lotanis

joined 1 year ago
[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never had to do this sort of thing in a lab, but I now feel I know exactly what that feels like! You have my sympathy!

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Isn't dust what you get when things disintegrate?

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

It's just psychologically nicer. It's a bit like it being nicer to get on with work when my desk is tidy (not that I tidy it that often)

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I do it, because it makes a massive difference to me how tidy my bedroom feels and how welcoming the bed looks at the end of the day. I just have a duvet though, so it's 10 seconds of pulling on each corner until it's reasonably even - not going for perfection!

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Do not declare your undying love for someone. It puts way too much pressure on, and unless they're in exactly the same mental place it's unlikely to go anywhere.

Instead, just ask them if they'd like to go on a date. That obviously communicates that you're interested in them, and gives a good starting point to build a connection.

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the ROG Ally particularly makes zero sense to me and misses the point. It runs Windows and it doesn't have the touchpads.

The touchpads really broaden the utility of the console, from being able to select small UI elements in normal programs to being able to play more mouse enabled games (FTL being the most recent for me).

And Linux is the real special sauce - nobody seems to get why Valve did all that work rather than "just" putting Windows on it. Windows isn't a selling point (you can put it on the Deck if you want), it's slow, the UI doesn't work well on that screen and you lose out on being able to suspend games etc.

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I think we need to separate the system from the product. With Reddit they're the same, with a single owner. With Lemmy/ActivityPub, just like with email, there's an underlying system that nobody owns. It's an ecosystem of pieces created by lots of different people.

It is a good thing that people are building products on top of that. Some of them are FOSS and some of them not. As long as no-one gets too much control of the underlying system then that's great! Users retain choice and can choose FOSS apps if they want, or they can choose something like Sync.

I agree it would be sad if the only apps were paid, but I think a mix is a sign of a healthy ecosystem.