I said a near-monopoly. Also, even if it's foss, by creating the format, they established the baseline parameters of that format.
That gives them a significant degree of control.
Edit: I also hate it because so many of the programs I use don't support it, so I constantly have to copy > paste into image editor program > Save as PNG.
Though admittedly this is mostly an adoption thing. Still, it's a major problem.
I apologize if this is too long. Feel free to skip to the tl;dr at the bottom if you wish.
Level 5½.
Most of my family didn't really disown me so much as just not inviting me to anything anymore. Or talking to me. Or calling/texting me.
Of the four people who were left:
- One was flat-out Level 5 – they AFAIK haven't changed to this day; we haven't spoken for almost 11 years. I typically refer to her as "That Bitch".
- One was Level 5 leaning toward Level 4 – thankfully, after a talk with them and some subsequent healthy eavesdropping on their end of a conversation with me and a friend of theirs (yes, I knew about it), they swiftly turned into a Level 1 and eventually one of my heroes in life. That was 6–7 years ago... I love my Dad. :)
- One was Level 3 – she's still Level 3 and I have accepted that she will never change but she has at least largely also accepted the fact that so won't I and that it's not a phase. But at least we're not fighting...
- And one was Level 1 with a dash of Level 2 – sadly, my paternal grandmother has been dead for a few years now. :( Rip...
tl;dr: Holy fuck, fuck, fuck then not fuck, sadface, and rip da homie...
Because it's yet another example of Google's near-monopoly over the Web's architecture. It's not healthy for good web development. It's like the 90s and Microsoft all over again.
I mean, fuck, we're already getting websites that've been "optimized" for Chromium-based browsers—in other words, semi-broken for non-Chromium browsers.
Honestly? I agree with you that the benefits seem kind of marginal. But I still think it's a fascinating thing. :)
Edit:
On doing some reading about it and trying it out for myself, the file size reductions are hardly marginal. It's actually quite impressive. Still, it seems for most people, including myself, that jpeg for lossy & png for lossless is more than adequate, especially with how cheap storage is nowadays.
(And, frankly, I appreciate seeing at a glance if an image is lossy or lossless, but I imagine that's a priority most people don't have. Lol.)
I will check that link out. Thank you. :)
I suppose that's fair enough. 👍
I just didn't want someone to get the wrong impression, that's all. :)
This is so cool. I will definitely be keeping an eye on this!
Well of course. Those bastards want everyone to use their stupid WebP format.
On a related note, how does JPEGXL compare to PNG? Does it support layers?
Not necessarily. There are plenty of trans women out there who are 100% fine with having a penis and have absolutely no desire to have bottom surgery.
Same with trans men and vaginas.
As well as with nonbinary people and whatever genitals they had when born.
Being trans isn't about your genitals; it's about how you feel at a fundamental level.
I'm getting the sense that you found copper...
versus globally
So is this a matter of personal profiles? Userspace would be anything within a particular user's space, if you will?
Same. ¯\(ツ)/¯
Never said they didn't. I'm just sayin'.......I've never heard of it. shrug
Not OP, but speaking as a Linux newb, what is a "userspace" exactly?
Never heard of it.
Oh fuck that noise! (No pun intended.)
No grille on my speaker? No purchase on my end!
I knew what DirectX was; I just thought X11 was an abbreviation for DirectX. Lol.
I'm currently learning Python and am learning about very basic functions such as int(), float(), and input().
I have the first two down pat, but I'm struggling to understand the last. The example I'm looking at is found at 12:26 of this video:
nam = input('Who are you? ') print('Welcome', nam)
Who are you? Chuck Welcome Chuck
In this case, wouldn't nam be a variable equal to the text on the right side of the = sign?
In which case, if nam is equal to input('Who are you? '), then wouldn't print('Welcome', nam) just result in
Welcome input(Who are you? )?
Obviously not (nor does it work in a compiler), which leads me to believe I'm clearly misunderstanding something. But I've rewatched that section of the video several times, and looked it up elsewhere on the web, and I just can't wrap my head around it.
Could someone help me with this?
Thanks.
I'm currently learning how to code (currently Python, then maybe JavaScript), but I'm not always around my desktop, and learning on my phone is not always an option (also, it can be quite cumbersome at times). Therefore, I'm looking into purchasing a laptop just for learning how to code and stuff.
I don't want to get a Chromebook because I want to be able to wipe the drive and install Linux on it (probably Linux Mint). Maybe it's changed since 2013, but the last time I had a Chromebook, it was a pain in the ass to install even bog-standard Ubuntu on it.
