m0xEE @m0xee@librem.one

@trdebunked
Starlink for one is being used in Ukraine now, that's a rather extreme case, but it demonstrates the field of application quite well. Rescue teams use satphones during floods, fires, massive power outages, including in the areas where communication isn't available even under normal conditions. Having broadband Internet as an option? Why not, it's good! Of course it doesn't come without downsides, for one, space debris looks like a problem.

@trdebunked
Worse and more expensive than what, submarine communication cabling? I don't think that either of these two is supposed to replace already existing and reliable infrastructure in urban areas, same as satphones didn't replace regular cellphones, but they exist and are very useful where there is no infrastructure or when it goes down in case of emergencies.

Would you rather buy space broadband from a billionaire, or Communist China?
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/08/china_qianfan_launch/

I hate that South Park episode, but isn't this indeed like choosing from giant douche and turd sandwich? 🤔

@romin
What a week, huh? 🧓

My dudes! 🐸

@Tony
It's only good if everything works, it something doesn't it might take even a tech-savvy person some effort to fix it — they have made things too complicated. I suppose that is why Arch is so popular: a lot of these ad-hoc fixes are documented on their wiki.

@dommymommy

@mre
Go became less portable since it became fully self-hosted, I don't want that to happen to Rust. On the other hand being buildable with LLVM 18, which is now only buildable with GCC 13 doesn't make it much better 😅

@hj
Damn, true! Life ain't fun without the super shotgun!
@lain

@hj
Nerd! 🤓
(I've been playing both Doom games when they were hot stuff and even I won't think of that)

@lain

@kaia
Didn't Hitler hate people enough to hate even painting them, which made him more a landscape guy? 😅

@RomanticSkeptic
Right, looks almost human! But I suppose animals are harder to fool 🤭
@OutOnTheMoors

@OutOnTheMoors
Yep, llama probably can't do that hand gesture, but the situation is quite clear 😱

@ThatCrazyDude Yep, lifespan is usually the biggest problem. Because even well-known brand might surprise in unpleasant way, Plextor SSD I got for my laptop once died in like 7 months. The warranty covered it of course, but they were out of replacements so they have given me my money back and as it coincided with a significant price drop, I could get myself a server-grade Micron SSD instead — I didn't mind 😄
I'm still using it in a different laptop

@newt
Did she respond with: "What is even the point of being on the Internet if you do not act like a toxic cunt?!" 😆

@ThatCrazyDude The biggest problem with lesser-know brands in my experience isn't their specs, but the percentage failures being significantly higher, that is why in general I prefer to go with well-established brands for things like RAM, storage and batteries, unless someone recommends are particular product they themselves used and had a satisfactory experience.
I wonder what yours would be with this one — because the price is very attractive.

I've been wondering why the word "Oriental" is considered bad and "Asian" should be preferred for quite some time — because it doesn't sound racist to me at all.
Turns out it indeed isn't: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-tsuchiyama-oriental-insult-20160601-snap-story.html
It's just some bullshit that white people pursue in the US to overcompensate for racism towards black people 🤦

@kaia @aral
Culling is bad only when bad people do it, ya-ay! 😁

@kirby
Since I fixed opendoas to make it work even on Linux 2.6.x I no longer use sudo on any of my machines and stopped typing it by mistake 😁

@neural_meduza
*chud.jpeg*