TheGrandNagus

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[–] TheGrandNagus 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Different country of course, but under the 1997-2010 Labour government, UK wages went up by 60%, while at the same time, the UK had the longest period of sustained low inflation since the 1960s.

Increasing wages indeed does not lead to much of an increase in inflation. This is shown in data time and again.

[–] TheGrandNagus 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There should be the mandatory inclusion of a set of open APIs that pass info like:

  • display and audio signal (duh)

  • microphone audio (to pass voice commands)

  • whether the headlights are on (to offer auto dark mode switching on the display)

  • whether the handbrake is engaged (so things like video playback can be a parked-only feature)

  • crash sensor activation (so that a phone could, if the user desires, automatically alert emergency services)

  • For EVs, battery SoC (so that navigation software can include charging stops seamlessly)

  • whether the car is left-hand-drive or right-hand-drive (so on-screen buttons can always be close to the driver, not on the wrong side)

From there on, there can be actual competition in the space. You're not just limited to Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. Any app would be able to use this API data.

[–] TheGrandNagus 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] TheGrandNagus 1 points 3 days ago

I know they aren't equivelant. Yet you treat them like they are.

I'm not.

Yikes.

Thank fuck you don't have kids.

[–] TheGrandNagus 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Oh look, a tankie.

Sorry, I don't subscribe to your misguided arsekissing of China – a genocidal dictatorship that openly wants to invade Taiwan.

Same goes for Russia who you also seem to be fond of.

[–] TheGrandNagus 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

UK just took France's logic to naming potatoes (earth apples) and went "well I guess it's like a pinecone... pineapple. That's sufficient."

I think it's Pina in Spanish too.

[–] TheGrandNagus 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I hate this saying because a large amount of the time it really is malice.

[–] TheGrandNagus 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Heroic Games Launcher has been improving a lot, now having install scripts like Lutris, more platforms available, and a lot less janky than it used to be.

Bottles I don't have much experience with for games, but it's a really good program a lot of people use, and if you like Libadwaita apps it's pretty amazing.

If you only need Lutris as a game launcher (rather than the install scripts, WINE/Proton-GE, and such), Cartridge is a nice little GTK4/Libadwaita launcher too. But it is just that - a launcher, nothing more.

[–] TheGrandNagus 2 points 3 days ago

Whoa settle down there, Charles Benedict Davenport

[–] TheGrandNagus 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yup. I'm living in a new build right now and broadly enjoy it, but in some ways I'm shocked it's not more forward-thinking.

No solar panels, gas boiler, radiators on the walls, no heat pump. I keep thinking why the hell was a house built in 2019 not built with this stuff in mind.

Homebuilders need to be told, they won't do it by themselves unless it's cheaper.

[–] TheGrandNagus 11 points 3 days ago

Ngl a 90s PC beige steam deck would be amazing to run emudeck on

[–] TheGrandNagus 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I tried this but even permanent marker kept rubbing off

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