chocalot

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by chocalot 10mo ago
Fair reasons. I won't be getting one, because the Steam Deck is enough for me. > It’s Steam, not Good Old Games. Sure it can run GOG games but the Machine is primarily designed to run Steam. You avoid purchasing from Steam like the
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by chocalot 10mo ago
I agree. It looks like it's in progress. Earlier this month SteamOS had a release: "Temporarily re-disabled experimental wake-on-bluetooth support for Steam Deck LCD while issues with spurious wake-ups are investigated" http
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by chocalot 10mo ago
Ah, the person I responded to suggests he runs the project. If he just "exists near", I see even less of a case why someone should avoid it. But horses for courses, people can choose to avoid for whatever reason.
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by chocalot 10mo ago
I'm out of the loop. What's the issue with using a project that ESR contributes to? I am vaguely aware he has some unpopular political beliefs (though exactly what I don't know). Is that it?
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by chocalot 10mo ago
An ntpd-rs contributor elsewhere in the thread suggests ntpsec is used by many distributions, and suggests donating to ntpsec (amongst some other organisations). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45900184
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by chocalot 10mo ago
Yes, if the running government is seen to be anti-trans, it makes sense that trans supporters will show more support. Likewise for every topic that is under contest, including right wing topics. As an aside, I'd say calling it "th
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by chocalot 10mo ago
I looked into the issues listed ( https://discuss.python.org/t/three-month-suspension-for-a-co... ) and the surrounding context, and they all looked tenuous. I'd expect to see at see at least some clear cases. I t
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by chocalot 10mo ago
> The same goes for things like offshore wind power, my life is made more difficult because most people expect their home to be 70F when it is 60F outside and 60F when it is 70F outside, anything else would incur undue hardship. This is
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by chocalot 11mo ago
I read this, and found it to be a disappointing read. It had few details, and instead was more of a social sciences paper, covering basic ideas in academic language. Roughly it seemed to be suggesting that: * It's easier to deceive som
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by chocalot 11mo ago
There's a few comments asking for further info on the motivation. I'll explain my understanding. Consider what problem CAPTCHA aims to solve (abuse) and how that's ineffective in an age of AI agents: it cannot distinguish &qu