sentient_loom 1y ago • 100%
We are all doing better than the "glue yourself to things" people because they're moving things backwards, turning people against climate action, distracting from climate issues.
sentient_loom 1y ago • 16%
Right, self-described "climate protestors" aren't necessarily helping the environment.
sentient_loom 1y ago • 100%
Do you use unmanaged hosting?
sentient_loom 1y ago • 100%
So you're running kbin.pithyphrase.net from your home pc?
I want to self host my own kbin instance. But dream host (my current host) doesn't let me do postgresql unless I get a dedicated server (very expensive). And I don't want to put it on my home machine because I want professional hosting. So what are my other options? And what are you all doing? Are there preferred hosts?
sentient_loom 1y ago • 100%
"jarred look" lol
sentient_loom 1y ago • 100%
Only a brand would think in terms of favorite brands.
sentient_loom 1y ago • 100%
Why would it be an n-turn? The n shape suggests you back up before turning. The capital U asserts that you simply turn. That's how I've always done it.
sentient_loom 1y ago • 83%
Whoa, I didnt know that guy was involved with reddit. He's the anti-spez.
sentient_loom 1y ago • 75%
Are Swartz and Ohanian still around? Are they all trying to cash in?
I can understand wanting to get retirement money out of your long-term project, but we're not obliged to stick around and assist in the degradation of a once-great platform.
sentient_loom 1y ago • 87%
Today in Montreal it was beautiful and blue and fresh. I hope it stays that way. I want to keep my lungs and our forests.
sentient_loom 1y ago • 80%
Did spez create reddit or did they just hire him?
sentient_loom 1y ago • 100%
It depends. If they can still be funny then go for it.
sentient_loom 1y ago • 100%
They were hilarious.
sentient_loom 1y ago • 100%
Man this defediverse stuff gets tiring
sentient_loom 1y ago • 100%
Yeah I had to abandon some of my favorite VSTs when I moved to Linux. I should just get a new PC with windows... But not this year.
sentient_loom 1y ago • 100%
I'll look it up, thanks.
Edit:
Zorin pro actually looks interesting. I wonder if they do the kind of system configurations that musnix and ubuntu studio do.
sentient_loom 1y ago • 100%
I am a web dev, does that count? I haven't done much scripting as part of running an os. What kind of situations in nix require a dev's touch?
Either way Im looking it up. Sounds interesting.
Edit:
Okay, I see now. NixOS is the OS but this software is a git repo that wouldn't make much sense to non-devs.
sentient_loom 1y ago • 100%
I never heard of gentoo studio. Im looking into it now and it looks like a decent possible alternative.
I want to run a DAW like Reaper, with multiple midi tracks playing through vst instruments. I had no problem doing that on windows 7 with my 4th gen i7 processor and 16GB of RAM, so my 8th gen processor should be able to handle it. But it's a "power saving" processor that actually benchmarks very close to my old 4th gen, so I do want to keep the OS and desktop environment light.
Edit:
I see gentoo studio isnt listed on distrowatch, but you can get it theough his site.
Hello. So I got a used x380 Yoga (i7-8550U and 16GB RAM) and I'm planning to use it for electronic music production. I like the touch screen for working with the piano roll, though I'll probably also connect an external monitor. I'm probably going to install either Ubuntu Studio or Mint with the Ubuntu Studio Controls package. Either one of these will serve my purposes. But can a 5-year-old laptop run Ubuntu Studio and a DAW? I will plug in a USB audio interface, so that will take some of the load off the processor. And 16GB of RAM should be enough (that's the max RAM on these machines, and it's soldered anyway). But I've heard that Ubuntu is more resource intensive than Mint. What about Fedora Jam? Would a 5-year-old laptop run that better than Ubuntu Studio? Are there any drawbacks to just using Mint with the Ubuntu Studio controls? Does anybody have experience using an x380 yoga for audio production? Any thoughts would be appreciated!
sentient_loom 1y ago • 100%
I think they're supposed to be lemmies, not rats
sentient_loom 1y ago • 100%
I should try that. Skip the hours of grinding. It always felt like cheating, but it would let you really focus on the design.
Would you think less of me if I turned out to be a vampire?
Shitposting is what ruined reddit, which would be a great place for serious discussion if it weren't for the shitposting maniacs who just can't let good people enjoy pictures of kittens and assertions of respectable politics without lampooning them with ironic memes and foul language. If these fledgeling platforms want to compete with reddit then I say delete this sub so we can focus on serious things like Donald Trump and superhero movies.