Notices by Brick Duck (woltiv@mastodon.social)

@gamingonlinux Agreed that the article's contention is silly. Valve might not even WANT to make hardware, but doing so makes the Steam store more attractive. Other handhelds using Steam will mean more money. The money Valve makes off of Steam Deck sales must be a rounding error compared to the game sales.

@tetrislife Thank you, but I don't have an Android phone rn.

I have seen people posting about keeping a journal instead of publicly blogging. I like the idea but hadn't found a good solution. Didn't want paper, and couldn't trust any $company.

Some recommended #DayOne but it's run by #automattic (the #wordpress ppl) which is melting down about #wpengine

I chose #tiddlywiki since it has an encryption option, and put it on a web server that only listens on a #wireguard interface.

https://tiddlywiki.com/
#journaling #diary

Can anyone familiar with #handbrake tell me why the #linux version look so different from the #windows one? I vastly prefer the Windows version - the toolbar icons don't take up as much room, the source selector stuff is cleaner. The menus aren't even in the same order.

Is there something I can do to make the Linux version look and behave like the Windows one? A theme or something I could use?

@Gargron One of the first things I interacted with on mastodon was a little bot that would post a poll, then generate an image based on the winning option. It was clearly marked as AI, I think those kind of things should still be allowed. A blanket "profiles that only post ai-generated content will not be tolerated" is too strict.

@Gargron On a personal level I really enjoy generative AI. On a societal level I think it needs to be handled carefully and regulated so people aren't put out of jobs, or so that there's a safety net if your job is affected.
I've been trying out chatgpt and it's hilariously bad at certain tasks and gets a lot of details wrong in the domains that I know a lot about.
It's nice to have black-and-white hot takes, but reality is gray.