Have you tried DDU to completely uninstall the graphics card driver?

I run Bazzite on an old 2015 laptop that has an onboard Nvidia 960M and an Intel processor (4th gen i3). Works great, and having dealt with bad updates in the past, I have a lot of peace of mind (I’ve even done a rollback when an upstream bug came through, and I was able to continue having a working system).

I will caution you that VPN clients can be tricky to install, depending on how they package their software. OpenVPN and WireGuard are installed by default, however, so if you can get the necessary config files, you can do it through the usual NetworkManager.

Don’t worry. I’m sure the $10 Doordash card is coming to an inbox near you!

Don’t forget blendOS! Immutable and declarative Arch that kind of borrows from the Nix philosophy.

I’ll add that Bazzite, while it works for Steam Deck, is and always has been built for desktops first. Steam Deck just works out well as a target, because SteamOS is already immutable-ish and is also a Linux distro.

But a science communicator could never say that because it is outside the neutrality paradigm.

You clearly don’t listen to the same science communicators I listen to. 😆

I recommend folks like Forrest Valkai, Erika “Gutsick Gibbon,” and Dave Farina (AKA Professor Dave), to name a few. They have no qualms about making science personal and pointing out the bad actors and social issues that stem from disinformation.

Oh, so that’s how it works. They just layer that right over the battery, do they?

/s

It was a bit of a serious critique, but I’m glad you took it in stride. It wasn’t meant to be antagonistic.

To your point about academic words, it’s not that I don’t think we should critique them, it’s that it’s not a “language” for the common people. That’s why I mentioned the need for science communicators, of which there is a current deficit. If you changed or removed that academic language apart from them, you’d lose a lot of vital nuance.

We should absolutely be conscientious of the way we talk and what we’re saying, but I don’t really see a need or benefit to inventing our own terminology or trying to force a shift in the current terms, since that necessarily creates out-groups, and we need to be as inclusive as possible when it comes to solving the global crisis we face (i.e. this problem is everyone’s to solve).

What we need are ambassadors who can translate for common people. There’s a lot of bad actors who take advantage of people’s ignorance and utilize equivocation to their selfish ends, and if we can demystify the data, fewer people would be taken in by those charlatans.

And the Judges are theofascists. Imagine Judge Dredd showing up and going, “You dishonored your mother and father by being gay. Punishment for that offense is death.”

Good news. I’m not sure what “security concerns” means or how broadly it might be applied, but hopefully it doesn’t mean people can’t audit the security methods implemented (which would be a dumb move).

I was a little careless with how I phrased that. They said in the article they’ve done it, but it’s not “realized” in the sense that it’s not to a level of practicality that they’d want it to be. It can currently harvest signals to -20dBm, but they think they can get that to -62dBm for greater efficiency.

The main hurdle, according to them, is there’s no schottky diode that fits their needs, and they’ll have to engineer a new variant (at the nano scale…?). So, still a theoretical possibility on a more practical level, but this is hopeful news nonetheless.

I have some issues with your approach:

• Intentionality is fine, but language has definite meaning, and forcing culture to adopt specific terms rarely works. Language evolves organically.
• The only groups we should be disparaging are the Capitalistic ones. Academia (in which I am including scientists generally) has a very specific way of expressing themselves concisely, and think-tanks tailor their language to whichever group they’re trying to reach.
• Academia (and possibly think tanks) should be considered the expert source, and what is needed are more and better science communicators, people who can explain the science and terminology to laypeople.
• I couldn’t find anything about a think-tank called “Oakism.” Are you just declaring one yourself in this moment? What are your goals? How do you plan to achieve them? What kinds of research or studies do you plan to do? Who is your audience? Do you have any financial support? Are you a charity or nonprofit?

I don’t mean to be overly critical, but this smells like some woo nonsense, especially since it seems like you’re disparaging academia and think-tanks. I’m not entirely convinced you know what they do or how they operate.

It’s still in the app, but the app just really sucks to use.

I hate it, and I play music on my tiny Home Mini more often, just to avoid the app.

Once its implementation is feasible and it can extract the waste energy efficiently, this innovation will enable new types of devices and uses that will be critical for commercial, scientific, medical and personal.

Sounds like it’s still more theoretical than realized, at this point. Still, I can’t help thinking this would be really cool for something like a watch or hearing aids.

Glad we could help! 😂

I hear there’s some politicians who enjoy “vacations with friends…”

The use of “would have” instead of “will have” is making my eye twitch…

In a statement, the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, which manages the trail, said it was disappointed and disheartened by the decision. The center said it was not consulted about the funding request or asked about the LGBTQ+ programming by the City Council beforehand.

“The programming in question was not held on LHUCA property, but rather at a separate entity in control of their own creative programming,” the statement said.

Lubbock residents weren’t happy the council targeted this center. This is why it’s important to vote in local elections and pay attention to who you’re electing. Are we enjoying the authoritarianism, yet? Loving that “small government” feel?

As long as she strengthens the FCC, FTC, and deals with the rot in SCOTUS, we’ll be in good shape to deal with AI.