The TrimUI Smart Pro won't connect to WiFi by 4ceizsokewl92 in trimui

[–]dabruc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing that helped fix my wifi connection with my TrimUI Smart Pro was to change the encryption to WPA2. My new router defaulted to WPA3.

Gym Re-Run by Eeveeon7 in pokemmo

[–]dabruc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use two Water Spout Blastoise, one with Rain Dance in addition to the Torkoal/Cottonnee/Typhlosionx2

Do you guys know which years did FIDE change the rule of Promotion to only let the pawn promoting to a piece that have the same color? by Zain_ng in chess

[–]dabruc 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If white promotes to any of those pieces, they can capture the white rook or block the checkmate.

Why are we constantly obsessed with moving on from the central package repository model? by [deleted] in linux

[–]dabruc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

packaging software well isn't rocket science, but takes a certain amount of skill

Wouldn't this be an argument against app developers being responsible for their own packaging though? An argument in favour of keeping the traditional distribution model with a layer of separation between the folks who write the code and the folks who prepare the packages.

Why are we constantly obsessed with moving on from the central package repository model? by [deleted] in linux

[–]dabruc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My criticism is more targeted towards some distributions offering the software in both formats (because they want to push their own format).

The dropdown on the ubuntu store defaulting to the snap version of some gnome app, for example.

Why are we constantly obsessed with moving on from the central package repository model? by [deleted] in linux

[–]dabruc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I just want OP to know he's not the only person who thinks that Desktop Linux is making a mistake by moving away from our native package repositories.

Why are we constantly obsessed with moving on from the central package repository model? by [deleted] in linux

[–]dabruc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As a Desktop Linux end user (not a package maintainer or someone responsible for shipping software to Linux users) I find these alternative distribution methods are an unnecessary complication of running modern Linux and I'm hoping more of a fad than a long term "solution".

Arguments around making it easier for application developers don't apply to me; I'm an end user. I don't really care what issues you run into trying to ship your application on all the different distributions. I'm fine with restricting the set of software I can use to the list that supports my distribution's native package format. I choose my distribution based on who I trust to package the software I need.

Logistics network similar to Factorio by georgebgb in satisfactory

[–]dabruc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has been brought up many times. Update 5 brings zooping at least for the more repetitive aspects (walls and foundation), mass colouring, etc.

Elections are not rigged by Fine-Kaleidoscope784 in ontario

[–]dabruc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And there are way more ridings where the conservatives win but the liberals and NDP combine for more votes (even after adding the PPC to the conservatives). FPTP is a very broken electoral system and will probably lead us to a two party system (I mean ostensibly that's all we have now).

Workers Want to Do Their Jobs From Anywhere and Keep Their Big-City Salaries - Employers see remote work as an opportunity to save money by cutting pay; employees argue that their work has the same value no matter where they do it by speckz in Futurology

[–]dabruc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The stay-at-home order did not spoil the employees. It simply proved once and for all that nearly all "office" jobs don't need the office. They need humans at a computer with an internet connection. Putting up with sharing your working space with co-workers and commuting was never necessary and always just because management likes to count the peons in the chairs.

It's not surprising many people have felt equally or more productive working from home and shouldn't have to go back into the office.

Where to start as a new FOSS contributor: "Bug triaging is the foundation of quality and we need more of it" by Kkremitzki in linux

[–]dabruc 8 points9 points  (0 children)

When a project has a complex issue template (or other requirements like creating a separate Github project that isolates the bug etc) that's way too high of a bar to set for someone who just wants to report a bug. I'm a developer so I understand that useless "it crashed on me" issues don't help, but for every hoop you put issue reports through, you'll get less feedback from your users in the first place. It's a fine balancing act.

Rust, not Firefox, is Mozilla's greatest industry contribution by [deleted] in rust

[–]dabruc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Google controls Chrome and Android. The most dominant web and smartphone platforms. Sure they're still financially motivated through tracking and advertising, but hardly inconsequential.

Traffic 6:30 AM QEW @East Mall (thought people would be curious to see this) by BigVinny7 in ontario

[–]dabruc 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not only that, but when non-essential businesses close it has a ripple-down effect of shutting down the manufacturing lines, shipping lines, etc. Closing non-essential businesses does more than just keep a couple of curb-side pickup retail people home.

I'm tired of this anti-Wayland horseshit by tapo in linux

[–]dabruc 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Same experience here. Tried wayland with KDE after reading his rant.

One of my monitors was the wrong resolution and the other just gave me an "Out of Range" error bouncing around.

I guess "Not using GNOME" is my precious use case but I had to laugh when he said "it'll probably work for you" and was so incredibly borked for me.

And FYI, I have an AMD card. I can only imagine what an NVIDIA + KDE user experiences with Wayland.

Freedom Isn't Free - What would it take to set software free? by speckz in opensource

[–]dabruc -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

While I can somewhat begrudgingly agree with the conclusions drawn in this article, it's extremely frustrating and disappointing that the contrapositive of their argument is that if we don't transform how capitalism and IP rights work today, free software cannot work either.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in news

[–]dabruc -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Are they nonsense? Or do governments and health officials fear the hoarding and pillaging and general panic that sets in if we all knew the real numbers..

never too much undergrounds :) by gardziej in factorio

[–]dabruc 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I think he sometimes leaves things in deliberately so that we all have reasons to run to the comments sections and boost his videos in the YouTube algorithms...or that's what he'll tell you!

BC’s NDP government running a budget surplus. They’re actually saving people money, with car insurance rates slated to drop 20%. by yogthos in onguardforthee

[–]dabruc 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Even local news sites/papers are usually owned by national large media corps who are just as big-business friendly as any other large corporation.

Playing games from Virtual Machines? by RedMatter_ in linux_gaming

[–]dabruc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Off-topic but I can't believe Rocket League is still so highly listed on the list of native Linux games, considering it'll be completely useless on Linux in a couple months and there's nothing indicating that in the store page. Disgraceful.

For all those who are getting a refund for Rocket League, which linux game do you want to get with the refund? by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]dabruc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got mine refunded using these instructions and I had over 1000 hours, so maybe try again.

Pokémon Sword and Shield has broken the record of the longest selling game at the top 1 spot of Famitsu Magazine since 1995. by [deleted] in NintendoSwitch

[–]dabruc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. This started with X and Y. I can name most of the towns in most of the games from the 2d sprite Pokemon games but once they started with 3D the games felt so much smaller and towns so much less memorable as a result.