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  • Bitcoin and etherium are two of the digital currencies that attempted to make inroads into our day to day lives. how do the meme coins justify their valuation?

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  • I don’t think they do.

    They seem to play on cultural references “for the lolz” and sometimes some pointless competition e.g “screw meme A buy meme B!”

    Thinking about it I don’t understand why, given the now unpopularity of Elon and his gvt stuff, the meme coiners aren’t going all out on CATE to spite DOGE. That would actually be hilarious to see in the papers!

    But again to answer the question - they’re a joke gamble, like picking a horse with a funny name regardless of its form.

  • Betterbird: A Thunderbird Fork That Promises Better Features

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  • I had no idea!

    Wonder if any of that stuff will make it upstream and if not if there’s good reason?

  • Backup solution for docker volumes

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  • This is a classic conundrum.

    Containers and their volumes are supposed to be ephemeral (right?).

    Yet we use them to run little apps where we configure settings etc in the app which we would like to “keep” - thus back up. Yes in a proper set up you would hook your container up to something that is not ephemeral like a database somewhere, but often we just want an app, see it’s got a self contained docker image, and just run it.

    Whilst not in the spirit of things… I’ve tried using Borg backup however it just fails due to random permissions on the volumes.

    I should spend more time looking into it but haven’t the time right now, could be the solution is specific to the app/container but the simplicity of just backing up a /volumes/* directory is soooo tempting…

    Edit upon reflection, what about a sudo cron tab to zip volumes and set useful permissions on the zip. Then Borg to backup the zip. Borg (or at least vorta) can easily run scripts before/after and pass variables relating to the backup though.

  • I've had the same laptop for seven years. Don't know much about them besides buy a Toshiba. Is this Hp Essential Laptop a good deal?

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  • What’s wrong with the old one?

  • Microsoft will charge Windows 10 users $30 per year for security updates

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  • Microsoft needs to sell its software (including OS) and they’ve always done so through manufacturers.

    The average user, in their mind, doesn’t care about/want/have a choice for Windows, they just went to a shop to buy a computer, Windows was just on it. So for Microsoft, a public company who’s graphs need to keep going up forever, “increasing revenue from Windows” equates to “making people buy more computers” - this, in my opinion, is why they went down the TPM route (which consumers didn’t care about), and now, the “Copilot compatible” PC (whixh users don’t care about) routes. For the shareholders, you need a new computer, not an update to your existing one.

    So this is where it gets interesting - a catch 22 for Microsoft - the average user doesn’t want a new computer (the internet works fine right), but Microsoft need their graphs to go up and they don’t want to work for free… BUT they can’t afford to have “Windows” become synonymous with “viruses” again (they bothered to make Windows defender for free for this reason), so if people don’t pay up, there could be millions of virus ridden computers and everyone will look for a new laptop “but not windows again” because of the viruses…

    Mac instead? Maybe, but most laptops are sold for €300, not €1000+…

    Current known, “safe consumer choice” brands (OEMs) and big box retailers are and will continue to be influenced/controlled/blackmailed by Microsoft’s license pricing and legal teams to maintain the status quo on the shelves and we’ll see what plays out.

    This subscription talk then is big news, not just because of the controversy surround subscriptions generally, but because this could change the shape of supply and demand in the PC market significantly.

    As always there won’t be one answer for everyone, but these are some ways it could play out.

    • Microsoft forgets the idea
    • Microsoft offers a free version supported by ads
    • Consumers pay up, even if it takes a generation
    • Consumers move to Apple
    • Major PC manufacturers and retailers spite Microsoft terms, and offer alternative OS’s
    • Smaller/new PC manufacturers rise, and offer alternative OS’s

    Will people pay up? Will Chromebooks take over?

    Or…

    (Removes sunglasses)

    …will 2025 be the year of the Linux desktop?

  • Grruleat success!

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  • James Acaster probably my fav standup comedian.

  • C++ should be called ++C

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  • PHP should stand for “Pre Hypertext Processor”.

    Instead of being a recursive acronym for “PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor”.

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    Trump says there will be a blood bath, civil war and others if he loses. In your opinion whether in the US or not what do you think will happen if Harris wins?

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  • Russia releases the compromat

  • YouTube diluting my recommended videos feed with AI-generated “music” that pretends to be made by an actual artist

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  • Indeed.

    When popular “real artists” release songs, they usually won’t have written the lyrics or the music, leaving just the vocals, which they will auto tune and possibly even mime in future performances.

    A producer will then use powerful software to mix and refine everything.

    So really the question to me is not about “is there anything impure in this art?” It’s “where is the line?”.

  • Ransomware exploiting known vulnerabilities affecting millions of users worldwide

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  • Ubuntu pro joke related to another thread - not the best image post sorry 🙈

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    Ransomware exploiting known vulnerabilities affecting millions of users worldwide

  • I like both, but usually prefer Ubuntu

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  • Do feel it is designed to scare normal users though.

    Like how the GUI software updater now shows a list of security updates, and then “there are more security updates available with Ubuntu pro” in the list of updates…. the obvious implication is “you’re computer has other known vulnerabilities that can only be fixed if you pay up”.

    Liiittlle bit ransomey and let be honest that’s by design.

    Wouldn’t consider myself part of the anti canonical pitchfork crowd but that new behaviour did irk me somewhat.

    If Microsoft did that people would be up in arms. Appreciate canonical provide Ubuntu is free but normal users wouldn’t get that nuance as they don’t think they pay for windows.

  • What is your favourite board game?

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  • Outsmarted. Technically a board game but with an app.

    It’s actually not the gimmick I thought it would be! Cast that bad boy to the tv and you’ve got a game show in the family room!

  • [Game] Fallout London automated installer

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  • Awesome that they’ve done this but it’s still a lot of steps.

    I’ve heard there are cracked versions pre-packaged so it would be good if one of the retailers could release something similar given the popularity.

  • Microsoft Auto SR Tested: AI Upscaling For Every Game... But How Good Is It? [Digital Foundry]

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  • Super interesting!

    I wonder how far this could go in time.

  • An alternate timeline

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  • Petition to the EU to stop killing games is at 125k signatures [1 million, or 1000k, required: already 1.25/10 is done, despite poor coverage from youtube community]

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  • Thank you!

  • Petition to the EU to stop killing games is at 125k signatures [1 million, or 1000k, required: already 1.25/10 is done, despite poor coverage from youtube community]

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  • Looking at the form, EU citizens living abroad apparently cannot sign either.

  • The West Bank: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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  • Automatic upvote for John Oliver.

  • What have you been playing lately? (August)

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  • Said it before and I’ll say it again - one of the most underrated games ever!

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Should half naked pictures of anime characters be marked NSFW on Lemmy?

  • Patient Gamers @sh.itjust.works
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    Just picked up DOOM Eternal (2020) for $5 on eBay

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    Recommendations for notes apps that sync with IMAP