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  • [Request] Gaming mouse suggestions

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  • I don't love Logitech, but their G600 works well on Linux and has plenty of buttons. It is on the large side, so maybe not the best if you play more shooters than MMOs.

  • Californians urged to wear masks indoors as Covid cases double

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  • Twice per year would definitely be better.

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37133863/

    Results: A total of 799 original articles and 149 reviews published in peer-reviewed journals and 35 preprints were identified. Of these, 40 studies were included in the analysis. Pooled estimates of VE of a primary vaccination cycle against laboratory-confirmed Omicron infection and symptomatic disease were both lower than 20% at 6 months from last dose administration.

  • BIG MILESTONE! We’ve just crossed 100 posts on !videogames@piefed.social. 🎉

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  • I like having someplace nice to go when the previous place grows into a noisy echo chamber.

  • I refuse to by a new mouse

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  • I just about always prefer repair to replacement. Even if I'm not in love with the thing, less expense and pollution is worth a little effort.

  • Hardware monitoring

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  • KDE System Monitor can display and graph whatever data your system's sensors are producing. I made a couple of custom pages with the things that interest me, like temperatures, CPU core speeds, and fans. It does the job pretty well.

  • Baldur's Gate 3 or Clair Obscur: Expedition 33?

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  • You can replay any game, of course, but Clair Obscur's gameplay is mostly on rails with basic JRPG combat repeated over and over again, so I wouldn't bother. (Honestly, I found the gameplay boring within a dozen hours or so.) Its music is where it really shines. You could buy the soundtrack alone for a fraction of the price.

    BG3's atmosphere is good. The soundtrack is IMHO less inspired than Larian's previous soundtrack and not really outstanding like the one in Clair Obsucr, but still decent. And as a game, BG3 has a lot more to offer.

  • Baldur's Gate 3 or Clair Obscur: Expedition 33?

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  • For interesting game mechanics and replay value: Baldur's Gate 3.

    For beautiful music and nice scenery: Expedition 33.

    If I had to choose, it would be BG3.

  • Which VTT offers the most fluid experience?

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  • After using Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds from both sides of the table, I landed on Foundry VTT and never looked back.

    It's not free, but the value for the price is almost unheard of these days. Andrew and his team have a knack for finding a good balance between power, flexibility, ease of use, and beauty. Also, they engage with the community, and parts of the software are even open-source.

    I would only suggest another VTT if the DM and players were all dirt poor, or if the DM had especially weak computer skills.

    My only major complaint is that the official support channels and collective knowledge are locked behind Discord's terms and conditions, which means I am denied access to both despite having a paid license. Fortunately, I don't generally need support.

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    London targets noisy commuters with headphone campaign

    www.theverge.com /news/766522/london-tfl-headphone-campaign-noisy-passengers

  • Power Loss but Still Online with Fiber Connection

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  • Does anyone know why my new Fiber connection does this but my old system which was bonded DSL did not? I know back in the early days of DSL I could do this, but some where along the way it stopped being power outage resistant.

    DSL is just as capable of this as fiber optic. As long as both ends of the connection have power, your comms are fine, as you noticed in the early days.

    My guess is that your more recent DSL service relied on a loop extender located near enough to your home that it was affected by local power outages.

  • Death toll from Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City rises to 7 and infections hit 114

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  • Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs As Now "Externally Maintained" - Phoronix

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  • When someone is persistently disruptive, you can choose to spend your days babysitting and correcting them, or you can accept that they are unwilling or unable to change, show them to the door, and reclaim your time.

    Linus has been doing the former for quite a while. Looks like he has now moved on to the latter. Seems like the proper response to me.

    10 years

    I think that just shows that Linus has been admirably patient with Kent.

  • Good controllers for couch coop?

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  • Maybe the cheapest BT dongles aren’t the best for gaming.

    I have used a DualShock 4 with a cheap no-name bluetooth dongle, and it worked great. Bad ones surely exist, but I think the difference is more about the chip and antenna than the price. If I were you, I would get a different dongle.

  • Good controllers for couch coop?

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  • PlayStation DualShock 4 and DualSense controllers are great on Linux, and often reasonably priced during holiday sales.

  • Help! Looking for a new distro

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  • easily installs steam (after you enable the 32bit repos)

    Alternatively, you can install the Steam flatpak.

