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  • steltek@lemm.eetoAsk Android@lemdro.idPhone as a PC
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    9 months ago

    A phone of today would out compete a laptop of 10 years ago. But the same statement was true 10 years ago: Android phones from 2013 are phenomenally better than the hilariously giant, clunky laptops from 2003. However, a phone today is not as good as a laptop today (screen res/refresh/latency, RAM/storage/connectivity, etc).

    Phones in a phone form factor have already assumed all the use cases they can from the laptop world. And a phone in a shell/dock will never be as good as the real thing so what does it gain you? Apps and websites already sync state across devices. Laptop software running on a phone will always run into mobile OS constraints and limits. You’ll probably be severely limited by the manufacturer’s kernel configuration (containers, eBPF, etc).

    Phone-as-laptop is dorky fun but you’ll run into limits almost immediately.



  • steltek@lemm.eetoTechnology@lemmy.worldMen Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech
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    9 months ago

    I would be an asshole to show up to this.

    That’s the part I really don’t get. If you’re cis male looking for a job, do you really think crashing this event is going to reflect favorably on you and that you’d be more likely to land a job? People are going to look at you and think that you have good judgment and won’t be a problem at all? What the heck is the thought process that makes this a good plan?



  • steltek@lemm.eetoProgrammer Humor@programming.devD or d come on
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    9 months ago

    Here’s how to fix this[+]

    Create $HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs with

    XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR=“$HOME/downloads”

    You may need to logout/in for things to reread this file.

    The full list of keys is:

    • XDG_DESKTOP_DIR
    • XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR
    • XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR
    • XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR
    • XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR
    • XDG_MUSIC_DIR
    • XDG_PICTURES_DIR
    • XDG_VIDEOS_DIR

    +: Since this is Linux, this is a fix for many but not all cases.