hellofriend

joined 8 months ago
sorted by: new top controversial old
Linux-first laptop vendor NovaCustom contributes 10 000 USD to Heads firmware - Together with this, NovaCustom launches Heads firmware for their V56 series in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Just one less 's' and you could make a wonderfully juvenile joke about NovaCustom paying for Head.

Keep up the boycott! in c/loblawsisoutofcontrol
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

In addition to the other commenter: Loblaws is primarily a grocer, unlike Walmart which is primarily general goods. The "shitty business practices" that Loblaws employs directly impacts Canadians' cost of living. Were it like Walmart I'd be less inclined to boycott them.

Steam Deck sales drop hard following the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement (updated: Valve fixed it) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Huh? Go to any Walmart and you'll see loads of physical copies. Switch 2 is even confirmed to use them.

Stable Steam Client update for Desktop and Steam Deck brings a whole lot of fixes in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

IIRC it technically does but needs a certain flag set on build. So either users need to build it themselves or distro maintainers need to do it on their end https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/issues/2848

Stable Steam Client update for Desktop and Steam Deck brings a whole lot of fixes in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm not aware that Steam has ever allowed copying screenshots to clipboard. Is this new? Either way, might be related to Wayland if you're running it. Flameshot acts the same way.

Orphan Girl at the Cemetery by Eugène Delacroix in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Her face reminds me of the hot fish from Shark Tale

EDIT: See, look

Lenovo Legion Go S official: $499 buys the first authorized third-party SteamOS handheld in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, that's still $50 that's not passed to the consumer. Not much, but it's a week's groceries.

Acer announced the new Nitro Blaze 8 and massive Switch-like Nitro Blaze 11 gaming handhelds in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Aren't removable controllers on a handheld gaming device patented by Nintendo?

Lenovo Legion Go S official: $499 buys the first authorized third-party SteamOS handheld in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I wonder how much they're saving not having to ship Win with it.

Arch-Based Distros Dominate the Linux Gaming Scene in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

While that may be true, I still use my Steam Deck in desktop mode for a bunch of stuff besides gaming. Writing, job applications and interviews, using reddit because it's the only device I have that isn't detected for ban evasion, watching shows/Youtube. Maybe I'm atypical, but I don't see why the Deck would offer a desktop mode if it wasn't meant to be used.

Arch-Based Distros Dominate the Linux Gaming Scene in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I misspoke lol. I meant to say Arch but I shortcirced or something.

Arch-Based Distros Dominate the Linux Gaming Scene in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

How? SteamOS is still Linux.

76
When will Steam stop using i386 packages? (lemmy.world)
 

Almost every distro I've used so far ends up having problems installing Steam due to mismatching i386 packages. I've heard that they're being removed upstream. Anyone happen to know a timeline?

15
Where's a good place to look for entry-level GRC jobs? (lemmy.world)
 

I'm looking to start a career in GRC. Been searching a bunch of different things (e.g. cybersecurity internal audit, GRC analyst, cyber audit, risk analyst, etc.) but everything that's coming up is mid-senior positions, manager positions, etc.

24
Would it be possible to install Linux on this HP Chromebook Plus? (lemmy.world)
 

This is the laptop in question. It has an x86 processor so basically any distro should work on it. However, it is still a Chromebook which likely means Google fuckery in the BIOS. But it's great value for the money (can get it $300 off at Costco) and if I can plop Linux on to it then I'd love it.

182
What would happen to your body if you only ate 750g of 2% cottage cheese every day for a month? (lemmy.world)
 

Picture for nutritional info.

28
Why is lemmy so popular in the Netherlands? (lemmy.world)
 

Been poking around All recently and I've noticed that there is more lemmy activity in Dutch than any other non-English language. German following that, and then Portuguese (I think, maybe Spanish). I see more Nederlander posts than even the UK instances. So what's up with this? Cheers from Canada 😙

17
Could a lottery/lotteries be used to fund a newspaper in Canada? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/canada
3 comments fedilink
 

Reading up on One Big Union. The Wikipedia article mentions that at the end of its days it was generating income via a lottery in its bulletin. This gave me an idea.

In the interest of diversifying news media, strengthening journalistic practices and integrity, creating non-partisan news coverage, and giving Canadian works a national outlet for publishing, I would like to start an online newspaper. However, I would like to limit ads since I find them distasteful at best and compromising at worst. This leaves subscription income and one-off purchases as the main revenue sources.

The issue with this is that people don't purchase news media anymore. They either look at an ad-supported website or they wait for someone else to buy a paywalled article and copypaste it somewhere. So the issue with a non-ad-supported model is that there's no incentive to buy. Hence, a lottery a la a 50/50 draw or some such. This would give people incentive to buy, increasing the circulation of the newspaper. So I'm hoping someone might be able to provide some insight into the matter.

view more: next ›