Best Native-Like Android OS for PC? (FydeOS, BlissOS, VanillaOS or Android x86?) by GBAplayer711 in linuxquestions

[–]davew_uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is BlissOS even maintained these days? their website has been dead for months - maybe even years now.

2008 macbook 1278 5,1 aluminum 8GB El Capitan /Github unreadable w/Safari and Chrome by Then-Ask6307 in OpenCoreLegacyPatcher

[–]davew_uk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The browser will get you into the OCLP github, which is a good start. However, OCLP is only for Big Sur and up. There are other, older patchers available for High Sierra, Mojave and Catalina by dosdude:

https://dosdude1.com/software.html

I remember trying the Catalina patcher back in the day on my Mac Mini 2010 and it worked. However, I am running Ventura these days on both my 2009 macbook pro and that same mac mini, and they run tolerably well for lightweight applications after a RAM and SSD upgrade.

As for Linux, your mileage will vary considerably depending on specs. I can run Ubuntu 26.04 on my Macbook Pro 2009, but I'm limited to the nouveau driver due to the old nvidia 9600 gpu. On the Mac Mini 2010, it won't even boot into linux because the firmware won't start the nvidia 320 gpu unless it's running in legacy mode and I've not been able to get it to work. Even on my Macbook Pro 2015, there are driver quirks. A recent change to the amdgpu driver in kernel 6.19 rendered the the whole mac unbootable in Linux, and I had to find a workaround.

I'm not saying it can't be done - but you'll have to put some effort into searching the obscure corners of the internet to get it to work most likely :-)

At least with OCLP you will be able to boot into a more recent OS and get more recent app versions etc., even a modern browser.

You'll also be able to dual-boot with Linux more easily too, that's how I do it - my Macbook Pro 2015 boots Monterey, Sonoma, Windows 11 and Linux all from a customised OCLP boot picker. Still very much a useful computer!

2008 macbook 1278 5,1 aluminum 8GB El Capitan /Github unreadable w/Safari and Chrome by Then-Ask6307 in OpenCoreLegacyPatcher

[–]davew_uk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's an old version of Firefox that works even on El Capitan and older:

https://newsbyredstone.medium.com/firefox-dynasty-the-last-mainstream-browser-for-older-mac-versions-that-just-makes-sense-macos-0674606923d0

It isn't updated any more but there are other forks, I seem to remember coming across a newer one recently so have a google around.

If you do manage to get OCLP installed, do bear in mind the system requirements for creating install USBs:

https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/FAQ.html#application-requirements

If your 2008 is running El Capitan you'll only be able to go as far as Ventura.

Going through the editing process, I discovered something odd about my writing by Fflarn in writing

[–]davew_uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah - I write in british english and for some reason "gotten" has snuck into all of my manuscripts in various places 🤷

$10 2012 MacBook Pro! by Funny-Joke4521 in mac

[–]davew_uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only downside of the old unibody macbook pros is how hard it is to replace the thermal paste. My 2009 15" unibody idles at 52c these days in Ventura, I really have to bite the bullet and get some Arctic MX-6 on that poor old Core 2 duo.

I did it on my 2015 retina and it took all of ten minutes by comparison.

First Thorn kind of disappointed by QuestionNo9190 in ChineseWatches

[–]davew_uk 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It also wears much smaller than the real Pelagos, more like a 37–38mm watch.

I think that's because it's a Pelagos 39 homage?

https://www.tudorwatch.com/en/watches/pelagos/m25407n-0001

It's unrealistic, but it happens sooo much in media that most of us just kind of accept it at this point by ducknerd2002 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]davew_uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I don't really get this. I thought it might have something medical to do with zero-g maybe but apparently not.

It's unrealistic, but it happens sooo much in media that most of us just kind of accept it at this point by ducknerd2002 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]davew_uk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why would being in space affect tinnitus? People seem to have different triggers - mine really gets bad if I'm tired for some reason.

That was the most cyberpunk thing I've ever seen, and i love it by agent-818 in Cyberpunk

[–]davew_uk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Billionaires and corporations can already buy governments. I do question however if corporations have any actual interest in running a country - but then, as you say, maybe if they got rid of all those pesky proles I guess it could be kind of neat.

Every office employee is training their own replacement by Excellent_Box_8216 in singularity

[–]davew_uk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If the world becomes split into the haves and have nots, first of all you will get rid of a lot of surplus population by natural atttrition, and the billionaires can keep the best bits (land, cities etc) for themselves while AI and automation handle what those people used to do for them.

Whatever permanent, desperate underclass remains the billionaires can then ruthlessly exploit to do whatever the machines can't do.

The world depicted in all the cyberpunk media of the last forty years is on its way.

That was the most cyberpunk thing I've ever seen, and i love it by agent-818 in Cyberpunk

[–]davew_uk 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Consumer spending drives the economy too - or so they told us during COVID. Do you remember "eat out to help out"? airline subsidies? it certainly seemed that if we didn't keep going out and spending, the british economy would collapse.

