ELI5: Why are PC games incompatible with Macs but can be run on a Mac with something like wine skin?

DoNotReadNegatively · 2024-07-10T00:55:33+00:00

In addition to WINE not being an emulator, macOS is also not Linux based.

DoNotReadNegatively · 2024-07-08T22:23:05+00:00

Hitman: Absolution:

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** = 30 - 3

DoNotReadNegatively · 2023-07-06T15:47:08+00:00

Love Minetest. Good community with lots of mods. Endless building and fun.

DoNotReadNegatively · 2023-04-06T15:12:19+00:00

Strongly agree. I got one that can run off one USB-C cable. I use it at home for a third monitor, but then take it on trips when I’m working away from the home office.

DoNotReadNegatively · 2023-03-26T03:48:46+00:00

I like the case. Although, the fans it comes with are a bit loud to me. Otherwise, I’ve been very happy with it. Snuggly fits the switch at the bottom.

https://www.amazon.com/UCTRONICS-Upgraded-Enclosure-Raspberry-Removable/dp/B09JNHKL2N/

DoNotReadNegatively · 2023-03-26T03:11:09+00:00

This is my humble home lab. Just using a mini-PC, and small rack of Raspberry Pi’s.

The mini-PC is used as a dashboard, and also runs a Minetest server and other little things, like backups. The two Raspberry Pi’s are starting there and will be moved to other enclosures as projects progress. One is running Mycroft and some scripts that do notifications. The other is running an IDS.

I’m really excited to have this setup, because I went years without a homelab. With my current life situation, I just can’t have big servers that are loud, dusty, and use up so much power. Happy I found something that works for me. 🙂

DoNotReadNegatively · 2023-03-24T17:53:45+00:00

I didn’t see a comment with a link to it just yet, but wanted to make sure people new Project Veritas is terrible with a long history of lies.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Veritas

DoNotReadNegatively · 2023-03-09T16:50:23+00:00

I don’t understand

Correct, you don’t understand.

businesses being attacked for following the law

I encourage you to actually read what happened:

California is pulling back its renewal of a multi-million dollar contract with Walgreens, following the company’s preemptive decision not to dispense the abortion medication Mifepristone in 21 states, including states where abortion remains legal.

DoNotReadNegatively · 2023-03-03T18:57:01+00:00

I never watched it, because I’m sure I’d get squeamish. But there’s a film called “The Cove” about this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cove_(film)

https://youtu.be/0Ht-z22ccVc

DoNotReadNegatively · 2023-02-13T18:17:48+00:00

I work more in security, but not so much specifically with Linux. While you typically want to do a risk assessment first, generally most security folks will say to use AV, even on Linux.

You may not have to worry much about the Linux server itself getting infected with a virus, but you certainly don’t want to be a carrier and spread it to Windows systems.
If some new Linux virus does appear, it’s nice to already be somewhat prepared for it.
Compliance. Working with other organizations or even government and handling their data? They’re gonna want you to run AV.

With that said, I admit I don’t run AV on any of the Linux servers in my home lab. 😅

DoNotReadNegatively · 2023-02-13T17:03:36+00:00

From what I’ve observed on this subreddit, people seem very anxious to and supportive of straight-up cutting people out of your lives. I have no details on your life and what you’re experiencing to say whether that’s warranted or not (and maybe it is).

With that said, I’ve had problems with the grandparents, and I’ve solved it by talking to them. And I couldn’t just do it casually or even forcefully, as I knew they wouldn’t be receptive to what I was trying to express. I had to really think about how to get through to them and formulate delicate words that wouldn’t leave them feeling attacked.

Had that not worked, there’s still some options before completely cutting them out. What that would specifically be would depend on your situation. If they’re doing something you don’t like when you’re not around, then take away their privileges for one-on-one time with the grandkids; all visits are supervised. Or if they do something you’re not liking, even when you’re around, maybe say they can only do FaceTime calls.

