The x200 was a really neat machine. They run great with linux mint - I have mine running as a home assistant server for our house since my raspberry pi died with flash card corruption.
Readit Newsmmmpetrichor commented on X210Ai is a new motherboard to upgrade ThinkPad X201/200 tpart.net/about-x210ai/... · Posted by u/walterbell
I'm so glad linux is well polished enough now that I can finally use it as a daily desktop. Mint 22 is amazing with cinnamon. Switched from win11 about 2 months ago and have not once booted back to windows. first time I actually find my linux desktop experience is as good or better than windows.
mmmpetrichor commented on Please donate to keep Network Time Protocol up – Goal 1k ntp.org/... · Posted by u/gastonmorixe
This was submitted with a title that doesn’t match the page and is not even accurste (Please donate to keep Network Time Protocol up) is not correct. This donation page is not for the public NTP pool. It’s for the NTP Project organization and their web page.
All of the angry comments from people who think NTP will stop working if the donation bar doesn’t get to $1000 are misinformed. Also note that the bar isn’t updating. It’s been stuck at $365 for myself and others despite donations coming in.
I think maybe the title of this topic post is the main source of misinformation.
mmmpetrichor commented on Google flags Immich sites as dangerous immich.app/blog/google-fl... · Posted by u/janpio
Insane that one company can dictate what websites you're allowed to visit. Telling you what apps you can run wasn't far enough.
US congress not functioning for over a decade causes a few problems.
I've found it very weird observing how CEOs across many companies behave as if they're part of some hivemind. When to do layoffs, how to implement office policies, and now pushing AI in the same way as if they have no brain of their own. It's very offputting. I can't tell if its collusion or whether maybe capitalism has its own goals that are pursued in lockstep by its creepy agents. I think the end goal is definitely to eliminate workers as much as they possibly can. And they think whoever can do that first will "win".
mmmpetrichor commented on Firefox is the best mobile browser kelvinjps.com/blog/firefo... · Posted by u/kelvinjps10
Firefox mobile was basically the only option I considered for a long time just because it lets you install Ublock origin . Not sure if other mobile browsers have that now too or not. I'm a firefox user on desktop anyway so I love having tab sharing between my phone and all my pcs. They also added a nice feature recently that optionally requires an additional login (fingerprint) to access private tabs. I have found no reason to switch.
This became a hot discussion issue in magic the gathering online (MTGO). I always felt my shuffles in MTGO felt different somehow than my offline paper shuffles. It's hard to know for sure when its all closed source. I know a lot of people were suspicious though.
mmmpetrichor commented on Electromechanical reshaping offers safer eye surgery spectrum.ieee.org/electro... · Posted by u/rbanffy
Do your pros and cons versus ICL. It's pricier. But it comes with fewer side effects, is fully reversible and allows for refinement down the road.
My cornea was too thin for lasik, they offered me ICL but it was like 13k vs 5k. And the surgery seems scarier. And apparently they had complaints about the previous generation ICL causing hightened corneal pressure, so the current one with a hole in the center is pretty new. I kept my contacts.
I'll drink to that!
mmmpetrichor commented on FFmpeg 8.0 adds Whisper support code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FF... · Posted by u/rilawa
Finally? I think VLC demo'd this a while ago at some conference where they had a table, if I remember correctly.
I've been waiting a while now for automatic translated subtitles in vlc. I thought it would be here by now. I'm probably underestimating the difficulty but I'm surprised some video player hasn't done it by now. (as far as I know).