[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 5 points 14 hours ago

dd is completely safe.

Only if you have the correct args and device names. Make a backup if you want to do it from the command line and aren't feeling 100% confident.

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 5 points 14 hours ago

When I've needed to transfer data over to a new disk, I've used gparted from a live usb to copy/paste partitions directly. Once that's done, you'll probably need to update /etc/fstab to point to the new drives and run update-grub (assuming you are using grub) to update the bootloader config.

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago

If that train stops suddenly, they're a gonner.

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 5 points 1 day ago

... You know you can just create a community and post stuff there, right?

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 18 points 1 day ago

Thank you! Could this be permanent? People can use an AskLemmyPolitics community if they really need to.

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Scotland. I forget which vote it was for (either the independence referendum, brexit, elections, etc.) but maybe 5-10 mins. Other than that one it's been mostly a ghost town.

... Huh, we've been to the polls a lot recently, haven't we?

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 36 points 3 days ago

Why do they need information about the hostname? Is it really valuable for them to know how many systems are named daves-pc?

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 13 points 3 days ago

A lot of these machine learning models have been trained on art without their consent.

The entire AI art industry is basically rich megacorps exploiting small artists (who usually don't make much income) to fuel their ever growing profit machines.

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 23 points 3 days ago

Great, it's so close they'll have to do a few recounts...

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 3 points 3 days ago

Fennec (the f-droid version of Firefox) on android. It's not been updated in a while though, which is concerning...

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 5 points 3 days ago

Why should we meddle in the affairs of dolphins? By suggesting or mandating a particular style of democracy, are we not undermining their right to self governance?

If we were asked for advice on how best to do it (since it should be plain to see that we know what not to do), I'd maybe propose the AMS system we use here. There's a stv system for one local representitive, then there is a list vote to fill up the rest of the seats in a proportional way.

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 30 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Your voting system is broken. You can present yourself as a hero who is fighting against the system, but all you are doing is letting someone who will commit more atrocities into power.

Elect Harris. Protest peacefully. Put pressure on her that way.

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submitted 2 weeks ago by savvywolf@pawb.social to c/videos@pawb.social

Got sent this, and the animation is actually quite well done for how simple it is.

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It's fun, and well worth looking at if you like smash.

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Been playing this game a bit. Can't comment on how good it is compared to actual battlefield, but I've been having fun.

Currently in (free) beta, not sure how long they are doing their playtest for though.

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Interesting piece of webdev solving.

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Stumbled upon this game and had fun with the demo. Might be up some people's alley.

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submitted 2 months ago by savvywolf@pawb.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

Hey all, I'm British so I don't really know the ins and outs of the US healthcare system. Apologies for asking what is probably a rather simple question.

So like most of you, I see many posts and gofundmes about people having astronomically high medical bills. Most recently, someone having a $27k bill even after his death.

However, I have an American friend who is quick to point out that apparently nobody actually pays those bills. They're just some elaborate dance between insurance companies and hospitals. If you don't have insurance, the cost is lower or removed entirely. Supposedly.

So I'm just asking... How accurate is that? Consider someone without insurance, a minor physical ailment, a neurodivergent mind and no interest in fighting off harassing people for the rest of their life.

How much would such a person expect to pay, out of their own pocket, for things like check ups, x rays, meds, counselling and so on?

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submitted 3 months ago by savvywolf@pawb.social to c/gaming@beehaw.org

I recently played through a demo for a game called Pinball Spire on steam, and it put me in the mood for playing pinball games. Unfortunately, and I don't know if this is just due to me having bad google-foo, there don't seem to be that many on Steam that catch my interest.

So figured I may as well make a thread asking about what the "state of the art" of pinball video games is. Some of the ones I've played:

  • Sonic Spinball: Very janky, but very unique and I don't think I've seen anyone try to do anything similar to it.
  • Pokémon Pinball and Sonic Pinball Party: Fairly standard pinball games, tbh. They're both on handhelds so they can't do that much.
  • Demon's Tilt and Xenotilt: Just really fun feeling arcade pinball games with a really fun tilt mechanic.

So yeah, know any good PC or console pinball games?

Oh, and can someone help me: I vaguely remember seeing a stream of a pinball game for the Mega Drive/SNES where the ball goes through multiple tables. Does anyone know what that game was called, if it even exists?

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submitted 3 months ago by savvywolf@pawb.social to c/videos@pawb.social

So https://meow.social/@TwilightSaint/112810490753805813 popped up in my feed and I had to find the full version. Sharing here because it's really nice.

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submitted 3 months ago by savvywolf@pawb.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

Hydration is important.

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submitted 3 months ago by savvywolf@pawb.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

So another thread ( https://lemmy.world/post/17746018 ) got me wondering... How many people would want to move to another country?

Just to provide a concrete scenario, let's assume that in your current country you (magically) have a decent-ish job. They open up offices in another country of your choosing, and you have the option of moving there and work for an equivalent living wage.

They're able to get visas set up (however improbable that may be) for you and any family, but you have to go through the process of finding housing, physically moving your belongings and anything else you need to set up.

What countries would you take the offer to move to, if any?

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submitted 3 months ago by savvywolf@pawb.social to c/tech@pawb.social
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submitted 3 months ago by savvywolf@pawb.social to c/protogen@pawb.social

Not my photo or mastodon, but figured it would be worth sharing.

I love the cardboard visor.

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