Steam is a prime example of this. Not privately run it would have been bloated to extinction years ago.
Shareholders are leechers to quality. Dividends are not enough, the underlying asset must grow no matter what.
When Gabe croaks it Steam is fucked. It will go public.
I keep seeing these " time to move to Linux" threads. For my work I have to use super proprietary software which I know for a fact is Windows only. Not only that it's GPU intensive CPU intensive and niche. I'm sure there's a way to run Windows within Linux but I can only imagine the pain in trying to get proprietary shite to work.
On top of that I need specific CAD software, Photoshop and Illustrator. I don't think any of these daily used programs support Linux.
From the outside, Linux just seems like an absolute ball ache to get working with all of the things I currently do without even thinking about it.
I'd love to do it. Not sure it's going to work. Am I wrong?
I also can make up statistics.
The concept of f droid is great. The UI and UX absolutely suck.
However it is functional, it is free and isn't run by a limitlessly budgeted mega corp.
I watched it with my kids and felt uncomfortable. This sort of video is not the same as elephants toothpaste.
I don't suffer through rober videos so my kids can now worry people want to drop bombs on them at a stadium.
Thanks mark.
The older and shittier the ISP the more blocks of IPV4 addresses they have. They have blocks from when they were given out willy nilly.
New ISPs, the ones that compete and bring the prices down have to buy addresses and that costs money and is a cost bigger and older ISPs do not have.
This is a case for regulation - either mandating a move to V6 or mandating the release of stockpiled v4 addresses. ISPs will not do that on their own, the addresses can currently be sold for lots of money.
Get Sync for Lemmy. Never get rickrolled again!
When I used to have Reddit on my phone, I'd look at it as soon as I woke up. There was new content constantly throughout the day so I kept coming back.
Lemmy doesn't have the content churn, so I can genuinely just look once a day and spend an hour or so catching up. No FOMO! I much prefer it.
However I do miss some of the niche subreddits that got reasonable activity on Reddit and absolutely zero activity here. They were my favourite part of Reddit.
I'd take more activity in those niche places, but I don't miss the addiction I had.
Spez let me go cold turkey for a while. Thanks (fuck) Spez.
I use Sync and don't pay anything. It's brilliant and the ads are basically invisible and rare.
Literally was the best Reddit app and it is a fantastic port to Lemmy.
You can choose to pay the dev if you want to. I haven't yet, but likely will if I spend more time here.
That's a fair point, other than I do need to work at home on occasion!
I'll have a good think about it.
That's what they want. Consume ads, pay or stop using bandwidth.
I am unsure how much they care about views when so many have adblockers. It will be a useful metric when the huge majority can not block ads.
I run some windows-only proprietary software. Realistically what's the performance like with Wine or whatever it is that emulates windows?
I run a lot of GPU accelerated CAD
I watched a couple Of live streams showing a graph for bandwidth as they flew. It tended to spike to around 180 MB a second when whole new areas were loading but during flight it was much much lower at around 10 to 15 MB per second.
Surely debts are taken from your estate?
Europe's pretty free mate. Especially when you get cancer. You get to keep your house!
This all works until Google cut off API access to a competitor right? Relying partly on a Google API is surely suicidal for a Google Search competitor...
My fucked up country is hopefully moving back to the centre next month. We still fucked all our lives up with Brexit though.
The irony of the UK having a normal government just when the EU pivots towards the right.
Just rented a Tesla on holiday. None of it works while driving.
Have to say though I do like the car!
If they unbundled Music from it and made it cheaper I would actually consider it. I don't need the music, the family has Spotify.
As it stands it is more expensive for my family than actual streaming services.
Before you go yacht shopping, gold is worth double platinum.
CGNAT is certainly becoming a real issue. In the UK at least legacy providers have millions of IP addresses in the bank and new disruptive providers do not have access to these except at extremely inflated rates.
When I changed one of these new disruptive providers I was unaware that CGNat would be imposed and all of my security cameras were no longer accessible. Fortunately they did move me off CGNat when I asked but they said it may not be forever.
Like always I don't think this will be dealt with in any speedy capacity, unless we get lucky and some correctly positioned legislator can't do what they want to do with their internet connection. Then it might get expedited.
Thanks for this! I just got my son the original HTC Give (we are about years behind the times). Do you have any VR games you recommend?
Cheers!
I thought masks wouldn't protect against a virus (being tiny) but might help slow the spread to others by stopping spittle/moisture filled with virus from covering real world objects.
How do they help you if no one else is wearing them?
USB C was a hardware change. Economically it was not viable to run separate production lines of lightning/ USB-C phones.
RCS is a software issue. Supporting RCS in certain regions but not others (the US for example) is much simpler.
Doesn't appear to be on audible UK - is it on USA?
Maybe the journalists that levelled the accusations public ally should contribute?
I bet you are fun at parties
In this specific instance we are talking about a luxury item that absolutely nobody needs. Anyone who would be buying this would be buying it out of choice. I think this is an instance where terms conditions set by the company of such a niche product is reasonably fair.
Flip it over and apply terms and conditions like this on mainstream consumer goods then we have a bigger problem. If this works I think you may find a lot of luxury car makers initially follow suit, you can bet that companies like BMW would absolutely love to take a cut of all second-hand sales.
It's a slippery slope.
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