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I've been running Cachy for a few months - it just works.

I picked it because it appeared to be easy to install Arch (which I've run before, btw) with sane defaults.But that's exactly what Endeavour is from what I just read.I don't know if the purported optimisations provide any real world benefit, but the major reason I went Cachy is it being the flavour of the month.For the time being, it's where a lot of focus is for new development in the gaming space.

Mountaineer @aussie.zone 2mo ago

https://www.carsguide.com.au/urban/toyota-yaris-cross-urban-fwd-100185 ?

Looks interesting.Nice head height, good visibility.Don't love that interior, but I guess that's the price point.

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Mountaineer @aussie.zone 2mo ago

Which HEV did you go with?What's the price/features like?Are the kids embarassed to be seen in it, does the partner hate parking it at the shops?

Genuinely, real world answers desired.

Mountaineer @aussie.zone 2mo ago

Valve operates a very "flat" hierarchy, with no middle managers.There's Gabe and then there's everyone else.This doesn't make Valve proof from unscrupulous kowtowing by any means, but Gabe has historically been moderate.

They've always followed a policy of following the laws of the countries they operate in, and in that way you could expect them to bow to the CCP, but only in China.For instance, I don't see them suddenly banning all images of Winnie the Pooh in the rest of the world just because they make Dear Leader uncomfortable.

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Mountaineer @aussie.zone 2mo ago

I know Discord has a lot of time and effort into formulating their exact position on this, justifying it's necessity in the most verbose of terms and I want give them an equally measured response:

no

Mountaineer @aussie.zone 3mo ago

Prioritize better matches on search PR #15983, by @Shadowghost

This is a big one for me, I can now search for "IT" and actually get results!

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Mountaineer @aussie.zone 3mo ago

If $'s was my only consideration, I'd pirate the game.If my valid options are paying $25 to Valve, installing the Epic malware or dealing with pirate sites, I'm sending money to Valve.

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Mountaineer @aussie.zone 3mo ago

For something to be defamatory it has to:a) Reduce the public's perception of him (which is laughable, the public's perception of him is "monster")b) Be untrue (doubt it)

I think he meant derogatory.And even that's of questionable accuracy, as it's about being shown an inappropriate amount of respect.

Mountaineer @aussie.zone 4mo ago

They failed the golden rule, it was right there the whole time.

Mountaineer @aussie.zone 4mo ago

I dont really think this is a fair assessment.

Rowland Browne is a well established anti-gun nut, who other pro gun control individuals feel uncomfortable associating with.

This organisation that he's Co-Chairman of?https://www.guncontrolaustralia.org/ ?You could fit their active members in a Kia Carnival.

What they do have is a website and a fax machine, and they REGULARLY spam all the media outlets with "press releases", which those media outlets publish on a slow day.

According to Mr Browne, anyone who wants a gun for any reason is guilty of wrong-think."How dare thousands of wrong-thinkers band together to stop rightness!"

We're past the point of diminishing returns on gun control in Australia, but Mr Browne won't be happy until there isn't a single gun, nor the means to make them, and children aren't playing "cops and robbers" with bent sticks.

I'm a bit surprised we haven't heard from Phillip Alpers yet.

Edit to Add: The irrationality of the individual who downvoted me for calling out Mr Browne warms my heart.You almost get it: you're one person, you get one vote.But mate, so am I.Pro-gun people aren't all paid shills, out here to promote the sale of guns and ammo like a shady drug dealer on a corner.There are 940,000+ people who currently own them safely in this country and would like to continue doing so.

What happened in Bondi wasn't a gun control issue, it was terrorism committed with guns.And the general public can see it.

Mountaineer @aussie.zone 5mo ago

All good, I feel like we're in total agreement here.They've done something stupid.Now we all get to see how far they'll take it.

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Mountaineer @aussie.zone 5mo ago

The Australian government isn't scared to piss off Big Tech when it suits them.

The ASSISTANCE AND ACCESS ACT 2018 lead to some people I know being given the option of quitting or relocating to somewhere that the Australian government couldn't do THAT.

It's certainly an extra factor when deciding to offshore development teams here.

As a "great" man once said:

“The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia,”

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Mountaineer @aussie.zone 5mo ago

I understand that I'm making a slippery slope argument, a fallacy in itself.

I just don't trust that the purpose of this legislation is what it says on the tin because it'll never achieve it's stated aim, it'll just teach a whole generation how to break the law.

And having failed, will the government stop?No, they'll try to ban VPNs, or something else equally vacuous.

edit to add: This reminds me a bit of the tobacco excise.On paper, it's to discourage people from smoking as it becomes increasingly unaffordable to do so.But what's actually happened is that a whole black market has sprung up, making cigarettes even cheaper than before, funding criminal organisations, who have ZERO incentive to not sell to anyone who will buy them (including children).

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Mountaineer @aussie.zone 5mo ago

Beyond the above, I feel there's an inherent value to anonymous conversation that will be lost.Sure, anonymous conversation allows echo chambers where cookers come up with nonsense - but every societal upheaval in the past would have started with unsanctioned conversations happening behind closed doors.Woman's suffrage?Same sex marriage?Person-hood/voting rights for indigenous Australians?

It's easy to see them as obvious now, but once they were illegal.Those changes occurred in public referendums that started with private conversations.

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Mountaineer @aussie.zone 5mo ago

These are pretty calm messages to an Australian and Garry is British, so culture checks out.

// What the fuck// Fuck dynamic compiling.// what the fuck is this shit// What the fuck, why isnt this a method

Should this by the by commentary be there?Not really.But as a programmer, I understand each and every time I see something like:

// Urgh this is so dirty, Invalidate() and Refresh() do nothing.tButt.AutoSize = false;tButt.Width = maxWidth;tButt.Height = maxHeight;tButt.AutoSize = true;

Mountaineer @aussie.zone 5mo ago

As you can see, I too have made a "least bad" choice for pragmatic reasons.

I take no pride in correcting you.