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Your belief makes it real in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 points 29 minutes ago

Ah so this is funny because it disproves the rule. How do you like them apples, Duverger?

Your belief makes it real in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 points 45 minutes ago (2 children)

I'm not up to date on Sri Lankan politics. What's happening?

West should set its own red lines, not just accept Putin’s, argues veteran diplomat in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 hours ago

Americans stop making everything about the US challenge (impossible)

You know most other western countries support Israel too, right?

West should set its own red lines, not just accept Putin’s, argues veteran diplomat in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca -4 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

What levers of decisionmaking are manipulated by whom

I hope you aren't saying what I think you're saying here.

In any case, the main reason for western support of Israel is the same as the reason for western support of Turkey. Both have obnoxious leadership but both are in key geographic locations, and the value of having them on-side against their neighbours is greater than the value in cutting them loose.

A European leader's top aide suggested his country wouldn't have resisted if Russia had invaded it in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 6 points 23 hours ago

Austria is very much right-wing too, so they'd be down for some anschluss action.

A European leader's top aide suggested his country wouldn't have resisted if Russia had invaded it in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Of course it's Hungary. What a sad state of affairs for the country whose brave resistance led to the term "tankie" being coined for the pro-Russian side.

Nearly 1 in 10 Americans report they are severely obese, says study. in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (14 children)

Only ten percent? I'd have guessed it's higher, but perhaps the states I haven't visited have slimmer people.

Mike Lindell claims ignorance over neo-Nazi symbolism in MyPillow prices in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Dammit, how'd I miss that one? As a token of thanks, please use coupon code 1000YRCH for an extra discount!

A new law has been passed in California which prohibits the use of words like "buy" and "purchase" on digital storefronts like Steam. in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But there's no installer, so I can't reinstall it on another device. With GOG I have an installer just like I'd have with physical media.

A new law has been passed in California which prohibits the use of words like "buy" and "purchase" on digital storefronts like Steam. in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

I'm well aware — that's the whole point of DRM-free games.

A new law has been passed in California which prohibits the use of words like "buy" and "purchase" on digital storefronts like Steam. in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (12 children)

You still need your gog account to download games though.

I need an account to make the purchase and download, but I can then delete my account and keep the installers on a hard drive.

Mike Lindell claims ignorance over neo-Nazi symbolism in MyPillow prices in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

A wide selektion of pillows featuring proprietary anti-parasite coating! Available in black, white, and red.

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Why does VirtualBox keep launching on boot? (lemmy.ca)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/28766034

Sorry if this kind of question isn't allowed here, but I'm at my wit's end. VB randomly started launching on startup about 2 weeks ago (on EndeavourOS) and I can't figure out why. There's no shortcut in ~/config/autostart, it isn't in the KDE startup apps list, and I can't find anything virtualbox-related with systemctl either. There's also no setting in the VB app itself. WTF?

Based on recommendations in that thread, I also checked:

/etc/systemd/system
/etc/default/
vboxautostart.service
KDE "restore session" settings

Any ideas are much appreciated!

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Why does VirtualBox keep launching on boot? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by cygnus@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.world
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Sorry if this kind of question isn't allowed here, but I'm at my wit's end. VB randomly started launching on startup about 2 weeks ago (on EndeavourOS) and I can't figure out why. There's no shortcut in ~/config/autostart, it isn't in the KDE startup apps list, and I can't find anything virtualbox-related with systemctl either. There's also no setting in the VB app itself. WTF?

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Is there any reason I shouldn't visit? (lemmy.ca)
 

My wife and I are thinking of going to CR this winter, but we have a few other potential destinations on our shortlist. Talk me out of going to Costa Rica!

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[Plasma] It's hip to be square(ish) (lemmy.ca)
 

I don't think I've seen anyone else here with an 8:9 monitor, so I'll break the ice! The color theme is Layan Light; everything else is stock KDE.

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Why do you grow mushrooms? What for? (lemmy.ca)
 

I stumbled upon this community for the first time a few minutes ago. I like gardening and houseplants, but never heard of people recretionally growing mushrooms of the non-magical kind. Is it for food?

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In unsurprising news, Reddit prepares IPO (www.businessinsider.com)
 

Now the social media platform is aiming for an IPO in the first quarter of 2024 with a valuation of $15 billion, and has been in talks with potential investors like Goldman Sachs and and Morgan Stanley, per Bloomberg.

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Bot no longer working? (lemmy.ca)
 

It seems the bot has stopped reposting content from Reddit?

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Fifth Order of Angels (1974 radio broadcast) (www.youtube.com)
 

This was recorded in Cleveland for a radio broadcast; the tape became available as a bootleg and is known as one of the most important ones in the band's history.

It's the first-ever recording of "Fly by Night" and only their third performance with Neil. We can hear snippets of what would later become "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" in the Working Man solo.

A quote from Geddy regarding bootlegs:

A lot of people say 'It takes away from record sales' but [...] the fact is that any fan who buys a bootleg is still going to buy your record. So, who is it harming?

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USB webcam lagging only in Zoom? (lemmy.ca)
 

Sorry if this community isn't the right place to ask — I got a USB webcam that works great in Teams, but lags tremendously (3-4 seconds) in Zoom. I doubt the Zoom app is introducing that lag on its own, but how would I troubleshoot this?

This is on EndeavourOS (basically Arch)

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Geddy Lee interview w/Ian Hanomansing (www.youtube.com)
 

Good interview with Geddy about his autobiography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHkvpWMTuUI

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[Monitor] LG DualUp (899 - 220 = 679) [LG Canada] (www.lg.com)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by cygnus@lemmy.ca to c/bapcsalescanada@lemmy.ca
0 comments fedilink
 

Just picked one up. This is the best price I've seen this year. Very strange monitor but awesome for work - it even serves as a USB-C docking station with 90W power delivery.

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Why does Pandoc get updated nearly every day? (lemmy.ca)
 

Please forgive the noobish question, but what's going on with a document converter that it gets such frequent updates (and by extension forces a ton of Haskell updates)?

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