hakase

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[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They're not "just" misandrist; that is to say, they definitely have good reasons for existing outside of misandry, and I'm glad that they can provide that space for the people who need it. It's also certainly not inherently misandrist to be queer or woman oriented.

In the case of Lemmy, though, yes, all of the queer and women oriented instances are very clearly also misandrist. Openly and proudly so, in fact. Your comments here are an excellent, though comparatively mild, example of that.

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I knew someone from one of the misandry instances would chime in to prove my point, so thanks! ^_^

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Bravo! Spoken like a true feminist, the last bastion of gender equality!

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

You could have listened to me, sympathized, and told me my misandrist experience is valid, but, then again, that's a privilege reserved for women experiencing misogyny, isn't it? Wouldn't be very feminist of you to acknowledge just how widespread misandry is among feminists, eh?

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip -4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

Of course, but with some more equal than others, as my outspoken feminist boss demonstrated earlier this week. She insisted that feminist research into matriarchal societies had proven beyond a doubt that women govern better than men can, and that if we would just replace all men in power with women the US's problems would practically solve themselves. This was one day after complaining to me about how unreliable her male coworkers were, and how you can really only rely on women when you want something taken care of.

Feminists truly are beacons of equality.

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip -1 points 3 days ago

You must not have been very good at geometry proofs in high school. Even though yes, both are true at the same time, one can't know that initially because one leads to the other. Descartes couldn't conclude that he was thinking until he had concluded that he was doubting.

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago

Came here to say Civ IV

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (7 children)

Jokes aside, this is kinda the opposite of Descartes' point. He was doubting everything, and that included his own existence.

In fact, literally the only thing he could be sure of was that he was doubting, not that he was thinking, which is why it's so weird to me that everyone leaves off the first part of the idea, since it's arguably the most important part.

Dubito, ergo cogito. Cogito, ergo sum.

I doubt, therefore I think. I think, therefore I am.

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I could not stand The Stand. It was an absolute slog from start to finish.

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Being psychologically manipulated into continuing to play a game that I wouldn't otherwise certainly doesn't sound very enjoyable and rewarding, but that may just be me.

I avoid achievements specifically because video games are supposed to be enjoyable and rewarding. A game should succeed or fail on its merit alone, not how well it plays the manipulative achievement metagame.

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Imo this mindset is everything wrong with video games today.

 

All of the wikis say that you can use Soulsucker on Garl (to the extent of having two different sections about ways to do it in the tips section), but I've just spent a solid half hour landing square hit after square hit on him, and no dice. I've tried catalyst in left hand, right hand, and even got him stuck on some geometry where I tried angle after angle with no luck.

At this point I'm convinced that the wikis are wrong, and that you can't use Soulsucker on Garl Vinland in either the Remake or the original game. I may just be bad, but I don't think even I can be that bad for that long with dozens of hits that look like they're squarely connecting.

I've looked around a bit and haven't actually found any evidence of anyone else being able to successfully do so either - does anyone here have any additional info on this?

Maybe it's just black phantom Garl that it works on? I haven't checked yet, but that's definitely not what the wiki says.

Edit: Can confirm that it does work on BP Garl (first try - I've had a lot of practice), but not on regular Garl. Wiki seems to be conclusively wrong.

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by hakase@lemmy.zip to c/linux@programming.dev
 

My wife recently switched over to Mint instead of upgrading to Windows 11, and everything has worked perfectly except for one thing.

The Zoom app for Windows has native iPad integration, making it super easy for her to use her iPad when on a Zoom call, but the Zoom app for Linux doesn't seem to have the same functionality.

Does anyone know of a way (preferably in Zoom, but also out of it if necessary) to easily share her iPad screen over a Zoom call?

UPDATE: So, it's been confirmed that the option to connect an iPad wirelessly to a PC on a Zoom meeting is not available in the Linux version of Zoom, because it's a proprietary function on both Mac and Windows. The option is literally just not there in the Linux Zoom version.

We ended up going with UxPlay, which isn't perfect, but it was better for her purposes than just doing the Zoom call on the iPad.

Note that if UxPlay is laggy, you should start it with the command "uxplay -vsync no" to disable the audio/video syncing function, which apparently makes it behave more like a traditional stream, which is what she needed. And since she was only using it to draw and take notes for the group, she had no need for audio.

Thanks everyone for all of the help. At this point I'm considering the issue solved, though the solution is a bit clunkier and more awkward than we'd like. Still, she's so tired of proprietary BS (even moreso now) and so glad to see her computer actually not acting like it's moving through molasses on bloated, last-legs Windows 10 that I think she's willing to accept a reasonable amount of clunk in Mint with a pretty big smile. :)

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