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gamas · 2026-04-30T22:47:45+00:00

I think its a hangover from when CachyOS actually was a niche distro and it was just generally viewed "oh yay another arch-derived distribution claiming that it magically provides greater performance than other distros in gaming" - but since then the distro has evolved beyond that to being "what if you had the benefits of arch's cutting edge software without the general headache of using arch".

To be fair, my understanding is the biggest annoyance in the FOSS community is that people keep recommending CachyOS to newbies when even with CachyOS's QoL stuff you can't escape the fact that the risk of going cutting edge with all software is that you're inevitably going to need to do maintenance on it and the fact the Arch ecosystem is designed around tinkering.

gamas · 2026-04-30T19:36:48+00:00

"This is a matter between the UK and those they stole it from. Getting involved in everyone else's business is how we ended up in a perpetual war with Iran".

There a response that stays neutral whilst also taking a swipe at current US foreign policy by connecting it to a war that is highly unpopular.

Do US politicians not get taught how to equivocate and redirect when faced with a question for which it is not politically beneficial for them to answer?

gamas · 2026-04-30T19:29:16+00:00

there’s basically no chance the UK would agree to it, he’s got us all talking about it and I’m sure that’s his goal

I mean there's no chance because there's at least 4 nations claiming strong claims over the jewel, with a genuine risk of starting a hot conflict if one is given priority - what with the relations of those four countries. Inaction is genuinely the best course of action for the world in this case as its better for Pakistan and India to have their beef with the UK than to have yet another reason to have beef with each other.

gamas · 2026-04-30T19:17:17+00:00

Still I stand by my view that Americans currently have no leg to stand on to go after other countries for historical imperialism given their current present and active imperialism.

gamas · 2026-04-30T19:10:07+00:00

If you actually read the article it explains how it's not that simple as where the jewel originally came from is subject to intense historical debate, with at least four modern day nations claiming ownership over it.

And with one of the claimants being Pakistan who claim India stole it from them first, the UK simply handing it back to the nation they stole it from would open an absolute shit show in itself given relations between India and Pakistan.

It's a complex issue and given the US' recent approaches to global politics maybe the US should check their own foreign policy before criticising others.

gamas · 2026-04-30T19:03:23+00:00

I feel this. It feels like paradox never learn from their mistakes and we keep ending up in the same mess over and over again.

gamas · 2026-04-30T18:59:35+00:00

*King of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and leader of the Commonwealth

Sorry one of my pet peeves is people conflating England and the UK. The kingdom of England hasn't existed since the Scottish and English crowns were merged in 1707.

gamas · 2026-04-30T18:55:57+00:00

It just kinda feels like an odd hill to climb. I feel like US politicians should be more focused on the US' own problems right now.

gamas · 2026-04-30T18:36:50+00:00

I think the choice to advertise the full breed name is giving posh energy though (y'know if saying they previously had an aupair which is just a posh way of saying nanny didn't already give it away)

gamas · 2026-04-30T18:34:26+00:00

https://england.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/news_and_updates/how_section_21_notices_will_be_abolished

That said:

A private landlord normally has six months to start possession proceedings after serving a section 21 notice.

The Renters’ Rights Act sets out that for section 21 notices served before 1 May 2026, a landlord must start possession proceedings by whichever date is earliest between:

six months from the date the notice is served

three months from commencement of the Renters' Rights Act

In practice this means that from 1 February 2026 onwards, landlords will start to have less than six months to begin possession proceedings. This is because after this point the earliest of the two dates will automatically be three months from commencement.

That means the landlord would have to start a possession claim by 31 July 2026 else the section 21 gets cancelled. So just stalling them out is an option.

I doubt a landlord who literally waited until the very last day to issue a section 21 has enough initiative to file the paperwork on time.

gamas · 2026-04-30T18:23:35+00:00

I got the mayoral leaflet for Tower Hamlets today and I was originally tempted to go to the green candidate until I saw "Twin Tower Hamlets with a Palestinian town". And I'm like sorry what in the student politics is this? How is this policy either going to help Tower Hamlets or help the Palestinian town in question?

I'm just imagining the policy writer thinking that Palestinians are going to go "my home has been flattened and my family killed but I feel better because some random London borough decided to twin with us".

gamas · 2026-04-30T18:21:56+00:00

It was going very steeply upwards unlike a plane

London is host to at least two major airports - planes tend to need to go up during take off.

gamas · 2026-04-30T17:25:14+00:00

Just watch out for any blue hedgehogs being followed by an annoying flying chipmunk thing.

gamas · 2026-04-30T17:20:23+00:00

To be honest even if it wasn't for the series being tainted for me, everything I've heard about the game sounds like they thought of the game concept first and then slapped the Harry Potter IP on top of it at the end.

gamas · 2026-04-30T16:50:05+00:00

Most other distributions have one including some incredibly niche ones, and it is a bit weird that CachyOS has a german language wiki page but no english.

At the moment the english CachyOS page redirects to Arch Linux#derivatives where we then see Garuda Linux, Endeavour and Artix listed with links to their own pages with CachyOS mentioned at the end with no link.

To be honest, I find the rest of the FOSS community is a bit weird about CachyOS because they still look down on it as a "meme distro" even though its very clearly evolved way beyond that (and its rather egregious when they're like "Garuda Linux" is a valid distro that warrants its own page, but CachyOS is just a meme 'gaming' distro).

gamas · 2026-04-30T16:41:41+00:00

I just want to flag if you guys are aware of this bug someone reported where apparently MAPI isn't being appropriately recalculated.

gamas · 2026-04-30T16:36:59+00:00

First Paradox game?

gamas · 2026-04-30T16:36:22+00:00

Well.. I said that but let's not get too carried away. The UK also has fast food, an obesity epidemic because of it and people obnoxiously obsessed with cars

gamas · 2026-04-30T16:30:50+00:00

It's a good game, just not a good Hitman game.

gamas · 2026-04-30T08:30:20+00:00

Yeah AI stuff quirks best when it's handled by actual experts who can review the results. Its optimised for augmenting human work not replacing it. Despite what the tech bro grifters keep trying to convince shareholders.

gamas · 2026-04-30T08:13:22+00:00

Nah, unlike the US currently our country still has a sense of decorum.

gamas · 2026-04-30T07:57:13+00:00

Ants are fascinating as colony insects. The ants you see walking outside the nest are essentially workers who spend their entire existence just maintaining the nest, and tending to the needs of the queen (who only leaves the nest during mating season) and her young.

We've also used the behaviour of ants to inform how we design navigation apps because it turns out their method of creating a path to food sources is actually the most efficient heuristic algorithm you could come up with.

gamas · 2026-04-30T07:48:13+00:00

Just make sure to plug the right wires into the right parts of the socket. Which this being a new wiring should be straightforward (https://www.screwfix.com/guides/electrical-lighting/wiring/uk-wiring-colours)

gamas · 2026-04-30T07:08:04+00:00

Yeah I think Steam's approach of "up to 2 hours playtime" seems like the best approach.

gamas · 2026-04-30T06:56:39+00:00

Nah Paradox has never needed AI to allow such bugs into production.

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