[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 64 points 2 months ago

Google used to list sites with backlinks highly, it was their first ever search algorithm iirc. Once people learned you could game that by planting useless backlinks, Google realised it was a bad idea.

Somehow, they've reinvented this all over again with parasite SEO that fundamentally works the same way. All they did was add some "domain ranking". Now, unreliable-but-popular sites coughredditcough will always score highly regardless of quality, because Google deemed them superior.

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 68 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

nix being 20 years old and still lacking decent documentation on the language it's what hurts me the most, because the people who do know it works so some amazing things with it

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 63 points 4 months ago

This is how most sex segregated sports came about

  1. women beats men
  2. women banned
  3. segregated division created because of "biological differences"
[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 77 points 4 months ago

Hannah Montana linux

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 64 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Hamas has offered Israel multiple very tenable peace deals that include the immediate release of all Israeli prisoners and absolutely no demand for reparations for rebuilding the strip that is now thought to be uninhabitable for 70 years. Israel has denied every single one.

They have always wanted palestinians to be exterminated. This is Israel's dream scenario.

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 77 points 4 months ago

I haven't used my reddit account the API change, beyond maybe 3 or 4 comments. I got an invite. How the fuck was I one of their top 35k most active users? Seems like their site isnt nearly as active as they're claiming

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submitted 4 months ago by merthyr1831@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Price starts at €999 and releases in April, and will come with Plasma 6.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by merthyr1831@lemmy.world to c/kde@lemmy.kde.social

I have a Lenovo 14aPH8 (Ideapad 5 gen 8?) which has a high DPI Screen with an AMD 7840HS (780m iGPU).

It's giving a bunch of memory corruption when on youtube in fullscreen, or before I reduce the resolution of a fullscreen application (Assetto Corsa Competizione is the only I've tried so far) from the native resolution to 1080p.

I previously RMA'd the Laptop due to similar artifacts on Pop!OS, and they confirmed the entire motherboard was replaced. However, the artifacts didn't go away so I tried KDE Neon which thankfully didn't have the same issues, until I tried gaming and youtube.On X11, the issues are gone, but as a fan of fractional scaling and touchscreen gestures I'm still using Wayland.

While this could be a hardware issue (I can't confirm as the laptop is so new not many people have it, let alone on linux) I'm sure this is software related because it only happens on X11, and I've also seem similar reports by nVidia users on Wayland.

Anyone able to signpost me if this isn't something KDE devs can investigate? I know a lot of them are active within the Wayland space so I thought asking here would be a good idea :)


EDIT: Looks like there's some upstream bug in the DRM with variable refresh rates and/or adaptive sync. Disabling it in KDE's settings seems to sort the problem in Youtube/games. Can't say the same for anyone else tho

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submitted 5 months ago by merthyr1831@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I've installed Pop!OS after getting my Lenovo Ideapad Pro 5 back from the warranty repair. Supposedly they changed the motherboard (which I don't doubt, it was waiting a week for new parts apparently), but even after that I'm still getting graphical errors and bugs when moving between desktops and other window animations. I know X11 can be a bit buggy at best, so it could just be that on top of the newer SoC.

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 69 points 6 months ago

Eh it failed in the most reddit way imaginable: Most of the users are too addicted to astroturf accounts posting heckin puppers and epic memes to organise a boycott beyond a few days. Reddit ownership knew how pathetic the "protest" was going to be from the outset and didn't even bother trying to disrupt it beyond nudging out a few of the remaining holdouts on subs too small to matter in the grand scheme.

All the mods who thought they were irreplaceable just discovered their users are all the more happy to digest low quality slop moderated by amateurs who are more interested in the title than doing anything to protect the quality of said content.

People are even relenting and PAYING for access to the API to use previously-free apps.

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by merthyr1831@lemmy.world to c/veganhomecooks@lemmy.world

coconut-based cream cheese and single soya cream with dairy-free white chocolate. :)

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 75 points 8 months ago

American homeschooling seems to be particularly vulnerable to fascist/religious indoctrination. In most countries where homeschooling is common there's usually a social contract that's enforced to at least regulate the kind of education kids get outside of traditional schooling.

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by merthyr1831@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

TLDR: XFCE and Cinnamon devs are ~~begging~~ beginning to work on Wayland support.

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They like to hide under the leaves but I usually catch a few on the top. Have been turning my mint into patchy grey leaves that eventually wither and fall off.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by merthyr1831@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

can I get a W in the chat????

EDIT rip inbox lmao

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submitted 9 months ago by merthyr1831@lemmy.world to c/nixos@infosec.pub

I was trying to use a flake with nix-pkg to set up a flutter dev environment but it just wouldn't stick, and a lot of the examples online are quite old and not documented well for a nix noob like myself.

Cheers folks!

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by merthyr1831@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

So I've got a couple of services that I access using mydomain.org:1234 for example, but since Nextcloud runs its own web server it's hosted on mydomain.org/nextcloud.

How do I set up my services so I can access them from a friendly URI like Nextcloud instead of ports?

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Using my touchpad seems to act as if it's a joystick - If I touch the edges it acts like I've pulled the joystick to the far edge of its movement, etc. sort of like how a steam controller's touchpads work when emulating a joystick. However, it also just acts like regular mouse input so it's only noticeable in games that detect joypad input.

This happens regardless of Steam being activated. I have used DS4 controllers on my laptop before but this happens regardless of them being connected.

Manjaro and GNOME btw. Happens on x11 and Wayland.

Any ideas?

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 82 points 10 months ago

It's kinda wholesome ngl

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 75 points 11 months ago

if youre gonna write linux malware at least distribute it as a flatpak ffs

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 81 points 11 months ago

I mean apart from the fact it's not sourced or whatever, it's standard practice for these tech companies to run a massive loss for years while basically giving their product away for free (which is why you can use openAI with minimal if any costs, even at scale).

Once everyone's using your product over competitors who couldn't afford to outlast your own venture capitalists, you can turn the price up and rake in cash since you're the biggest player in the market.

It's just Uber's business model.

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 81 points 11 months ago

blockchain social credit scores 😭😭😭

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