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SkavarSharraddas @gehirneimer.de
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New to linux, would like some help setting up dual boot.
  • Make sure to disable Windows hybrid sleep. If your system isn't shutdown properly and you access the Windows partition from another system that can destroy data.

    If you just want to keep the data on the Windows partition and usually don't need to run Windows, I'd remove the Windows drive and keep it somewhere safe, and get another SSD for Linux. That way, the two systems are completely separate and can do nothing to each other.

    Swap is mostly a crutch for too little RAM, if the system doesn't have enough the best solution would be an upgrade. If that's not possible, consider zram-swap, or if you have to, swap to an SSD (that will reduce its lifespan, though maybe not in a relevant manner). If you swap to an old HDD you won't have much fun using the system.

  • Should we A) colonise other planets or B) build habitats in the middle of space, like O'Neill Cylinders and stuff?
  • I'm unconvinced that pulling back from space programs will make Earth's ecosystem thrive.

    My point was more or less the opposite: Anyone interested in space exploration should also be interested in keeping Earth well livable, because that is needed for its success.

  • Should we A) colonise other planets or B) build habitats in the middle of space, like O'Neill Cylinders and stuff?
  • If we can't manage to keep Earth's ecosystem thriving to support us, we certainly won't be able to create a new self-sustaining ecosystem elsewhere. And without that, there's no chance of any non-Earth settlement being able to sustain a healthy human society and culture long-term.

    Without some serious (currently impossible) terraforming, Mars colonies are limited to deep caves or heavily shielded buildings, no outside to relax, nowhere else to go. Have a look at the list of crimes in Antarctica, a similar situation where people are stuck together, that's not a good environment for mental health, and it will be worse farther away. A Mars colony (edit: or space station) owned by a private company will be a corporate prison, the inhabitants are 100% dependent on that company - who would voluntarily put their lives into the hands of the whims of some narcissistic hoarder with no empathy or regard for workers?

  • How can I vote for Kamala Harris if she supports Israel’s war? Here is my answer | Bernie Sanders
  • You agreed that either Trump or Harris will win. Your vote can only threaten one of them, by voting for the other or an alternative candidate. Same with not voting, the winner won't care about your missing vote.

    That means no action you take in the election will harm both candidates, ergo there is no way to vote against both of them.

  • How can I vote for Kamala Harris if she supports Israel’s war? Here is my answer | Bernie Sanders
  • The current system (or voter inertia) doesn't allow you to vote against both. One of them will win, your only decision is which one you want (or despise less). If your vote doesn't threaten their win, then when you vote for neither you're voting for the winner.

  • Steam games will now need to fully disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages
  • Modern cheats for multiplayer games don't modify local files (or attribute values in memory), since the server validates everything anyway. They're about giving you information that's available but not shown in the game (like see-through walls, or exact skill ranges), or manipulate input (dodge enemy damage, easy combos). Those cheat can run in kernel mode (or at least evade detection from user mode), so the anti-cheat needs kernel mode to be more effective.

  • How can I vote for Kamala Harris if she supports Israel’s war? Here is my answer | Bernie Sanders
  • "If I can't have zero genocide then I don't care to vote against the candidate that is very likely to be even worse."

    Especially with only two candidates with a chance of winning, a vote doesn't mean unconditional support for everything that candidate wants. Sucks, but if you want to make your wishes known more specifically, you have to do more than just vote (if even that) and complain on the internet.

  • Dark matter does not exist and the universe is 27 billion years old, study claims
  • It's usually pretty easy to tell which new theories can be discarded because they don't explain all the observations that lead us to the dark matter theory in the first place (like e.g. the Bullet Cluster). Or it would be easy if media wasn't full of uncritical clickbait fluff pieces like this that rather make sensationalist claims than contextualizing how a new study fits into the existing science.