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l3mming, (edited )

If you’re technically inclined, a simple bash script with a for loop could dump the time and discharge rate to a text file every minute. Then you could copy/paste that into LibreOffice calc and do yourself some pretty graphs, or whatever.

edit: just found a tool called powerstat which looks like it does sampling over longer intervals.

sudo apt install powerstat

l3mming,

7 Days to Die. It’s an incredibly underrated game. I’d describe it as Minecraft, but for adults.

l3mming,

Holy shit dude. At 8 hours a day, that’s over 3 years of full time play! How do you support yourself?

l3mming,

For perspective, that’s like 6 years of full-time employment. I am equal parts impressed and horrified.

At the very least, that game has cost you over USD 87,000 in those six years in terms of money not earned. (assuming 12,000 hours of minimum wage work).

l3mming,

What does that mean?

Are you talking about about the lack of games on Linux? Because that makes no sense. Check out protondb.com

And if your GPU is still only lukewarm, Stable Diffusion runs better in Linux than Windows.

l3mming,

You should have a look at Sebastian Lague’s programming videos on Youtube. He models various things (eg: predator/prey/ant colonies, slime growth) using a few very simple rules. They’re just beautiful. Example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-iSQQgOd1A

Plan on getting a Linux laptop: any suggestions?

I’m considering getting a laptop for Linux and want to know a few things before I do. Some important info before I start: I don’t plan on using the laptop for anything too intense, mainly writing, digital art, streaming, browsing, and maybe very mild video editing (cropping at least and shortening at most). I would also...

l3mming, (edited )

Lenovo is renowned for their excellent linux compatibility. I’m sure you’ll get a bunch of proponents here saying the same.

BUT, oh boy. Don’t get me started…

Too late. Having used various models of thinkpads in recent years, their inconsistent keyboard layouts will drive you absolutely insane. I swear, at this point they’re just fucking with us.

I’ve got one in pieces somewhere, that has/had the ~ key next to the FN key on the bottom row! How the fuck are you supposed to use Linux if you’re ~ key is down there? It’s fucking stupid.

Not to mention their keys have a tendency to break off with just the mildest of fist slams.

AND the latest work-issued recent model is fucking with us again! It has the FN key ON THE LEFT SIDE of the Ctrl key on the left. Who does that? The Ctrl is always the left-most bottom key. Now, every time I fucking go to press Ctrl+something, I end up hitting FN instead.

Fucking morons! At this rate this laptop will also end up in pieces.

So, tldr; Stay the fuck away from Lenovo if you want to use Linux and not end up in prison for vehicular homicide.

l3mming,

Thank you! It’s a bloody miracle!

l3mming,

How much of this free labor will be directly benefiting RedHat/IBM?

What modern (gaming) laptops should be avoided for proprietary firmware or whitelists/gate keeping? Also posted Linux GPU telemetry data from Stable Diffusion

I’m looking for a machine to run OpenGPT, Stable Diffusion, and Blender. I’m on the precipice of buying an Alienware w/ Ryzen 9 with a Radeon RX6850m. I’ve never needed anything near this level on Linux and I’m scared TBH. I’d much rather get a System76, but the equivalent hw has Nvidia and costs more than twice as...

l3mming,

Buying a laptop that can run SD will cost you more than twice as much as an equivalent desktop. A desktop will also remain upgradeable for the next 10 years or so.

l3mming,

All good points. Fair enough. That said, don’t be too quick to dismiss the remote desktop option. Not sure when you last tried, but these days with software like remmina, connecting remotely to a desktop (particularly one on your lan) is indistinguishable to sitting in front of it. Sure, you can’t do things like play games at any useable framerate, but for something like Stable Diffusion I would expect it to be ideal.

l3mming,

Ah right, I see. Sounds like you’re making the right choices in the context of your unfortunate situation. Yeah, playing games pretty much rules out a remote desktop setup. Sorry I don’t have any more answers to your questions, but you’re clearly asking the right ones.

l3mming,

So why is China so irked then?

l3mming,

Learn vim, but learn it well. Not enough people take advantage of it’s macros feature. Once you’ve tried that, you’ll never go back.

Also, while you’re at it, spend some time learning i3. Then you’ll be able to show your principle engineers a thing or two.

l3mming,

This is a pretty good summary of their shennannigans: www.gnu.org/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware.en.html

l3mming,

It is the one universal truth. Viewers do not want ads.

Why then should I care about a content creator who doesn’t care about their viewers?

If you have built your business model on giving people what they don’t want, AND have the audacity to insist that people make it easier for you to give them what they don’t want, then you can fuck right off.

No. I do not care about creators who rely on ads. You’ll take my Ublock Origin from my cold, dead hands.

Lock down Linux for the workplace (kbin.social)

I run a small business and would like to use Linux for its free naturet. Is there a way to lock down linux using software or a whole distro that would prevent people from doing pretty much anything other than opening a web browser similar to Windows or ChromeOS. I would use ChromeOS, had it not been made by Google as I am not...

l3mming,

Would this locked-down distro be used by customers or by employees? If it is being used by employees, there is no faster way to be hated than putting unnecessary restrictions on their logins. You don’t want that kind of workplace.

I simply do this:

  1. Make sure they don’t get sudo/root privileges.
  2. Remote mount their home directories (nfs).
  3. Don’t add any restrictions beyond that. It is a waste of time and money.
  4. Control the rest through company policy, usually clauses under the ‘Misuse of company network’ section.
  5. Who cares if employees are browsing tik-tok or whatever if they’ve done all their work? That’s a work-allocation issue. If they haven’t done all their work then that’s already a solved problem. Either motivate them or performance manage them slowly towards the door.
  6. Who cares if they want to install xyz software [in their home directory]? Chances are it’ll be a free boost for performance and/or morale.
l3mming,

But how will they have time to learn SELinux and run a business?

l3mming,

Yes, you should. Try something debian based like Mint. Hell, try Arch, which I use btw.

l3mming,

Vim. Hands down the best text editor / ide ever created. Come at me, Emacs.

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