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Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair, Inc. in c/games@lemmy.world

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 hours ago

At the root of this cognitive dissonance is who benefits and who doesn't. Copyright law is selectively applied in a way that protects the powerful and exploits the powerless. In a capitalist economy copyright is meant to protect people's livelihoods by ensuring they are compensated for their labor, but due to the power imbalance inherent to capitalism it is instead used only to protect the interests of capital. The fact that AI companies are granted full impunity to violate the copyright of millions is evidence that copyright law is ineffective at the task for which it was purportedly created.

US can’t ban TikTok for security reasons while ignoring Temu, other apps, TikTok argues in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

It's because this isn't about privacy at all, it's about a popular social media platform being outside the control of domestic intelligence agencies. The US is unable to control the narrative on TikTok the way they do on American social media, which allowed pro-palestinian sentiment to spread there unhindered. It had a huge effect on the politics of the younger generation (IMO a positive one) by showing them news and first hand accounts they wouldn't have seen otherwise.

Edit: And yes, China is able to control the narrative on TikTok and that is a potential problem, but so far they've had a fairly hands-off approach to US TikTok aside from basic language censorship. I figure the way China sees it is that an unmoderated free-for-all will do more to sow divisions in the US than a carefully controlled (and therefore obvious) pro-China narrative ever could.

How do you decide on which news sources to read? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My issue with ground news is it doesn't give any weight to funding sources when making its' bias ratings, which makes it easy for billionaire-funded media conglomerates with a "neutral and unbiased" front to fly under the radar.

I think he couldn't in c/memes@lemmy.world

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 days ago

Didn't the MCU movies make a point to say it only matters if the person is worthy by Odin's standards? I guess it just means Magneto meets Odin's standards, whatever they are.

Elon is so creepy with his AI art. Looking forward to when he generates images of a happy family in c/enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago

All value is subjective. I happen to believe humans' ability to empathize across species is both beautiful and beneficial for the long-term sustainability of our species. Having empathy for other species helps us to understand the role nature plays in our lives, and to assert agency over the role we play in nature. Lacking empathy for animals allows us to see them as property, and humans tend to have an extractive and ultimately self-destructive disposition towards property.

Same goes for my shitposting rule in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

Brown is just desaturated orange. You can even make the same color appear either orange or brown by changing the color surrounding it. Brown exists only in our brains.

Watching ml and world argue in every thread be like. in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

Decentralized infrastructure can be physical as well, such as microgrids that enable peer-to-peer solar energy sharing.

And sidenote: software engineers are exploited workers like the rest of us, and it's a respectable profession. The "tech bros" you have to worry about are the wealthy CEOs masquerading as inventors and engineers like Elon Musk.

Watching ml and world argue in every thread be like. in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

You're using an example right now.

Watching ml and world argue in every thread be like. in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't need to present a perfect alternative for my critique of Western Democracy to be valid. Critique is the means by which we can improve upon what already exists. Some short-term solutions could be to overturn citizens united and end legalized corporate lobbying, introduce voting reforms such as abolishing the electoral college and switching from first past the post to ranked choice or star voting, or expanding direct democratic programs like ballot initiatives. All of these have the effect of minimizing the influence of capital and maximizing the influence of people on the political process.

Longer term solutions involve bottom-up organization of things like mutual aid, unions of various types, decentralized infrastructure, community-run libraries (and not just for books), community gardens, etc. These kinds of dual-power structures always start small but have outsized positive effects on the communities they form in. If they were allowed to grow unhindered they would eventually grow together and easily supercede the top-down power structures that pervade our lives today, which is why they end up being suppressed or co-opted by the same.

A good example of how this occurs is how despite the internet providing a way to collect and distribute all the knowledge on earth for free to everyone on earth (the greatest library in all of human history), powerful corporations - with the help of governments around the world - unnecessarily spend vast amounts of wealth and resources to restrict the free exchange of ideas along socioeconomic lines.

Watching ml and world argue in every thread be like. in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

No

Watching ml and world argue in every thread be like. in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

I believe there are a lot of government orgs that could be forces for good if they weren't completely at the mercy of powerful corporations.

Watching ml and world argue in every thread be like. in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

It points out the contradiction of being in a supposedly free Western Democracy but still being totally at the mercy of others. It isn't necessarily that Western Democracy is the cause, but that it fails to address these problems.

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(Solved) Need Help With My Self-Hosted Media Server (slrpnk.net)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Schmoo@slrpnk.net to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

6 comments fedilink

Edit: For those who stumble across this with the same issue, I eventually got it working by adding “default-runtime”: “nvidia”, to /etc/docker/daemon.json then restarting the docker service and Jellyfin container.

I am in the process of setting up a new media server on an old PC using Ubuntu Server and CasaOS and have run into my first major roadblock.