Problem is, I'm also heavily limited by space & budget: no more than 11 in (280 mm) total laptop width and 330 USD base price.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Please forgive me if this is not the right space for this kind of question. Lemme know if it is and I'll delete it. :)
I suppose the answer could apply to any instance, but I'm mostly referring to this one.
Mind you, I don't have two accounts, but I'm considering it: one for memes, the other for serious discussion.
But I'm unsure if that's considered bad form by most people, so I thought I'd ask.
Thanks!
--- EDIT: Also, come to think of it, even if it were okay, would it even be possible to have to be logged into two separate accounts on the same instance at the same time with the same browser profile? :/
Lately, when I load up lemmy.blahaj.zone, the notification bell in the corner of the screen doesn't display a count typically until I load a post or comment.
It's also only a recent thing.
Any idea what might be causing it?
Not sure what other details you might need, so just ask if you think of anything. :)
To start off, I just want to say that Kega Fusion is a wonderful emulator for pre–Sega Saturn emulation. However, the fact that it is not open-source concerns me. What if something happens and the person is required to take it down? (Not likely after 14 years but still...) Or hell they just decide to take it down for whatever reason. (Again, not likely after 14 years, but still...)
I still am using it, but it would also be nice to have an alternative if the worst were to happen, or hell just in case there's a person out there who would prefer a different emulator.
Unfortunately, the Megathread is kind of...lacking in this department. In the Sega subsection, it lists three emulators: two for the Dreamcast and one for the Genesis / Mega Drive and below.
So, yeah, does anyone know of any alternatives we could add to the Megathread?
(On the same note, I'd also like to add that Yabause seems a decent enough emulator for the Saturn, none of for which are included on the Megathread. (Not sure if my syntax was correct there... :/ ))
I remember back in the day the emulator Snes9x was one of the best emulators for Super Nintendo emulation, but it's not on the Megathread. Is it no longer trustworthy or was it just missed?
Sorry if this was already asked in this community. I would've searched but Lemmy (or at least my Lemmy instance, I suppose) doesn't seem to have a search function for intra-Community searching.
Cheers.
Howdy, y'all. :)
So, within the last couple of days or so, I've been having this problem where if I click on the notification bell, then the chain icon next to a shown reply, then click "Show context" above the horizontal rule (see screenshot), it doesn't proceed to load the context. Rather, it just reloads the same page.
The strange thing is this doesn't happen with every notification. Another notification I had was from here on the Blahaj Lemmy instance, and that worked fine. Maybe it's a thing to do with federation protocols? Anyway, I'm no expert. I just thought I'd ask. :)
Cheers.
Hello.
I'm extremely tired, so it very well could be that this is extremely simple and I'm just not getting it. However, what I would like to know is how to open a post from a community on one instance on another instance.
For example, here's a recent post from !asklemmy@lemmy.ml. I know that to open that community in the instance lemmy.blahaj.zone, I would merely type into the address bar
lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
However, how would I open that particular post in that community on the latter instance? Is it even possible?
Cheers.
P.S.
I did do some searching on both this community as well as the Reddit Lemmy FAQ page but I didn't find anything. However, I could've missed something. If it's something obvious, I apologize in advance.
--- Edit: Assuming I understand what people are saying, well, evidently, it seems to be a current limitation of the ActivityPub protocol. Perhaps that will change one day. Hopefully soon. ¯\\\(ツ)\/¯
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In the Megathread, section 3-12 (Unsafe Sites), under "All Purpose", the first entry is 1377x-to, reason listed as
> Fake clone: (Crafted with cunning intent to ensnare unsuspecting users through deliberate deception).
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However, in the Megathread, section 3-1 (All Purpose), under "Torrents", likewise the first entry is 1377x-to.
--- Edit:
Lol, got the characters mixed up, I guess. Whoops. Well, to all the people being nice about it and kindly letting me know, thank you very much!
To all the people being dicks about it (concerningly a lot of you it seems ಠ_ಠ), maybe learn a bit of humility. Some people mix up similar-looking characters in their heads. It's a thing that happens.
I'm well aware that I can rip most Blu-rays with MakeMKV and then convert to mp4 with Handbrake; however, the former just rips everything raw from the disk so the file size is humongous and the conversion via Handbrake for just a single file is terribly long and puts a lot of strain on my computer.
I've heard that EaseFab LosslessCopy is decent, but they only have a Windows and a Mac version, and I'm unsure how well it'd run under Wine.
I am willing to pay for it, but only as long as it's not a subscription thing. Has to be a one-time payment.
Does anyone know any decent Blu-ray ripping software that fits these conditions and run well on Linux? Specifically, it would be either Pop!_OS or Linux Mint. (I'm still using Windows because I want to figure out some software alternatives before I do so I'm not caught with my pants down, so to speak.)
