[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Their donors did, and the Dem party obeyed.

[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 142 points 5 months ago

Dude I get pumped for even a few upvotes here, especially if it's something I'm enthusiastic about. That shit goes far with me ๐Ÿ˜Š I love you dorks

[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 64 points 5 months ago

Value gained, actually.

[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 68 points 7 months ago

And the usage of "you people" feels intentionally pointed. Insulting to everyone's intelligence/sense of empathy.

Then they go on to claim that they'll make sure mass shootings won't be tolerated in this country. Well where the fuck has this person been for the past few decades?

[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 69 points 8 months ago

This is all I could think of after reading the first part

[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 63 points 8 months ago

Last week, Donald Trump singled out โ€œConorโ€ โ€“ who last year was found liable for sexual assault after a civil trial โ€“ as one of his favourite Irish people.

It's so goddamn predictable, isn't it?

[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 56 points 9 months ago

Veering slightly off topic, but I wanted to rant about it. I absolutely loathe the trend of putting each and every word on screen, one-by-one, as they're spoken.

As someone with ADHD it's possibly the most distracting thing with this vertical video trash format. Even worse when it's in the center of the screen, and worse yet when it's moving, as in this one with the huge bounce animation. Captions are useful, and vital for some people, but this...

And it seems they use "AI" for it, because it frequently gets homophones and other subtleties wrong, so now the kids who are raised by this stuff are going to have some awful spelling skills.

Alright, rant over. Gonna go yell at some clouds.

[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 110 points 10 months ago

I was shocked to find out that Balatro was like 80 MB to download. You don't need million-poly models and 8k textures to make an really good game. Granted, yeah it's a 2D game, but it's a beautifully-presented one.

[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 110 points 2 years ago

Dunno why PowerToys isn't bundled by default tbh.

PowerToys give the user more power, which goes directly against Microsoft's own goal.

Also, less seriously, "toys" implies the user might enjoy the experience, and you know they can't let that happen.

[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 65 points 2 years ago

Infinite money sounds great, but if you activate this glitch the Law faction becomes hostile toward you and their aggro range is increased.

There is a similar cheat that you can activate with a cheat code, but your parents need to input the code on the title screen before starting your game. You'll start in "New Game +" with huge bonuses to cash and influence. The Law faction becomes friendly toward you, and the MegaRich are neutral instead of hostile, and they'll even forgive minor grievances sometimes.

I never learned the code so I can't help much more than that. Sorry ๐Ÿ˜”

[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago

More people should watch Peep Show. I couldn't stop myself once I started the binge, despite how incredibly awkward the scenes can get. They did some really great stuff with the POV and inner monologue aspects.

That Mitchell and Webb Look is also very good, and yes, there's more to it than "Are we the baddies?" and Numberwang!

[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 112 points 2 years ago

You mean there's more of me out there?!

โœ… No buffering, music starts instantly

โœ… No connection issues

โœ… No monthly money drain

โœ… No arbitrary access or availability revocation

โŒ No immediate access to any song I want to hear, but

โœ… I'm patient

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

Let's assume we're not stopped at a traffic signal.

This is only anecdotal, but I heard once that you're not supposed to stop altogether, rather drive at a slower pace so as to let it pass quickly. The person said what was more important is that drivers don't make sudden changes to their behavior. An EMT driver can more safely maneuver if they don't have to predict what any one knucklehead will do the moment they get close.

If this is wrong or needs clarification, please enlighten me!

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world

TL;DR: Have a very expensive laptop and want to make sure I can create a partition on two SSDs in RAID 0 without messing up everything.

Hi everyone!

I'm pretty new to Linux and I'd like to get Mint running on my Windows machine. I used Ubuntu way back in maybe 2010 and I didn't really get why it was so great, except for "holy shit look at the kickass desktop cube!" I also use Arch By The Way with my Steam Deck, but that barely counts as "using" Linux.

These days I'm much more privacy- and FOSS-minded (not to mention more tech-savvy and comfortable with the CLI since becoming a web dev) so I'm ready and excited to take it more seriously. I definitely want to keep Windows on here to keep a more reliable option for playing games.

Now to the meat and potatoes: my laptop came with this storage configuration (capture from the product page): From my limited understanding of RAID 0, the two m.2 drives are used as if they're one, with the data being "striped" across them. Would that lead to any issues when I create a primary partition for Mint? Maybe I'm just paranoid, but the last thing I want to do is ruin my laptop.

Here's what Disk Management shows, in case the additional info. is needed:

I would really appreciate any advice y'all can offer!

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