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  • Kraiden@kbin.socialtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCs
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    11 months ago

    So this is anecdotal I know, but I work on a Mac, so I’ve only ever held on to Windows for gaming. (Sidenote: The Mac isn’t my choice, either, but it has a terminal, and it does the job)

    I’ve definitely tried to go fully Linux in the past, but it was always gaming that killed it for me. Wine was just never very consistent for me in this area.

    Long story but, I recently lost my gaming machine, and was gifted a friends old one. Also a long story, but he ended up putting Linux on it for me. I figured I’d use it as is until payday before buying a key for Windows.

    Holy shit gaming on Linux become has easy! Steam/proton is amazing!

    I won’t lie, it’s not always as simple as install and run, but the tweaking that’s been required has been orders of magnitude simpler than what it used to be. Click a box 90% of the time, Click a box and add a run parameter for another 5%.

    The only games that haven’t worked for me are Starfield and Cyberpunk (accounting for the last 5%.)

    Starfield might just be too much for this old machine, but Cyberpunk I have no idea. Neither are a huge loss to me when Balders Gate, and Elite Dangerous are running fine. Also long standing favourites like Just Cause 3/4 work perfectly too.

    I’m thrilled and a little shocked to say I think I’m finally done with Windows

  • Kraiden@kbin.socialtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•Beer and Wine are vegan drinks.
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    11 months ago

    I’m sorry but absolutely not.

    Finding vegan foods is easy, as you’ve pointed out, however eating well as a vegan takes thought and planning. Especially in the beginning.

    This is why so many people fail when they first start. They just cut out everything with animal products, and end up eating bread and salad, and give up when they’re basically malnourished and starving.

    Saying Vegan is not hard is a disservice to anyone seriously considering it. Instead of being condescending about it, give people resources to help them get it right.

  • Kraiden@kbin.socialtoTechnology@lemmy.world•505 of 700 OpenAI employees tell the board to resign.
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    1 year ago

    In my opinion this is the best outcome. The technology is not ready, and it’s potential for abuse is far greater than it’s potential for good at present. It needs another 10 years minimum to ensure it can at least be controlled to some extent. Breaking these models is trivially easy at the moment.

    Microsoft won’t put it on ice, but maybe they’ll fuck it up badly enough that people will forget about it for a while. We’re currently at the “VR in the 80’s” point in the journey, imo.

  • Kraiden@kbin.socialtoAndroid@lemdro.id•The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years
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    1 year ago

    I replied to “your other comment”.

    I meant the one made elsewhere in this thread where I explain why I don’t think it’s a shit argument. I think the wireless is a legitimate upgrade over wired when we’re talking about a mobile phone.

    The fidelity is one of many many pros we have listed
    I don’t understand what this has to do with anything.

    I’m trying to point out that your “pro” of better fidelity doesn’t mean anything in a space where people aren’t using a lossless format, and so aren’t taking advantage of that extra fidelity anyway. This is admittedly an area I’m not strong in, so I could well be wrong, but I don’t think there’s any difference between wired and wireless when the source is Spotify.

    you don’t have to choose.

    Alright, this is fair. It would be great to keep the option for both. However, I don’t think it’s fair to knock Fairphone for not offering this option though, particularly because it takes space on the pcb and is an extra component cost (yes, a small one, I admit)

    People are calling it a money grab move to not include a headphone jack, and I just don’t think that’s fair.

  • Kraiden@kbin.socialtoAndroid@lemdro.id•The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years
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    1 year ago

    it would be a shit argument

    This is fundamentally where we disagree. See my other comment

    That is a pro, not a con

    Never said it was a con, nor did I mean to imply that jacks are obsolete overall, only that it’s a valid move to not include them on a device that is primarily used to stream audio and thus doesn’t need the extra fidelity. Unless you want to try and tell me that Joe Public should be lugging around gigabytes of flac files?

    lick Tim Cook’s boots

    Lol, personally I prefer the taste of Han Jong-hee or Kenichiro Yoshida’s boots

    jack comes with none.

    Respectfully, this is rose tinted glasses talking. Do you know what my wireless buds workflow is?

    1. Open case
    2. Insert buds into ears and wait for “Bluetooth connected”
    3. Tap left bud
    4. Music plays.

    Compare that to

    1. Pull out buds
    2. Untangle cord
    3. Pull out phone
    4. Fumble jack into the microphone hole for 2 minutes
    5. Look at device, and insert jack into correct hole.
    6. Unlock phone
    7. Open music app of choice
    8. Hit play
    9. Music plays

    With wireless buds, I don’t even have to know exactly where my phone is. To say nothing of having to carry it around with me which, if you’re doing housework, or a workout can be a pain.

    Also, anyone who’s ever had buds forcibly ripped from their ears because they’ve dropped their phone will tell you:

    Wired buds ALSO have drawbacks

  • Kraiden@kbin.socialtoAndroid@lemdro.id•The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years
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    1 year ago

    It’s simply not.

    Ye, well, that’s just, like, your opinion man…

    But seriously, that highly subjective. I’ll take wireless over wired any day thanks. The inconvenience of having to charge the buds is not actually as bad as you’re making it out to be. You can charge and listen if you consider charging the case as still being charging the whole unit.

    The convenience of not having to deal with the damm cables themselves outweighs the inconvenience of needing to occasionally charge them for me, and clearly I’m not alone.

    Someone smarter than me can talk about audio quality over wireless, but when we’re talking about streaming music from Spotify, it’s moot anyway.

    The fact is, for the vast majority of mobile users, wireless is an upgrade over wired.

  • Kraiden@kbin.socialtoAndroid@lemdro.id•The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years
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    1 year ago

    Look, I do understand, and it took me a while to buy into the wireless buds thing, but you could have made the same argument for PS/2 mouse and keyboards, or anything using mini, and then later, micro USB.

    The fact is, if you want to keep your old peripherals, but upgrade your main compute device, at some point you need to accept that you’ll need an adapter.

    The 3.5mm jack was first introduced in the 1950s as a mini version of the 6.5mm jack… which was used as far back as 1878… it’s had a hell of a run, but if you weigh the pros and cons fairly, wireless as a standard has drawbacks, but is actually, ultimately an upgrade and it’s well overdue.

    I just think there are enough wireless options (and adapters) available now that it’s not fair to knock fairphone for this decision anymore.