  • Help! Looking for a new distro

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  • This is an unusual combination of requirements:

    • Does not make you install a desktop environment
    • Must have steam

    I guess maybe you're planning to use the same distro for a server and a gaming system? Debian can do that. I recommend enabling Debian Backports on the gaming system, for access to recent kernel/firmware/mesa packages (you pick which ones you need).

    By the way, markdown ate your list formatting because you didn't put a space between the - and the text.

  • Help! Looking for a new distro

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  • Debian. Set it to stable instead of trixie and it’s kind of a rolling release.

    Testing or Unstable would be kind of like a rolling release.

    Stable currently is Trixie, and has a release cycle of roughly 1-2 years. It's not a rolling release. (However, OP's comments make it seem like they're just trying to avoid major breakage during release upgrades, in which case Debian Stable might still be a good pick so long as they read the release notes before upgrading.)

  • California Gov. Newsom signs legislation calling special election on redrawn congressional map

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  • California Senate embarks on Democrats' redistricting plan, counter-punch to Texas

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  • Subnautica 2 studio Unknown Worlds are now suing their former execs for stealing docs and sharing them with the press

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  • As PCGamer's Andy Chalk suggests, the suspicion is that the lawyers have picked Unknown Worlds as plaintiff, rather than Krafton, because they think they'll get more sympathy that way from Johnny Average Gamer.

    They're probably right about that. Many of us had never heard of Krafton until we learned about them avoiding payment of the bonuses they promised to the people actually making the game. That hasn't exactly generated goodwill among gamers.

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    Amy Klobuchar Wants To Break The Internet Because Someone Made A Stupid Satirical Video About Her

    www.techdirt.com /2025/08/21/amy-klobuchar-wants-to-break-the-internet-because-someone-made-a-stupid-satirical-video-about-her/
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    T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal—judges disagree

    arstechnica.com /tech-policy/2025/08/t-mobile-claimed-selling-location-data-without-consent-is-legal-judges-disagree/
  • Games @lemmy.world
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    THE NVIDIA AI GPU BLACK MARKET | Investigating Smuggling, Corruption, & Governments

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    AI wearables are quietly listening to everyone in Silicon Valley

    sfstandard.com /2025/08/05/ai-wearables-recording-devices/
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Ex-NSA Chief Paul Nakasone Has a Warning for the Tech World

    www.wired.com /story/ex-nsa-chief-paul-nakasone-has-a-warning-for-the-tech-world/
  • News @lemmy.world
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    California is pushing the limits of crowdsourced energy

    www.yahoo.com /news/articles/california-finding-way-around-trump-120549680.html
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Schools are using AI surveillance to protect students. Sometimes arresting them

    apnews.com /article/ai-school-surveillance-gaggle-goguardian-bark-8c531cde8f9aee0b1ef06cfce109724a
  • Linux @lemmy.world
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    StarDict Plugins in Debian 13 Raise Privacy Concerns

    linuxiac.com /stardict-plugins-in-debian-13-raise-privacy-concerns/
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    StarDict Plugins in Debian 13 Raise Privacy Concerns

    linuxiac.com /stardict-plugins-in-debian-13-raise-privacy-concerns/
  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent

    techcrunch.com /2025/08/06/citizen-lab-director-warns-cyber-industry-about-us-authoritarian-descent/
  • News @lemmy.world
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    No, the UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online

    www.eff.org /deeplinks/2025/08/no-uks-online-safety-act-doesnt-make-children-safer-online
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    Stove

    7Days Origins

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    FDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report

    gizmodo.com /fdas-new-drug-approval-ai-is-generating-fake-studies-report-2000633153
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    California backs down to Trump admin, won’t force ISPs to offer $15 broadband

    arstechnica.com /tech-policy/2025/07/california-backs-down-to-trump-admin-wont-force-isps-to-offer-15-broadband/
  • News @lemmy.world
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    When Your Power Meter Becomes a Tool of Mass Surveillance

    www.eff.org /deeplinks/2025/07/when-your-power-meter-becomes-tool-mass-surveillance
  • Uplifting News @lemmy.world
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    Japanese Grandparents Create Life-Size Totoro With Bus Stop For Their Grandkids

    mymodernmet.com /totoro-sculpture-bus-stop/
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    Georgia court vacates order citing AI-invented caselaw

    www.theregister.com /2025/07/08/georgia_appeals_court_ai_caselaw/
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    DXVK Release Version 2.7

    github.com /doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v2.7
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Meet ICEblock: The app that lets residents know when immigration agents are in their community

    www.yahoo.com /news/meet-iceblock-app-lets-residents-211017949.html