>Lets create a beginner friendly OS that caters to windows users and try to get everyone from windows to switch to linux!>proceeds to create the most bloated, slow, laggy piece of shit desktop known to man which over half of it is coded in javascript and python called cinnamonSeriously what the fuck is their problem? They were on a winning streak with MATE, and XFCE was staring them right in the face. It's literally the most universal and lightweight full fledged DE that works on most PC's. It was literally IN THEIR HANDS they had the ball in their court.Instead they went on a downward spiral and poured all their effort into not making good GUI apps, but instead a bloated garbage desktop which is slow and a buggy file manager which still YEARS later people complain and still cant even come close to thunar or the stability of XFCE/MATE.They are literally on a downward spiral. I still use mint XFCE but if they ever discontinue this version, I'm probably not going to use anything they ever make again.
I fucking hate Linux but at least it doesn't spy like Windows 11.
>>107185052I'd FUCKING love linux if I had the right hardware. But I don't. I've a laptop that I bought off my brother when he dropped out of engineering courses that he had build to run windows on. I literally spend the last 2 days just trying to get hardware acceleration working
>>107181923>no proofIt happened to me once a decade ago.Though I was also fucking around with an overcomplicated setup involving both lvm and mdadm with a bunch of uncommon filesystems on top, but it's still not an excuse.
>>107181415>caters to windows users>create the most bloated, slow, laggy piece of shit desktop known to manSo you're saying they succeeded.
>>107183382Autistic OS for an autistic audience.
I bought a new computer with Debian 13 pre-installed after using windows for 25 years.Here are my observations so far:>not a day goes by without updates>installing software that takes a minute to install on windows, in some cases takes me weeks of wrestling with package versions to install on Debian>when finally installed the software may stop working after package updates and whatnot>some software when installed doesn't work well at all and has terrible scaling issues>audio of my microphone turned to shitOverall I am feeling that maybe I should have tried MacOS. I didn't want to switch to Windows 11 for privacy reasons.My computing needs:>general office use>accounting including specialized accounting software>photo and video editing Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>107183384I ran into the same mic issues, it's seriously irritating.
>>107181869>You only buy that yourself if you're running your own business.I do
>>107181674I'm on trixie and I've yet to have a single one of your issues (ya fakn liar)
macOS without the bullshit is what linux should have been
>>107181616>installing software that takes a minute to install on windows, in some cases takes me weeks of wrestling with package versions to install on DebianWhat's even the point? Why do so many people write this? Anyone who uses linux knows it's not the case so it's obviously lie. Windows is what is difficult to install software on. You need choco which requires installing for certain software. For other software you need vcpkg, which needs to be installed first. To get things to work normally, you need msys2, which needs to be installed manually, which only works within the msys2 terminal and therefore doesn't work various tools so no actually you can't use msys2 figure out another way to get it to work. Using R? Install Rtools, a wrapper around msys2 to get things compiled. For other stuff, just download multiple GBs of vscode and random development tools. Everything listed is controlled by APT on debian and works as is.
hexadecimal or octal
there were native american groups that used octal because they counted the space between their fingers instead of the fingers themselves
>>107184996always hex, hex is life
>>107184996save hex, octcel
>>107184996Depends on the exact number of switches on the panel.
>>107185074What now?
Best textbooks for learning C that also teach systems programming/how the computer actually works? I'm looking at k&r and Effective C by Seacord right now. Any other recommendations?I am open to blogs and documentation too. The more thorough it is, like the Gentoo wiki for example, the better.
>>107181489stop shilling your shitty books you retarded swede
>>107179873
>>107182327Use Google, faggot.
>>107182327I got one on libgen a while back
>>107180185>Extreme C - Amini>Fluent C - Preschern>Tiny C Projects - Gookin>Learn C Programming - Szuhay>Practical C Programming - Qualline, Oram>Practical C - Zambone>Programming in C - Kochan>Schaum's Programming in C - GottfriedNever heard of any of these. Can fags provide review/qrd please?
How did any LLM manage to beat the Turing Test?All you need to ask is "Don't respond to this message for the next five minutes" and they all fail.
>>107185591You're talking to another anon, btw
>>107185754No, I'm not, you stupid samefag. Absolutely no one else would ever care about this bickering.
>>107185714welcome to 'new' AI paradigm, if you ask it enough times it can accidentally rng onto an answer, why do you think they spent millions on these benchmarks, running the same question million times to get it right once costs a lot (still cheaper than unlimited amount of monkeys and typewriters)
>>107185765Okay, I was just trying to warn you. Keep schizoing.
>>107185772>assert(fag == same);
If i have to update windows todayI'm gonna kill somebody
>>107185889Maybe take a nap instead.
