Questy

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[–] Questy@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Quit dicking around eh

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It feels like even normal Americans don't quite get it. It's war. Picture Iraq, but you share a huge border. This continent will become a bloodbath. We'll make sure of that. We can only hope a nuclear deterrent can be deployed before that happens. To be clear, we see your country. We are ready to die, and kill, to not be part of it.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago

The joy of no longer being in Windows for gaming.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Good practice for the pilots though.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

I second Halls of Torment, also check out ∆V Rings of Saturn.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Looking at the boats on offer, only one currently fills the specification Canada is insisting on. The KSS-3 from ROK has 10 VLS in its block 2 configuration, the German Type 212 has 0 VLS. If Canada requires the capability to deploy ballistic missiles that leaves it with the Korean boat , that's also a very smart requirement since it allows for the nuclear deterrent that is obviously needed to be added down the line. The KSS-3 is currently deploying the Hyunmoo 4-4 ballistic missile, range of 800km, payload (I think) 1-2000kg. That could sling a thermonuclear warhead.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (10 children)

The cost of failing to deter aggression is incredibly high, look at Ukraine. We are in a similar situation, but we are even worse off. There is much less conventional parity between us and the hostile dictatorship next door. As an example, Ukraine started the war with a layered air defense network and thousands of interceptors to keep it in the fight, that led to Russian caution with their air assets and allowed a front to form. Canada has precisely 0 air defense batteries.

Ultimately there is no reasonable amount we can spend to gain conventional deterrent against the new United States. The money needs to yield a fast track to nuclear deterrence.

Unfortunately for us Canadians, we are staring at the choice between spending and sacrificing financially to hedge against the risk of invasion. If we don't, and the worst happens, we'll spend much, much more, and a lot of the cost will be blood.

 

I still see people asking which distro to use, is it ok if they have an Nvidia card? How ready is Linux for a gamer? I have been 8 months now on Linux, it's about this hard to have an Nvidia card: click update. The way I switched was to populate the second m.2 slot on my MB and install Linux there, I chose Nobara, that way I had the fallback of Windows 10 if I had issues. Well, I still have Windows 10, it exists as a console with no internet access, it runs my Skyrim setup with it's 982 mods that I can't be arsed to move. Everything else is on Linux, it's the default and daily driver. Look close, you can see my system automatically updating OpenMW for me, quietly supporting my 260+ mod remaster of Morrowind. If you're wondering whether Linux is ready for gaming, yea, it is. Give it a try.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I use a Fedora variant called Nobara with my 4080. Driver management has been great.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I use Nobara, I've daily driven on my gaming setup for 8 months. Strong recommendation. It's maintained by GE of GE-Proton. I have an RTX 4080 and it has been completely smooth with drivers, my mic, camera, XBox controller, all working out of the box.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Personally running Nobara with my 4080, works great.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I personally use Nobara, I am happy with my setup. I primarily use my system for gaming and it runs great. I have always heard that having an Nvidia card is an issue, but it's been seamless for me, Nobara takes care of a lot of that stuff for you.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

A second m.2 for trying out the switch to Linux. It went well, primary boot now.

Edit: I went with Nobara.

 
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