Flaky

chaotic neutral / autist / 26 / mostly sfw here / main: @Flaky

opinions are my own. i talk mostly about tech, music and mainly repost cute things

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2024-10-14 18:47:00

wondering why do people on Arch really take the AUR as a core part of Arch's identity? IMO Arch has a right identity crisis marketing the AUR with conflicting info.
Like, people rely on the AUR for important shit like drivers and daily-use software and then Arch is like THIS IS UNSUPPORTED.
#ArchLinux

2024-09-19 14:03:18

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@npub1hu2…4qs6 I guess Disney isn't the only conglomerate getting visibly desperate.

2024-09-16 22:52:10

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@npub1j4p…z0qp still though, I do feel like I am crazy for sticking around. :P
In fairness, I can't really praise furry.engineer enough, esp since I had to come here following Awoo's closure.

2024-09-16 22:46:39

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@npub1j4p…z0qp tbh I am crazy so I guess that's why I still use this 🥴

2024-09-07 14:07:53

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@npub1dsl…succ After they fucked over Apollo I basically left tbh. CEO is fucking gross.

2024-09-05 22:47:43

New Linkin Park slaps. I was a little worried given that Chester formed a big part of LP's image, but this is great.
https://youtu.be/DXQ4sU6KK-I
#music #linkinpark

2024-09-02 20:22:56

I like some of what GNOME does, it's clear they do care about UX, but then some things I feel were made while they were high on something.

2024-09-02 15:23:28

Just so you guys know: Firefox is implementing AI chatbot sidebars into the browser as a (seemingly) opt-in experiment.
#Firefox #AI
https://furry.engineer/system/media_attachments/files/113/068/642/987/486/716/original/b6cf520c294df3de.png

2024-08-06 22:56:22

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@npub1j4p…z0qp it's a really common chip for built-in wifi and bluetooth on gaming motherboards, at least with the current AM5 range.

2024-07-11 13:41:24

people be like "Year of the Linux desktop!" until they start playing Fortnite.
#Linux #LinuxGaming

2024-07-11 10:59:18

Beautiful track by Andrew Huang and Undulae. I love these sort of arpeggiated melodic IDM tracks.
https://andrewhuang.bandcamp.com/track/hyacinth
#music #idm

2024-07-10 14:01:56

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@npub1dsl…succ VMware?

2024-06-24 20:34:37

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@npub1fkn…8mcy almost certainly incorrectly assuming this isn't a VPN or whatnot, they're in one of the richest/most expensive countries in the world and they're pirating Windows.
and you know what, fair enough.

2024-06-17 13:48:33

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@npub1j4p…z0qp Haven't had to deal with this, thank god, but had to deal with Fediverse people too much, especially on Lemmy.

2024-06-17 13:43:48

Seeing Mastodon discourse on my Bluesky timeline.
I think the biggest downfall of the Fediverse is absolutely the community, and a huuuuge cultural shift needs to happen for the Fediverse to even be palatable to the average person.
Bluesky has its upsets sometimes, god knows I've had my issues there, but overall it has a much more general audience that's easy to break into. The Fediverse does not, and I've complained multiple times that it feels like the Fediverse is trying to indoctrinate people into a cult.

2024-05-02 14:50:34

Whether you use Linux or Windows (or Mac, or whatever else), always reject games that implement kernel-level anti-cheat. There's simply no need whatsoever for a video game to have something that invasive and I still stand by my earlier statements that Steam should label games that install kernel drivers on their store.

2024-04-29 22:27:28

Oh yeah, I'm going to send out a request for recommendations, for a USB wireless adapter with Wi-Fi connectivity features equivalent to an Intel AX210, that is certified to work on Linux.
Don't suggest anything PCI-e. I already have the AX210 in my PC, but it keeps getting cooked when I want to download something off Steam (no, seriously.)
#Linux #linuxhardware #wireless

2024-04-19 13:09:46

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@npub1tvq…l6jk AdGuard is worth the money on iOS tbh. Also get Consent-o-Matic while you're there.

2024-04-08 19:46:29

maybe I should have an owlsona

2024-04-08 19:42:36

meanwhile on Bluesky someone is taking their time during the eclipse to talk about how their butt is full of cum.

2024-04-08 11:31:16

Saw a post on Lemmy about Microsoft blocking a Windows 11 update due to certain apps (which includes iCloud services, EaseUS, some old drivers and some tweak apps like ExplorerPatcher and StartIsBack) and most of the (federated) comments just feels like a Linux user circlejerk. This is on a general tech community too.
You guys aren't exactly breaking the stereotype Bluesky users think that the fediverse is just social media for Linux users...

