cygnus

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China lashes out at JD Vance for calling Chinese people ‘peasants’ in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago

Not to mention many of those Chinese products are designed by and built for American companies or nonamerican companies that sell in the US, which complicates things even further. This is much more complicated and much messier than simply looking at how many US goods there are in a typical Chinese household. Everybody loses thanks to Trump's idiocy.

China lashes out at JD Vance for calling Chinese people ‘peasants’ in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (9 children)

You know that isn't good for China either, right? It's the same twisted trade deficit logic that Trump is using. China's economy depends on selling those goods.

Ted Cruz warns of midterm ‘bloodbath’ if Trump tariffs cause a recession in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

McKinley is actually Trump's idol. On his very first day back in office one of his first EOs was to rename Mount Denali to Mount McKinley. it isn't a coincidence that Trump also loves tariffs.

Forager's alarm after police visit over mushroom picking claims in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 28 points 3 days ago

She has the surname "Gather" and looks exactly like the kind of person I'd imagine picks mushrooms. Nominative Determinism strikes again!

Tesla sales tumble 13% as Musk backlash, competition and aging lineup turn off buyers in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 days ago

There's no way those numbers are real: https://apnews.com/article/tesla-sales-recall-trump-byd-b6f5da15be491d16e3020598e3ddf861

Canadian sales are fabricated and they are down in China too as BYD eat their lunch. Where else would the shortfall come from?

Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 41 points 5 days ago

Of course they did. The odds of them using Signal for only one group chat were zero.

Tesla sales tumble 13% as Musk backlash, competition and aging lineup turn off buyers in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 days ago

The Canadian "sales" where three Tesla dealerships each averaged one car sold for every single minute during a three-day weekend? No, that was totally legit.

Social Security Website Crashes as DOGE-Linked Disruption at the Agency Continues in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 days ago

Can't wait to see this have no measurable effect whatsoever on Trump's approval ratings.

Tesla sales tumble 13% as Musk backlash, competition and aging lineup turn off buyers in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 40 points 6 days ago (6 children)

I assume that's in the US only. The sames drop in Europe is far worse (40 to 80% depending on country) because they are less receptive to fascists than the US.

Elon Musk can’t take the heat in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 days ago

Concerning

Italian pasta map in c/yurop@lemm.ee
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

No cjarsons in Friuli? Come on

Why Norway is edging towards a fresh EU membership bid in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 week ago

The article should mention whether or not this would affect their sovereign wealth fund, and if so, in what fashion... Not to mention how EU environmental regulations may affect what is essentially a petrostate.

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Why does VirtualBox keep launching on boot? (lemmy.ca)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/28766034

Sorry if this kind of question isn't allowed here, but I'm at my wit's end. VB randomly started launching on startup about 2 weeks ago (on EndeavourOS) and I can't figure out why. There's no shortcut in ~/config/autostart, it isn't in the KDE startup apps list, and I can't find anything virtualbox-related with systemctl either. There's also no setting in the VB app itself. WTF?

Based on recommendations in that thread, I also checked:

/etc/systemd/system
/etc/default/
vboxautostart.service
KDE "restore session" settings

Any ideas are much appreciated!

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Why does VirtualBox keep launching on boot? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by cygnus@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.world
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Sorry if this kind of question isn't allowed here, but I'm at my wit's end. VB randomly started launching on startup about 2 weeks ago (on EndeavourOS) and I can't figure out why. There's no shortcut in ~/config/autostart, it isn't in the KDE startup apps list, and I can't find anything virtualbox-related with systemctl either. There's also no setting in the VB app itself. WTF?

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USB webcam lagging only in Zoom? (lemmy.ca)
 

Sorry if this community isn't the right place to ask — I got a USB webcam that works great in Teams, but lags tremendously (3-4 seconds) in Zoom. I doubt the Zoom app is introducing that lag on its own, but how would I troubleshoot this?

This is on EndeavourOS (basically Arch)

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Trying Fedora. Never rebooted so often in my life (lemmy.ca)
 

Even back in the Windows 3.1 or 95 days I didn't have to reboot this often - sometimes twice a day. Seems a bit excessive?

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File permissions on mounted drive - can read/write but can't drag into apps? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by cygnus@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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RESOLVED: it was caused by the app being flatpak. use Flatseal!

I have a network drive mounted to my computer (PopOS). I have read & write access to everything in the drive and can drag and drop files between two Nautilus windows, but if I try to drag a file from the network drive into an email for example, I get a popup about file permissions. Is it because flatpak apps don't inherit my user permissions?

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Using Linux for work - need a good email/contacts/calendar system (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by cygnus@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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(apologies in advance if this isn't the right community for this question)

I've been flirting with Linux on and off for about 15 years and I think I'm ready to make the switch mostly full-time. I use a laptop for work and have a Microsoft 365 plan with email and such. I need to replace that with something Linux-friendly and would much prefer something that works with a desktop email client. Easy syncing of email, contacts and calendar to Android is a must.

Proton seems like it might be a good option but the privacy features aren't a huge selling point for me so I'm open to other options!

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