sbeak
@sbeak@sopuli.xyz
Hi, I’m sbird! I like programming and am interested in Physics. I also have a hobby of photography.
- Comment on Is Framework an ethical company? 2 weeks ago:
In my opinion, Framework is more ethical that most in the industry. Think companies like Apple, HP, Dell, etc. who are generally quite anti-consumer. For example, Apple’s parts pairing and closed ecosystem, HP’s lockdown of their printers. There are plenty of more examples to look for, turns out humongous for-profit corporations driven by money like money go up more than happy consumers.
Whether Framework “ethical” outright I’m not sure. They support right-to-repair and interact with the community more. They share CAD files of their products so that people can make their own accessories and such, they are working with many Linux distros to improve compatibility, etc. I personally find the backwards compatibility of parts of their devices really impressive. So definitely, more ethical than most.
However, they, like a majority of companies, are not focused on improving working conditions in factories, they are not necessarily using fair materials, etc. Additionally, the support of Omarchy is problematic. In a nutshell, Omarchy is pretty much a preconfigured Arch that DHH likes. The controversy is that this DHH is an insane alt-right guy, anti-immigrant, transphobic, homophobic, white supremecist, all that. The direct support (particularly on social media) of Omarchy is seen as an endorsement of DHH, when you go to Omarchy’s website, DHH’s name is right there. This obviously isn’t a good look for Framework, and they hammered in the idea that they are a “big tent”, implying that they are okay with DHH’s views. Point have also been made that Omarchy is a very new distribution with a small userbase.
Source I found in a quick search: gardinerbryant.com/the-omarchy-framework-thing/ (13th Oct 2025)
Note that Framework is not currently sponsoring Omarchy: frame.work/blog/framework-sponsorships (I am unsure whether they originally did, or if was just the social media promotion)
Other companies support their own fair share of far-right lunatics, but that doesn’t make it ethical for Framework to do so of course.
- Comment on What’s the difference between communism and socialism? 2 weeks ago:
When there is a lot of overlap and ideas get very complicated, our human labels never quite fit (this applies to so many things, see taxonomy, astronomy, religion, psychology, biology, etc.)
- Comment on Why do a majority of nation's flags use the rectangular shape except Nepal? 2 weeks ago:
In Hong Kong, the coins have different size and shaped ridges so that people with vision impairments can more easily distinguish between them! I remember the five dollar coin being big and round, the one was round and thinner too, while the two was more bumpy. And although the paper bill for $10 is more common now, the ten dollar coin was small than the other dollars while being quite thick.
Many other countries have something similar, but I do like the HK coins personally. As a kid I always played around with them and sorting them by thickness, aligning their ridges (particularly for the $2 coin), etc.
And indeed, none are sharp for the reasons you mentioned. Most coins have ridges though, as those are used to tell if some of the coin was sanded off for the metal.
- Comment on What’s the difference between communism and socialism? 2 weeks ago:
My understanding is (and I could be wrong on some details, I’m no political scientist!), communism is a broad idea for the end goal of a society with no class boundaries, no private ownership, workers (or a representative for them, in some models) owning the factories/“seizing the means of production”, rights for all, everyone gets their fair share.
There are many, very different ideologies for achieving such an ideal society. Additionally, different people have tacked on their own ideas onto it (such as the necessity of a violent or peaceful revolution, how to redistribute land, etc.). You can go from forms of anarchism (very anti-authoritarian) and democratic socialists (usually quite anti-authoritarian) to Stalin’s USSR and the Eastern bloc during the Cold War (very authoritarian with cruel dictators at the helm). Like most belief systems, there is plenty of infighting between various different factions.
“Socialist” is another broad term and is usually used to describe groups, people, and governments that implement policies that will build up towards the communist ideal. It’s thrown around for many democratic groups as well as deeply authoritarian ones, hence the separation between authoritarian and anti-authoritarian communists that is very common.
You might have heard of terms like “democratic socialist” and “social democracy”. The former are socialists who usually advocate for slow reform over a revolution, the latter are capitalists who implement socialist elements in their policies. Both try to uphold liberal democratic processes and are against one-party states like that of the USSR.
