Notices by gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)

gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 19:59:53 JST gvs
in reply to
- Aral Balkan
You don't see the bigger problem. You've allowed for governments to grow powerful and collect almost unlimited data and you didn't care UNTIL someone you don't like got into power.
Never give a government anything you wouldn't hand to the worst possible person running it, whoever that is in your view.

In conversation about 19 days ago from rebelbase.site permalink
gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 20:26:34 JST gvs
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And supports things like fractional scaling. Which is another thing that we didn't so much need 30 years ago. My 32inch curved 4K monitor is not fine with the same settings as a full HD panel on the connected laptop.

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gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 20:23:20 JST gvs
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> I'm not sure what you're doing comparing OS's to a display protocol.
Because each of these OS's has their own graphics layer... Mac basically is modified FreeBSD with a custom graphical stack and desktop. Parts of those OS's compare to X11

> Xorg is simply fast enough not to slow the user down

Is a bad argument. It has noticeable latency and for some applications or graphical effects, that matters.

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gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 20:14:04 JST gvs
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I am talking about X11 the protocol, not Xorg the implementation of it.
You keeping hearing the same points because they are true. X11 has never been ahead of Windows nor Mac in performance. I'm curious where you got the proof that it was (and is) faster then those or Wayland. Your counter argument also consists of 0 facts, just jpgs and gifs.

In conversation about 3 months ago from rebelbase.site permalink
gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 19:58:50 JST gvs
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Yes and no. The Linux kernel evolved (and replaced systems that no longer aligned with modern hardware), X11 is basically the same as it was 30 years ago and that's not so much the problem but it cannot keep up with the possibilties of modern graphic cards making it laggy. Also, since I started on Linux in 1997, X11 had been a sore regarding security, Wayland's architecture is better in that respect to

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gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 19:51:30 JST gvs
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Sorry, I don't think you explained what you think you can't do with a modern Linux distribution. I haven't used wine in at least a decade, neither do any of my family. We all use native Linux apps AND the browser, much the same as on Windows.

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gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 19:51:29 JST gvs
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I agree about the purge of the Russian devs, though I think they had little choice since that is mandated by the government...
I disagree about Wayland though. The technology behind X11 is ancient and it makes it hard to do modern things that MacOS can do, I think the slow rollout combined with compatibility layers is a good way to do a transition that does benefit users in the end.

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gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 19:39:23 JST gvs
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How so? I've been using Linux since 1997 and it has never been easier now that most technology evolved to work in browser. There aren't many things I cannot do on Linux without jumping through any hoops. In fact, most of my kids had never used Windows befor they where required to in school.

In conversation about 3 months ago from rebelbase.site permalink
gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jan-2024 02:08:26 JST gvs

I HATE PRINTERS, all of them.
> print this black and white document
> Can't, I'm out of YELLOW toner
Printer designers are not going to hell, there's a special place for them

In conversation about a year ago from rebelbase.site permalink
gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 01:26:37 JST gvs
in reply to
- FreePatriot
All of this is by design. They printed euros like there is no tomorrow to steel everything they can before crashing the euro to usher in CBDC's which we will reject only to accept Bitcoin which they also control and has the traceability they desire. Next up, kill off the nation state and soon after implement one world government as global communism

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gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 20:42:33 JST gvs
in reply to
- Matt Hamilton [Maryland]
I disagree that all insurance is a scam, but yeah, a lot of it is.
I only take insurance when mandated or for risks I cannot reasonably cover

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gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 20:42:31 JST gvs
in reply to
- Matt Hamilton [Maryland]
Why is it by definition a scam if not mandated?
My company handles infrastructure for large clients, if an employee of mine makes a mistake, the damages go up so high quickly that I can never cover them, so I insure those.

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gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 20:42:29 JST gvs
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- Matt Hamilton [Maryland]
Nope. I have collected on others though. I should probably note I'm not in the US (EU), for whatever difference that makes.

The only insurance I know here that did not pay out a freelancer of mine is income insurance when he got his COVID shot, but experimental medicine is explicitly excluded in the policy.

In conversation about a year ago from rebelbase.site permalink
gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Saturday, 07-Oct-2023 18:50:59 JST gvs
- Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:
I don't know the context but I instinctively rooted for the driver...

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gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 00:27:45 JST gvs
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@simplex is quite interesting as well

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gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 03:50:41 JST gvs
in reply to
- Jeff Cliff
- Partisan Night Slut
I think you need to check your definition of deadly. The flu BTW also kills some people every year.
Secondly, masks don't stop viruses, those are tiny compared to the holes in the mask. They stop bacteria

In conversation Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 03:50:41 JST from rebelbase.site permalink
gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 21:47:08 JST gvs
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- Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:
- Niclas Hedhman
Yes, don't like that either

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gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 20:55:48 JST gvs
- Alex Gleason
So you browse the web with JavaScript disabled (created by a conservative Christian who opposes gay marriage)? You checked that nowhere in the hierarchy of Google, Microsoft or Apple or your car manufacturer there is any conservative? Of course you didn't. You single out this case to go on a crusade of moral superiority with little cost in your own life.

Yeah, I run soapbox and I respect @alex for his work even though I'm a men's rights activist and a carnivore while he is opposite of those things. I can interact politely with you even though you hold opposite views.

You for some reason can only get along with people who exactly align with your opinion yet claim to be tolerant and morally superior. You are neither of those.

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gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 20:54:59 JST gvs
- Alex Gleason
- Niclas Hedhman
Agreed. Being on their petty lists means at least we don't bow to their demands.

But I like how Nostr is designed to avoid this issue entirely 😎

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gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 20:54:58 JST gvs
- Alex Gleason
It's a design flaw of the fediverse that puts way to much power in the hands of admins instead of users who don't always realize in what walled garden they live. Which is what I love about Nostr, it avoids that

In conversation Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 20:54:58 JST from rebelbase.site permalink