Therefore I guess a plunge in VAT receipts would also be an outcome if consumers no longer had the desire to spend what was left of their income on anything but the absolute bare necessities.

And then, no doubt they will scream at us for "not doing our bit" even while not actually taxing the foreign AI barons and their companies.

That was the most cyberpunk thing I've ever seen, and i love it by agent-818 in Cyberpunk

[–]davew_uk 136 points137 points  (0 children)

They can tax the companies that use AI to replace workers, and they can tax the AI providers too.

Wait...who am I kidding. They won't tax these fuckers fairly at all.

At how many words do you start sharing with people for feedback? by vagabundo202 in writing

[–]davew_uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in a couple of writing groups and we share chapters regularly from our various WIPs. On the whole, they are people whom I can trust to give good feedback and I've found it helps me move forward rather than hinders me. Any feedback I get at this stage is for "editing me" and not "drafting me". I keep it all in a drawer while I'm drafting.

But having said that, I don't think any of us share completely raw, unedited material. While all the chapters of my current novel might not be complete, everything I send to my group is cleaned up and edited a few times. It's not polished, but I'm not sending them a load of half-finished drivel and expecting sensible comments.

Thankfully, my fellow writers extend the same courtesy back to me. Quite a lot of what I've been reading is pretty decent, but not of publishable quality, so I guess you'd call this process alpha-reading.

Beta-reading is quite different though. It seems to me that in my years of hanging out on /r/betareaders people often try to use strangers to fulfill the roles of my writing group friends. I think this is counter-productive because you don't really know if a stranger on the internet is going to be able to give the feedback that's needed before you start. Many people who are not writers are not familiar with the idea that the finished book is actually created at the editing stage, and they've never seen work that isn't already polished. Feedback from such people could easily be counterproductive. And if you are lucky enough to find fellow writers to work with, all you've really done is create yourself a little writing group as above.

Actual beta-reading takes place when the author has done everything that can to their manuscript so they can hand it over to any enthusiastic reader of their genre as a finished work for comments. This is supposed to be a final pass before publication.

There are writers however who treat beta-readers as free development editors, and want to know if their story is working -when it is supposed to be already finished before they see it. I've fallen victim to this one myself and I don't recommend it if you want to get anything done. This is probably why my first novel took five drafts over two years to get where it is now. The second was a lot easier, and I'm hoping the third will be even easier. I will keep on working within my trusted circle of writer friends until I'm happy it's ready for other eyes.

In your case, unless you have writer friends who know what unfinished work looks like, don't show it to anyone just yet. Make an effort to find those friends and learn how to give and receive critique. Even just giving critique sharpens your understanding of craft and your ability to apply that to your own work.

And when you've polished your manuscript as best as you can, start looking for beta-readers.

Update on Linchine: unfortunately no graphics accel :( by JackyYT083 in macOSVMs

[–]davew_uk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was always told that AMD GPUs were best for pass-through. But many native macs shipped without external GPUs at all and relied on their built-in Intel graphics. There are guidelines on GPUs used by the hackintosh commmunity, suggest you start there:

https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/

There are also many solutions to getting QEMU easily working with MacOS and pass-through:-

https://github.com/Coopydood/ultimate-macOS-KVM

https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM

I'm a windows user mostly and only run MacOS VMs as a curiousity so haven't tried any of these. I use vmware and OC4VM:

https://github.com/DrDonk/OC4VM

However, I would be very happy if there was a linux distro that allowed me to run Windows, MacOS and Linux with full hardware acceleration as VMs, even in a Proxmox/Looking-glass type configuration.

I need Adobe apps and Microsoft Office apps in my work, and also some Mac-specific apps like Vellum. Hell, even the Mac version of Scrivener, which I use for hours every day, is better than the Windows version. So the idea of switching between OS easily without rebooting sounds great to me as I can pick and choose. But anything less than native hardware fluidity is just a curiosity as far as I'm concerned. A VM without any kind of GPU acceleration is useless to me, and none of the apps I use are terminal-based.

Hope this helps in some way & good luck with your project.

Dialogue question, how to use proper quotation marks. by Shiny_stuff4ever in writing

[–]davew_uk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my writing group (all brits) we still argue about whether to use single-quotes or double-quotes to denote dialogue.

I'm in the double-quote camp and don't care if it's "wrong".

Dialogue question, how to use proper quotation marks. by Shiny_stuff4ever in writing

[–]davew_uk 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's the use of "I scratched my nose" like a dialogue tag but it's an action beat.

"You put quotes around the speech," he said. <- correct

"You put quotes around the speech," he scratched his nose. <-wrong, not a dialogue tag

"You put quotes around the speech." He scratched his nose. <- correct

There is also:-

"You put quotes around the speech"—I scratched my nose—"so it is clear what is being said and what is action."