TLDR:
- “communism” is the ideal and optimistic goal for a state, people who pursue that are called “communists”. It is an incredibly broad term that can describe very different ideologies
- "socialism" is used to describe groups that implement policies towards the goal of communism, people who support this are called “socialists”
- “democratic socialists” are socialists who support liberal democratic practices and usually advocate for slow reform rather than violent revolution
- "social democracies" are people who support some degree of socialist policies in order to make society more equal and fair while retaining the capitalist system
- the separation between authoritarian and anti-authoritarian communism is very important! They are vastly different despite their shared goal of a classless society
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- Comment on What tools do you recommend for me to start working as a cell phone technician? 2 weeks ago:
Aside from the suggested iFixit screwdriver kits and magnifying glasses, I would suggest a microfibre cloth or wiping down the device and isopropyl alcohol to clean adhesive for the battery in many phones.
- Comment on How do I drink more water? 2 weeks ago:
100% get a water bottle and carry it with you. Reduces the effort needed to take a sip. Additionally, try to drink less sweet drinks too. I never liked fizzy drinks anyways.
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- Comment on What are some good, casual mobile games. 2 weeks ago:
All the native Android games I have played have already been suggested, so I could suggest using GameNative or similar to emulate some neat indie titles.
If you like retro games, you could also emulate your legally obtained ;) titles from GameBoy to PS2 to Dreamcast. I like using Retroarch for most of my emulation on my computer and I believe it exists on Android too. Dolphin is great for GameCube and Wii games, NetherSX2 for PS2. There are plenty of other good emulators too, each with varying degrees of feature set, compatibility, and stability.
On iOS, you have Delta (which focuses on older Nintendo titles), and not much else (Apple’s fault for having closed app ecosystem and not having the best support for things like JIT)
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
As I understand, VS Code is a code editor that has a built in terminal. On Windows, it uses the terminal for Windows, Powershell, by default (so you are able to use Windows-specific commands). So no, VSCode does not let you install fish or zsh by itself.
However, if you were to install either Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) or something like MSYS2, you would be able to emulate a Linux terminal and install zsh, fish, etc. as well as use other Linux-specific command line utilities. On VSCode, after you install WSL, you select the + icon in the terminal subwindow and click on the terminal you want (in this case, WSL) instead of Powershell. So if you install that, you are able to use zsh and fish in VSCode.
However, I would highly recommend trying to install Linux if you are able to (i.e. not a work machine or something like that). Most application work or have solid alternatives on Linux, or can be run with Wine, especially programming stuff, most of that is here. Gaming on Linux has also improved significantly over the years, so if you need that, Wine and Proton are awesome. On Linux, you have way more freedom to install applications, the file system is so much nicer in my opinion, and you can interchange between different parts as it’s modular. Don’t like the GUI? You can install a new one. The power manager isn’t working? Try a different one, etc.
If you need distro recommendations, I would suggest Linux Mint (either Ubuntu base or LMDE is fine) as it makes things super easy, and Cinnamon is close in appearance to Win10 too (while being plenty customisable). If you do more gaming, there’s loads of options (Bazzite, Nobara, etc)
CachyOS and other Arch-based distros are cool, but I would suggest you run stable release options first before diving into rolling release. This is coming from a happy user of EndeavourOS, another Arch-based distro.
- Comment on "Absolute Cinema" said Peter Magyar, newly elected Prime Minister of Hungary, when turning towards the press 3 weeks ago:
It’s where a guy is raising both their hands with big captions “absolute cinema” (the meme is usually used when something funny or engaging is happening)
Interestingly, in my search for interesting rockish and punkish music, I stumbled across an artist called Kino, a Soviet-era Russian band (that sounds really good, you should check it out!). On the Kino-related subreddits, I found edited versions of the meme that replaces the man with Viktor Tsoi, the now deceased singer from Kino (RIP to him, car accident at a young age) and the caption is “absolute KINO”, since the band is named after the Russian word for “cinema”. This alternate Kino variant of the meme has cropped up in a few other places too, funnily enough.
- Comment on If I submit a question to /nostupidquestions/ and I get downvoted does that mean my question was actually stupid or is it a paradox? 3 weeks ago:
I think that a majority of users on the internet down vote if they see content that is not relevant, breaks the community rules, or simply not very nice.
p.s. “no stupid questions” is a play on the phrase “There are no stupid questions, Timmy!”, but of course you still need to be polite and follow the rules
- Comment on Who's receiving and who's loosing electrons? 3 weeks ago:
English really is a funny language
- Comment on Who's receiving and who's loosing electrons? 3 weeks ago:
The short answer is, to “lose” means to have lost something (e.g. “Did you lose your keys?”, but in this case it’s electrons) while to “loose” is used to describe getting something to be able to move freely / unstuck (which could arguably be used to describe the loss of electrons in a material, since you’re rubbing them loose)
- Comment on Whew no need to continue flossing. 3 weeks ago:
Why is there a (presumably AI-generated) Earth on fire for the “end of the universe”, when the Earth would be way gone far sooner than that (that is, in a few billion years when the Sun blows up to a red giant)? It’s pretty misleading in my opinion, as it makes it seem like a doomsday apocalypse kind of scenario.
