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200 UK Companies Permanently Move To 4-Day Work Week Without Loss Of Pay in c/[email protected]

[–] fluckx 8 points 3 days ago

It seems an actual reduction in work hours.

200 UK Companies Permanently Move To 4-Day Work Week Without Loss Of Pay in c/[email protected]

[–] fluckx 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I can only imagine the influx of job applications they must be getting RN

Blast from the past (rule) in c/[email protected]

[–] fluckx 22 points 1 week ago

Oh dear lord >.>

Thanks.

Blast from the past (rule) in c/[email protected]

[–] fluckx 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is this new? I vaguely remember something like this happening shortly after he bought Twitter and made it more "efficient".

Like by disabling some services which prevented 2FA codes from being sent out.

What's the weirdest thing you have ever seen on someone's phone or computer? in c/[email protected]

[–] fluckx 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes. It's not running anymore. But the entry lingered in the startup section ( for whatever reason ).

I've also had a case where starting my Mac gave me "file cannot be found" notification, and that was also related to software that was removed. Running a cleanup tool removed entries I couldn't remove myself (ui) and the error disappeared.

What's the weirdest thing you have ever seen on someone's phone or computer? in c/[email protected]

[–] fluckx 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The uninstall on a Mac just leaves a ton of garbage behind though. Dragging an app to the trashcan to uninstall is somewhat intuitive, but doesn't remove the app from startup. Which is a bit messy because then I need to install software to clean that up.

Windows isn't necessarily a lot better on that front, but it feels better ( the cleanup part )

‘Net zero hero’ myth unfairly shifts burden of solving climate crisis on to individuals, study finds in c/[email protected]

[–] fluckx 4 points 2 weeks ago

But less consumption makes line go down. And line must go up ! :(

Please help me secure an ancient email address. in c/[email protected]

[–] fluckx 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean. For the majority geo blocking off anything except their main region would be fine ( whitelisting Europe for Europeans will be fine for the most part ). Especially if you make it opt-in rather than opt-out.

Though I assume they would likely just continue their hack attempts over VPNs.

Driver stopped in Tesla Cybertruck banned in UK in c/[email protected]

[–] fluckx 11 points 2 weeks ago

Brilliant idea. Make Tesla a car for queers ( image wise ) and see musk go crazy over it ( probably ).

Please help me secure an ancient email address. in c/[email protected]

[–] fluckx 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah I have an old email as well. I rarely log into it, but when I did I saw there are daily attempts from China and whatnot trying to log into it.

Not in the situation where the account is locked out though. I always wondered if you couldn't reach out to m$ and ask for a geo block at the least.

I wouldn't stand for it in c/lemmyshitpost

[–] fluckx 99 points 3 weeks ago (20 children)

Why are people texting their physics teacher?

I'm starting to become too optimistic and self-assured to fit in with the Internet anymore in c/[email protected]

[–] fluckx 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like the internet was also a nicer place 20-30 years ago.

Now it feels like it brings out the worst in people.

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New gaming rig (self.linux_gaming)

submitted 3 months ago by fluckx to c/linux_gaming

20 comments fedilink

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to buy a new gaming rig as my current machine feels like it's getting a bit dated. Been gaming on Linux for the past 6 months to a year. Ditched Windows around the time they announced ads and that recall bullshit.

What are your experiences with gfx cards and their drivers? I haven't bought AMD (gfx) in... Over 20 years. Online results show conflicting answers. Some swear by AMD, others say the drivers are unstable and they need to reboot when switching games. Other say never to update the drivers as long as stuff works.

Currently have an Nvidia 2080 super. Which has served me quite well. But newer games are starting to give it a hard time. Never really had any driver related issue.

I have a friend with an AMD gfx ( windows) and he's not super happy with it. Game/pc crashes related to it apparently. So I'm a bit on the fence about AMD.

I'm not sure what to look for in a cpu. I currently have an AMD. I guess more expensive is better and that's about it? Is there a noticeable benefit of the amd 9 vs AMD 7 series?

I'm not looking to overclock any of the hardware.

What's the standard regarding memory nowadays? I've got 16 in my current rig, and more can't hurt. I would never go under 16. Was looking at 32 but I've seen PCs with 64 and wondered if that is just overkill or not.

I've mainly games on nobara, but recently switched to bazzite as I've been meaning to give that a go. I didn't really have any complaints om nobara.

Side note: my monitor supports Nvidia whatsitcalled, but not free sync I think.

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Counter strike 2 issues (self.linux_gaming)

submitted 6 months ago by fluckx to c/linux_gaming

15 comments fedilink

Is anybody here playing cs2? The game runs natively on Linux, but its more laggy than it was on windows for me. If i run cs2 in proton it works better than natively on Linux, but I'm unable to play competitive that way.

My issue is the following: the game just hangs/freezes occasionally. The duration is random. Could be 3-5 seconds, could be 10. Could be that I'd have to restart the game.

This occurs sometimes in the warm up before a match or when the bomb explodes.

It happens most consistently when i press the escape button in-game.

I'm running it on nobara/KDE. I've got the latest graphics drivers, tried validating the game files.

The game is set to run full screen ( as windowed fullscreen caps the framerate to 60, while the screen supports 144 ).

I can add more hardware info if required. The PC is 4 years old so its not ancient, but also not latest and greatest ( amd CPU+nvidia rtx 2080ti ).

Anybody else ran into this behaviour and ( hopefully) found a solution for it? Googling only left me with sites telling me to upgrade my gfx drivers on windows or 6 year old threads of CS:GO on windows.

Switching between wayland and x11 didn't really seem to make a lot of difference. It feels a little bit better on x11, but negligible.

There isnt really anything running on the backgroudn except discord.

Thanks!

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Xbox controller over dongle (self.linux_gaming)

submitted 9 months ago by fluckx to c/linux_gaming

8 comments fedilink

Hello fellow Linux gamers!

I've recently switched to nobara for gaming. I've had no real issues so far and it's all running smoothly! Queue my Xbox controller.

A year or two ago I bought an Xbox wireless control ( 2020 version according to the order ). Now I wanted to use the controller, but it is not being detected. The light keeps blinking. On nobara itself it looks like it mounted the dongle as a USB Stick.

That would explain why the controller isn't connecting.

How would I best go at tackling this? Any tips? I've already ran the following command:

nobara-controller-config

This installed some drivers and required a reboot ( which I did ).

Thanks in advance for any guidance or tips!

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Recommended Mac apps for new user (self.macos)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by fluckx to c/macos

17 comments fedilink

Hello all,

I've recently gotten a MacBook pro at work. In the past I've mainly used Linux, so the switch isn't super drastic. I'm mainly getting used to the shortcuts. My work mainly involves DevOps related work.

Things I've installed so far ( besides standard things like an IDE ):

neovim
brew
rectangle
jq / uw
docker desktop
iterm2

I have some coworkers excited about Alfred, which I have installed, but haven't really used yet. Looks like an enhanced spotlight?

Any apps/tools you can recommend which makes your life easier on Macs? Hidden productivity gems?