RayJW

joined 1 year ago
[–] RayJW 9 points 1 week ago

I'd definitely recommend Anki over Quizlet. Among many things it is very versatile, doesn't cost a subscription, and has a better retention algorithm in my experience. Can't comment on the rest although Photomath definitely helped me a few times :)

[–] RayJW 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Just know that sites like this are useless if you don't understand the results. There are anti-fingerprinting techniques that add random noise to your fingerprint. This might result in these kind of tests claiming you have a completely unique fingerprint, even though the anti-fingerprinting mechanisms randomise the fingerprint for every site, browser session, etc. (depending on the config). This would mean that you are relatively „safe“ from fingerprinting because you never have the same print twice but tests think you are very vulnerable because it's still a random “unique“ fingerprint.

[–] RayJW 7 points 1 month ago

I really liked Typewise. However, third party keyboards seem so broken on iOS that I went back to stock. I regularly had issues with the keyboard not opening properly, bugging out, etc. :/

[–] RayJW 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, interesting. In that case I misunderstood that part, I thought there were core devs of Atom involved in Pulsar, thanks :)

[–] RayJW 1 points 1 month ago

Oh, in that case you might like either. I think both are great in their own way!

[–] RayJW 8 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I think Zed is quite different from Atom. But Pulsar might be your thing. A direct fork of the last release of Atom being developed by ex Atom developers :)

[–] RayJW 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I get what you mean. But there are a few independent organisations in Switzerland that regularly challenge these kind of bogus claims and also win, and so far multiple projects like the Covid vaccination app or the contact tracing apps for example are open source. So, it's definitely not pointless :)

[–] RayJW 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I mean realistically what did you expect? I don't think we'll see a law mandating open source for everything in any country. That would effectively lay open the complete inner workings of all agencies including any intelligence services etc, no?

I think calling it useless is detrimental for the effort since FOSS experts call it a huge step forward and it's certainly better to have this than not have it because it's „not perfect“.

[–] RayJW 1 points 1 month ago

Yea but many of them were involved. The Audi CEO at the time was on the board making the decision and the first to be convicted.

[–] RayJW 2 points 1 month ago

Don't worry, I don't think you are. I just think there's a reason they admitted so easily. Probably just another calculated fallout to save all their other brands from their own mini backlash which would ultimately cause more damage.

But yes, the whole industry is a dumpster fire when it comes to regulations and also lobbying.

[–] RayJW 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I mean they also own like half the industry. So, I don't feel particularly bad for them to be honest.

[–] RayJW 49 points 1 month ago

Honestly, as much as I would like that as the next guy.. I doubt they would've gotten anywhere close to engagement in the range of 400 comments sadly.

When it comes to reach this is still not the place to be. Now, how meaningful the comments are? That's a different question.

 

I finally did it and got an used RX 6950 XT to replace my GTX 1080 Ti. I've been using this card ever since I moved to Linux and now I'm wondering what exactly I have to do. On Windows it's mostly run DDU and install the new AMD drivers, everything else will probably work the same with Afterburner etc.

However, on Linux the only things I know are uninstalling the Nvidia drivers, removing GWE since that obviously won't work and installing Mesa.

What other steps do people recommend? I'm hyped to finally get properly working GPU acceleration in Firefox and other things like Steam, but is there anything I have to do to get that running? Also what tools are currently a must with an AMD card for some undervolting / overclocking and other functionality y'all can recommend?

3
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by RayJW to c/[email protected]
 

Hello everybody

Here's hoping I can find an answer on the Fediverse, since I refuse to provide content to Reddit.

I have this issue on my Fedora install, that the boot screen where I enter my disk encryption password doesn't show up. It's not a big deal, because if I press Esc I can still see the text mode to enter my password, but it's still odd since it has been like that for a few months, where I had the same issue with an old fresh install and another fresh installation after switching drives. I couldn't find anything on the internet except that one forum entry from a few years back, but apparently an update fixed that issue.

Any ideas what could be at fault here?

view more: next ›