DigDoug

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[–] DigDoug 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

such as the GUI installer pamac allowing unsuspecting users to trivially install unvetted packages from the AUR without even a clear indication they may be dangerous

Unless something has changed since the last time I used Manjaro, this isn't actually true. You have to go relatively deep into Pamac's settings menu to enable AUR packages, and when you do, a popup comes up telling you what the AUR is and why it might be dangerous (although iirc, it neglects to tell you that an extra reason is Manjaro packages being out of date).

Not that I'm pro-Manjaro, for all the other reasons you've given.

[–] DigDoug 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They don't exclusively do retro stuff, but Digital Foundry's DFRetro series is brilliant.

[–] DigDoug 3 points 2 years ago

Exactly. There's a reason that people keep talking about putting site:reddit.com at the end of Google searches. It's because it's one of the best ways to filter out the chaff and get to content that is actually likely to be helpful. If enough of the helpful/knowledgeable people who write those comments leave Reddit that people stop thinking of it as a one-stop-shop for good information, that's when Reddit will start dying.

[–] DigDoug 40 points 2 years ago (7 children)

The main thing I got from reading Huffman's comments about all of this is that, despite helping create Reddit, he doesn't actually know what Reddit is.

Reddit links to other websites, and hosts user-made posts/comments. That's it. And that's exactly why pissing off the mods who've spent years preventing Reddit from becoming a cesspool (see 4/8chan for what an unmoderated Reddit would look like) is a really bad idea.

Despite what Huffman seems to think - Reddit doesn't actually make any content of its own. But he seems to think that Reddit owns all of the content on the site. Well, it sure as shit doesn't own the other websites which are constantly linked to, which only leaves the user-created content, which the users are proving that Reddit doesn't own either.

[–] DigDoug 55 points 2 years ago (10 children)

The "Arch breaks all the time" people have obviously never used Arch.

I've run Arch as a daily driver for the last 4 and a half years and haven't had any issues. I've tried Pop_OS twice in that time and had install-breaking issues within a week in both cases.

[–] DigDoug 3 points 2 years ago

In case you haven't already, I've found that adding the same fingerprint multiple times makes it a lot more reliable.

[–] DigDoug 4 points 2 years ago

They're trying to buy clout. It's the reason they bought Grealish, and the same reason they wanted to buy Kane. If England's best and most well-known players play for City, then maybe people will start respecting their achievements.

[–] DigDoug 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think this needs an NSFW tag.

[–] DigDoug 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

One of the main negative points I hear about the DT770s is the treble peak around 10kHz, but since you already use and like the DT990 Pros, this is unlikely to bother you. I personally think they sound great, and are built like a tank.

[–] DigDoug 2 points 2 years ago

I have a relatively big SSD so I don't mind keeping my Windows partition around for the rare occasions I need it.

Whether one can live without a Windows partition really seems to depend on what games you play. In about four years, I've only needed to switch to Windows to play three games, but I don't play any competitive multiplayer games so I don't tend to encounter any Linux-incompatible anticheat software.

[–] DigDoug 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If a test on normal mice showed a statistically significant increase in cachexia for those on keto, then it might actually mean something. The fact that the mice were already predisposed to it means that the data says very little of use, not to mention all the standard disclaimers that come with animal trials.

[–] DigDoug 4 points 2 years ago

No, not those animals.

The ones on the bottom.

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