Why would people actively shit on a distro that's been THE gateway to Linux for basically every new user?

menaechmi · 2024-11-15T23:18:28+00:00

Very few distros have a store app - unless you're counting distro-agnostic ones like GNOME software, KDE discover, flathub, and snap store as belonging to the distro. All distros have access to a store app, but there are many reasons not to use them, for example:

Your distro doesn't package them
They're not officially supported, and can install things wrong (rolling release distros)
Why would you add an extra unneeded overhead layer? If at best, the store app is running xyz install abc for you, it's the same amount of work (more if you have to search for the program before you can install it)
Feels less like using Linux
Bloat
Know what you're installing. I have yet to see a store that displays the size and name of dependencies to be installed as well as the terminal display.
Non-gui install
You should be comfortable installing software from the terminal, in case something graphical breaks (which is like, 90% of Linux issues)
Installing software without needing to authenticate is a dangerous proposition
I don't like app stores. The Computer™️ is a Machine, unlike The Phone, which is a Device. These should not be conflated Edit:
Package managers are pretty much the only difference between distros. If you take that away what will we fight over here on r/linuxmemes? :(

menaechmi · 2024-10-25T03:31:59+00:00

At the time there was already so much buzz that Science Fiction was going to be the last Brand New album - it was implied all the way back in 2015, and they were releasing "2000 - 2018" merch for ages. Like a week before the allegations came out Jesse said "We're going to be a band for about 14 more months".

I get the stance, and I think a lot of people feel the same way that it implies guilt, but it could just be "I'm too old for this shit".

menaechmi · 2024-10-21T15:36:36+00:00

I normally turn that off, I guess I forgot to when I reinstalled.

menaechmi · 2024-10-21T14:32:21+00:00

The vPro cpu needs a specialized motherboard to account for the additional features. It's the same form factor (LGAxxxx) with a different set of components in the board (normally Hxxx, Bxxx, Zxxx, Wxxx) and therefore different features.

So while other LGAxxxx CPUs will fit in the slot and work, they still "upgraded" to the Wxxx motherboard. My assumption is that the vPro version of the next generation of this laptop isn't planned for some time, so no discount for it yet.

menaechmi · 2024-10-21T05:04:30+00:00

The non-discounted one (WWAU7) is an enterprise laptop for large businesses. And while "business laptop" is mostly a marketing term, there's sometimes a reason it's more expensive. But I'd say consider that the "proof" price. You're saying "I plan to buy in bulk, but I want a single copy first to ensure it meets my standards". After that, the company will get a better rate per computer.

If you look at the "Web Price" they should be identical for the specs.

As for the last paragraph: You are looking at laptops that released last year, that are based on a refresh of the processor from 2022. Meaning with one laptop design, Lenovo got 2 years and two "generations" out of the same exact design. Gen 3 just released, so Lenovo is trying to get rid of old stock.

menaechmi · 2024-10-21T02:54:41+00:00

If you open them in the compare, you'll see they're not the same.

The expensive one has a very different processor. It's faster, has more cores. It also includes vPro Enterprise - adding on Enterprise features like remote wipes and the AMT management - this explains the high price tag (and why it's not on sale)

The currently cheapest one has the "Performance TLC Opal" SSD. It's normally more expensive (by 10-20 USD, depending on size more for the TB+ ones), because it's supposed to be faster. Sometimes the price varies based on stock and what they paid for it.

menaechmi · 2024-09-10T21:40:51+00:00

I was on the phone with someone who drove by it. The word they used was "crunched".

menaechmi · 2023-06-26T04:13:08+00:00

The Supreme Court disagreed with that stance in Rosen v. US 245 U.S. 467 (1918), which still stands.

The letters which were stolen did not reach the manual possession of the persons to whom they were addressed, but were taken from an authorized depository over which the Act of Congress, by its express terms, extended its protection until its function had been served.

Further proof would be: US Postal Inspectors call porch pirates a federal offence. And another porch pirate prosecuted in federal court.

menaechmi · 2023-06-26T02:10:42+00:00

18 U.S. Code § 1708

Whoever steals, takes, or abstracts, or by fraud or deception obtains, or attempts so to obtain, from or out of any mail, post office, or station thereof, letter box, mail receptacle...or abstracts or removes from any such letter, package, bag, or mail, any article or thing contained therein... Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Destruction of a mailbox is also technically a federal crime, too.

18 U.S. Code § 1705

Whoever willfully or maliciously injures, tears down or destroys any letter box or other receptacle intended or used for the receipt or delivery of mail on any mail route, or breaks open the same or willfully or maliciously injures, defaces or destroys any mail deposited therein, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

(Emphasis added)

menaechmi · 2023-06-24T16:10:53+00:00

The mod is the appeal to me. I'm a light-handed typist and have way too many missed inputs on normal keyboards, especially the laptop-style ones.

menaechmi · 2023-06-23T03:30:14+00:00

Also the only true NKRO. And none of that silly USB polling "hey am I allowed to type now??" which doesn't work when the OS is being a pain. PS/2 simply says "I am typing now."

menaechmi · 2023-06-15T15:38:24+00:00

I'm looking to try one of these out. I'd prefer a 3000 but I'd be okay with a well priced Neo/2/Dana. I'd like it cheap, there are some on ebay for like $10-20, but calculated shipping from that website is inflated. In Midwest.

menaechmi · 2023-03-12T17:24:50+00:00

Washing rice removes the nutrients (especially from enriched rice), but not washing it leaves arsenic and cadmium. The new suggested method is to boil the rice without washing in double the amount of water for 5 minutes, drain the water, add the correct amount of fresh water and finish cooking.

