[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

There really isn't any decent Linux support for anything beyond the basic 5 button mouse without use of 3rd party apps. Even the "name brands" suffer from mass market shitty build quality that negates any "linux compatible" bonus points.

Then there's the issue of the mouse hardware itself. Good luck finding an "MMO Mouse" that correctly reports every button as it's own input. Which makes the whole "Just remap it, it's an HID" aspect annoying. Redragon seems especially guilty in this area.

[-] [email protected] 59 points 4 months ago

As much as I hate it, there's currently still available a thread on Reddit that provides links to various archives of January 6th info/video/etc. I personally have the 1~ TB video archive data saved and mirrored on a couple of cold storage drives and I'd encourage anyone with the extra HDD space to grab as much as you can while it's there.

Link to the Reddit thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/krx449/megathread_archiving_the_capitol_hill_riots/

[-] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

I mean, if in the context those posts were low-effort and didn't contribute to the thread in any meaningful way, I could understand. Like sharing nothing but a reaction gif in a discussion heavy community could be seen as "low effort".

But common acronyms? Yeah, that's definitely a strange thing.

Also, isn't GIF itself an acronym? something-or-other Image Format?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

You'd get more for developing the land, yes. But depending on your area, and how you develop it, you might not profit from it.

Land with trees on it looks nicer, and draws a higher premium, but usually only if those trees are mature and provide benefits in the form of shade, use, etc.

A scraggly patch of undeveloped land with some scraggly new trees won't see much of an increase.

Really depends on the market, and the effort you're willing to put in if making money is the goal.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Is preserving the bitrate/quality of a youtube movie really that important? Did they upload anything not available in much, much better quality elsewhere?

[-] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Not just merely a machine powered by explosions, sitting on volatile liquids... but one in which we've decided that it's also a great place to enjoy some music, maybe a nice beverage, and as a great way to take our attention off into vast distances to the sides to "see the sights".

I think to myself as I steer with one knee, trying to simultaneously drink my coffee and light a cigarette...

[-] [email protected] 64 points 4 months ago

Driving.

Somehow millions of us go hurtling by each other mere inches away in multiple tons of steel, often in conditions less than ideal yet for the most part, it's a safe way to travel.

We can't even collectively agree on most topics, yet we put our lives in each others' hands every day.

Even disregarding all the other drivers, we put ourselves in a metal can, hurtle towards solid objects, and simply count on the idea that on average, nothing catastrophic will happen.

Pure, random chance is enough to end us - animal pops into the road, a tree randomly falling, etc. - yet there we go, on yet another daily commute.

I have a long commute through the "middle of nowhere" so lots of time to think about things that ought to be downright terrifying. The thought of hitting one moose is bad. Never occurred to me until just the other day that two moose was not out of the realm of possibility.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

People want spaces about a certain topic. It makes sense that people then "censor" things that don't fit said topic.

Even if that topic is "Be kind".

Just as with "free speech" in real life, online there are also limitations. If you disagree with those limitations, you have the freedom to go elsewhere. If you find that nowhere fits the kind of place you want to be in, make your own.

Just as people don't have to tolerate being around others mouthing off in their face, so to can they take steps to avoid/prevent that online.

In my opinion, people that can't fathom that concept are the ones most in need of that oversight.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Put an N64 controller in my hands, and I've still got the muscle memory for all the fatalities in Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate Edition. As well as Shang Tsung's entire move set.

Oh and HALIFAX? !YNGWIE! to unlock the Naboo starfighter in N64's Rogue Squadron.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago

I mean besides the obvious in ties to a SovCit, the letter itself doesn't read quite like it should. The language used seems a little too basic for a financial document.

Though I can't say for certain, as I have exactly zero experience with financing a car through a dealer. Credit unions ftw.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

You'd think there's enough global support that something might kick off elsewhere in the world. But those not having to deal directly with the nonsense going on in the US have the benefit of being able to sit back and spout off.

Sorry we're not revolting fast enough. Kind of hard to do when things are generally equally split in the country, and the majority of folks need to keep going to work to keep food on the table.

Probably all as designed, but we're all too damned tired and those doing things we don't like know it.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Simplest way to put it is that prisons exist because some people simply cannot be allowed to live in "normal" society. Unfortunately, people have decided that this fate is no longer reserved for the worst of the worst/those that pose imminent danger, but now include "moral" offenses.

This is one of those topics where there is no "good" solution - only "less evil" options. And until humans as a species no longer have the various hold-over traits from our time before "civilization", we'll have to accept that we have to collectively make shitty choices.

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