyone interested in the GrapheneOS project is welcome!
![](https://lemmy.sdf.org/pictrs/image/5929960b-95bb-4e01-b996-1b7962e31e34.png)
Seriously, I've been looking around for a Lemmy instance that I felt particularly drawn to/that shared common interests and sdf.org literally fits that bill. I'll probably be lurking more than posting, but I really like this place. Thanks for approving my request!