Ulrich

Sorry for the editorialized title but I feel like the author is really burying the lede here.

Ellison argued Paramount’s deal will have a shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration.

CNBC reported Friday that the Trump administration was viewing the deal with “heavy skepticism,” and Trump said Sunday that the market share considerations could pose a “problem.”

Such naked corruption...

I volunteer with a small local org. They use Google Workspace. I want to ask them to switch to NextCloud. But despite looking pretty throughly, I can't find anyone that offers managed hosting/support. I don't want to be the sysadmin. The org already pays a hefty fee for Google so they should't have a problem paying for NextCloud.

NC recommends a bunch of providers on their site, but they all look like VPS's, and don't seem to mention NC at all, much less anything about support. They also all look like they're non-US, which I understand many would consider a good thing but I really don't want to be dealing with slow connections. Not sure if that's a realistic concern.

Bonus points if they offer discounts for non-profits.

Hi guys. I dunno if any of you use MacOS but it's fuckin stupid and if you ever click the share icon, it only gives you options to share to/from Mac products. I don't use any Mac products other than MacOS. There's literally no way to just copy a link from the share button. If I just copy the link from the URL bar and send it to someone it will say "mismatching instance" (whatever that means) with no way to resolve it.

I'd like a way to share posts to people not on the threadiverse, but with the Photon frontend, so that it looks less shitty. How would one do that?

Maybe I'm just out of touch, but I don't understand who this is for, and I think it's going to flop.

First of all...who is asking for thinner phones?

Secondly, the price. This is not an Air SE. This thing is only $100 less than a full-fat iPhone Pro, and $200 more than iPhone base (which is a particularly good value this year).

And what do you get for that price?

• 2 fewer lenses than the pro, and 1 fewer than the base
• Titanium frame, I guess?
• Less powerful processor than the base
• Inherently more fragile frame
• Less battery life than even the base model (this was often cited as the shortcoming of the iphone Mini)
• Slower charging speed than both models
• no cinematic video mode

Are people really clamoring for thinner phones so badly that they'll spend more money for less features?

https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/?modelList=iphone-17-pro%2Ciphone-air%2Ciphone-17

Edit: 1 week later and the Air underperforms the base model as well (as expected)

Also someone pointed out below that the 16e is only 2 grams heavier and is $400 cheaper.

Hi all, big fan of Bazzite and have it installed on several of my devices.

I just picked up a new (to me) laptop. This laptop has an 8845HS APU w/ 780M iGPU and also a NVDA 3050 6GB dGPU.

Using this laptop in desktop mode works perfectly fine. However, I reallllly want to use gaming mode, which, upon initial installation works just fine, but after reboot it opens to a black screen.

Now the Bazzite website says:

Some devices with two AMD GPUs (iGPU and dGPU) cause gamescope to be unable to detect your display resulting in a black screen. If you are affected, use an image without Steam Gaming Mode or disable your iGPU.

Obviously neither of those suggestions are ideal...

I assume this also applies to AMD iGPU + NVDA dGPU.

However the issue they link to in the above message pertains to several Framework 16 users. And if you select the Framework version of Bazzite, you get this message:

Enjoy enhanced dGPU support on the Framework 16…Applications like Steam and Lutris are automatically configured to run on your dGPU for optimal performance…Be sure to select Steam Gaming Mode for the ultimate console-like gaming experience

Implying that there's no problem with hybrid GPUs? So is there a fix somewhere they're not pushing to other versions? Or is this a hardware issue I'll never be able to overcome? Should I try and install the Framework version?

I posted this on the Bazzite Discourse forum but honestly it seems dead as hell over there.

Currently I'm using Nobara and using NVDA on desktop and AMD in Game Mode but that's obviously not ideal and Nobara doesn't ship with Game Mode + GNOME and honestly I really don't like KDE. 😬

Can't see my comment history... Using phtn.app

Hardware: 27" 2017 iMac

Connection: Wired

Storage: 1TB SSD

Hi all. I installed Linux Mint on my Mac on an external drive, which was all good fun. But when I went back to boot into MacOS, I got the 🚫 symbol. Booting into recovery mode and running first aid revealed that the disk was corrupted. The only advice it gave was to run first aid in recovery mode, which I was already doing.

Whatever, no big deal, everything important was backed up. So I went ahead and erased the disk using Extended Journaled (I guess APFS is unavailable for Sierra, which is what recovery mode wants to install). I made an installer disk with a later OS but I just received 🚫 again upon selection. Ran first aid again and it passed. Backed out of disk manager and selected install MacOS. Then after about 3 mins. received the error "an error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again". Tried several more times, receiving the same error every time.

The log reveals even more errors including:

• "Could not find package ref in any source for:" 15 times for different packages such as "base system resources", "essentials", "OSInstall" etc.
• No native mechanism to verify InstallESD.dmg
• Couldn't mount base system dmg! (error code 110)
• IATOOL: Failed the mount outer dmg

I have installed MacOS several times before, including on the same device.

I have an exclusive gaming PC. Ideally what I'd like to do is shove it in a closet or other vacant room to contain the heat and then stream games over LAN.

The problem with existing solutions is:

1. They need a monitor connected
2. The monitor to be powered on
3. They don't support varying refresh rates/resolutions. Only whatever is displayed on the connected monitor. I want to play on my 4k/60Hz TV in the living room for AAA visual spectacle games that work best with controller, and the 1440p/120Hz display in my office for FPS or otherwise fast-moving games that demand KBM, and the 5k monitor for photo/video editing.
4. I haven't had much success getting these working at all. Red screens, 1/4 screens, image noise, etc.

They're literally just mirroring the screen of the connected display.

I really don't want to have to buy a dedicated PC for each use-case. Does a solution like this exist? What are their pros and cons? Preferably something that doesn't require a degree in software engineering.

Currently I am using Bazzite OS with 5700x + 6800xt, if that matters.

Strava is an absolute nightmare to use. My feed is absolutely chock full of ads and dog-walkers. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy they're taking a 0.2 mile walk around their block and logging their progress, but I don't need to see it. Nike, TrainerRoad, Zwift, Peloton all have giant ads every time their users upload an activity. And I don't understand it because it's not an ad-supported network. Like I would happily pay to have all this shit hidden. It would be extremely simple for Strava to fix this, which would just be to provide me with a simple filter for what type of activities I'd like to see. The fact that they haven't done so, a long time ago, leads me to believe that they simply don't want to, for whatever reason. Plus they've already begun to enshittify by breaking integrations with third parties.

Are there any good options for this?

E: to be clear, I'm asking about the social aspect of Strava.

Steam revenue estimated 2024: $10.8B

Google Play Store gaming revenue 2024: ~$31B

Why doesn't Valve want a part of that? I mean they already have an Android app. Several, actually. I realize there's some amount of investment but surely the payoff is worth it, and they have the necessary funds and skills? I mean if F-Droid can do it with nothing but volunteers and grants...?

Certainly plenty of games won't lend themselves well to the mobile experience but also plenty of them do.

From a personal perspective: I don't really care a whole lot for mobile games but I do like Balatro and want to play it on my phone, but if I want to do that I have to buy another license, which I can't even do because I don't run Google Play Services.

Epic got in on this already. Where's Valve?

Edit: my reflections on this conversation:

Valve could distribute their own app like Epic but they'd also probably have to remove it from the Play Store because now a cross-platform game would give them an Android version, thus breaking Google's ToS. So would doing such a thing outweigh lost sales from the Google version, and would it impact customer satisfaction? I wonder how many people are actually purchasing PC games in the Steam Android app...?