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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • Fairphone 6 review: cheaper, repairable and longer-lasting Android

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  • Been looking forward to this one. Might finally be time to switch over. I wish there was a Graphene build for it.

  • Reddit mods immediately delete Post about Eppsteins private Email leak(s)

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  • Surprised a Lemmy instance doesn't have it honestly

  • Coworker wants to try Linux with gaming, Bazzite or Mint?

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  • Yes a little bit if you have an Nvidia card, and Bazzite has the option to boot right into a Steam Deck like interface which is great for controller gamers.

    To be clear Mint is a totally fine choice too, but for gaming and especially for a total Linux newbie Bazzite is the choice.

  • Is there a website that compares the various eInk screens?

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  • OK great thanks for the reply and yes it was a color one. I don't really need color but it still scared me. My Oasis is almost 10 years old now I assumed the tech would have improved dramatically.

    Looking at the Boox Go 7 now I think as it's the most similar to the Oasis without being Amazon

  • Coworker wants to try Linux with gaming, Bazzite or Mint?

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  • Bazzite 100%. It's the best out of the box gaming distro, and bonus points for immutability (not that your friend needs to know what that is).

  • Is there a website that compares the various eInk screens?

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  • I'm not really looking for specs I'm looking to visually compare.

  • Signal Contingency Plan (spoiler: it's Delta Chat)

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  • deltachat will leak metadata everywhere

    Got a citation for that? Genuinely curious

  • Kiss goodbye to 8K as support from the TV industry 'dwindles'

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  • I would like to see 8K for movies in cinema, especially for remasters/digitizations from existing film negatives and archival purposes.

    While I wouldn't say no to it, 8K on a TV under 75" is not going to add much value to the average consumer.

  • Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off

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  • Right, exactly. It also takes 3-4 seconds to load in which time I could have just middle clicked and loaded it in the background. Maybe on mobile I'd use it but only in rare circumstances.

  • No wonder Reddit has turned to shit

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  • Every platform is going to have someone trying to exploit it.

    Reddit turned to shit because the people who own it allowed it to.

  • Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off

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  • What exactly are the AI features everyone is talking about? The only one I've encountered is the "long click to preview link" and it's... not super useful but far from annoying like Copilot.

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    Yes, Windows is the Problem.

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  • I upvoted you, but I do feel it's only a matter of time before the open source community outpaces Apple as well. Just a few short years ago the "year of the Linux desktop" was a joke. Now for many, Linux is unquestionably the better option.

    Imagine having the option to be-exactly-like-MacOS-if-you-want-but-aren't-forced-to (basically what's happened with Linux and Windows this year). It would be game over for Apple, at least from a software perspective.

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    Yes, Windows is the Problem.

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  • Zorin is a good OS but IMO it's a little too simplistic for most people who know what an operating system is.

    But as the video gets at, the question of "when will Linux be better than Windows" is solidly "today". MacOS is probably still "better" for someone fully invested in the Apple ecosystem. But Linux is not far behind that either.

  • Framework 13 To See Fan Target & Fan Temperature Thresholds Support With Linux 7.0

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  • Thank goodness, the fan has a mind of it's own sometimes.

  • You Are Being Misled About Renewable Energy Technology [Technology Connections]

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  • He seems to be active in replies to his own posts. I recall him being frustrated by a lack of tools available for high follower accounts like they apparently offer on Twitter.

  • You Are Being Misled About Renewable Energy Technology [Technology Connections]

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  • This was an unusual (For Alec) and remarkable episode. I found it very inspiring. Also Alec is one of the few YouTubers I know of on Fedi. @TechConnectify@mas.to

  • Syncthing on Android - I'm out of the loop. Where can I get a trusted & maintained version?

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  • Installing self-hostable services on a cloud server isn't self-hosting ???

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  • I can see you care about this a lot, so please tell me; in your opinion at what point does a PC cease to be "self hosted"? When it's carried across the property line? Maybe if the electricity bill is paid by a roommate?

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    Some potentially interesting data: horses per capita in the U.S. and China

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  • wow 9/11 changed everything