derrickoswald

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snap rant (snapcraft.io)
 

Is it just me, or are most snap packages broken?

A lot of problems have to do with developers using some command to start or run a process, for example:

  • dropbox “Launch Dropbox Website” fails badly for Firefox as a snap
  • gimp as a snap, preferences-folders--Show file location in the file manager, doesn’t work

Another type of problem is the location for local files, e.g.:

  • a snap zoom upgrade uses the same location for recordings as the prior version, which doesn’t work because the old snap version directory is inaccessible

Another type of problem is the integration with Ubuntu (ostensibly the owner of the snap format), for example:

  • superkey (Windows logo) search for a snap and click or double-click on the icon just shows a wait cursor and finally times out (you have to right click and choose New Window)
  • update fails to update snaps - you need to manually sudo snap refresh, and even then the Software Updater thinks it need to update something until you reboot
  • snap-store has no search function - but if you start typing it will search (what kind of sadistic user experience designer thought that one up?)
  • snap-store Updates - Update All can fail and display a failure message from weeks ago
  • don’t even get me on about disk usage, like /var/lib/snapd/snaps or your ~/snap directory, that likely have more gigabytes than you’ve needed in a long time

Should I just give up on snaps and use Flatpack or Appimage?

[Weekly thread] How is your week going? 11-03-2024 in c/casualconversation@lemmy.world
[–] derrickoswald@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A little saddened because I sold Bitcoin way too early. I wanted to get out, but if I had set the bar a little higher... Of course, if you had a crystal ball you could make a lot of money.

Now that you have settled here on Lemmy. What is your impression of it? in c/casualconversation@lemmy.world
[–] derrickoswald@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

TL;DR; Three points:

  • my selected communities seem to provide adequate interesting topics - there's always one or two rabbit holes to go down
  • I have a voice - commenting here is transparent and not censored as much as Reddit
  • I think the average age of contributors here is greater than the sex and shit joke fixated twelve year olds on Reddit which is a good thing
I've recently turned 20. What highly specific advice you, lemmy users, would offer me? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] derrickoswald@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Make note of your friends phone numbers, emails and addresses (not just via social media), especially the ones from earlier years, and keep track of them with regular calls, notes or visits. Forty or fifty years from now, after the cycles of graduations, weddings, babies, moves, etc. you'll have some golden relationships.

Looking for Notes App for Android & Linux in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
[–] derrickoswald@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Joplin with a WebDAV server (for me it's Infomaniak's kDrive) provides syncing across multiple devices and is pretty much transparent. You should just force synchronize when leaving one of the apps to be sure (kind of like the save button in most programs).

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Raspberry Pi is 4.5 times faster than the Cray 1 was in 1978 (www.roylongbottom.org.uk)
 

From an evaluation by Roy Longbottom, this interesting observation:

In 1978, the Cray 1 supercomputer cost $7 Million, weighed 10,500 pounds and had a 115 kilowatt power supply. It was, by far, the fastest computer in the world. The Raspberry Pi costs around $70 (CPU board, case, power supply, SD card), weighs a few ounces, uses a 5 watt power supply and is more than 4.5 times faster than the Cray 1.

How come there isn't more torrent based technology in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
[–] derrickoswald@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

In my mind, Veilid (https://veilid.com/) is trying to solve this exact problem.

It's only been public since the last DefCon, so it's a little raw at the moment. That said, it is also only a framework - specific applications need to be built.

See also their Discord: https://discord.com/channels/1077244355439509565/ and GitLab: https://gitlab.com/veilid/

Switzerland authorities take five years from an audit to a report in c/main@sh.itjust.works
If an alien civilization were to visit Earth, what movie would you pick to show them in order to give them a summary of what mankind is all about? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] derrickoswald@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago

Don't Look Up - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_look_up_2021

Sort of summarizes the total shit-show that current politicians and billionaires are responsible for.

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Sinopec says gasoline demand will peak this year (www.bloomberg.com)
 

BNEF journalist Colin McKerracher summarizes trends in China predicting a peak in fossil transport fuel: electric vehicle car sales, two and three wheeled electric kilometers traveled, electric trucks reaching the tipping point and ride hailing legislation.