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  • Separation of church and state is not in the Constitution. The closest you will get is the first amendment, which prevents Congress from establishing a religion, or preventing the free practice of one.

    I'm with you that religion should not be forced in schools, but you can't use the Constitution to prevent this particular issue.

  • Done and done.
  • The point being that isn't in the Constitution

  • "Genocide is good if an Anti-Imperialist Country(tm) is doing it!"
  • It is if you are doing it in a discussion about whether or not Russia should be allowed to enact wars of aggression...

  • Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare
  • There is no current game I want to play that doesn't run on Linux. Valve really has done an amazing job with proton and getting games to work as well or better on Linux.

    Now, that said, I am not big into competitive multiplayer, so take that into account. Anti cheat is still a problem since most of the current ones need permissions that are not normally given on Linux.

  • Intelligence chief warns Canadians that China can use TikTok to spy on them
  • This is a bit late for a response, but it has to do with what protections are afforded by what entity. The US has very explicit treaties signed with allied nations. Canada, for instance is a five eye partner and thus has far less to worry about from the US than it does from China.

    Additionally, China has an ongoing bad track record with how it treats other nations. Commercial entities within China are far more at the whim of the state government and are required to act in alignment with the CCP instructions.

    People treat China differently because China is different. They very much are a different beast when it comes to authoritarian control of its commercial and private entries.

  • Intelligence chief warns Canadians that China can use TikTok to spy on them
  • Whataboutism doesn't suddenly make the action ok. Two countries doing something wrong doesn't suddenly excuse the act.

  • Not happening, dude
  • Having been in the military, I find it hilarious and accept that it is not a place everyone should be. The recruiter likely has a very similar realistic understanding of where the military stands with people right now.

  • Not happening, dude
  • My power comes from the two sets of solar panels and batteries on my land. It is possible to do without fossil fuels. We're not there yet for everyone, but the problems you point out are solvable, and if solar/EVs had the same amount of backing from the government over the same timeframe that gas/ICE cars have had, we would be in a very different place right now.

  • Former Microsoft developer says Windows 11's performance is "comically bad," even with monster PC
  • I am trying to think of things that are difficult for using something like Linux mint vs my last Windows install. If we are taking about doing a full, clean install of both, I think my last Windows install was way worse.

    Mint installed and just detected everything I was using without a problem. I had to tweak some minor things to get it to display on the 4K TV I am using in my living room, and there are still some games that don't play nicely with Linux.

    The Windows install, on the other hand, required me to get drivers for the video card, WIFI, and a few other things to get all the hardware to work right. Then getting it how I like it took longer than I like and I had to visit multiple sites to get all my preferred software.

  • Fantasy rednecks
  • Alright, alright, alright.

  • Scrollbars are becoming a problem
  • That doesn't explain why already established products are ditching things like plainly visible scroll bars in products like Microsoft word and other content viewers.

  • looks like 2023 is finally the year!
  • Fuck around. Find out.

  • Folder
  • Computer mouse or live mouse? Yes

  • Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds?
  • It all falls under the same blanket concept of privacy rights, but yes monetizing user data is a more accurate sub category. It doesn't truly matter what we call it as long as the discussion is being had.

  • Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds?
  • It isn't attempting to capture your personal data and sell it to ad companies like most social media platforms are though.

  • Made some alfredo tonight...
  • The worst that happens is that it doesn't form an emulsion with the butter and the water. I say give it a try and see how it turns out. Just remember to report back here so we can all learn from your experiment!

  • Made some alfredo tonight...
  • This version is a good bit different than the cream versions that you generally find. Pretty much just butter, cheese and pasta water.

  • Made some alfredo tonight...
  • Not the version that I am talking about here. This particular version was invented in Rome and was quite famous in its time.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fettuccine_Alfredo

  • Made some alfredo tonight...
  • I think there is something that is generally added to prevent it from sticking together if I remember correctly. You could certainly try it, but grating a cup of parm is not too difficult and it tasty.

  • Made some alfredo tonight...

    This... this was a low-key life changer.

    I made the recipe as it was originally done and it was pretty much the simplest, quickest thing I have ever made.

    You need noodles (I used a simple pack of the "fresh" noodles from the supermarket, it took literally 2 minutes to cook), a block of decent Parmesan cheese that you will shred about a cup of (gotta go with a block that you shred yourself, the pre-shredded doesn't work), and four tablespoons of butter. That's it.

    You boil the noodles per the package (it was 2 minutes for the ones I used), then pull them from the water and put them wet in a large bowl with the butter. Add a small amount of the water you boiled the noodles in (like 1/3rd cup or so) and then slowly add in the cheese, mixing it as you go. That's it. You can add more pasta water if you want it saucier, but mix it until the cheese and butter melts into a sauce and you are good to go.

    With the fresh noodles, it maybe takes 5 or 6 minutes and was a very tasty and filling meal. Totally worth it.

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    Streaming From Linux PC to Deck While Docked

    (I am recreating this post from Reddit here as well in case anyone has any insight or if I solve the issue, so I can add my solution to the non-Reddit body of troubleshooting knowledge)

    I am quite a happy Deck owner and have had no problems that I couldn't tackle with a bit of Linux knowhow and willingness to do a google search.

    But... I am trying something new. I have the official dock and have used it for months to play games directly off the Deck just fine. I have also used the deck to stream games off my PC running Linux Mint (Cyberpunk worked nicely). What I am trying now is to stream a game from the Mint PC to the Deck while the Deck is docked to the official dock.

    I dock the Deck (wired to the network), and it can see the PC (also wired). I can click to stream the game as normal and it even starts the game on the remote PC. But that is where it fails. It sits on the loading screen for a moment, and then aborts back to the Deck library. I have the option to "connect" to the now running game, but it only pulls up the generic loading screen again for a few moments before dumping back to the game page in my library.

    Games I have tried: Cyberpunk, Outer Wilds, Fallout 4. All of these run just fine when streaming direct to the Deck, but fail when trying to do it docked to a TV.

    Any ideas?

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    Just Finished Cyberpunk on the Deck

    The Steam Deck ran it surprisingly well, to be honest. I used the settings off this page and it ran at a pretty solid ~40 FPS.

    Not my favorite game, but it was pretty and fun to jump around hacking people as I hacked at people (with a katana). Story was ok, and the ending was just a bit meh for me, but worth it in my eyes.

    Next I'm on to playing Outer Wilds docked to the TV with my partner. I'm a few cycles into it and am hooked. The Steam Deck was an excellent buy!

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    A weird question, but how is your handwriting?

    This one just occurred to me, but I have always had iffy handwriting and recently have been trying to learn Russian which is reliant on fairly tricky cursive.

    I have found the whole experience of learning a new style of cursive to be frustratingly difficult and was wondering if not having a good visual memory might lend itself to a slightly harder time of it.

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    Well, now I've gotta install VTMB again...

    Thanks for reminding me that we're all mad down here

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    Alatain Alatain @lemmy.world
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