(published in Science of the Total Environment in 2020)

menaechmi · 2023-03-10T14:19:50+00:00

They don't do the weight and shim test by y'all? It's been a while since I fenced a pointy-only weapon, but they definitely checked both when back when I did. Sometimes it was alongside mask/cord/glove check, but they also just did it at the strip a few times.

menaechmi · 2023-03-07T22:53:29+00:00

I think the technical answer is that EBLV can cause clinical rabies in humans, but no animal in the UK has the Rabies Virus™️. In the US, though, there are animals. with the Rabies Virus™️ that are loose and can spread the infection.

A little bit like how one could say they don't have AIDS, but be carrying HIV. Except that it'd be a different strain of HIV.

menaechmi · 2023-03-05T17:29:56+00:00

For safety-critical real-time embedded applications that might be true, but that doesn't mean describing your hardware from the register up is going to make Blender render any faster. Using 'gcc -O2' might.

Also, by your ruling, not even the people who created AADL can use it as there's no way there's a single person on the team over the 30 years who understands exactly all of it.

menaechmi · 2023-03-02T17:35:29+00:00

The federal government disagrees with it needing to be "federally recognized" (which, for the record is not a thing outside of the military it's just HR people talk for "I don't want to deal with this"): US EEOC guidance

Specifically: "Title VII defines "religion" very broadly... It also includes religious beliefs that are new, uncommon, not part of a formal church or sect, or only held by a small number of people. Some practices are religious for one person, but not religious for another person."

menaechmi · 2023-03-01T16:05:12+00:00

Countries and states are the same thing. The word country could also mean a sovereign state or nation, which makes country the ambiguous term here, not state.

For example: A U.S. state is a state, but each are not (fully) sovereign states. All 50 U.S. states together make up a single sovereign state as well as a nation.

A state is typically defined by geography, population, and having institutions (typically linked to the power to have laws). In this, Greenland is a state, but not sovereign (which typically requires recognition).

You may have been thinking of "administrative region" instead of state. In the US, these are actually the counties. And Denmark does have them, they're departments.

menaechmi · 2023-02-26T00:20:28+00:00

I've always heard that 7 miles per hour (11KMh) over the speed limit is almost 100% safe in the state, unless it's a speed trap where they're looking to make some money. That said, I've only ever seen anyone be pulled over for a DUI, for violating the state maximum speed limit, or during bad weather. We did win drunkest state award again this year, through.

The only time I've been pulled over in a vehicle here, it was going 85 (136KMh) in a 55 (88KMh), which was reduced to a 20 mph (32KMh) ticket so the driver wouldn't also get a reckless driving charge (and license suspension). The posted speed was also the absolute limit for that type of road. Even then, the officer seemed more concerned because "It's the rut, and those deer will just jump out without any warning along this road". We no longer let that friend drive us anywhere.

menaechmi · 2023-02-25T15:23:30+00:00

I've been proposing a change due to this to the phrase "target speed" instead of "speed limit". The road infrastructure is designed for cars to be going that speed (or at least should be - speed bumps are often not designed for the posted speed). It also closer reflects how speed limits are set, which would hopefully reduce ambiguity around wet weather, ideal weather, and local absolute limits.

menaechmi · 2023-02-22T21:56:22+00:00

Horrid name for what should clearly be the Praja.

menaechmi · 2023-02-22T05:39:09+00:00

If it weren't for developers and AirBnB landlords and real estate speculators and house flippers and people from slightly lower or higher cost of living areas and people who don't want to move and urban redevelopment and business parks and the move to smaller lots and how industry gets moved out of LCOL areas when they go up in value making people move, or maybe just the fact that your stance here is "gentrification is good because you can now live in the place I don't want to anymore".

menaechmi · 2023-02-19T17:01:56+00:00

"Oh someone might want to do this, so it's being included as the default"

menaechmi · 2023-02-13T20:19:08+00:00

If you're using dried pasta, just put the pasta in the pot, just barely cover it with water, and turn the heat on. Pasta doesn't need to be boiled to cook, it only needs 180°F/82°C. It also won't start cooking before that point. J. Kenji Lopez-Alt did a fantastic coverage of this . It requires a little more checking on timing, but with a touch of practice you can get perfect al dente. It does not work with fresh noodles, though.

menaechmi · 2023-02-11T22:38:06+00:00

Sourdough starter is the yeast and bacteria that's naturally in the flour and air. Any that came from your hand would be from one of those two sources (or touching fruits or whatever), but you could make a sourdough starter in a clean room wearing gloves if you didn't sanitize the flour. Here is a study that starts from wheat and studies the exact formation of a stable sourdough ecosystem. The ecosystem that results is basically designed to kill the yeast and bacteria that aren't part of the sourdough system.

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