towerful

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[–] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago

And you finally get to jump

[–] towerful@programming.dev 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I hear that the US has oil and WMDs

[–] towerful@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Not for a tourist visa. That's just target with a "you have 4 hours to shop".

I'll be honest, I don't get the shopping at target mugshot reference thing.

Any country you visit will stamp your passport on entry and exit.
The EU is in the process of automating that by taking biometrics and foregoing the passport stamps (https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/travel-europe-european-entryexit-system-ees_en so far, it's automated gates with a passport scanner, a mugshot and fingerprints)
Sounds like the US is as well

[–] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Pretty sure this is what the EU is also introducing, instead of passport stamps and border agents.
It's 1 person sitting in a booth verifying 8+ automatic passport and "person scanner" (ie, takes a photo and fingerprints of you). Matches entries and exits to the Schengen zone. They approve you, and you pass through the gate.
Not sure about the "retention" aspect, tho. Certainly retained for the 90 days in a 180 day period thing. Beyond that? I dunno.

But any border control zone is going to have CCTV which will have its own image retention policy.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

Massive Linux lore dumps going on, and I love it.
Thanks for correcting me.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeh, I think it's actually "switch user do".
Like "su" is "switch user".

The default being root is handy.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

https://store.steampowered.com/steamos

Does this mean I can install SteamOS on any device? We expect most SteamOS users to get SteamOS preinstalled on a Steam Deck or device that incorporates SteamOS. The only devices officially supported on SteamOS right now are Steam Deck and Legion Go S. We are working on broadening support, and with the recent updates to Steam and SteamOS, compatibility with other AMD powered PC handhelds has been improved.

If you are interested in installing SteamOS on your device and providing feedback, you can follow the instructions here.

here links to https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/65B4-2AA3-5F37-4227

With instructions to install steamos and the note:

Currently, the only devices officially 'Powered by SteamOS' are Steam Deck and Legion Go S. We are working on broadening support, and with the recent updates to Steam and SteamOS 3.7, compatibility with other AMD powered PC handhelds has been improved.

So, it's unlikely to be smooth sailing. But it can be done, and steam is working on improving it.

There seems to be some forks out there that claim to improve desktop installation, but I have no idea how active or decent they are.


Personally, I think steam is missing a huge market slice by not creating a steamos for desktops.
However, they don't need it and probably don't want it. It's a market slice in a market they don't need or want: operating systems.
People that would use it likely already have steam on windows. So, it's not bringing in new customers (like the steam deck does).
People that game on Linux likely already use Steam Proton (which is an amazing contribution). So, no new customers by distributing a whole desktop OS.
It's starting a fight with Microsoft (which I think we all want), but with no real benefit to Steam.

I think steam is smart to stay in their lane of handheld OS and Linux tooling for gaming.
Let the desktop gaming distros be maintained by other people. Ideally steam would support those distros, but just maintaining Proton and generally pushing Linux gaming is still a huge contribution.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago

Maybe Ukraine couldn't retake the areas occupied by Russia, but they could deliver a Pyrrhic blow to Kremlin.

They have delivered a pyrrhic victory.
Russia thought they could take Kyiv (Ukraine?) on 3 days.
The fact that Ukraine has resisted so hard, have redefined the modern battlefield, have conducted huge deep strikes...
Ukraine is winning.

The reason Ukraine may not be "winning" is because the Russian war machine is huge. Like really really big.
The reason that Ukraine is "winning" is because the Russian war machine is outdated and corrupt.

The western opinion of Russia has been devastated. Russia tested themselves, and failed.
Russia is holding on by their nukes.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

The Arduino stack on esp32 is still freertos.
That's why it's recommended to leave the loop() empty, and run tasks (or whatever) in the setup() and have the tasks do their own loop

[–] towerful@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

3x minisforums MS-01

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