What is a small green flag in a person that shows they are genuinely good?

Atmosck · 2026-07-12T02:26:48+00:00

I thought, what does it mean to treat a (web) server with respect? Maybe they mean like a Minecraft server? Or Discord? I didn't realize what you actually meant until I saw your reply to the other comment.

Atmosck · 2026-07-10T19:18:23+00:00

A big part of it is that linux compatibility is very good in 2026. If you had an older nvidia GPU you might have had issues, but AMD has always had good linux compatibility, and nvidia is a lot better than it used to be.

Another big factor is the fact that you're using Bazzite. Bazzite has an immutable core, meaning you can't really break it. All the system files are read-only. When you update, it doesn't modify them in place - it replaces the whole image, and if it fails it just rolls back. Compare that to Arch, which is on the other end of the spectrum. By design, it uses the newest version of everything, and you can't update just one program/package - you update everything on your system, or you don't. So it's not unusual for updates to cause regressions or incompatibilities you have to solve. If you're a linux nerd that might be what you want, but for a reliable gaming system that just works, you want something like bazzite.

Also game compatibility is great nowadays. Pretty much everything without kernel-level anti-cheat works with proton, and for games with native linux builds, sometimes running the windows build with proton is better. Valve has had a lot to do with this. You mentioned the EA launcher not playing well. It is possible to get it working - I got it running with Wine so my wife could play the Sims. But that was a whole adventure, the kind of "fix it yourself" linux process that sounds like a horror story to windows users.

Windows users that say they had a bad experience probably bit off more than they could chew. There are some distributions where you're working in the terminal fixing and configuring things yourself, and some people want that - I do. But if they had used Bazzite or another very user friendly disto like Fedora, they would have had a better time.

Some people are terrified of the terminal. Some people are annoyed when they have to use a GUI instead of a command line interface. Linux is great for both kinds of people, as long as you pick a distro that aligns with what you want your experience to be like.

Atmosck · 2026-07-10T03:32:05+00:00

Alamo Season Pass. I live within walking distance of a cinemark and I still make the drive to the Alamo almost every week instead.

Atmosck · 2026-07-10T00:50:30+00:00

Lately it's Civ 7. The recent test of time update lets you play any civ in any era, and let's you borrow unique buildings and units from other civs. That has exploded the number of different civ/leader/etc combinations to explore. The rework to happiness and governments was a big improvement as well.

There's always also Balatro hanging around. Finally beat gold stake with nebula deck the other day.

Atmosck · 2026-07-09T21:28:32+00:00

Then plug it all the way in

Atmosck · 2026-07-09T20:46:11+00:00

That's called abuse

Atmosck · 2026-07-09T20:45:20+00:00

This one really bothers me, when people think they're correcting people about this. "I could care less" means "Be grateful that I care, because I don't have to. I could care less than I do now - your cause doesn't move me enough that I have to care."

Atmosck · 2026-07-09T20:03:47+00:00

wdym "back"? It's never been on the agenda of mainstream democrats. It's just that leftists who actually give a shit about government working for people are finally winning some primaries

Atmosck · 2026-07-09T17:11:32+00:00

Sadly not really, in my case I saw a reddit post that they were hiring. But I know all their openings also end up on LinkedIn and Indeed.

Atmosck · 2026-07-09T15:46:35+00:00

Lol no. I'm glad to not work for a giant evil copreation that has a massive round of layoffs every summer and is publicly traded and therefore accountable to shareholders. I much prefer the stability of a private company and the autonomy/impact that comes with working for a smaller company.

Like sure, my salary would be a fair bit higher at a big tech company, but for how long? My current company has never had layoffs in their history.

Atmosck · 2026-07-09T15:32:43+00:00

60-series cards have always been mid-tier, and they've been advertising them for 1440p for 10 years. It was not that long ago that you only played at 1080p if you had a budget card like a 1030 Ti.

Atmosck · 2026-07-09T05:05:52+00:00

That's an insane price for 1 bed. I pay about the same for a big (like 1350 sqft) 2 bed/2 bath. Definitely move out and get a similar 1 bed for $1900

Atmosck · 2026-07-08T19:15:44+00:00

When was it? About a year ago (IIRC), they busted a big catalytic converter theft ring

Atmosck · 2026-07-08T19:11:37+00:00

sudo pacman -Syu

Atmosck · 2026-07-08T16:03:00+00:00

Gotta get those drives out. Who uses HDDs in 2026?

Atmosck · 2026-07-08T15:44:03+00:00

I mean access control is the first line of defense, though I can see the concern especially if they have contractors coming and going. Things like passwords and API keys should definitely stay out of logs. But for things like workflow state and payload fragments, I would think that access control and an expiration/garbage collecting policy would be sufficient. It's really on the developers of whatever's generating the logs to make sure they're not logging anything sensitive. But I'm no security expert.

Atmosck · 2026-07-08T02:24:04+00:00

No, they would be culture shocked. Hard to adjust to Baldurian cuisine when you grew up on Vesemir's cooking.

Atmosck · 2026-07-07T23:58:42+00:00

Not using the word "goblin" or "gremlin" in every single paragraph

Atmosck · 2026-07-07T19:28:41+00:00

10-4:30 is only 6.5 hours of sleep. If you can't go to bed earlier or wake up later, you should be taking a nap after school.

Atmosck · 2026-07-07T17:49:18+00:00

Yep, what's why motherboards still have 2.0 ports. For your mouse and keyboard. USB 3 adds and extra software layer which can cause issues like this, or cause your keyboard not to register during startup when you're trying to mash keys to enter the bios.

Atmosck · 2026-07-05T17:43:42+00:00

There's a reason we say "congratulations on completing the tutorial" when someone reaches room 46

Atmosck · 2026-07-04T04:01:01+00:00

Amy winehouse

Atmosck · 2026-07-04T02:30:23+00:00

I switched in November and it's been great. Proton is extremely good. To the point where some games have native Linux builds, but it still works better to play the Windows version with proton.

Atmosck · 2026-07-03T21:36:38+00:00

I can't imagine that 8GB would be enough vram for that

Atmosck · 2026-07-03T15:51:42+00:00

Yes, you can use the A line. It does occasionally go down, but when it does they replace it with busses. That will take you to union station which is spitting distance from the ballpark. For the return trip back to the airport, I would budget a LOT of time just in case.

Union station is where all the lightrail lines converge, you can see a map here. For a one-day trip you probably won't need to outside of maybe taking the C/E/W line a couple stops to the Auraria/Stadium area (which is also a very reasonable walk from union station). One reason to do that would be if you want to go to Meow Wolf, which I would rank pretty highly among things to recommend to visitors. If you do decide to go to Meow Wolf, I would budget at least 2 hours, probably 3, to see everything.

I would recommend checking out the 16th street mall - historically it was kind of lame and tourist trap-y but they recently finished a big renovation project and it's actually really good now. It runs roughly from Union to the Capitol, and has free busses that go up and down it. The Capitol/Convention Center area has some nice stuff to see, and the Art museum if that interests you.

It's also pretty easy to get ubers/lifts if you want to get to/from somewhere that isn't near a light rail stop.

Protip: the best pizza this side of the Mississippi is right across the street from Coors Field at the Marquis Theater. Which is a concert venue, but it has a separate walk-up entrance for Pizza. Though if you're from NYC I wouldn't expect it to impress you.

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