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New comment by misterbishop in "U.S. had almost no job growth in 2025"

misterbishop — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:33:05 +0000

we need an opposition party.

New comment by misterbishop in "U.S. had almost no job growth in 2025"

misterbishop — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:32:13 +0000

We're living through an extended recession statistically masked by the AI bubble.

New comment by misterbishop in "Local Journalism Is How Democracy Shows Up Close to Home"

misterbishop — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:01:30 +0000

Liberal values can't be preserved in the midst of a Pharaonic distribution of wealth. The only way to defend liberal values is to fight for socialism.

New comment by misterbishop in "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"

misterbishop — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 20:32:33 +0000

I love desktop linux. I've used it on and off since 2000. Even with Valve's excellent work on gaming, there's still whole software categories that require Windows. Pro audio software is very Windows reliant and I don't see it changing. If you're a software developer, there are many benefits to using and deeply learning linux. But even as a linux super-geek, I don't expect to ditch Windows entirely any time soon.

New comment by misterbishop in "It's hard to justify Tahoe icons"

misterbishop — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:27:12 +0000

Posting about the finer points of UX while your whole page has a geocities snow animation.

New comment by misterbishop in "Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks"

misterbishop — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:53:20 +0000

I love my Libra 2 reader, but I only use it to read epub files from questionable websites. I would pay for books if they were available as DRM-free epubs.

New comment by misterbishop in "Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks"

misterbishop — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:50:57 +0000

The only previous option was not paying for books. This change at least creates the potential for a path to pay for books, if publishers accept it.

New comment by misterbishop in "Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks"

misterbishop — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:49:44 +0000

This is a step in the right direction. Now publishers need to take it up.

DRM-free is a precondition for me buying digital books personally. Practically no major digital bookstore offers it.

New comment by misterbishop in "Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android"

misterbishop — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:31:10 +0000

The ability to sideload on Android is the main reason I've never bought an iPhone. This is a terrible move from Google.

New comment by misterbishop in "Steam, Itch.io are pulling ‘porn’ games. Critics say it's a slippery slope"

misterbishop — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 17:18:59 +0000

It is alarming for credit card companies to take on a politically censorious role that supersedes legal activity. This really kicked off in 2021 when MasterCard started imposing restrictive rules on sex sites like OnlyFans. The ACLU has a campaign against it: https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/how-mastercards-new-p...

New comment by misterbishop in "They tried Made in the USA – it was too expensive for their customers"

misterbishop — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:54:25 +0000

This headline is a lie. It's not a matter of being "too expensive for customers", it's a matter of undesirable profit margin for the company.

New comment by misterbishop in "Age and cognitive skills: Use it or lose it"

misterbishop — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:08:02 +0000

It's time for our geriatric political class to be retired.

New comment by misterbishop in "Who killed the rave? Late-night dancing falls into global decline"

misterbishop — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:52:44 +0000

I'm pretty sure the writers at FT just don't know where the cool shit is.

New comment by misterbishop in "84% want stronger online privacy laws, but Congress's corruption stalls progress"

misterbishop — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:30:41 +0000

ultimately we have to overthrow capitalism via a revolutionary workers party.

New comment by misterbishop in "Replacing Liquid Metal on an Asus Zephyrus G15's CPU"

misterbishop — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 21:40:02 +0000

Excellent write up! I also have a G15 (GA503RM), and the post made me wonder if I ought to be doing this as well. The temperature improvement makes a strong case. How much of a danger is the (nearly) escaping liquid metal on the CPU? Is this is something that could be frying a lot of Zepheri if it's not addressed?

New comment by misterbishop in "NVIDIA Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source Linux GPU Kernel Modules"

misterbishop — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 01:52:37 +0000

is there a mux switch?

New comment by misterbishop in "NVIDIA Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source Linux GPU Kernel Modules"

misterbishop — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:43:35 +0000

this is resolved in 555 (currently running 555.58.02). my asus zephyrus g15 w/ 3060 is looking real good on Fedora 40. there's still optimizations needed around clocking, power, and thermals. but the graphics presentation layer has no issues on wayland. that's with hybrid/optimus/prime switching, which has NEVER worked seamlessly for me on any laptop on linux going back to 2010. gnome window animations remain snappy and not glitchy while running a game. i'm getting 60fps+ running baldurs gate 3 @ 1440p on the low preset.

New comment by misterbishop in "Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free"

misterbishop — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:03:19 +0000

Liberal abandonment of Assange for 10+ years was completely fucking shameful.

New comment by misterbishop in "Roger Linn reviews MPC Live 2"

misterbishop — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 11:48:33 +0000

If you make any kind of music, you should try a modern MPC. It's like the 8-track recorder of the 21st century.

New comment by misterbishop in "Deluge, a portable sequencer, synthesizer and sampler"

misterbishop — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 18:36:14 +0000

SQ64 is such a mess. My worst gear purchase.