LiamMayfair

joined 1 year ago
[–] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yup, Sinjin is definitely a thing.

Source: I know a St. John and he told me the right way to pronounce his name is indeed "Sinjin"

[–] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

Skill-based matchmaking sounds good on paper —and maybe it does help to an extent— but it doesn't work all that well when you take into account the top performing players will routinely play under low level, alt smurf accounts, to grind and keep the high rating of their main account intact.

[–] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Nope, don't rotate passwords. Just don't. Best case scenario, you're wasting your time; worst case, people will actually make their passwords less secure by rotating them, e.g. some people would happily change "password123" to "password1" and call it a day.

Just pick a looong password once, make sure you don't reuse it elsewhere, and you'll be fine.

This is as per the NIST latest guidelines.

[–] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

Can I have some antifa gf candy too pl0xxx

[–] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

For me the biggest problem is not volume in general but volume of niche content. The best thing about Reddit was all the active, engaging communities that would sprawl around any niche subject you could imagine.

[–] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Recommending the obvious GOAT titles is getting kinda old now so I'll go with my personal favourite genre right now: roguelikes.

In that genre, my favourite of all time are the Darkest Dungeon franchise, Slay the Spire, Loop Hero, Vampire Survivors and Dead Cells.

[–] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

X11. Luckily those days are over thanks to Wayland but, Jesus, are X.org config files a fucking, fiddly PITA to configure!

[–] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The problem with your viewpoint is that it's little more than a thought experiment. Realistically, you will never get all 8 billion people who inhabit this planet to make the necessary lifestyle changes needed to combat climate change.

https://www.wri.org/insights/4-charts-explain-greenhouse-gas-emissions-countries-and-sectors

This one throws has some good figures: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-overview

Sources we could attribute to individuals:

  • Transportation (15%): including public transport
  • Buildings (6%): this includes energy usage and waste

In total, 21%. Even if we said that's still a 21% we could do something about, besides switching to a green energy provider and using an EV instead of diesel cars (which is a good move though sourcing the Lithium-Ion batteries these EVs is a big problem in and of itself), what else is there for the average Joe to do? Companies and governments should give individuals the option to lead a sustainable lifestyle. At the moment, the reality is the options simply do not exist or are so expensive that are out of reach for the vast majority of consumers.

On the other hand, we have industrial and public usage...

  • Electricity and heat production (non-residential), which was (as of 2019) the leading source of global carbon emissions, accounting for 34% of the total emissions.
  • Industry (24%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, etc. (22%)

That's a staggering 80% altogether.

You ever heard of the Pareto principle? It says that 80% of the consequences come from 20% of the causes. In this case, 80% of the emissions come from a minority of people (industry, corporations, etc.).

[–] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 65 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Someone said to me once "Relax! Nothing is under control."

Worry about what you can control —which is very little, especially when facing a world crisis like climate change— and accept what you can't.

The people who should be fixing this mess are not you or I. It's the big corporations and the Governments that should regulate them through robust, uncompromising climate policies. Vote for Governments with honest, solid climate agendas.

Other than that, contributions from individuals like you and I are but a drop in the boiling ocean of global warming. By all means, keep doing what you're doing. It certainly doesn't hurt to lead a more sustainable lifestyle but don't feel bad if you don't do everything you're supposed to do. Don't let the real culprits here gaslight you into thinking otherwise.

Again, if you're worried more about your mental health than the problem itself at this stage, it's ok to feel that way. Many of us do. But the best advice I can give you is to just accept there's nothing you can really do about the situation. Whatever happens, happens. Easier said than done, I know, but once you "learn" to accept this fact, your anxiety will drop right down.

[–] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 3 months ago

Krita for anything graphic design. Krita's UI layout is a lot more similar to Photoshop than GIMP, which makes the switch easier.

[–] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If I had to replace my Linux laptop right now, I'd probably go for a ThinkPad T14 AMD. They also sell them with Snapdragon ARM chips now, which is a very interesting option, though I'm not sure how viable as a daily driver.

You could run Linux on it with no issue ofc, but I wonder how good the support for ARM arch from common Linux software is nowadays...

 

With evidence mounting on the failure to limit global warming to 1.5C, do you think global carbon emissions will be low enough by 2050 to at least avoid the most catastrophic climate change doomsday scenarios forecast by the turn of the century?

I am somewhat hopeful most developed countries will get there but I wonder if developing countries will have the ability and inclination to buy into it as well.

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