2024-03-24 13:21:52

Going to TripAdvisor to download Arch Linux
https://furry.engineer/system/media_attachments/files/112/150/849/398/117/417/original/1a7d66d3f8d0fc79.png

2024-03-10 15:44:39

Nearly finished on the To Pimp a Butterfly of alt rock right now.

2024-02-23 18:10:00

There's mis-info on fedi about the furry who got fired from NASA for saying "suck my dick and balls i'm working at NASA" to Homer Hickam, who's at the National Space Council that oversees NASA.
While yes, she was fired, Hickam had stated that the had tried to get her a job afterwards, and it seems like NASA found the post independently of Hickam from searching on Twitter. Given that I've seen mis-info on fedi at times other than this, I'm more inclined to believe Hickam here. Snopes has an archive of the post, including a link from the Wayback Machine.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/twitter-insult-nsc/
Not to mention, I'm very sure she recently got a new job and celebrated it referencing this incident. I remember a screenshot going round going along the lines of "this time I won't tell my higher-ups to suck my dick and balls. That's a mistake you only make once."
It seems like she takes it in jest nowadays. Fedi is just reigniting bad blood for no reason.

2024-02-15 13:40:45

Steam and Epic should start labelling games that have kernel driver anti-cheats. I know Steam labels regular anti-cheats but people deserve the right to know if a game's going to basically install a rootkit onto their computer.
And to those saying I'm paranoid about that, don't take my word for it. Take Trend Micro's, who saw Genshin Impact's anti-cheat being used for ransomware.
https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/h/ransomware-actor-abuses-genshin-impact-anti-cheat-driver-to-kill-antivirus.html

2024-02-06 15:07:50

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@npub1tvq…l6jk they do that and then wonder why people aren't joining the fediverse and/or call it social media for linux nerds lol

2024-01-17 17:32:59

A while back a friend of mine showed me this cute obscure 2000s Toei anime called Pipopapo Patrol-kun. It's about a police car and his partner going through a society comprised of humans and sentient vehicles.
https://cdn.pawb.social/mastodon-fe/media_attachments/files/111/772/485/291/586/677/original/d4d7d21c0d4d4de9.png

2024-01-16 13:24:44

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@npub19qw…hhx5 @npub1532…5ffy I'm a TKL guy myself. The 65% feels a bit claustrophobic for my taste, and TKL gives me the same space benefits.
My main issue is the switches. I dunno which type would be best for me. I hit pretty hard on the keys when typing. (current keyboard is Outemu Blue)

2024-01-16 13:24:44

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2024-01-03 13:45:22

Holy shit, OpenRGB is in the main Arch repos now.
https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/openrgb/

2023-12-16 16:45:55

Is there really much difference between Akkoma and Pleroma at this point? I ask because I was curious and wanted to look at the differences but couldn't find much besides Mastodon API compatibility and the bubble timeline.

2023-12-07 15:38:37

If you want to know how Bluesky is going, a Redditor basically got BTFO by the overwhelming amount of bears (not the animal kind) on his discover feed for some reason, and is complaining on r/BlueskySocial about it.

2023-12-03 14:25:51

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@npub1vg4…2yt8 I have so many ideas but I’m being held up by other things. And the tiredness you’re talking about.

2023-11-29 23:43:04

I went back onto Cyberpunk 2077 on Linux and everything is so much smoother:
The Xbox controller works wirelessly with no latency (though setting it up fails on regular KDE, you'll need bluetoothctl for that)
xpadneo actually maps the Share button on the controller to the same button Steam uses for screenshots, so games running via Steam can be screenshotted just fine.
I can play in Ultra with no stuttering, while keeping Firefox on in the background.
Linux is not perfect, but Windows was meant to be the gaming platform and it can't do that correctly anymore, I guess.

2023-11-26 19:44:59

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@npub1tvq…l6jk probably because most of your posts are just posting your articles.
thing is though, fedi's solved this with a bot marker and pretty much almost, if not everyone on fedi has implemented it.

2023-11-20 15:04:50

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@npub1j4p…z0qp AdGuard is pretty good, I use them on iOS, their YouTube adblocker is simple but works for a lot of videos.
Anyhow if the Firefox evangelists linked this they probably wouldn’t get as much pushback from frustrated people. Well, that and not gaslighting people who have legitimate issues with Firefox…

2023-10-26 00:03:27

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@npub1zuz…m2vc You can share Bluesky links on any platform that does previews (i.e. Discord, Telegram).
It is weird that despite being a public site, they wall it off like that though. Likes are also hidden on the app even though they're public. Graysky, a third-party client, doesn't delude users into thinking Bluesky is private. I get using invites for account creation but given that Atproto is public, why do that?