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Comment · 1 year ago
fentanyl doesn't make you happy, heroin does :)
Comment · 1 year ago
I don't see how a loud lunch break is good in any way
Comment · 2 years ago
Firefox has a heavily customizable tree style tab extension.
Comment · 2 years ago
The way the current system is set up we rely on work to make money. If jobs get automated away, how will we make money then? We aren't ready for a post-work world.
Comment · 2 years ago
No one individual can bear the burden of trying to address all social issues. I think it's good to live according to one's political and moral beliefs, but ultimately there is a point to where this is reasonable to expect of someone.

That is to say that I think one can criticize the tech industry and its e-waste production, while also using a modern smartphone, for example.

Comment · 2 years ago
You have to go through a first run wizard to set up your Microsoft account, etc. even on a computer with Windows preinstalled. At least that was my experience a few years ago, and I doubt it has changed.
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Comment · 2 years ago
I'd recommend taking a look at Guix as a kind of alternative implementation of the idea of Nix. It has its own usability issues, especially surrounding nonfree software and a much smaller community, but it addresses some of the issues you comment on.
Comment · 2 years ago
I would like to see latency tests, measuring the impact of compositing in X and Wayland, as well as uncomposited X vs tearing-enabled Wayland, etc. Unfortunately I don't think this has been thoroughly benchmarked yet.
Comment · 2 years ago
That's just security by obscurity, not something I'd consider a good security measure.
Comment · 2 years ago
The "workaround" I have found for this is to use a slow-updating, non-rolling distro; in my case it's Debian.
Comment · 2 years ago
I should probably have used the full names for clarity, either way the acronyms mean, in order: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, Ancient Domains of Mystery and Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
It seems it's only a matter of time until we get parrot farms used to bypass captchas.
Comment · 2 years ago
For those who enjoy SPD I recommend checking out some other popular roguelikes, many of them are also open source.

Some of my personal recommendations would be brogue (probably the most beginner friendly), DCSS (friendly, tons of content), ADoM and Cataclysm DDA (a sandbox survival roguelike, quite a unique mix)

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