The move to storing everything in /usr/bin rather than /bin etc? I think it actually makes things more compatible, since if you’re a program looking for something you don’t need to care whether the specific distro decided it should go in /usr/bin or /bin.

Is it clickbait titles that don’t want to say what the article is about?

(It’s deceitful probabilities in lootbox drop rates, for anyone wondering)

Yeah, that’s the same vibe I got…

I get that sometimes it’s not possible to return luggage for a number of reasons. But why sell it rather than donating it to charity?

I used to work as a software dev before mass layoffs got me. Our work was technical enough that most of us used Linux to the point that finding a Windows user to test things was a real problem.

One thing that always stuck out to me is that Pomni entered the circus right after Cosmo abstracted. If the circus could “print off” new human agents whenever, it makes sense it would do it right after someone frees up the processing time by going feral.

Also this theory implies that the circus only exists to give entertainment to an unseen observer which… Would be very meta. And also explain why this episode seemed very targetted to fan theories.

There’s tons of backup solutions out there. Why should selfhosters buy a proprietary one?

Most applications that are Electron either only support Windows or also want to support Android, iOS and Web. I assume there is some toolkit out there that supports everything, but honestly HTML5 is more well known and tested.

The graphics for the steam community were partially created with the help of AI assistance

The logo and marketing images do look very AI, yeah.

For the swap space, yes that’s for when you run out of RAM. 48GiB is plenty of RAM, so you should be fine without it. I have 32GiB of RAM on my system and have been running without swap for ages without issue.

Hardening guides like that are mostly designed for things like web servers which are connected to the public internet and need higher scrutiny. The default configuration for distros like Mint should be secure enough for the average user.

However, don’t feel invincible and run random code from random sites. Both Windows and Linux can’t protect you against malicious code you run yourself.

Having organised partitions is the kind of thing that people obsessed with organisation do. For most people, the default partitioning scheme is fine. However, as always, remember to keep backups of important data.

For installing software, Mint has a Software Centre (which is distinct from the Snap Store). I’d recommend installing software using that for the average user.

In Mint, there are three main types of packages:

• Debian/APT packages, which are provided by Mint (well, technically by the Debian distro and they trickle down to Mint, but technicalities). Not all software is available from Mint’s repos and they may be out of date.
• Flatpak packages, which are provided either by developers themselves or dedicated fans. They are usually more up to date and have a degree of sandboxing.
• Snap packages, which are controlled by a company named Canonical. As of late, Canonical has been a bit “ehhhh”, so there’s pushback against Snap. Mint has it disabled and has their reasoning explained here: https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/snap.html

Mint’s software centre is able to install both Debian and Flatpak packages. I’d recommend using it where possible since it allows automatic upgrades and easier installation/uninstallation.

Who is this “we”?

There is no need to be diplomatic against those that exploit and harm the livelihoods of the people in this community.

“It’s just horror, bro” with the same kind of energy as “it’s just a prank, bro”.

I’ve not played the game, but “person riding another person in horse gear” is absolutely a fetish thing, intentional or otherwise.

I think it absolutely would fall afoul of kiddie porn laws. Honestly, I think any depiction of a child in proximity to nudity probably would count.

https://kotaku.com/zoopunk-generative-ai-demo-trailer-xbox-showcase-2000645874

Looks like they got caught up in the AI hype bubble, sadly. Only for player tools apparently, though.

https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/abi.html#the-no_mangle-attribute https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/other-reprs.html#reprc

Does no_mangle and repr(c) do that?

Just have replaceable Li-ion batteries.

“We don’t need a red crayon, we need another yellow one instead. Can you change?”

It’s easy to get fame as a programmer: Just make a popular open source project and you’ll be surrounded by people angry at you for not doing enough upaid work on it.

It’s open source. If 32 bit support is important enough, people can fork and maintain it.

Don’t know if this is true for all environments, but you might be able to just create a file in ~/Templates for it to show up in that list.

Thunder is rare here so it’s always a novelty.

Remember folks: Gender fluid is flammable.