wheeldawg

joined 1 year ago
[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I really wanna go to an event where we're just literally roasting selected billionaires over a fire, eating popcorn as we listen to their screams, and watch their flesh darken as it burns. So whole celebrating how much negative karma is leaving the earth all at one time.

I'm not even kidding. I would literally enjoy physically going to such an event. Bezos and Musk would probably be the stars of the show.

Does Bezos even "do" anything at all? Ever? Or is he just cashing checks while underlings deal with all the "work stuff"?

I mean I would be downright ashamed if a company with my name all over it was looked on this badly.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (17 children)

How is weed so low? I get it's not literally everyone's cup of tea but I'm my experience more people partake or are ok with it than not.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

They need to do way instain mother> who kill thier babbys. becuse these babby cant frigth back?

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't know if this is specifically possible. I'm not quite rookie-level new (been using it about a year now) but I have something I would love to have convenience-wise.

It's a desktop machine with regular speakers, and I have a wireless headset that connects to its own dongle (not Bluetooth). It's there a way to switch to the headset automatically when I power it on, and revert to speakers when I turn it off?

I feel like it's possible hardware-wise, but I'm not tryna learn how to code to make it happen, and I don't know how to find a software solution. I don't even know what to call what I'm looking for.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

That was half the reason I upgraded. I don't know if my old box would've been compatible (probably was), but I wanted it off Microsoft territory so bad and heating about Copilot sent shivers all over my spine.

I've never heard of installing any new OS without having to back stuff up. That's just wishful lazy thinking lol.

You probably won't have to do anything manually about Wine. Steam has Proton built in and it works great. As others always mention, check ProtonDB.com for user reports on how a specific game will work out.

I haven't run into any problems in my library, but I honestly haven't installed a ton of games.

I've used Heroic Games Launcher and Lutris for some other launchers (like Battle.net or Epic Games), and those have been a little hit or miss, but I think the main problem is something I'm missing. Not a huge priority but I'm still working on it occasionally.

I haven't heard anyone call or 3D card since the 90s. They're video cards or GPUs these days man. AMD has open source drivers that work just fine with Linux and should work just the same as the Windows version I believe.

Nvidia has open source ones, but they seem to be pretty terrible compared to the closed source ones. I had one issue with them last week but I think that was more related to KDE than it was the drivers' fault.

I don't really have any fancy hardware to describe how easy that was to get to work. Just a mouse, kb, headset(with mic) all of which worked fine without doing anything. I have a physical dongle for the controller, so I had to get a driver for that so I didn't have to use a Bluetooth connection (pretty shitty comparatively speaking) or gasp plug it in. Had a few issues with it for a while, there was an updated version under a new name and such but it all works now. Just turn the controller on and it's working instantly (unless I forget to charge it lol).

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

Funny, all I needed was the title.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I don't think you understand what seeing a 4k image or video means. You can't see a 4k image or video without a 4k screen. Maybe a 15 year old camera can capture it, but you can't see it, even with today's phone screens.

The only TV I've ever owned was like 19". The only real-size TVs I've ever watched are my parents' and the one my roommate had in the living room.

And just because they've been available since 2019 (according to you- I honestly can't remember when they started showing up lol) doesn't mean they were common or cheap at the time. And both of those units (the ones I've spent any time with) were bought around 2016 anyway. Not sure what world you live in where everybody buys a new TV every 3 or 4 years, but it's not a universal thing, or even the norm. Where having an SDTV might justify a midnight trip to go get a real TV, the need for 4k is less than 0.

So no, I am quite sure I've never seen a 4k image or video. Because I've never owned it has access to a 4k screen. That in and of itself is enough to verify that much, without having to worry about how modern it is, it what it was shot with, or recorded on, or how it was downloaded, or where/how it was streamed or any of that confusion.

No 4k screen means I've never seen anything that could only be on one.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I still don't think that I've ever seen a 4k image or video. plenty of morons out there sliding the quality up to 4k and going "Look at how good it looks!" whole I know full well their screen is at 1080 and I internally cringe.

But yeah, late 2024 and I've still never even seen a 4k screen to my knowledge.

At least not in person and not rebroadcast to a 1080 TV. So it doesn't count.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Agree. If I become intolerant, then I will just die shitting.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The choice of headline you went with made the whole thing read like an inside out sarcasm.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's amazing. How do you rate the improvement in how you feel?

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

If my computer starts testing me as.... ANYTHING then I'm out.

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