cambionn

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[–] cambionn 3 points 2 years ago

Looking at my phone to brainlessly scroll, just to realise I don't have signal because I'm in an elevator.

[–] cambionn 1 points 2 years ago

I'm interested in linguistics in a linguistic way. Languages tell something about a culture. For examply by what subjects have many words and which don't. Or how seperated ranks in society are by the amount of (used) formality forms. The level of directness might corolate to the level of pragmatism. What foreign influence there is can be partly seen by loanwords and writing symbols. Etc. Etc.

But computer languages are hardly linguistic, most of them are just English in a specific syntax. I love computers, but they interest me in a technical way. Even the best AI relies on switches turning off and on, yes and no's, 1's and 0's. It's black and white logical mathmatics. In the end, programming languages are little more than "the creator thought this was a good way to handle which switches should go on and off", and you just use what's most practical for your use-case. That is, quantum computers aside, but even those are similar in that really. Just more complex.

[–] cambionn 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Use your own.

That may not always be the best way to go, as it'll make fingerprinting also much easier. The more custom your setup is, the less there are like you, the easier your tracked by fingerprinting techniques.

Not saying it's bad per se, but the idea that trusting no one and setting everything up yourself is always more private isn't true either. Both providers and do-it-yourself have negative sides one should stay critical about.

[–] cambionn 2 points 2 years ago

I always just say "I'm on Lemmy/I'm a Lemmy user". People who use Google also aren't a "Googler" or something 🫠.

I guess I'm no fun at parties...

[–] cambionn 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Och jeetje, paar weken terug zaten we nog in de tientallen. Gaat lekker!

[–] cambionn 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yup. To add more: Brave for searching because it has it's own crawler. OrganicMaps and OSM for maps. Joplin for notes. AsteroidOS for WearOS. NextCloud for Drive (including some auto-syncing/back-up stuff like mobile contacts). Proton or Tutanota for mail.

[–] cambionn 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

1, That teaches you to not be an idiot and think before you do.

2, Almost my entire library plays on Linux just fine. Games made for Windows can often run on Linux with the right setup, so don't be discouraged by the lack of plans for Linux develipment. Gaming on Linux has come a huge way the past few years really. Especially with DXVK, and with Valve getting into Linux gaming developing Proton and nagging Nvidia to fix their drivers. Most stuff nowadays works out of the box with Proton or Lutris, which both provide 1 button-press installments.

I only have a minimal amount of games left that run Windows only and that's not even because the games can't, but because some of the mods I run can't. Most notoriously ENB because it's code is actually full of issues, if that'll be fixed it would be parsing trough DXVK just fine. Sadly Boris isn't know for his great reactions to anything that's even slightly critical about his work so I doubt it'll get fixed 🥲.

[–] cambionn 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I used to work retail and even internally the general notion was you either buy a Dyson, or buy a regular vacuum with coord and sack (which we didn't even stock from Dyson, never seen those?). All other wireless sackless ones always had some issue with them, they where never worth it. We only stocked them because people wanting to be fancy without being willing to pay for Dyson...

[–] cambionn 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I haven't tried Autocad specifically, but complex non-game software tends to be a struggle. MS Office doesn't even run. Autodesk software wouldn't be the easiest to get running, and probably still have bugs if it does.

For Lutris, I would start by checking if theres even a script for it on there. Lutris basically just has a bunch of scripts to set a Wine prefix up with ideal settings for that software (and generally, just games). For compatibility, best check the databases like WineHQ and ProtonDB.

Couldn't find much on ProtonDB about it. Accourding to WineHQ it varies a lot between versions: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=86

Based on that you could try, but I wouldn't rely production on it. Even if it works well, it would easily break too. These kinda software is finicky and without stable positive results I would be careful.

If you need stability and not a hobby project, you could try FreeCAD if you want native Linux support, or run AutoCAD in a VM. VMware has functionality to make it look near-native while running on a Windows VM in the background. On the otherside, VirtualBox is free but can't do that as smooth.

[–] cambionn 32 points 2 years ago (10 children)

I actually used to have YT Premium because I'm a strong believer that nothing is free, so you either pay with data or money (on anything slightly commercial, not counting FOSS projects made as hobby or under foundations etc. as things get more complex then. But even then I pay/donate for some stuff in the same way of reasoning).

Yet I cancled the YT Premium subscription. Simply for one reason, privacy. I don't mind paying, but then I don't want just no adds, I also want no tracking. I pay with money, so I don't want to pay with data as well having a whole profile made.

Switched to NewPipe with sponsorblock on phone and TV and FreeTube on PC. Got a redirect extension in FireFox automatically sending YT videos to either Invidious or Pipe.

[–] cambionn 1 points 2 years ago

Outside of having very strong opinions on the existence of kits: I like the content! They're far more interesting and useful to me than some other kits.

[–] cambionn 8 points 2 years ago

Free base game with in-game store? I'm guessing freemium all the way with a shit ton of micro-transactions on launch.

I also remember hearing in the past that TS5 would require a continous internet connection. If that's so it'll likely be used to verify content to prevent pirating, and possible to serve ads...

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