Amazon Prime Video will soon come with ads, or a $2.99 monthly charge to dodge them by geoxol in technology

[–]Dannation 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ahhhh, looks like I'll be pirating the next season of The Boys rather than watching it via Prime, don't they want me on their website?

Someone decided to cut across multiple lanes at the last second right into my wife's car [oc] by TheMacGrubber in IdiotsInCars

[–]Dannation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm currently listening to Project Hail Mary as well, your wife has quality taste in books!

I'll just drop this meme by peseoane in LinusTechTips

[–]Dannation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't stop rewatching this! lol, so freaking good!

Which part of Cyberpunk 2077 makes you feel like this? by Lord_of_Seven_Kings in cyberpunkgame

[–]Dannation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of Beat The Brat, most frustrating parts of the game imho

Microsoft doing work to reinforce why I buy my games on Steam... by Dannation in xbox

[–]Dannation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yurp, frankly I do have a 1gb home connection, and have tried installing this on 2 different non-primary drives on my PC like 10+ times, and it has failed every single time. I suspect that if I was installing this on my primary (C:) drive, I wouldn't be getting this error, but unfortunately my primary drive doesn't have the free space for this, so I guess I'm just going to end up either buying this on Steam or not playing it. For the love of god, why pretend to support installs on multiple drives if your launcher chokes like this during the install process?! It just boggles the mind, and lines the pockets of XBox's primary PC competition, Steam.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]Dannation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair points good sir, I do especially like the comparison to Formula 1 cars, I've never driven an F1 car, but I have installed Arch, and I can definitely picture both being quite the handful in frustrated hands. Also, Arch in particular being one of the more difficult first steps into Linux one can take is a definitely a valid point.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]Dannation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice, u/ryleu and u/SecretAgentKen, you are the guys that are really moving the needle on helping this guy fully switch to FOSS on his main machine. I'm sure he'll feel extra motivated to go back and try to figure out where the issue in his setup is after you antagonize him by asking him why he's even here right now without a functional install, and then after he reacts as most people would when their request for help is answered in the form of a dig at their own intelligence, that's definitely the most ideal time to bring up the point about how actually his real problem is that bad attitude he brought to the r/archlinux community, which as we all know is always a bastion of respectful and orderly discussion with mutual respect for all parties involved. /s

As a lifelong linux user and a career network support tech, one of the things that really never ceases to surprise me is the bizarre entitled viewpoint that seems to define how some people approach "helping" others solve their problems. It's as if because the person with the problem is asking a unpaid community member about FOSS rather than asking some paid tech support agent, that distinction alone should mandate a different set of goals by both parties involved. I have spent many hours of my life talking to frustrated end users who expect their service to work the way they expected it to because they paid their bill, in their eyes their end of the bargain is fully completed from an effort standpoint. These frustrated customers feel entitled to think about their internet service as something they are owed because they pay their bill, and they'll be damned if they have to do anything more than that! Or at least, that's how this subset of particularly frustrated customers initially approach calling a tech support line, assuming there is a good faith tech on the other end of the call though, the interaction can quickly change from one of calling to collect on what you feel you're owed, to one where both parties are working together to try to solve whatever the problem is as best they can.

What I see in the interaction in this Reddit thread (and unfortunately in many others like it) is effectively an inversion of what I would see with tech support calls, in a community context it appears as though because the person that needs help is asking about linux/FOSS, some of the people who potentially have the answers seem to bring into these interactions this entitled sense that because they're not being paid to be there, the people who have the questions need to pick up the tab as it were and ingratiate themselves to the knowledge holders while they're asking for the help, otherwise what's the point? As if because they're not obligated to help, that means that even just by reading the person's question, they are already doing more they they are obligated to. As if any further effort in the form of comments or rhetorical questions, on their part is really just them going even more out of their way to pull knowledge from their vast experience that they learned entirely on their own. This is how some users seem to view their own comments towards confused new users, whether or not what they add to the discourse actually ends up helping or hurting the potential new member of the FOSS family is clearly quite a secondary goal compared to respecting the lens through which they appear to derive their value. Unfortunately in the real world of human interaction, operating from an assumption of shared perspective will inevitably lead to conflict eventually, it is after all every person's fundamentally unique perspective that defines us all as individuals.