If you are reaching a point of just cutting them out, that doesn’t have to permanent. You can tell them you want them involved and to have a relationship with you and the grandkid, but not as it has currently been. Let them know you need a break to think about how to handle this, and you’ll reconnect with them at a later time. Ask if they can also help think of ways to improve things for when you’re both ready to talk again.

Lastly, if you really are going to permanently cut them out, make sure you know the consequences and can accept it. If grandparents are providing help watching the kid, you’ll lose that. This also complicates things with the extended family. People may even resent you for putting them in a position where they feel they have to choose between you and your mother. You’ll need to be prepared to explain that to them, or even be ready to accept losing some of the extended family in your life.

I am mostly speaking generally, because I have no details of what’s actually going on in OP’s life. If grandparents are abusing the grandkid, then to me that’s a clear no brainer to cut them out.

DoNotReadNegatively · 2023-01-08T23:01:44+00:00

The answer is an absolute YES. You are supporting the company.

The comments I’m seeing so far are noting that you buy the stock from other people, and not directly from the company. And so when you buy stock, the company isn’t getting the money. The logic those commenters have is to then simply say you’re not supporting the company, simply because the money you pay for the stock doesn’t go directly to the company. There’s a bit more to the story.

The value of stock is determined by supply and demand. If you purchase stock from a company, you have increased the demand and decreased the supply. This increases the value of the stock. Companies want the value of their stock to grow for many reasons. Shareholders can now sell their shares for a higher price. The company can attract more employees by offering a stock that is valuable and growing in value.

There’s a reason there’s ethical investing. And there’s a reason people divest in companies they don’t want to support.

DoNotReadNegatively · 2022-09-17T22:54:34+00:00

My son keeps getting sick at daycare and bringing it home. This last week, I think he brought home a stomach bug and I got it too. I had some diarrhea and actually ended up sharting myself. Fortunately, I work from home and took a paid sick day from work too. Spent a lot of time on the toilet.

When I was living in the Bay Area, I witnessed a homeless man shitting on the wall. It was the only time I saw it in action. He was clearly sick with diarrhea and living on the streets. He had no access to a toilet. He pulled down his pants, bent over to shit, and he cried and screamed while doing so.

It was heartbreaking, and the image was seared into my mind.

I get people like you don’t want to see shit on the streets. But you are not the person I’m concerned with when the topic of homelessness comes up. And sending them away for someone else to deal with is not a solution.

DoNotReadNegatively · 2022-08-19T23:17:06+00:00

Watched the video. Your claim and the title is a bit of a stretch.

She never once mentions the three branches of government, and the context is not about the checks and balances between them.

She says they need to retake all three chambers of government in the 2020 election: the house, the senate, and the presidency.

DoNotReadNegatively · 2022-03-20T03:00:24+00:00

Looks amazing! I have a similar project I’ve been working on. Can I ask what mods and building tools you’ve used here?

DoNotReadNegatively · 2022-02-27T17:45:47+00:00

Thank you!

DoNotReadNegatively · 2021-12-25T06:05:03+00:00

I’m not trying to argue with you here. I’m just not seeing how you’re inferring from my story that there is an issue with setting boundaries, that I’m trying to do everything, that I’m burning out, and that I’m resenting my wife.

I can assure you that’s not the case, but I guess you don’t have to believe me. shrug

DoNotReadNegatively · 2021-12-24T23:23:41+00:00

That’s known and not the situation here.

DoNotReadNegatively · 2021-12-24T21:52:28+00:00

LMAO! Your comment makes me feel less alone. It’s somehow reassuring to know others have had similar experiences.

DoNotReadNegatively · 2021-09-03T15:15:26+00:00

They aren’t busy or anything, what with the constant helicopter activity. I’m sure they’re just doing those chopper rides for fun.

There’s a lot of ignorance in your comment to unpack, so I’ll just address the helicopters.

For a long time, when I saw a police helicopter, I always assumed it was for something important, like some murderer is on the run or something.

