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New comment by cwel in "Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome"

cwel — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:21:20 +0000

r7 1700 and GTX 1080 was my setup for a long time. still is, just relegated to an htpc (albeit not a very power friendly one). the 1080 in particular was (and remains) such a reliable card.

New comment by cwel in "Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin"

cwel — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:36:16 +0000

This one is specifically Linux (Wayland). if you set your user agent to Macintosh it will work; or at least it did a few months ago when I came across this. I've since resigned to using the electron bundle.

Google meet, Discord, Zoom all handle Mozilla/Linux. Slack hasn't figured it out yet.

New comment by cwel in "Resetting Xbox"

cwel — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 03:00:56 +0000

> Only people without GamePass subscription and no desire to get it for even a month or two would buy the game on Steam

So the majority of people?

I jest, but I honestly don't know anyone who consults the GamePass offerings before making a decision on whether or not to buy a game. It's Steam or pirate.

New comment by cwel in "My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable"

cwel — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:27:52 +0000

Never claimed it was. This is (essentially) a shortcut to a dedicated steamOS session. You could just plug the machine into a display, connect a controller, and open the steam 10ft ui.

New comment by cwel in "My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable"

cwel — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 21:32:30 +0000

The issue in your setup is Windows^tm. (what I do) gaming machine's shell profile,

  if [[ $(tty) == "/dev/tty2" ]]; then
  ; sudo chvt 1; exit
  fi

then all you need is some event(s) to trigger changing to tty2 on the target machine. perhaps when a controller connects, or your tv changes input, or you press a button on your tv/tv box remote.

New comment by cwel in "Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads"

cwel — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:07:52 +0000

I understand what you meant.

  > the reason nobody offers better software is that people don’t want it enough

I wouldn't say that's THE reason, or even a contender. The average user has little agency over what the established tools are. There is no pressure to change the tools because there is no competition. You use what your employer dictates. office and/or gsuite.

Whether or not people 'want it enough' has very little to do with whether something actually occurs.

  > average user is a little bit annoyed from time to time but not enough to actually care

this part is still true.

New comment by cwel in "Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads"

cwel — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:21:54 +0000

This implies that a better version is on offer. It is not. You get the telemetry stuffed, stuttery garbage, and your company pays for it.

New comment by cwel in "I can haz smoller NixOS ISOs?"

cwel — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:43:30 +0000

The article does not mention switching kernels. It comments on the size of the kernel + modules; and trimming down unused modules.

Of all the things to get nixpilled over, this isn't one.

New comment by cwel in "Migrating from GNU Stow to Chezmoi"

cwel — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:20:46 +0000

  > rsync my entire home directory out to all the laptops

Interesting approach. Whether it could be considered 'better' or not depends on what your 'handful of shell scripts' do.

New comment by cwel in "Migrating from GNU Stow to Chezmoi"

cwel — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:56:42 +0000

What was your inspiration for writing this? / What bloat did you shed relative to chezmoi?

New comment by cwel in "Migrating from GNU Stow to Chezmoi"

cwel — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:42:38 +0000

  > Having niri files on my work Mac and aerospace dotfiles on Linux annoys me quite a bit

https://www.chezmoi.io/reference/special-files/chezmoiignore...

  > They break your editor features like highlighting

https://github.com/alker0/chezmoi.vim

New comment by cwel in "US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks"

cwel — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:42:59 +0000

Oh, so the point is that cars are scary. true, you have unlocked +1t in funding for the DoD.

New comment by cwel in "US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks"

cwel — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:01:49 +0000

> Chinese nationals should be assumed to act on behalf of China

I acknowledged this, you quoted it.

> it really isn't difficult to understand...

Where does 'it' end? Is the subsidiary not operating at the behest of their parent? I need to know when it's safe to no longer be scared.

New comment by cwel in "US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks"

cwel — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:04:06 +0000

No worries, I was just confused, and in part was genuinely wondering if there was a vendor that sold xiaomis in the states because I'd buy one.

New comment by cwel in "US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks"

cwel — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:33:41 +0000

Apparently, whether or not the engineers are Chinese is the deciding factor. as long as Nicklas Backstrom is designing the EV, its all good. Or in other words, Chinese scary!

New comment by cwel in "US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks"

cwel — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:00:05 +0000

Ok I'll bite: what is the obvious thing I'm supposed to be getting from your ellipses?

are you implying there is a US-based, third-party provider of xiaomi devices, BYD cars?

or are you just referring to hosted providers of those AI models?

New comment by cwel in "US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks"

cwel — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:52:06 +0000

Not who you are replying to, nor do I agree with their take (no sign of irony, complete lack of self awareness, and just blatantly xenophobic. not suprised by it either). but they did already address this:

> it's called soft power, look at endless glazing, it works

New comment by cwel in "Apparently Google hates us now"

cwel — Wed, 20 May 2026 19:13:51 +0000

Does "the numbers" refer to observable data or gross generalization?

New comment by cwel in "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"

cwel — Wed, 13 May 2026 22:39:16 +0000

> I would sit down to play a game spend maybe an hour or two fixing issues and then after that I ran out of time to play the game

I know you framed this as a negative, but this is something I yearn for; It's the one of the best games, imo. I often wish I ran into more issues, but for the most part, things _just work_^TM.

New comment by cwel in "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"

cwel — Wed, 13 May 2026 21:44:54 +0000

I can't speak to Halo Infinite, but for SoT that's what worked for me. Another commenter is saying they were able to auth with a passkey (for infinite), which I never tried (for SoT), but id imagine it would work.

Heroic is a launcher aggregate/wrapper I think? for 'Epic, GOG and Amazon Prime Games' It's either Steam, native/standalone or arr for me. for non-steam stuff I use umu.

* I should add that I am launching a steam purchased copy of SoT, not the one from Xbox store/gamepass or what have you, so the process is likely different, but maybe not cus you are likely going to see the same auth popup served via wine/proton.