jg1i

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Why BlueSky Isn’t the Alternative to X (Formerly Twitter) You’re Looking For — and Why Mastodon Is the Better Choice Over X, Threads, and BlueSky in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] jg1i@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Hell yeah! Sign me up!

Hundreds of code libraries posted to NPM try to install malware on dev machines in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] jg1i@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Does anyone know how JSR and Deno would do in this type of attack?

Matrix 2.0 Is Here! in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] jg1i@lemmy.world 52 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Hopefully the clients get much better. I convinced a few friends to get on Matrix last year... and... boy... it was a terrible experience. Everyone ended up going back to Discord and they probably won't trust another recommendation from me.

Matrix 2.0 Is Here! in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] jg1i@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How much did you ask for?

Has anyone regretted buying a fully electric car? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] jg1i@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, I ended up selling and buying a hybrid. Super happy with the hybrid.

  • Basically instant "recharge" speed.

  • Longer range.

  • More vehicle options.

  • Don't have to worry about heat or cold draining my fuel.

  • Can leave the car stationary for long periods of time without the fuel draining.

  • More fueling stations.

  • More reliable fueling stations (chargers may be broken.)

  • Less software bullshit. (Tesla)

  • Less possibly breaking updates. (Tesla) No joke. My car's software literally crashed on the freeway once and I was essentially driving blind because all the screens went blank.

I drive a lot and for long distances. Switching to hybrid made trips shorter by an hour.

And I still got to keep fancy drive assist features. It's like 80% of autopilot, if not more.

Oh! And big one! Even though an electric car may say something like 500km range! That's NOT the usable range! You're not going to be driving the car to 0km. You're not even supposed to charge to 100% most of the time! So most of the time you'll charge to 80%, that's 400km in the battery. But, you probably wanna play it safe, so you'll want to recharge with 50km to 100km left in the battery. Leaving you with about 300km of usable range.

Then the heat, cold, and time will slowly drain your 300km....

Meanwhile, my hybrid has about 700km of usable range, regardless of time and weather.

Smart home in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
[–] jg1i@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I program for a living.

I can't stand all the smart shit people talk about. I hate installing software updates. I hate having to download an app just to use some shitty hardware. I hate needing an internet connection to use something. I hate having to charge yet another device.

I really hate software. I try to avoid it as much as possible.

In order to pay import duties, these crazy fuckers are expecting me to enter my bank logon details into their website. What. The. Fuck. in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] jg1i@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

They maybe use Plaid to connect your bank? I still wouldn't do it though. Fuck Plaid. Fuck handing out creds. Find another way.

Lowest bidder quality in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] jg1i@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Cy: People buying million dollar homes think they're getting the A-Team. They're not. It's the same builders that build the cheap homes.

Why does the USA have so few legal protections for ordinary people, and how can we change that? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] jg1i@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Explain how!

What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] jg1i@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (4 children)
  • Syllabuses, not syllabi
  • Matrixes, not matrices
  • Indexes, not indices
  • Cactuses, not cacti

Standardize plurals!

Framework 2880 x 1920 (new) display review in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] jg1i@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (6 children)

It's all right otherwise. Not phenomenal, but not crap. The specs you can get with other laptops. The hardware feel isn't as good as a Dell XPS or an X1 Carbon. The expansion card stuff is kinda cool, but other laptops have ports too. I've never swapped out the cards.

The main reason I bought this laptop is repairability. If that's not your main priority, then I probably wouldn't recommend this laptop.

If you want to use this laptop with Linux and not spend time fixing hardware compatibility issues, then I definitely would not recommend this laptop. Definitely get a Dell XPS for a Linux laptop that Just Works.

Framework 2880 x 1920 (new) display review in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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Framework 2880 x 1920 (new) display review (lemmy.world)
 

Wuuttup. I'm here complaining again about Framework's Linux unfriendly display. The new one this time.

https://frame.work/products/display-kit?v=FRANJF0001

Old display, 2256 x 1504 (3:2)

GNOME

100% scale

  • Nothing looks blurry
  • Everything is tiny
  • Unusable

100% scale + large text accessibility

  • Nothing looks blurry
  • Most apps scale appropriately
  • Some apps don’t respect GNOME’s large text setting (Alacritty)

125% scale

  • Most apps look blurry (Picard, Firefox, Spotify, Alacritty)

200% scale

  • Everything is way too big
  • Unusable

Plasma

100% scale

  • Nothing looks blurry
  • Everything is tiny
  • Unusable

125% scale + Apply scaling themselves

  • Nothing looks blurry
  • Most apps scale appropriate
  • Some apps can’t scale themselves and look tiny (Picard)

125% scale + Scaled by system

  • Most apps look blurry (Picard, Firefox, Spotify, Alacritty)

200% scale

  • Everything is way too big
  • Unusable

New display, 2880 x 1920 (3:2)

GNOME

100% scale

  • Nothing looks blurry
  • Everything is tiny
  • Unusable

100% scale + large text accessibility

  • Nothing looks blurry
  • Most apps scale appropriately
  • Some apps don’t respect GNOME’s large text setting (Alacritty)
  • Everything is tiny

150% scale

  • Most apps look blurry (Picard, Firefox, Spotify, Alacritty)

200% scale

  • Everything is way too big
  • Unusable

Plasma

100% scale

  • Nothing looks blurry
  • Everything is tiny
  • Unusable

150% scale + Apply scaling themselves

  • Nothing looks blurry
  • Some apps can’t scale themselves, but look a little better here? (Picard)

150% scale + Scaled by system

  • Most apps look blurry (Picard, Firefox, Spotify, Alacritty)

200% scale

  • Everything is way too big
  • Unusable

tl;dr

In the old display, GNOME at 100% + large text was the best compromise. In the new display, Plasma at 150% + Apply scaling themselves is the best compromise.

Interestingly, Picard scaling itself looks super tiny in the old display, but in the new display it looks... better. It's still not correctly scaled like native Wayland apps, but it's better.

Warning

If you can't stomach moving from GNOME to Plasma, then 🚨 DO NOT BUY THE NEW DISPLAY 🚨. The new display is worse for GNOME.

Once again

I am once again begging Framework to just give us a damn regular DPI display that works! Without workarounds. Without forcing users on specific DEs. Without forcing users to stop using their favorite apps. This new display has basically all of the flaws as the previous one.

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How does renouncing citizenship work? (lemmy.world)
 

Let's say I become a citizen of a country that doesn't allow dual citizenship. During naturalization, new country B tells me I have to renounce citizenship from old country A.

Does that have any effects back in country A? How would country A know? Would country A even care if they found out?

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Friends don't let friends buy HiDPI displays (lemmy.world)
 

My lower res, lower DPI display from my old Dell laptop looks much more sharp and crisp than the fancy pants Framework 13 high res display.

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Framework vs Dell laptop display comparison (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by jg1i@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
46 comments fedilink
 

In 2024, with GNOME 45, Wayland, and 1.25 fractional scaling, regular DPI displays still look better than HiDPI displays. This is a photo of Discord on two laptops side by side.

The blurry one is the HiDPI display from Framework 13. The sharp one is a regular DPI display from Dell XPS 13. Both laptops.

The difference is even more stark in person.

Even the screenshots from the Framework are blurrier than the screen shots from the Dell.

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Can I block posts about Reddit? (lemmy.world)
 

I'm starting to get tired of people talking about Reddit on Lemmy. I personally don't care about Reddit anymore and am not interested in Reddit news.

I already blocked c/reddit that helped. Is there anything else I can do? Is there a way to hide posts that contain a keyword?

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