Keep in mind that a lot of webpages block traffic from datacenters, as they are trying to protect themselves from AI scrappers. I recently had an issue with OpenAI making thousands of requests to one of my servers.

blocked in acpi

install Linux

Huh? How could Linux solve an ACPI problem?

This doesn’t answer the Linux part of the question.

What does “licensing issue” means for the laptop itself? Is HEVC disabled at BIOS/firmware level, or it is just disabled at Windows driver level?

In the latter case, HEVC should work with Linux, as it uses generic Intel/AMD drivers, instead of specific Dell/HP ones.

Some people don’t know it, but public transit is not always an option. Examples:

• you work night shifts
• you live in countryside
• you have a baby

Wait until you realize you only need 3 of those pins.

Could this voluntary chat control be a weapon to kill encrypted messaging, through defamation?

If the non-encrypted messaging apps start promoting that they have implemented measures to protect children, could this be used to make people believe that other services support child abuse?

Did you bother to read the 3rd part of my previous comment?

If I understand correctly, those mirrors will reflect sun rays, that would otherwise be wasted across the universe, to earth.

So, you are fundamentally wrong. The very idea is to reflect sunlight that wouldn’t otherwise hit the planer. This WILL add extra energy to the planet.

Even if they used sunlight that bounces off earth, they would still cause issues, just a little less serious. This is because they would be trapping energy that tries to leave the earth.

Maybe… I haven’t tried it to be honest. I will need to setup a VM for that, as my personal files would get wiped anyway.

If you want to test it yourself, try to rm while nixos-rebuild is running.

NixOS has rm. But it’s not under /bin. There is no /bin in NixOS. The user’s programs are inside /run/current-system/sw/bin, and those are symlinks from files hidden in /nix/store.

Running rm -rf / --no-preserve-root under NixOS, will not nuke the entire system, since /nix/store is mounted as read-only, and only remounted as rw when new applications are downloaded, or older unused ones are wiped.

Please use “/usr/bin/env [command]”. Otherwise, it will not work on NixOS

Are there enough non-Linux Lemmy users to form a basketball team?

Who is self-hosting in lambdas? Isn’t the idea of self-hosting to control your infrastructure (preferably including the hardware) ?

It can be simplified with the use of runCommand:

{
  boot = {
    plymouth = {
      enable = true;
      theme = "breeze";
      logo =
        with pkgs;
        let
          src = fetchurl {
            url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixos-artwork/refs/heads/master/logo/nix-snowflake-rainbow.svg";
            sha256 = "sha256-gMeJgiSSA5hFwtW3njZQAd4OHji6kbRCJKVoN6zsRbY=";
          };
        in
        runCommand "out.png" { } "${imagemagick}/bin/magick -background none -size 200x200 ${src} $out";
    };
  };
}

something different that sets off the blinking show

It would amazing if we had an app that controls the shoe lights. I love needing an app for every single product/device I buy.

However, I can think of some use cases for “smart” RGB shoes

1. Color sync for dancers
2. Blinkers for scooters/bicycles

There is an easy solution to that. The internal pad, where the toe sits on, could be removable. This way, both the battery can be replaceable, and the electronics board.

Another idea, could be to implement wireless charging for the lights, since it’s not easy to fit a charging port on a shoe.

I think that you misunderstood my comment.

The video shows how SLI makes the frame pacing more inconsistent, which is a known issue when multiple GPUs work together to solve the same problem.

What I am talking about is more like Nvidia Optimus. This is a common technology on laptops, where the display is connected to the low power iGPU, while games can use the dedicated Nvidia chipset.

I don’t know about potential frame pacing issues on these technologies, and it seems like it was not addressed in the video either. However, I know that newer laptops have a switching chip that connects the display to the dedicated GPU, which, I think, aims on lowering the latency.

You can still use such GPU as an accelerator either for running AI, or for gaming. In either case, given that you workload is Vulkan-based on Linux, you can use vkdevicechooser.

Of course, you will need a second GPU (even the CPU’s integrated one) to connect your display(s).

I had such a relationship, that recently ended. Apparently, I was not supportive enough.

Breaking up was a big relief, although I am still a bit worried about them.