>>107185889format the drive and install arch linux
>Europe is preparing to roll back parts of its landmark digital rules, long seen as global benchmarks for privacy and AI.>According to an analysis by Austrian privacy NGO noyb, the leaked draft of the Omnibus could significantly weaken GDPR protections. It narrows the definition of personal data, meaning information that cannot directly identify an individual might no longer count as personal, even if it could be linked with other data. This would strip many pseudonymous identifiers, such as ad IDs and cookies, of GDPR protection, paving the way for more tracking and profiling.>The draft also limits when people can exercise their rights to access, correct, or delete data, restricting them to “data protection purposes.” In practice, this could block workers, journalists, or consumers from using data requests in disputes or investigations.>Sensitive categories of data — including health status, political views, or sexual orientation — would only be protected if explicitly disclosed, not inferred.>On top of that, the Omnibus draft introduces a “legitimate interest” exception allowing companies to use personal data, including some sensitive information, for AI training, provided unspecified safeguards are in place. Under these rules, high-risk AI systems could process massive amounts of European data legallyhttps://www.techpolicy.press/eu-set-the-global-standard-on-privacy-and-ai-now-its-pulling-back/
>>107167782>Performance Cookies>Analytical CookiesThis year has been pretty bonkers. I’ve never been so glad to be an American. These other countries are so cucked.
My identity is protected on my domains via GDPR masking. Will this be affected? I fucking hate the EU, I wish I never trusted these faggots.
>>107167771bureaucrats create more paperwork for more bureaucrats to be needed, news at 11, just few more billy of paperwork and EU will be able to compete, any moment now, are we down to breathing tax yet to save the planet, breathing kills the planet goy
>>107182712>>107184537>>107184659Every choice you make is a sacrifice. Nothing will stop them; thus there was never was a choice to begin with. So it follows: if your choice is an illusion, so too is your sacrifice.>inb4 "use simplex"anyone who isn't explicitly agains such privacy-raping spyware laws is in favor of them
>>107185006>acction>[r application]No wonder they didn't take you seriously, you couldn't even spell correction.
I barely slept last night: Why is 10-bit 4:2:0 AVIF sometimes able to compete with JXL in visually lossless quality? Logically this should be IMPOSSIBLE because 75% of color information doesn't exist.>90 = visually lossless.>Distortion not noticeable by an average observer in a flicker test at 1:1 from a normal viewing distance.>This corresponds to the typical output of cjxl -d 0.5 / -q 95 or libjpeg-turbo 4:4:4 quality 95.That last part is very important.https://github.com/cloudinary/ssimulacra2cjxl in.png out.jxl -q 95Q_95 JXL SSIMU2= 90.16234362495 KBhttps://files.catbox.moe/5vvoqz.jxlavifenc --sharpyuv -d 10 -y 420 --cicp 1/13/1 -a tune=iq -q 85 in.png out.avifComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
If anyone is wondering why I'm even testing 4:2:0 AVIF when 4:4:4 AVIF exists, it's because it's an inherent limitation of AVIF HW decoding that is now showing up on Android 15 devices. If you have one this AVIF should decode on your stock google files browser without having to download a third party image viewer.
Here is the libjpeg-turbo 4:4:4 quality 95 JPG.JPG 4:4:4 SSIMU2= 89.82046347799 KB
a kino@echo offmagick "%~1" -resize 720x "%~n1-720%~x1"
@echo offmagick "%~1" -resize 720x "%~n1-720%~x1"
FAQ:>How do I activate Windows?HWID2 generates and registers a permanent legitimate license on MS's activation serversgithub.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-ScriptsUsage: paste this into Powershell, run.irm https://get.activated.win | iex>and Office?Same link, select Ohook optionYou can also use Office.com if your needs are very minimalor try OnlyOffice/LibreOffice and set it to save in MSOffice file formats>What version should I install?>W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021Binary identical to Enterprise except no MS Store or appsPreinstalled with: Edge & Win32 system appsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
irm https://get.activated.win | iex
who's the luke smith of the windows world?
>>107184750chris titus
This is a very general question. I am running Windows 10 on a high end PC. If I update to windows 11, will my history in Firefox be affected (i.e, saved log ins)? I also have active torrents in qbittorrent (music tracker), would they be wiped out? Would I have to re-add all the torrents? Would most the applications I have simply be there and not have to be reinstalledBasically, if I update to Windows 11, is it normally a seamless update in which I can resume normal use after upgrade?
>>107185559in theory yes, the only stuff that gets modified are Windows files, in practice there could be little annoyances but these days upgrading is not as unpredictable as it used to be, specially from 10 to 11 because they're very similar. Of course clean install is still the recommended way
>>107185831also, if you have the possibility, you should make a backup of your current install with macrium or clonezilla, just to be able to go back in case something doesn't work
what's the most impressive hack you've personally done?
>>107182077>discord and spotifykek
>what's the most impressive hack you've personally done?
