CatLikeLemming

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

You can't just throw that into a machine translator and call that a translation. Well, I mean, you can... but that makes it seem like what you wrote there is correct, if you don't add the required context that you don't actually know the language you just translated there.

"Schwachmat" basically just means "idiot" and "weak mate" is not even remotely close to what was being said there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Huh, I thought it was a default on most distros. Definitely came with mine

But yeah, ffmpeg works just fine in that case

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

convert image.webp image.png in your terminal should do the trick, if you're on Linux

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I mean, there's always your own, if you want to

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No no, you don't get it. Windows has problems, but switching to Linux would be like leaving your home country because you don't like its political trends. Where's your OS patriotism? There's no need for Linux, because you can just keep using Windows and hope Microsoft ends up doing what's best for their ~~customers~~ products :)

I'm paraphrasing here, but that's an actual thing the CEO and founder of Epic Games posted on Twitter: https://nitter.net/timsweeneyepic/status/964284402741149698

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'd rather just have it working properly inside a browser, instead of it telling me that it has this neat cross-platform app, which turns out to just be Electron. On mobile that can be fine, but I dislike it on Desktop, personally.

Do excuse me if this is false, I have never actually worked with Electron on the developer side myself, however I don't believe it offers anything you couldn't do through a normally provided website. I know for example Discord only allows screen sharing in the desktop app, however I've also seen websites which allow screen sharing, so that seems more like an arbitrary restriction than anything. I mean, in the end it's just a dedicated Chromium install for one single website, so where is the need to force the website onto your pc?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I get that, but any extensive cheat sheet would just wrap around to being an inefficient man page

-help is the quick sheet, man is the extensive guide

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Cheat sheets are man pages and the -help option on most commands

Those exist already

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Once you can do both, you can bet your ass I will :3

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bleh, consume sounds like an icky word here. But if you want to set up an RSS Feed, get an RSS reader (I personally use NewsFlash, but use whatever you like) and then simply add feeds to it. You can find them on quite a few sites, the icon looks kind of like a wifi symbol. Optionally you could also just install a plugin like Awesome RSS, which automatically finds feeds on the site you're currently on, which can be useful if it's kinda hidden on the site itself

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

As much as I theoretically agree, I can immediately think of two problems:

  1. The storefronts would have to communicate

It's against their own interest to do this. Imagine you buy all your games on Steam because of the sales (although the creators of the game of course decide the prices, but still) and then play them on your Xbox. No profit at all for Microsoft, yet they're the ones providing all the additional services like the actual game hosting, friends system, etc. It's not much by any means, but it does add up. The money all goes to Valve. You could even buy the games via the Steam mobile app if you don't even own a PC. Also, even if they were theoretically fine with this, even coordinating it would be a pain. Since you could put a game on the Google Play Store, the App Store, hell maybe even F-Droid, Epic Games, GoG, Steam, the Xbox Store, and the Play Station store, and I am absolutely certain I forgot multiple other options, all of them would need to be able to communicate and decide on if you actually own the game. This would be a logistical and technical nightmare.

  1. Companies would just sell mildly different versions and claim it's a new game

You know how for example Undertale has a slightly special Nintendo Switch version where there's... I can't even remember, but I think it's an additional boss. That's just something small and cute, but let's go with the GTA example. I have played about five hours of 5 and dropped it, so excuse me if this isn't the best theoretical example, but let's say the PS5 and Series X/S get the base game. Then the PS6 and new Xbox get maybe five additional cars and the game they're selling is GTA 6 Expanded. Afterwards on switch (although by that time Nintendo's new console would've released) you get blue and red weapon skins or whatever and it's GTA 6 Switched Up. And then finally on PC you get the GTA 6 Ultimate Edition with expanded settings, better graphics, and maybe five more cars on top of those from GTA 6 Expanded. These are all technically not the same game, so you would not be able to claim them. Sure, you could argue they're similar, but where is the exact line? That's quite impossible to figure out - is it a cheated rehash or a mediocre remaster? Who knows

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I've already considered Debian, but... I dunno, this isn't what I'd call the most logical reason, but I just kinda don't like it as my desktop OS. I'd use Debian over basically anything else for a server, but as a desktop OS I don't like the vibe.

Keep in mind, I started using Linux this summer and in a few years I'll probably look back at this wondering why I was such an idiot, but I gotta fall and get a bloody nose first to notice ;3

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