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Thadrax

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  • Gaming Pet Peeves

  • Isn't this what the volume on your sound system is supposed to do? Master volume in a game should be pretty much maxed out by default and the volume on whatever you use to output the sound should be set so loud isn't blowing your ears out.

    Unless you are actually complaining about sound levels of stuff that shouldn't be loud (like menu clicking or background music) but that's relative sound levels of different categories in the game, not the master volume.

  • Do you agree?

  • That's why independent news media is so important. And not just independent from state interference, but also financially. Consolidation into a few big players is really counterproductive.

    And lately there is the whole social media debacle that needs a solution, even more so with fakes and invented "news" becoming more and more easier. That's an unsolved problem that needs a solution.

    However an informed population really is the only way to keep a system from going downhill, everything else basically bets on some benevolent ruling class or dictator and history has plenty of examples how that goes.

  • Do you agree?

  • The trick is to build a system with good checks and balances and an informed populace willing to uphold those rules.

  • Password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee

  • Not surprising tbh.,I've been in a security meeting before where the owner of the company just said outright his password was written in big letters on the outside of the building we were sitting in. Some people really have zero sense for security or just don't care.

  • Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever

  • In my experience that has been extremely rare in recent years (or more like decades now).

  • Bosch to cut 13,000 jobs in blow to Germany's auto industry

  • Not sure that would help that much. A good amount of Bosch's business is in manufacturing parts for internal combustion engines, that's going away in any case.

  • Far-right populists top polls in Germany, France and Britain for the first time

  • Don't ignore the media. A lot of money also means a lot of media attention which is skewed to the right and the whole social media, advertising industry and getting paid by clicks favors emotional content.

  • Far-right populists top polls in Germany, France and Britain for the first time

  • Human nature seems to be a huge part of it. Blaming someone else for all your troubles is such a winning concept, it's really hard to fight against it. Plus actually having to acknowledge real issues and trying to fix them often comes with people having to change or sacrifice and that's a hard sell compared to someone just pretending to have perfect solutions and that everything will be fine.

    Sadly emotions win debates against facts almost every time.

  • Who pays for roads? Most US States require residents to subsidize cars

  • Yes, roads are important. Attributing costs to who or what is causing those costs is still a good idea.

    Paying for roads is fine, paying for 10 lanes of roads that only exist because the real costs aren't included in all kinds of decision making is dumb.

  • 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?

  • You can turn it off/remove the stuff though. Annoying, but tbh. less work than every time I had to dig into ProtonDB to get some issues resolved.

  • 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?

  • Sooner or later the issue will be that some software probably won't be available any more for your system.

  • German poll: Majority for return to nuclear energy

  • No one is talking about building new coal plants or similar. Comparing good low carbon options, nuclear is still very expensive.

  • Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step | Hanno Hauenstein

  • None of that is true. There is due process, no hit squads. They will have the ability to bring this to court (a process which they already started). And deportation would happen to where they come from, so other EU countries and the US.

  • Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step | Hanno Hauenstein

  • Not at all, nothing in the post you replied to is actually true.

  • German poll: Majority for return to nuclear energy

  • Most people suggest nuclear baseload with renewables+battery for peaks.

    Except baseload doesn't really exist anymore in a power grid with lots of renewables. Those renewables already produce 100% of what is required at times and those times will become more common, and small gaps can be bridged with batteries etc. The real gap with renewables is going to be those times when there is no sun and wind for days, which apparently happens only a few times a year for a week or so at a time. And building a bunch of hugely expensive power plants and then have them sit idle for 95% of the time isn't a good plan.

  • EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force

  • It'll probably happen by the time, most of my devices will be USB-C.

  • Touchscreens Are Out, and Tactile Controls Are Back

  • Interesting. I don't have a car any more and no kids, but my friends that do always tell me their kids need more breaks than the electric car. And I always found that I need breaks every 2-3 hours anyway to keep the alertness high. I can't imagine going 400 miles in one go.

  • Touchscreens Are Out, and Tactile Controls Are Back

  • and often 800 miles in a day (takes about 13-14 hours driving)

    Oh wow. After my last trip that was supposed to take like 9 hours and ended up more like 12, I decided to never do that to myself ever again. But I guess if you have multiple drivers that can share the burden, such along day on the road is still an option.

  • Dramatic Drone Video Shows Chinese Rocket Crash-Landing in Failed Test

  • Overly dramatic I'd say. I would have liked less movement of the drone to be able to better judge the movement of the rocket.