nivenkos

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[–] nivenkos 0 points 10 months ago

No. Why worry about things you can't change?

[–] nivenkos 9 points 10 months ago

This has already happened. Just the niche communities haven't migrated away yet.

[–] nivenkos 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It'll be fine, I'd argue Arch is actually more "stable" in the ordinary sense since it is simpler - in that partial upgrades are not allowed. So you never end up in a complicated mess like aptitude can be.

I've used Arch for over a decade now, and have only had issues 3 or 4 times (usually from the nvidia driver).

[–] nivenkos 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah, for both OpenVPN and Wireguard.

[–] nivenkos 32 points 10 months ago (5 children)

On Linux you can do this with full control via network namespaces. I use vopono to automate it - https://github.com/jamesmcm/vopono

But if you can afford it I'd recommend paying for Proton's services as they offer a lot together, or a low-end VPS (where you could do it yourself, although be careful to find ones that don't ban hosting Wireguard, etc. for example). Both are really useful if you want to test making something local available on the Internet e.g. ports for multiplayer games or a webserver prototype.

[–] nivenkos 7 points 10 months ago

IIRC it's because it comes from before when Apple was sued over charging 25-30% of all eBooks sales while pushing iBooks.

See: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/12/eu-investigating-whether-publishers-conspired-with-apple-on-e-book-pricing/

It was a while ago though so hard to find good sources now.

[–] nivenkos 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I never tried the Bose ones, they have great reviews too though.

[–] nivenkos 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah, it's a shame for passing on books I guess - like my dad had loads of books by Hugh Cook, an obscure fantasy / sci-fi author, and they're out of print completely now.

At least in the future digitisation should stop that completely though.

[–] nivenkos 41 points 10 months ago (12 children)

Kindle - all the books, all the time.

Sony WH1000-XM3 (I guess newer models are still good) - excellent noise cancelling, perfect for flights

Steam Deck - play almost any games, anywhere, and with a full desktop mode too.

In the past I'd have put the Acer Aspire One, I loved the netbook form factor, now I use either the Vivobook or Steam Deck like that.

The Aeropress is also great for quick, simple coffee.

[–] nivenkos 1 points 10 months ago

This stops them releasing a more powerful home version though. As SteamOS/Linux will not be able to support modern HDMI2.1 features.

[–] nivenkos 11 points 10 months ago

The 2000s for sure - from early online games and MMORPGs to a lot of forums, when Slashdot and Reddit were good, the start of Wikipedia, etc.

There was more optimism around everyone communicating with eachother internationally, and fostering communities. Nowadays it feels everything is dominated by a few big monopolies, and there's a lot more censorship.

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