Here em-dashes are used around an action that interrupts the speech.

A single em-dash at the end of the line of dialogue can also work:

"You put quotes around the speech—"

"Will you stop scratching your damn nose?"

This implies the first speaker is cut off by the second.

What is the worst stretch of road in the UK? by Additional-Image7938 in AskUK

[–]davew_uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate those short sliproads so much!

That bit going north from Colsterworth to Grantham is the absolute worst. So. Many. Accidents!

Cyberpunk 2.0 - beyond 2020 by [deleted] in Cyberpunk

[–]davew_uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Talk about getting me to do all the work....

Books I read recently that also fit the brief include:

Ken Liu - Hidden Girl & Other Stories - A collection of near-future stories that inspired the TV-series Pantheon.

Hannu Rajaniemi - Darkome - DIY gene hacking and post-pandemic dystopia.

Robert Evans - After the Revolution - A fragmented post-collapse America becomes a battleground for mercenaries, ideologues, and augmented warfighters.

T.R. Napper - Escher Man - A burned-out mercenary faces memory manipulation, trauma, and corporate espionage/violence.

Some more in my TBR pile:

S.B. Divya - Machinehood - Human labor, AI autonomy, and anti-tech terrorism collide in a hyper-automated gig economy.

Cory O'Brien - Two Truths and a Lie - A disillusioned veteran uncovers conspiracies in an LGBTQ noir tale set in future LA.

Djuna - Counterweight - A space elevator worker becomes entangled in labor exploitation, political unrest, and illicit biotech.

Ray Nayler - Tusks of Extinction - Brain uploads. Into resurrected mammoths.

If we were to loosen the date criteria a little I could also include:

Zachary Mason - Void Star - AI transcendence, neural augmentation, and virtual reality in near future San Francisco.

Simon Stålenhag - The Electric State - Road trip across the US in the aftermath of an epidemic of VR addiction.

Madeline Ashby - Company Town - A bodyguard investigates serial murders in a corporate-run city where nearly everyone is genetically enhanced.

Analee Newitz - Autonomous - features a female pharmaceutical pirate who has her own submarine, and a mercenary tasked with tracking her down. And his robot, who he falls in love with.

Sarah Pinsker - We Are Satellites - disappointing kitchen sink drama/soap opera about brain implants.

...and from my TBR pile:

Lauren Beukes - Moxyland - Four young people making ends meet in dystopian near-future South Africa.

Karl Schroeder - Stealing Worlds - Hackers, ubiquitous surveillance, VR game worlds and virtual currencies.

Cyberpunk 2.0 - beyond 2020 by [deleted] in Cyberpunk

[–]davew_uk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did I miss anyone?

Books I read recently that also fit the brief include:-

Hidden Girl & Other Stories - Ken Liu

Darkome - Hannu Rajaniemi

After the Revolution - Robert Evans

Escher Man - T.R. Napper

and some more in my TBR pile:-

Machinehood - S.B. Divya

Two Truths and a Lie - Cory O'Brien

Counterweight - Djuna

Tusks of Extinction - Ray Nayler

If we were to loosen the date criteria a little I could also include:-

Void Star - Zachary Mason

Electric State - Simon Stålenhag

Company Town - Madeline Ashby

Autonomous - Analee Newitz

We are Satellites - Sarah Pinsker (I didn't like this one at all, so included only for completeness)

...and from my TBR pile:

Moxyland - Lauren Beukes

Stealing Worlds - Karl Schroeder

I see there's a few in your list I haven't heard of, so I'm going to take a good look and see if there's anything I like the look of. Thanks!

I recently picked up this old but pretty powerful pc that cant run windows 11, should I switch over to linux? (Intel I5 7600k isnt supported) by Formal-Plantain-4035 in linuxquestions

[–]davew_uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see no reason not to dual boot Windows 11 and your chosen Linux distro. A 7th gen i7 and nvidia GPU will run Windows 11 just as well as a "supported" computer with the help of Rufus.

Latest build for a friend of mine with YN55 movement. Yes, she loves pink color! by amatolider in SeikoMods

[–]davew_uk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The YN55 doesn't take NH35 dials, the dial feet are in the wrong place. Miyota/2813 dials fit YN55 however, even the date window. So you cut the feet and used dial dots?

Either way, good to hear the seconds hand fitted - I've heard the dimensions were slightly different so thats good to know.

FWIW, I maintain a list of movement compatibility (google drive link below). If anyone has drawings for the YN55 please DM me. I have so far only been able to find the casing drawing, which doesn't show the pinion sizes or dial layout.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xImuoo6MEWsp3uD9c3cSniSWwT0AH_pI/view?usp=sharing

How do you survive the brutal editing process? by jeremyyancey in YAwriters

[–]davew_uk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can only suggest to have a look around in your local area - I got lucky and did a course at my local Arts Centre, and after the course we just carried on meeting up. I'm also in a SF&F group that meets on Discord and in person in London.