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MichaelCollins commented on Wayland Protocol Finally Ready for Fractional Scaling   phoronix.com/news/Wayland... · Posted by u/edward
Aardwolf · 3 years ago
I still use X11, where and rely on the following features (amongst others):

-taking screenshots

-auto keyboard/mouse scripting with xdotool

-not have unnecessary mouse/keyboard to monitor delay

-4K fullscreen, windowed fullscreen and windowed gaming with nvidia drivers, for native and steam proton games

-choosing to have vsync enabled or disabled in games

-EDIT: I should another important one for me: xclip, read from and write to the clipboard in the command line

How's the current situation of Wayland for these? Thanks!

MichaelCollins · 3 years ago
Just do yourself a favor and stick with using what already works. Don't upgrade to the new shiny thing unless you already know the reasons why you want to.

Among all the other technical issues, Wayland devs have an attitude issue. Users asked for fractional scaling for years and were faced with flat refusals and insulting quips from the wayland developers. The only reason they've added it now is because Valve asked them for it. Wayland devs think users are worms and corporations are gods.

MichaelCollins commented on Why it’s hard to buy deodorant in Manhattan   economist.com/united-stat... · Posted by u/edward
public_defender · 3 years ago
> Getting a low-level criminal or junkie off the street, alive, is worth a lot.

Off the street and on to Riker's Island. A jail so dangerous that it has a high likelihood of being put into federal receivership in the next year. People are safer on the street. Full stop.

MichaelCollins · 3 years ago
> People are safer on the street.

Only if you narrowly define 'people' to mean the tiny minority of people who are thieves, and exclude the overwhelming majority of people who aren't thieves. Thieves are safer on the street but everybody else is safer with thieves off the street. You've got your priorities skewed.

MichaelCollins commented on Why it’s hard to buy deodorant in Manhattan   economist.com/united-stat... · Posted by u/edward
ryan_lane · 3 years ago
Knowing your suppliers and that their goods are legitimate is a pretty basic function of a business, and calling people progressive to enforce that is a bit strange.

Amazon isn't a pawn shop. They have a lot of choice when it comes to dealing with known businesses.

MichaelCollins · 3 years ago
> Amazon isn't a pawn shop

Right, pawn shops are held to a higher standard. They have a relationship with the local police and are made to keep records. Amazon is a better fence than your average pawn shop.

MichaelCollins commented on Why it’s hard to buy deodorant in Manhattan   economist.com/united-stat... · Posted by u/edward
alfiedotwtf · 3 years ago
I have bought a lot of books from Amazon, and if you look past the scrubbing with a marker, it's always some library within America - so yes even books from Amazon are just books taken from public libraries.
MichaelCollins · 3 years ago
That's not necessarily a smoking gun; public libraries often give away old books they don't want to keep around anymore. About a quarter of the books in my personal library are ex-library books, but none were stolen.

Of course if it's some popular in-demand book, it was almost certainly stolen. Most of the free library books I've scored are 50 year old textbooks about obscure/obsolete topics.

MichaelCollins commented on Why it’s hard to buy deodorant in Manhattan   economist.com/united-stat... · Posted by u/edward
lifeisstillgood · 3 years ago
Ooooooooohhhhhhh!!

So I steal some consumer goods, put them in individual boxes, send them to Amazon warehouse and they distribute for me.

I simply never put that together.

But surely Amazon is literally handling stolen goods?

Is there a smoking gun email?

MichaelCollins · 3 years ago
> But surely Amazon is literally handling stolen goods? Is there a smoking gun email?

If Amazon were a mom and pop fence, the local cops could bust them in a sting. But Amazon is a huge megacorp, so even if the cops try to catch them in a sting nothing will stick because Amazon will claim their shear scale rendered them completely oblivious to everything and therefore not criminally culpable.

Yeah, it's bullshit.

MichaelCollins commented on Why it’s hard to buy deodorant in Manhattan   economist.com/united-stat... · Posted by u/edward
coredog64 · 3 years ago
Chains in Manhattan put stickers on the merchandise that tell you where it came from. While you could remove them, it’s a PITA and cuts into your margins. If you don’t remove it, there is a clear signal to Amazon that these are stolen goods.
MichaelCollins · 3 years ago
> cuts into your margins

It's not as though the thieves hire workers to do this for them. It's something they can do themselves while tweaking.

MichaelCollins commented on Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC’s Inquiry into FTX   prospect.org/power/congre... · Posted by u/ourmandave
encryptluks2 · 3 years ago
The headline is still accurate, as stopping SEC inquiry in crypto would have the same effect.
MichaelCollins · 3 years ago
Accurate maybe, but very imprecise.

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