Gabadabs

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Installing applications can be done in a few ways, typically you'll just download from your OS's software store. Ubuntu does sometimes require that you add new repositories, but to avoid that you can always give something like flatpak or appimage versions of the software you want a try. Appimages are similar to .exe files, you can just download them from the software's website - and you can get flatpak applications from flathub.org. The main downside with these is they come with all the stuff they depend on, so they tend to be a bigger file size, they can be a little slower but honestly it's barely noticable. I rarely use appimages because they won't show up in your desktop environment's application list by default and it can be a pain to set them up to show. A good default way to go is Software store -> Flatpak -> Appimage -> then finally if none of that works you could do it manually, but I don't recommend that. Ubuntu's software store tends to be behind on updates because as a distribution it's focused on stability. Once you're used to it, there's a lot of advantages to using a centralized software store instead of downloading .exe files off websites. Either way, don't let some growing pains totally discourage you! Not every distribution provides the same experience, and there's a lot of options out there!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I think that there's not just one reason we can list as why she lost. It's complicated. The young white male demographic specifically, voted primarily Republican - which makes sense given that they're being marketed to by republicans (think people like Joe Rogan, Andrew Tate, people like that). I almost didn't vote for her over Gaza - and I'm sure a lot of people didn't vote over Gaza. In regards to "All Lives Matter", I don't think so. I never got the impression that that "movement" was really about saying "Not just black people matter!", it was about being an opposing statement to the BLM movement. The words "Black Lives Matter" do not say that other people don't matter - and the movement is about police violence against black people. "All Lives Matter" was made to deny the recognition that this racial violence happens. I've seen it used a lot to defend police (and let's be honest it has ties to the whole "Blue Lives Matter" thing).

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You should look into the history of WHY Hamas formed in the first place. Palestinians have been forcibly relocated and had their land taken since the 40's. I will say, is there any justification for the destruction and genocide Israel is committing? They've destroyed practically ALL infrastructure in Gaza including hospitals, they've got snipers shooting kids, targeting UN aid workers. Hamas and hostages are convenient excuses for them to keep doing what they started in the 40's - killing an entire native population and taking their land.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Why? Nice planet we've got here, we could focus on preventing it becoming inhabitable due to climate change instead.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

The NVIDIA drivers are a constant source of problems compared to AMD. I've had updates completely break some games, so that if I want to play my whole library of games I have to alternate between driver versions.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

I am one broken leg away from being homeless and losing everything, and it's been like that my entire working life. I've never been able to make enough to actually save. Currently I have -100 in the bank and some debt I'm trying to pay off on top of that. My rent is literally half my income.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I will never stop recommending Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Madoka Magika.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It's not "retro gaming" but that doesn't make emulating switch games a bad thing. I dump and emulate my own switch games off my own switch because they tend to perform better via emulator on a PC. It's really unfortunate to see Nintendo shut down what ultimately is the best way for us to preserve switch games long-term.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I think you'll miss out on a lot of great games thinking that way! Sometimes needing to commit time into a game is where a lot of the value comes from in its experience, and persona is one of those series.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Which is really less because of the consoles themselves and more because of the priorities of AAA game studios

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Perhaps, we should be more concerned with maintaining and keeping relevant current hardware, over constant production of more powerful hardware just for the sake of doing it. We've hit a point of diminishing returns in terms of the value we're actually being given by each new generation. Even the PS4 and Xbox One were able to produce gorgeous graphics.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Amazon requires a camera system called a netradyne driveri in all vans - that's what they're referring to. It uses AI to monitor what you're doing and automatically send reports when it thinks you've done something wrong.

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