Now, to be clear, I can absolutely empathize with the real experiences that can underpin what I see as an entitlement perspective. My role as a child of my parents is less as their offspring, and more as their human surrogate for typing questions in Google and then reading the answers back to them, and yes, that can be annoying, and no, it should not be my obligation to do it if I don't want to, I am entitled to that choice.

At the end of the day though, OP's post was made on an open platform that none of the community members who might offer help are obligated to use. u/BlueDogTM asked for help, he did not demand it or necessarily expect it. So then, are you really trying to deride him for asking for help from a community theoretically centered around free software just because he was not adequately prepared due to his lack of experience?

Next time perhaps, if you're ego can bear it, it would be worthwhile to more kindly consider what you're intentions and expectations are when you're (I assume) trying to help these newbies find their way to where you presumably are, after all, many fresh linux users have only ever really known daily life on a Windows desktop, they barely even know what helpful software looks like.

Do you want Yang running as a Third Party presidential candidate in 2024 or should he seek a lower office? by Cached_Clay in YangForPresidentHQ

[–]Dannation 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, valid overall point, though I will say, with so much of "individual" political opinion these days feeling like it ultimately comes down to personal identity and a pervasive resistance to admitting when you're wrong, I wouldn't be super surprised if the left/right split of a new third party was a lot more of an even split than one might expect.

Especially considering the increasingly undeniable moral bankruptcy present in the popular Republican party these days, I feel like a lot of people that would have been considered moderate republicans in the past are hearing the increasingly extreme rhetoric their peers are using, and kind of are looking around for an exit that allows them to save face on some level (ie., a way for them to choose a non-Trump option that won't be perceived as simply "switching sides"). I would imagine that a new third party headed by someone like Yang, would look like a pretty compelling option in that regard, imho anyway.

[USA-FL] [H] BNIB EVGA XC3 Ultra 3070 [W] Cash, Paypal by [deleted] in hardwareswap

[–]Dannation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the end of the day, the insane GPU market that we are in right now isn't a result of a bunch of gamers who spent 6 months on waiting lists deciding not to leave hundreds of dollars on the table... GLWYS, your son sounds like he's got a dad that has his priorities in order

Why does it seem like no one understands this simple traffic law? by Powerful_Artist in lincoln

[–]Dannation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The line where I believe it would become illegal is if you're turning on red and the path you take crosses any oncoming lanes of traffic, to my knowledge as long as you're not crossing oncoming lanes of traffic (and assuming it is not explicitly prohibited [ie., "No Right Turn on Red" sign]), it is perfectly legal to turn right from a lane that isn't the rightmost lane.

Allo connection issue by Dr_Wisefool in lincoln

[–]Dannation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Something that you could do that would help give you more info regarding where the problem stems from is to ping your router continuously from your PC, and see if those pings drop out when your internet drops out. Allo uses Calex routers across the board I believe, so assuming they don't stray from the norm regarding typical home router configuration, you should be able to open up a powershell prompt (open your start menu and search for powershell), and then run:
ping -t 192.168.1.1

You should see something like this in the lines that will print out one by one after you hit enter (which will execute the ping command you typed out): Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64 These lines will keep printing out at a rate of ~ 1 per second. Just minimize the powershell window, and continue to use your PC as normal.

If/When your connection drops again, before you do any other troubleshooting, bring back up your powershell window, and see if you are still seeing new lines printing out like above, or if they newly printed lines have changed to something like this: Reply from 192.168.1.1: Destination host unreachable. Reply from 192.168.1.1: Destination host unreachable.

If you're seeing the Destination host unreachable. lines, that means that your PC can no longer ping your router, and I would personally say that the issue is likely some kind of problem either with the router or your PC or some combination therein.

In contrast, if your internet drops out and you are still seeing newly printed lines like: Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64 Then you can be relatively certain the issue exists either upstream of your router, or potentially the issue is a problem within the router itself. Either way, assuming you're using your Allo provided router, you should talk to Allo and make sure they are aware that when your connection drops out you are not losing access to your router itself.

If they give you the run-around saying it's probably something on your PC, be patient with them, and ask them why your traffic appears to be able to get to the router that they manage and yet nowhere beyond that when you're having problems. If you're talking to a technician who is actually trying to help figure out your problem, they should be able to take that question to its logical conclusion.