The catching on fire doesn’t make sense either, as the end of the universe will likely be very very cold (a heat death, some might say).
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- Comment on Why is 'Philippines' spelled with a PH, but 'Filipino' is spelled with an F? 4 weeks ago:
The Philippines were named after a Spanish king, King Phillip, or Felippe in Spanish. Given that the country was first controlled by the Spanish for ages, then the Americans, I’m guessing that at first the Spanish name for both the people and the territory was used, but when the Americans took over, the English-ified name of the territory was used, while the Spanish name for the people stuck as colonial powers use the name for the territory more often? Perhaps the Filipino diaspora also plays a role in this. I don’t know, just my guess.
- Comment on What are some good, solid cables for charging and data transfer? 4 weeks ago:
DisplayPort is for displays though? Like HDMI? They aren’t used for file transfer as far as I understand. And DP alt mode over USB-C is also just used for displays…
- Comment on What are some good, solid cables for charging and data transfer? 4 weeks ago:
Pretty cool that both brands show the charging spec on the cable! Props to Startech in particular for labeling that the cables are USB 2 data transfer speeds
- Comment on What are some good, solid cables for charging and data transfer? 4 weeks ago:
I don’t think DP cables are used for charging smartphones? Unless you’re thinking DP alt mode over USB-C, but that would still be for displays
- Comment on What are some good, solid cables for charging and data transfer? 4 weeks ago:
Looking at the reviews, the silicone sleeving of these looks pretty cool! And quite neat that Creator Warehouse is able to compete with the bigger brands while not having a ridiculous price tag, the prices seem pretty good actually (but shipping to many countries will be higher, which is understandable as a smaller company). Hopefully they become in stock soon!
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- Comment on Is there something on the market that can provide as good anti reflective coating as the S24 Ultra? I want the same effects for my Pixel 9 4 weeks ago:
Samsung S24 Ultra onwards have the anti-reflective “matte” coating (diffused vs shiny) while the S26 Ultra is the first with the dumb “privacy display” feature.
It’s neat tech, but it significantly reduces the resolution when enabled, it has worse viewing angles when disabled (since half the pixels are less visible when viewing side on) and the feature is done better with a cheap screen protector. Pretty cool that you can use it for notifications, but I think that’s the only part-of-screen tinkering you can do with it, it’s that or the whole screen, so you could just set the notifications to hide message contents?
- Comment on Ggs lol 5 weeks ago:
When the cold war waned, both the U.S. and the Soviets began to denuclearise, treaties were signed, etc. tensions were deescalating (if you search for a graph for no. of nuclear weapons over the years, you see a peak during the cold war then a gradual decrease)
Now, everyone is afraid that nuclear war could be coming soon, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Trump’s America kidnapping Maduro in Venezuela and bombing Iran with Israel, not to mention his threats against several other nation’s sovereignty (many of which are NATO members), Israel’s starvation of Gaza, conflict between India and Pakistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan are having conflict too, the world is a mess, made worse that all conflicts I mentioned above involve nuclear armed states and could have additional nuclear armed states intervene in.
- Comment on Ggs lol 5 weeks ago:
Perhaps it’s talking about the Cold War where both sides built enough nukes to obliterate the world numerous times, then began to disarm as the Cold War came to its end, and now rearming yet again threatening another nuclear arms race?
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
Well it would be weird if they gave you bonus points for it /s
- Comment on What is hubris as an adjective? 5 weeks ago:
then blindly confident
- Comment on Should I use a "proper" password manager instead of Firefox? 1 month ago:
It’s better to use a separate password manager, since it’s an additional layer of security, as you must type in a master password or, if you configure it, use a hardware key/biometrics. Also, as others have said, you can use them in non-website logins too, so it’s more flexible!
Personally, I think Bitwarden is a pretty good option for most people. It’s cross-platform, and I think there is an option to self-host the server if you wish.
Another option, the one I use, is KeePass (XC on desktop, DX on Android, KeePassium on iOS), which stores passwords in a local database file, and you can use Syncthing to sync the contents of the database!
- Comment on How do I change my pfp? 1 month ago:
Cool, a transformer person!
- Comment on How do I change my pfp? 1 month ago:
Summit does indeed support pfp changes! You go to the profile icon and select the gear to find Lemmy web preferences