Agreed. But the point they’re making (wittingly or unwittingly) isn’t “they’re both directly and indirectly responsible for the rise of the surveillance state.”
The fundamental point is: “Both parties are the same because of this one issue.” And that position is reductive to the point of being indistinguishable from the positions of centrists and conservatives, both of which often prefer easy-to-digest, broad-stroke politics over wrestling with the nuances.
What a reductive thing to say.
I don’t, and I didn’t think to save it, because it wasn’t a book I was planning to buy (even though I’d like to). What I can tell you is that its a guide to help English speakers know what to look for when buying directly in China (and what to avoid). It’s kind of like a specialized translation guidebook. She was a co-author.
I wish I had saved those comments’ sources, but it took some digging to find them. Apologies to anyone who wants or expects those, but I’m not going to spend time looking again.
Nevertheless, they are out there, and anyone with the drive should be able to find them. I don’t imagine she’s made much other public commentary, since that would put both her and her partner in danger, so I’m not surprised she’s been radio silent since then.
Who, for anyone unaware, is mostly safe at this time.
She was visited by government goons and basically had her entire activism and tech business confiscated, and she said that anyone who wants to support her should purchase the tourist tech-buying guide she’s produced over the years. She also said that any further content on her YouTube should be considered suspect, as she’s not going to be making more videos for the foreseeable future.
ETA: she has also said that she has the ability to leave China, but because her partner can’t, she’s opted to stay, because she’s also a cool human being.
I’ve been on Arch full-time for about two years, and even though I use some similar software, I’ve had to troubleshoot and do things differently from my friends for a while (installing mods manually, adding launch options to certain Steam games, using entirely different software stacks to do the same things). My brain just can’t contain troubleshooting info for both, so the Windows stuff gets lost over time as Widows becomes more buggy and stupid.
Set your machine to Prime95. Bake for 30min.
What’s this jargle of a URL you posted?
I can’t really help my Windows friends anymore when they need troubleshooting for things like: why their audio channels aren’t working in OBS, or why their config is suddenly corrupted. I used to be able to when I was on Windows, but now I just have to watch helplessly while they struggle to make things work.
- They have a product called Cybersecurity Asset Management that these absolute geniuses named CSAM.
I noticed that, too. Like, maybe they named it before that particular acronym became infamous, but rebranding is a thing companies do all the time. They are making the choice to keep that one.
It’s still in development, so sometimes yes, sometimes no. Expect that to change and improve, however.
If it’s a Windows game, it’s still possible to play them via tools like Lutris and Bottles. Sometimes you can just double click the .exe file, and Wine will auto-generate a prefix (i.e. directory where an instance of Wine is stored), and you can play it.
Also, virtually all games are real games. Indie games do not “run on anything,” and most indie devs do not target multi-platform support, as that takes extra knowledge and effort. What makes it so Linux can run just about any game is a bunch of dedicated global volunteers who were somewhat recently given a leg up by Valve’s Proton.
The only thing she’d have problems with is games that use kernel-anticheat.
Check https://protondb.com/ to see if your games will run and/or what small tweaks you might need.
Which DE? CachyOS has several options. The “Open With” menu option works great for me, but I’m running Gnome on CachyOS.
Flatpak doesn’t always work correctly, because you may need to explicitly allow the app container to access certain system services and paths. You can usually do this easily in a program like Flatseal. Most apps should work correctly, however.
In recent tests that I’ve seen, KDE has better touchscreen and multitouch support. It’s long been thought that Gnome was gunning for the touchscreen market, but they got overtaken, because their release cycle is slower.
But I use a Wacom tablet with Gnome, and I agree that the pressure support is great.
That very much depends on my use case. For example, I have a laptop that needs to have maximum uptime, so I use a periodic atomic distro that’s just under bleeding edge.
For my daily driver, I like to tinker and customize, so I trade that stability for openness and a bleeding edge, relying upon btrfs snapshots as a first-line backup should the OS shit itself.
If you’re just getting started, e/OS is a great option for privacy for non-Pixel phones.
You can check compatibility here: https://doc.e.foundation/devices
It works well with the additional Swipe library, too (which is unfortunately not a FOSS library).
Yeah, but I have Alot of love, so it’s okay
To what end? What’s the logical conclusion people should draw from this?
I mean, yes, but to which party do they give more? You’re essentially saying “follow the money.” Here’s where the money went in 2024. You’ll note that the top eight biggest donors gave to Republicans.
They might serve the same masters, but the masters have favorites and not by accident.