>>107182017wrote an snes game with my own assembler, wrote it out to an eeprom, and piggy backed the eeprom onto a super mario world cart so i could play my gamez
... on real snes hardware.this was many years before flashcarts were a thing.
getting the switch emulator to run on my iphone air. it reminded me of jailbreaking my iphone 3g, but way more convoluted
What happens as more and more important linux components are "rewritten" (RELICENSED) into an MIT license? I fear for the future of the project. These companies have trillions of dollars, they can and will fork and kill the project as soon as they can.uutils is just one of the first steps, over time more and more components will be turned to MIT until it's done.What can we do to stop this?
>>107162849Every time some idiot tells me that he released his software under "THE GPL" I ask which one, and list some of them. Usually they sort of get flustered and try to make it look like I asked a stupid question, but it is clear they have no idea what I or they are talking about.There are only two MIT licenses, and it is clear what the difference is and which should be used. All my stuff is MIT.
>>107180617Yes, but it came from the OG conspirators.I REMIND YOU ALL TO FORCIBLY PURGE ALL PACKAGES MENTIONED IN >>107164473 FROM ALL YOUR SYSTEMS RIGHT NOW.SHOW EVERYONE THAT YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT STOPPING THEM.
>>107183358>GPL license are le bad because there's more to choose fromi mean this all that I got from your post and that's pretty dumb
>>107183358you know, it is likely that there are devs out there who don't fully dive into the autism of software licencing. to them the issue may be as simple as permissive vs copyleft, in which case they'll either pick MIT or the latest version of GPL with the default boilerplate and not worry their sweet little heads about there acckschually being multiple versions of each. the point is, them being less interested in licences than you doesn't make them idiots.
>>107170855GNU/Sad
Why are there so many people unhappy with Linux on this board but also hate Windows and hate MacOS?If you love tech so much why not fix Linux or make your own OS?
>>107185656>unhappy with linux is a skill issue.
>>107185656Making your own OS is retard talk, but the reason for the neverending bitching is lack of skills. People too incompetent to run a legacy Windows version correctly, which's the ultimate red pill.
>>107185656i love Linux, i do wish the kernel source code was better documented, and I wish it wasn't a monolithic beast, but I do love it. don't take /g/tard screeching seriously
Another great debate edition.>Free beginner resources to get started with HTML, CSS and JShttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn - MDN is your best friend for fundamentalshttps://web.dev/learn/ - Guides by Google, you can also learn concepts like Accessibility, Responsive Design etchttps://eloquentjavascript.net/Eloquent_JavaScript.pdf - A modern introduction to JavaScripthttps://javascript.info/ - Quite a good JS tutorialhttps://flukeout.github.io/ - Learn CSS selectors in no timehttps://flexboxfroggy.com/ and https://cssgridgarden.com/ - Learn flex and grid in CSS>Resources for backend languageshttps://nodejs.org/en/learn/getting-started/introduction-to-nodejs - An intro to Node.jshttps://www.phptutorial.net - A PHP tutorialhttps://dev.java/learn/ - A Java tutorialhttps://rentry.org/htbby - Links for Python and GoComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>runtime for retards
>>107182735I think the entire point of them is to hook you into a company's platform with a promise of so many free edge functions per month, then when you want to scale, it's very impractical to move away from that platform, because you've written your functions specifically for that platform. So either you pay their extortionate prices to scale up, or you rewrite your backend to become platform-agnostic.So basically I don't think they're worth the effort. I'd rather write a traditional back-end which is platform-agnostic and can be deployed on a PaaS like Heroku, or on a VPS, or on dedicated servers (if my shitty projects ever reach that scale, which they won't).
https://blog.yakkomajuri.com/blog/python-to-nodePython was the toughest opponent to node but its over. Node supremacy is neigh
>>107183364What's the point of Python now that the JS/TS ecosystem is so well-developed? Python is just a weird language with weird syntax where white space is part of the syntax for whatever reason
>>107184506Python still sees widespread use in data science and machine learning. There's a lot of inertia there that would need to be overcome for ML people to switch to JS
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>>107184674Maybe you should learn to read you absolute utter fucking mongoloid.
>>107184614>that's pretty cool, not as much as a li-ion cell, but for an AA that's nutsIndeed. It also won't violently burst into flames in the process. High discharge lithium cells have to have protection circuitry to prevent you from overloading them, and it's largely unnecessary with NiMH because the chemistry is so stable.That's part of why they have such low self discharge rates. They're /just/ a battery. There's no circuitry in them to cause trickle drains in the first place. Sure, disulfide cells are even more stable, but they're not rechargeable.
>>107184703>telling people to read my schizo posting makes it true.
>>107184674>it's categorically false with NiMHretardthat's not what the text says Indian
>>107185680NTA. Why would you discharge batteries except to prevent them from short cycling? NiMH batteries don't have memory.