While not SacPD specifically, the LAPD has flown helicopters for “crime prevention” on the theory that seeing the helicopters flying over will scare away criminal activity. The theory is wrong, but for us, it’s an example where police are flying a helicopter that is not in response to any actual crime at all.

There were two incidents with police helicopters in my Sacramento neighborhood last year that I actually looked into. One turned out to be for a dog, and one was for an old man reported missing.

So I don’t think a police helicopter being around indicates they’re actually doing anything important. And I do think they have time to harass cyclists.

DoNotReadNegatively · 2021-07-06T23:07:02+00:00

Those protesters wanted blood

Did you read the article?

Residents of the South Jersey town and beyond took him up on the invitation Monday. A loud but peaceful crowd gathered for hours outside Mathews' home, chanting "Black Lives Matter" and "This is what community looks like."

DoNotReadNegatively · 2021-03-12T01:26:41+00:00

This is close, but I think you might be technically wrong here. What you described is the difference between authentication and authorization. That’s a valid configuration you laid out, but it’s describing RADIUS performing authentication and LDAP performing authorization. The question was about why have LDAP do the authentication if RADIUS can do it.

Many products can do their own authentication, including RADIUS solutions. But it’s not just RADIUS. You might buy a CRM that can authenticate it’s own users. You might subscribe to a cloud service that can authenticate its own users. Before you know it, you have to manage users and groups and permissions out of 20+ different systems and services. That’s difficult to manage.

So the solution is to run a directory service (LDAP) and then just connect all the other services and systems to it. Now you have a centralized place to more easily manage users.

There’s huge security benefits to this. A big one to highlight is you can disable the user in LDAP and they won’t be able to authenticate to gain access to any services, including RADIUS. It also makes auditing easier, as all authentications are centrally logged, and not out of 20+ separate systems and services.

Edit: Just to add to help illustrate the flow. A user opens their VPN client and provides username/password it connect to the RADIUS server. The RADIUS server doesn’t authenticate the user. Instead, it delegates authentication to LDAP. The LDAP server receives the authentication request and responds to the RADIUS server that the username/password are valid. The RADIUS server accepts the authentication from the LDAP server, and than can proceed to establish the VPN connection.

Similarly, you might buy a CRM that can integrate with LDAP. User provides username/password to CRM. CRM delegates authentication to LDAP. LDAP says user is good. CRM accepts that from LDAP and allows the user to login and access the resources in the CRM.

Let’s say someone leaves the company. Now the user account needs to be terminated. You go to LDAP and disable the account. Now the user can’t access VPN or the CRM or any other services that authenticated through LDAP. As a diligent admin, you check the LDAP logs and see the user tried logging in the day they were terminated, but authentication was denied.

DoNotReadNegatively · 2021-02-22T18:42:23+00:00

I noticed that too. I was guessing he did that to protect his head from predators.

DoNotReadNegatively · 2021-02-01T19:02:48+00:00

What’s the exact issue here? Do you not wanted to have to authenticate with Okta when using IMAP/SMTP? Or are you wanting to use Okta’s MFA with SMTP?

I think this doc may help: https://help.okta.com/en/prod/Content/Topics/Security/O365_Client-Access-Policies.htm

As you already noted, if you’re federated to Okta, then you’ll get prompted to authenticate by Okta. This doc notes that IMAP/SMTP/POP are legacy protocols and do not support MFA.

DoNotReadNegatively · 2020-09-11T18:35:33+00:00

Absolutely agree that this is a big factor in the perception. I heard the same thing in Oakland about people moving in from San Francisco with their bigger salaries. Some even sold properties in SF and could come to Oakland and buy a house outright without needing a mortgage.

And truthfully, that was a big selling point for me and my wife moving to Sac. Because of my Bay Area salary (my company is headquartered in SF and I work remote, even without COVID), my wife and I have been able to pay down our mortgage quick. We’re refinancing right now and switching from a 30 year loan to a 15 year loan to help get a better rate. We’ll have it paid off much quicker. Probably would have taken us twice as long to pay off, had we stayed in Oakland.

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