vithigar

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[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

For a while (maybe even still, I haven't kept up with it) you could unlock paid features with a modded client, so they absolutely have a history of using client-side verification.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Matrix does have a bot API, but there is not even close to as robust an ecosystem of bots to choose from. Whatever you want is probably possible, but depending on your needs you may have to write it yourself.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Unless you really need to optimise for land use. An arbitrarily large solar array in space could transmit to a fairly small collector in the surface.

As for losing power to atmospheric attenuation, high frequency microwaves will pass right through most everything that would scatter visible light. Clouds, dust, etc wouldn't really impede it.

I won't say it's not a silly idea, because it is. It's fun to think about though.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 43 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Satanic is not the same as satanistic.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I never cared much for the orange juice, but minute maid frozen lemonade concentrate is amazing. I'm going to miss that one for sure.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 116 points 1 week ago (7 children)

For reasons similar to why plain bread doesn't show up in sandwich recommendations.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

I offer that it's actually worse, since it requires acting on it and knowing it's wrong.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

If you're using vague, borderline nonsensical phrases like "install files" when trying to find out how to do things that might go some way towards explaining it.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Old hardware is certainly possible. I salvaged it from my parents who were going to throw it out. It's got an A10-8700P and is limping along with a single 4GB DIMM. The thing doesn't even have a second memory slot.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I do like the dedication to Mint! To be honest it's generally my default pick if I need to slap Linux onto something. I actually tried putting it on the gaming table machine but for reasons I didn't feel like digging into it just did not cooperate, and Debian did.

CachyOS on the luggable gaming machine is mostly just because I hadn't used it before and wanted to give it a spin. So far so good.

As for the Windows machine, it's a gaming rig and at the time it was built, pre-steam deck, Linux wasn't quite yet in as good a position for that as it is now. I just can't be bothered to switch it mid-stream as it were. It's almost certainly going to be the last Windows machine I ever own though.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)
  • Luggable gaming rig: CachyOS
  • Surface Go 2: Mint
  • Old laptop strapped to the underside of the gaming table: Debian
  • NUC home server: Ubuntu Server
  • Steam Deck: SteamOS

Non-linux:

  • Gaming tower: Windows
  • Previous gaming tower repurposed as NAS: TrueNAS
[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

True size is possible just fine on a 2D surface. For both too large and too small to be even possible there must exist some transitional point where the size is correct.

You cannot have both the size and shape correct at the same time. Having the correct size means distorting the shape, and vise versa. One or the other can be correct, but never both.

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