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Donald Trump tells Canada to become a state to avoid his tariffs in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

American anschluss of Canada to expand their lebensraum, because they feel they deserve it.

Musk does not hide how he feels about it, we wouldn't either.

I've Dropped Google Maps in Favor of This Open-Source Alternative in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

I must say I am impressed with Organic maps already. OsmAnd, and Google maps for that matter, are much slower.

[Vostok Komandirskie 650546] in c/[email protected]

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

I was able to adjust my Vostok similarly, but in the end the real timekeeping on wrist was waaaay off. Plus it was quite unstable, ie. one day it would run +7s, another +17, etc. Pain in the butt to adjust.

The rise and fall of peer review in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Good contents and ideas - which are actually implemented in Open Research Europe system. Minimal checks and balances, peer review as public comments after publication.

However I don't fully agree that peer review as we have today is worse than nothing. I published a bit and reviewed a bit more. I have marked for rejection probably a third of published papers for basic methodology errors that fully invalidate results. Those papers would just add to the noise that already exists via thousands of papers published...

Starlabs; good support long term? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Shipping is slow, but customer support is great actually

Starlabs; good support long term? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Rotation works for me flawlessly on Fedora Silver blue.

Send me a PM and I'll buy you a coffee ;)

Paying for software is stupid… 10 free and open-source SaaS replacements in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Remember, for every paid SaaS, there is a free open-source self-hosted alternative

CAD. Free solutions compared to commercial ones (SolidWorks, Inventor, Fusion360, Onshape) are like comparing Photoshop to an open source Paint clone.

“Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update in c/[email protected]

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

I think they dont care on purpose. Dual boot is a gateway drug, so the more problems with it the better for Microsoft.

Looking for fictional books in c/[email protected]

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

I think you may like Expeditionary Force series, there is quite a bit of what you are looking for.

I guess Asimov Foundation series would also be a good candidate for world building.

Biden wants to free you from all those subscriptions you meant to cancel but didn’t in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Is this the Lemmy that is said to be less toxic than Reddit? Maybe it wasn't Subway, maybe it was something different. It was 10years ago, I may be misremembering the details.

Did I remember everything correctly? Dunno. Are you being a dick? That's 100%.

AI PCs made up 14% of quarterly personal computer shipments, Canalys says in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Damn it! Last year I upgraded to blockchain PC since my original Cloud-Native one was a disappointment.

Biden wants to free you from all those subscriptions you meant to cancel but didn’t in c/[email protected]