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Proton is the Future of PC gaming. But how does it work? [Gardiner Bryant, YouTube]


cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/16434132

YouTube video: youtu.be/uScsmjvdwyo

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Video description:


It’s clear there are some people who don’t understand Proton. So let’s talk about it. #Proton #SteamPlay #CompatibilityLayer

00:00 Introduction
00:41 The basics of a computer
01:46 What Proton is not
03:04 What is an emulator
04:32 Proton acts like a map
05:25 Proton translates API and system calls
06:18 Proton provides a Windows-like software environment
06:55 Why are some games incompatible?
08:52 Shouldn't we demand native Linux games?
11:07 Conclusion
in reply to mariusafa

This is about Proton, not about a programming language. Besides that, C# is actually cross platform.
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RPM 4.20 released


The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a powerful package management system. Highlights of the version 4.20 include:
- Declarative build system support
- Dynamic spec improvements
- Guaranteed, RPM-controlled per-build directory
- Support for spec-local file attributes and generators
- Support for group membership in sysusers.d(5) files
- Proper distro-agnostic debuginfo support
- Sanitized spec comments and indentation syntax
- Sanitized --build-in-place mode
- New unshare plugin for scriptlet isolation
- Plugin API made public

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Development start of Leap 16.0




Sulla stessa origine della fisica quantistica e della relatività generale dalla geometria riemanniana e dal formalismo della scala di Planck


https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927650524001130

in reply to maxwell

direi di sì. La Hossenfetcetera oltre a esprimere il proprio scetticismo (e non sono sinceramente in grado di prendere posizione su questi argomenti: mi mancano almeno 5 anni di fisica 😂 ) ha mostrato che l'articolo presenta refusi, errori metodologici e formali che indicano inequivocabilmente che detto "studio" o è stato scritto con il culo o che è una delle (tante) bufale scherzose pubblicate per dimostrare la vulnerabilità dell'attuale editoria scentifica basata su finte peer review


Question: Is there an equivalent to Google Drive in Windows for KDE?


Is there an equivalent to Google Drive in Windows for KDE?

I'm talking full synchronization of my Google Drive files into a local folder.

I know there's the KDE KIO Worker that can integrate with Dolphin, but according to itsfoss.com:

Each time you try to modify a file, it is copied to a local cache directory. Once you finish modifying a file, it prompts for uploading the modified file to GDrive.


There's RClone that can do that I think, but I'm not certain. And it looks a bit complicated to set up.

What are you recommendations?

in reply to Cyborganism

KDE has the ability to connect to Google account, in the system settings.
Than you can use Dolphin to handle your Google Drive as if it was a network drive.
Unfortunately, sometimes it wont let you login, so try it yourself
in reply to Xeroxchasechase

Yeah that's what I was referring to in my post. The KDE KIO thing. It's not exactly what I'm looking for.

I want the files to be accessible locally and to sync with the cloud when there are changes both ways.


in reply to Manucode

When our turn comes we shall not make excuses for the terror.
in reply to Manucode

It looks like Trump is looking away from Elon lol

Maybe make him bigger and blurry so it looks like he's in the foreground



Oct 18
Linux install party & osvobajanje androidov
Fri 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Prevzemimo nazaj nadzor nad našimi napravami in v skupnosti raziskujmo načine uporabe tehnologij, tako da bo spet služila povezovanju in zabavi brez doom scrollanja in pranja možganov. Na PLAC prinesi računalnik ali telefon in skupaj jih bomo poskusili osvoboditi z inštaliranjem Linux in Lineage OS-ov.

Napotek: Vsi podatki iz računalnikov in telefonov bodo izbrisani, tako da prej naredi varnostno kopijo. Glede na to da je v PLACu internet počasen je najbolje že doma prenesti OS, ki ga želiš namestiti in ga prinesti na USB ključu.

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Blinken Approved Policy to Bomb Aid Trucks, Israeli Cabinet Members Suggest




OpenAI Is A Bad Business


OpenAI, a non-profit AI company that will lose anywhere from $4 billion to $5 billion this year, will at some point in the next six or so months convert into a for-profit AI company, at which point it will continue to lose money in exactly the same way. Shortly after this news broke, Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati resigned, followed by Chief Research Officer Bob McGrew and VP of Research, Post Training Barret Zoph, leaving OpenAI with exactly three of its eleven cofounders remaining.

This coincides suspiciously with OpenAI's increasingly-absurd fundraising efforts, where (as I predicted in late July) OpenAI has raised the largest venture-backed fundraise of all time $6.6 billion— at a valuation of $157 billion.

in reply to Jure Repinc

ChatGPT Plus is likely, for many people, a “lifestyle product.” And the problem is that, when people lose their jobs or inflation hikes, these products are the first to get slashed from the household budget.


So I have a slightly different experience here. When I lost my job recently I actually ended up signing up for ChatGPT plus. I abused the ever living hell out of 4o to crank out tailored cover letters and matching resumes. I was able to roughly triple my job search productivity until I got a job three months later.

Was it worth it? For that timeframe (3 months, $60) hell yeah since the mental labor of handcrafting cover letters for each job listing is extremely taxing and takes some of the awfulness out of the entire job hunt.

in reply to Gork

Can you share a bit about how you used it? I've used Copilot a bit to try the same thing, but it makes so many errors that I spend too much time editing and fixing them. Also, after running quite a few cover letters, I found that the text was repetitive and unnatural in a way that made it really obvious that it was an LLM writing the letter and not a person.
in reply to sevan

It helps when you've fed a few that you've made by hand to start in the same thread for it to use as an example (and format), along with one of your resumes. Then copy and paste the job description and have it generate a cover letter for you.

Keep it all in one massive thread, if it makes a mistake, correct it and tell it to apply those changes to future ones as well (in my case it kept saying I had over ten years of experience when in actually I just had ten, so I had to correct that behavior).

Since it's an AI it will sometimes hallucinate, this usually happens if there are terms in the job description that aren't in your resume... either have it regenerate (if it will take more than a few minutes to edit) or strip out the offending sentences. Some will need very little editing, especially if the job description closely aligns with what you have on your resume.

Oh and be polite because it now knows all your skills and can probably murder you in your sleep lol

in reply to Gork

Thanks, I'm guessing the benefit of subscribing is to create that persistent relationship. The free version from MS that I'm using times out after a while. I definitely get the problem of it making up experience for me when it encounters something in a job description that isn't referenced anywhere in my info. Honestly, I'd probably get more interviews if I just let it make up stuff, but I'm guessing that might become a problem for me later. :)
in reply to Jure Repinc

I feel like if ChatGPT were the only LLM on the market, they’d have a real path to profitability, but it’s not even the best LLM on the market. And the open source models are nearly as good, meaning the vast majority of people who need an LLM can run it on their own hardware.

It’s kind of like trying to make a profitable business out of offering a special sauce that isn’t as good as your competitors sauce, and is barely better than the free sauce from Taco Bell. Oh and it costs you millions of dollars to produce a single bottle.







Svartsjukedrama bakom våldsamheter. Enligt uppgifter i Afronbladet är flera våldsdåd i Stockholms den senaste tiden riktade mot en man som ska ha tillhört eller samarbetat med Hagsätranätverket. Det är emellertid inte han som drabbats utan släktingar till honom.

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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

Again, a sovereign currency issuer doesn't need foreign or private financial capital. It can create it at will. It only needs the real people and resources needed to do the work that it wants to do. If it's got the labor, knowhow and materials, it can just print the money and get that economic activity started. Especially if it doesn't need to import anything.
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