Uebercomplicated

This is 100% true, and the reason I left Spotify. Back to buying records and CDs online and in niche record stores (I live in a metropolis, so that works even for obscure music). I also got a tidal subscription, and I like the recommendations from there much more. Bandcamp & SoundCloud newsletters are also great for suggestions.

But now, since collecting records and CDs, I find myself spending much more time with individual albums and critical listening, and relying less on playlists and suggestions. Anyway, Spotify is just garbage now...

The 7900XTX has 24 gigabytes of video memory vs. the 3080 Ti's 12. That's a big difference...

Here's a couple Linux benchmarks by phoronix (don't take this as literal game performance, rather as relative performance between different cards): https://www.phoronix.com/review/rx7900xt-rx7900xtx-linux/6.

As you can see, the 7900XTX performs much better.

Lol I just gave Good Omens to a friend for their bday and they just told me they finished it and really loved it wait are you my friend??!!??!!??!

Das Video ist phenomenal, ich habe lange nicht so gelacht. Ich glaube der erste Platz geht für mich aber immer noch zu Right Time to Thiel...

Shawshank Dick.

Or

Dick Redemption.

I can't choose, I'd watch both...

Of course his favorite book is animal farm lol

I did not expect to see CS2 news on lemmy... I'm all here for it!

Annihilation is great! Easily one of the best horror-type novels I've read in a while. I didn't quite like the sequel as much though (it's also literally twice the size, which I feel like is a bad sign; maybe the author was rushed?).

Of course that's up for debate; we're not even sure what consciousness really is. That is a whole philosophical debate on it's own.

I genuinely think there should be a legal limit to when children are allowed independent access to JavaScript & Internet enabled technology. I would suggest twelve years.

Having it be law would remove probably the biggest reason children are drawn to technology initially today: social pressure and anxiety.

I didn't grow up with anything like this (and I'm pretty young... or I was at some point) and thank fucking God I didn't. I barely read today as it is, instead wasting time with screens and YouTube and shit like that; I'm happy I had the opportunity to consume hours and hours of time with reading as a child. Not just reading: I learned basically every knot that exists (I still have my copy of Ashley's Book of Knots), learned an absurd amount of physics (with textbooks! for fun! I wouldn't, couldn't, do that today), learned to program and use Minix (ok, that was highschool, so a little later), and even got into Marxism.

These are all opportunities I don't think I could replicate today, because I don't get bored in the same way today. Now, if I'm bored, I automatically look at my phone (...lemmy...), or open YouTube, or do something else equally stupid. I didn't have that option when I was young. We didn't even own a TV. I was forced to do interesting things, and I'm really happy I was, because I'd be an exceedingly illiterate boring moron if I hadn't read those novels and learned how the universe worked and understood why capitalism sucks.

Maybe I'm yelling at clouds and people will become interesting through other means, but it really frightens me how much dumber I've become. I don't want to imagine how much harder it will be for masses of gen Z and Alpha.

Ok, I feel like I got a little off topic there. Rant over...

Doctor Thorne, by the infamous Trollope! It's exceedingly funny, I can highly recommend it. Like 19th century Terry Pratchett...

Sounds like you'd love a tiling window manager (if you aren't already using one). What you describe is a big part of the philosophy of tiling WMs. I like Sway, might be worth checking out, though I wouldn't be surprised if you've already tried tiling WMs. I only suggest it, as I'm convinced all tiling WM users compulsively mention it...

I use hyprland btw.