To give some background, I formerly had my media server running on my main gaming PC on Windows using Plex and the *arr suite. I’m now trying to do things the right way and set everything back up from scratch on some spare hardware with Jellyfin and all the rest in dockerized containers. I chose CasaOS because I’m not overly familiar with Linux and thought that would be a good way to ease into things.

Everything was going well until I tried to get hardware acceleration enabled in Jellyfin. For the life of me I cannot seem to get the Nvidia drivers properly installed, much less give Jellyfin access to the device. I’m using a GTX 960.

I’m not sure exactly what additional info I need to give here, but here’s something I hope helps:

*****@home-server:/$ nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
*****@home-server:/$ nvcc --version
nvcc: NVIDIA (R) Cuda compiler driver
Copyright (c) 2005-2021 NVIDIA Corporation
Built on Thu_Nov_18_09:45:30_PST_2021
Cuda compilation tools, release 11.5, V11.5.119
Build cuda_11.5.r11.5/compiler.30672275_0
*****@home-server:/$ ls /usr/src | grep nvidia
nvidia-srv-535.104.12
*****@home-server:/$ sudo dkms install -m nvidia -v srv-535.104.12
Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file.
File: /usr/src/nvidia-srv-535.104.12/dkms.conf does not exist.

If there’s anything important I’m leaving out - and I probably am - let me know. Also if there’s anywhere else you recommend I post this let me know that as well.

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(Solved) Trouble With CasaOS (slrpnk.net)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Schmoo@slrpnk.net to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

3 comments fedilink

Edit: For those who stumble across this with the same issue, I eventually got it working by adding “default-runtime”: “nvidia”, to /etc/docker/daemon.json then restarting the docker service and Jellyfin container.

I am in the process of setting up a new media server on an old PC using Ubuntu Server and CasaOS and have run into my first major roadblock.

To give some background, I formerly had my media server running on my main gaming PC on Windows using Plex and the *arr suite. I’m now trying to do things the right way and set everything back up from scratch on some spare hardware with Jellyfin and all the rest in dockerized containers. I chose CasaOS because I’m not overly familiar with Linux and thought that would be a good way to ease into things.

Everything was going well until I tried to get hardware acceleration enabled in Jellyfin. For the life of me I cannot seem to get the Nvidia drivers properly installed, much less give Jellyfin access to the device. I’m using a GTX 960.

I’m not sure exactly what additional info I need to give here, but here’s something I hope helps:

*****@home-server:/$ nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
*****@home-server:/$ nvcc --version
nvcc: NVIDIA (R) Cuda compiler driver
Copyright (c) 2005-2021 NVIDIA Corporation
Built on Thu_Nov_18_09:45:30_PST_2021
Cuda compilation tools, release 11.5, V11.5.119
Build cuda_11.5.r11.5/compiler.30672275_0
*****@home-server:/$ ls /usr/src | grep nvidia
nvidia-srv-535.104.12
*****@home-server:/$ sudo dkms install -m nvidia -v srv-535.104.12
Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file.
File: /usr/src/nvidia-srv-535.104.12/dkms.conf does not exist.

If there’s anything important I’m leaving out - and I probably am - let me know. Also if there’s anywhere else you recommend I post this let me know that as well.

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(Solved) Nvidia Drivers on Ubuntu Server (slrpnk.net)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Schmoo@slrpnk.net to c/selfhosting@slrpnk.net

0 comments fedilink

Edit: For those who stumble across this with the same issue, I eventually got it working by adding “default-runtime”: “nvidia”, to /etc/docker/daemon.json then restarting the docker service and Jellyfin container.

I am in the process of setting up a new media server on an old PC using Ubuntu Server and CasaOS and have run into my first major roadblock.

To give some background, I formerly had my media server running on my main gaming PC on Windows using Plex and the *arr suite. I'm now trying to do things the right way and set everything back up from scratch on some spare hardware with Jellyfin and all the rest in dockerized containers. I chose CasaOS because I'm not overly familiar with Linux and thought that would be a good way to ease into things.

Everything was going well until I tried to get hardware acceleration enabled in Jellyfin. For the life of me I cannot seem to get the Nvidia drivers properly installed, much less give Jellyfin access to the device. I'm using a GTX 960.

I'm not sure exactly what additional info I need to give here, but here's something I hope helps:

*****@home-server:/$ nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
*****@home-server:/$ nvcc --version
nvcc: NVIDIA (R) Cuda compiler driver
Copyright (c) 2005-2021 NVIDIA Corporation
Built on Thu_Nov_18_09:45:30_PST_2021
Cuda compilation tools, release 11.5, V11.5.119
Build cuda_11.5.r11.5/compiler.30672275_0
*****@home-server:/$ ls /usr/src | grep nvidia
nvidia-srv-535.104.12
*****@home-server:/$ sudo dkms install -m nvidia -v srv-535.104.12
Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file.
File: /usr/src/nvidia-srv-535.104.12/dkms.conf does not exist.

If there's anything important I'm leaving out - and I probably am - let me know. Also if there's anywhere else you recommend I post this let me know that as well.