thisisbutaname

joined 1 year ago

Yeah, and for the same reason prisoners should be allowed to vote too

That's an answer I guess

I don't even remember the title, but it was written by Clive Cussler.

It was the dullest, most stereotypical adventure book with the bog standard protagonist and plot, with no interesting twist or unexpected event at all.

I picked it up from the library years ago on a whim and surprisingly really enjoyed it.

Well, except maybe the multiple pages long chapter about varieties of whales. That was a bit much.

No, I mean it won't run at all.

My machine is a laptop with a nvida 960m for a GPU. Game wouldn't even start.

[–] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Elden Ring.

I've bought it on sale knowing my PC can't run it. As soon as I finally update it that's the first game I'm gonna install.

[–] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When PES came out and it seemed to do better that FIFA I looked it up and I was amazed to find out it was from the same publisher as the football game I loved in the early 2000 and nobody else played (ISS Pro)

[–] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, you can run Linux in a VM.

But also: you should be able to access your Windows partition from Linux, as it supports NTFS and FAT filesystems, and view the files there.

What I do is I have one partition with Windows, one with Linux, and a third one (with an NTFS file system) for the files I need to access from both.

First, don't listen to his opinions on anything that isn't about comouters and software. He doesn't have a good track record there.

Do pay attention to his takes on technology and freedom, there's a lot of food for though there.

I was at one of his talks recently, and he's definitely and eccentric fellow. When it comes to free software he's a die hard extremist, and I have a feeling he knows and to a certain extent he does that on purpose. Case in point, he mentioned how he refused hearing aids and would similarly refuse a pacemaker as there are none running on free software.

As such, that's how I take his ideas about free software: a good philosophy taken to the extreme to showcase what'd be possible if we went all in on that, and the dangers of not doing it. Definitely not something that can work for everyone, or a realistic pathway to a world of free software.

I do think, however, that someone like him is fundamental to advance the cause of free software, even if no one takes him literally and emulates his way of life.

I'm not gonna refuse a life saving treatment or device because it runs on propriety software, but I am willing to sacrifice some convenience to use a free software alternative when available.

This has Cowboy Bebop x Ghibli vibes

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