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  • This "magic" requires a certain dose of privilege to be enjoyed. Fairly certain nearly everyone has the cognitive potential to do so, but unless we tax the rich, not the potential privilege.

    ✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

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  • glamorous dinos

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  • Chuckled loudly, but couldn't resist checking its veracity:

    Why are fossilized hairs so rare?“[…] The rarity might be explained by feathers and hair containing different types of the protein keratin, which may impact the likelihood of fossilization. However, the study notes that the lack of hair samples could have nothing to do with fossilization, and be explained by the collecting behavior of paleontologists, with a single feather usually being much easier to identify than a single hair. […]” —https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170907142722.htm

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  • Can any scientists confirm this important fact?

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  • House dust mite: I poop on your face while you sleep.

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  • Someone Slipped a RAT into Arch Linux!

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  • The title is misinformation. It should be "someone made a RAT downloadable on Arch Linux" because the Arch User Repository (AUR) ≠ official repository. From the Arch wiki:

    The Arch User Repository (AUR) is a community-driven repository for Arch Linux users. It contains package descriptions (PKGBUILDs) that allow you to compile a package from source with makepkg and then install it via pacman. The AUR was created to organize and share new packages from the community and to help expedite popular packages' inclusion into the extra repository. This document explains how users can access and utilize the AUR.

    A good number of new packages that enter the official repositories start in the AUR. In the AUR, users are able to contribute their own package builds (PKGBUILD and related files). The AUR community has the ability to vote for packages in the AUR. If a package becomes popular enough — provided it has a compatible license and good packaging technique — it may be entered into the extra repository (directly accessible by pacman or from the Arch build system).

    Warning: AUR packages are user-produced content. These PKGBUILDs are completely unofficial and have not been thoroughly vetted. Any use of the provided files is at your own risk.

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  • What the hell happened to the ant? My god I dislike cliffhangers.

  • On X11 and the Fascists Maggots

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    1. POSSE: Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere.
    2. It's a signature just like on any other forum.

  • On X11 and the Fascists Maggots

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  • I didn't mean AI slop by you, but by those toxic users.

  • On X11 and the Fascists Maggots

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  • Fascists and NazisWild Conspiracy Theories that make Qanon jealous“Concerned” Trolling about the Accessibility of the Wayland sessionA culture war where Wayland is Gay, and X11 is the glorious past they stole from you

    This all seems like AI slop not worth discussing.

    - -✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

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  • Microsoft feigning innocence with cutesy trivia to distract us from their highly unethical business practices. Screw Microsoft. Use Linux 🐧.

    - -✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

  • Here's why Linux market share isn't going to skyrocket anytime soon

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  • This is the same problem as saying “an electric car with 100 mile range is totally fine because most journeys are well under 100 miles”.

    Well… isn't it? If one's daily or most frequent back-and-forth journeys don't exceed 100 ㎞, then a 160 ㎞ range is indeed fine.

    Most of the time I’m only using a browser (or VSCode). The annoying thing is the 1% of times when I want to print something, create a shortcut, use bluetooth headphones, configure a static IP, etc.

    If one can figure this out on Windoze one can definitely figure it out on a beginner tailored Linux distro / desktop environment. Gnome is not one of them.

    Use Photopea instead. It’s practically a copy-paste of Photoshop but in the browser, created by one person. Or if one has never used Photoshop before, try GIMP first.

    Saying Photopea or GIMP is “practically a copy-paste of Photoshop” is laughable. Paint.NET, maybe.

    I choose my punctuation marks carefully. I did not say GIMP is practically a copy-paste. However, Photopea, for what many if not most people use it for, is.

    - -✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

  • Here's why Linux market share isn't going to skyrocket anytime soon

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  • but I think even after literally decades of development the actual desktop is still far behind Windows XP in many respects. […]

    This argument is incomplete and unnuanced. Gnome ≠ Linux. While I use EndeavourOS and Linux Mint's Cinnamon as a desktop environment, I am completely confident that if computers shipped with Linux Mint*, then 95% of the population would have a far more pleasant experience compared to any other Microsoft Windows, especially the schizophrenic bloatware-laden Windoze 10/11 versions. Why such a high percentage? Because most users simply use the browser and don't need advanced proprietary software such as AutoCAD, Photoshop (†), nor specific driver software for niche twenty-something-button gaming mice.

    *Linux Mint or any other Linux distribution that uses Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, Budgie, Xfce or similar desktop environments.Caveat: Xfce hugely depends on how the distro configured it. Some, like Debian, badly configure the taskbar to have a—to me—unintuitive / unresponsive to shortcuts menu.† Use Photopea instead. It's practically a copy-paste of Photoshop but in the browser, created by one person. Or if one has never used Photoshop before, try GIMP first.

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  • Lemmy @lemmy.ml
    arsCynic @beehaw.org

    Should Lemmy stop accepting crypto"currencies" as donations?

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
    arsCynic @beehaw.org

    Should Lemmy stop accepting crypto"currencies" as donations?

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  • "If at first you don't succeed, blame immigrants." —Donald Musk

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    arsCynic @beehaw.org

    Looking for a song video clip which features a very close up shot of female lips

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  • Tomāto, tomäto.Mosquito, Muskuito.

  • AskBeehaw @beehaw.org
    arsCynic @beehaw.org

    What is love?

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  • What is the biggest confirmed prime number to this date?

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  • Augmentation does make more sense indeed.

    Kinda makes you want to try to pull off something like this doesn’t it?

    With OnlyFans I don't think I've a problem, yet. But lying about one's identity they're selling I do consider as immoral, so no.

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  • I suspect it's AI generated too. Look at her right shoulder after around the 30 second mark: https://youtube.com/shorts/Cks_9h9Nx_Q, it's all jittery. Quite a cunning plan if that is the case though; carefully crafting a PhD persona and doing instructional videos for a year so men slowly fall in love, and then go full-bore on explicit content.

  • A petition has been created by an Austrian EU rep. to replace Windows with GNU/Linux in all Europe

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  • "There are entire fields where the FOSS is just hilariously behind proprietary software"

    1. “hilariously”?
    2. Examples?