deadcream

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[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Its recommended specs are very low actually, so it's possible that it will run well without "ultra" graphics features.

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

Qualcomm uses their own Adreno GPUs, they are different from ARM's Mali which are even worse.

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

ICBM development started decades before moon landing, same in USSR. It's true that first space rockets were reused ICBMs, but the tech diverged after that. ICBMs use different fuel because they need to be stored for years with full fuel tanks, for quick deployment. There is no such requirement for space rockets. Space rockets are also much more powerful - you could fit dozens or even hundreds of nukes on Saturn V which is impractical - you don't put all your eggs in a single basket. Saturn V was never intended to be used as an ICBM.

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Government-funded manned spaceflight programs aren't done for pure science either. It's a cool kids club where money is allocated for political reasons ("nation prestige" or some other bullshit). NASA didn't land on the moon because American senators were fans of science, they were tasked with it to "beat" USSR.

Science-based space exploration should use automatic probes only, anything else is a waste of money.

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 months ago

If it doesn't even boot from the USB stick then it's probably a hardware issue.

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That's the problem of most general-use languages out there, including "safe" ones like Java or Go. They all require manual synchronization for shared mutable state.

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

Utility is for poors. People who don't count money want something shiny or whatever their peers have. They can easily replace it if it breaks.

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 85 points 4 months ago (4 children)

It's not even about waiting or patience. I'm not a teenager anymore, so I don't have as much to play games as I used to (and I have now other interests too). I have so many great PC games in my queue I literally won't have time to play them all until I die. The queue only gets longer with time. So what if I can't play some console exclusive? It's just one game in the long list of games I won't get to play and I have no problems with that.

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They are trying to make money to stay afloat. Postmarketos is a community project so it's not comparable. And neither Purism nor Pine64 seem to be huge commercial successes just like Jolla, though they seem to be doing a bit better.

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They have been owned by a Russian state-owned telecom corporation for a few years until recent events (Russia currently tries to push Sailfish OS fork as its "russian-made" mobile OS). Original Finnish management has split off to a new independent company with the same name last year, and this looks like their last ditch attempt to continue existing. I don't expect they will last much longer (the reason why they were bought by Russia in the first place was that Jolla failed as a business).

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Qt 6 has been out for more than three years now.

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

Because that's not an investment, it's a donation.

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