Indeed. Linux, with WINE is known to outperform Windows, sometimes by a wide margin, for older games for some time. Win98 hasn’t seen any development in about two decades. Meanwhile, people who enjoy old software have been continually improving WINE, allowing modern hardware and OS advances to be leveraged and unpatched low-level issues to be fixed. Linux is very much a better Win98 than Win98.
Things have improved a lot since the 90s.
Going to have to disagree on the second bit. Nearly every game that was released on XP or earlier has run better for me with WINE or DosBox in Linux than Windows. Proton and Lutris/Heroic have only made it better. I have the Might and Magic collection and Mass Effect Remastered on my deck and both run flawlessly with little setup.
Ah yeah. I forget about that set of bikers often as I only associated with the ADV folks who are all about ATGATT. Really weird to me to think that people actually want to be PPE luddites and miss the chance to wear a modern suit of armor, without being out of place or violating the laws of some municipalities.
I suspect that, for some, it is the misconcption that the visor limits field of view in a meaningful way. Might have been the case 40-50 years ago but seems a rarity with modern helmets.
As one on an extended hiatus due to getting hit by an SUV and high-siding, I recommend only using a full face or highly rated modular with a good lock. I have a face because of my HJC modular and am not confident in anything without a chinbar.
Speaking from experience, the former is extremely likely. Given the increase in sociopathic driving, I’ll not be riding on slabs again anytime soon. I really don’t want to get hit by another truck.
I’m looking forward to hardware and firmware hacking on a Framework laptop.
I’m unsure that I would find this useful. While I might want a good solution to view web content on the terminal (with a modern, w3c standards rendering engine) so that I can do less outside of the terminal, I don’t think I see the utility of using web tech to power my zsh and vim usage. I am enjoying my balance of utility and perf with kitty.
I hope you have a good experience and share your findings.
Oh. Very good point. I did not know that either.
I know you already got it but a few others came to my mind:
Finnish, which not a tonal language:
Japanese:
I think you’ll find the pattern of question words/suffixes in nearly every language that is not explicitly tonal.
Add Trader Joe’s to the map and it will look a bit better. They’re both owned by the same people and have similar offerings, from what I’ve seen.
No problem!
Like many Internet phenomena of recent years, NNN has been used as part of the far-right/chauvinist movement. Lots of weird and biologically incorrect stuff going around surrounding it too. I think that far-right movements think that they can leverage male sexual frustration to drive people to violence and other nefarious activities - sexual denial seems weirdly common in extremist right-wing groups, across cultures. Seriously. It’s weird.
You’re not wrong for trying to find another solution. Unfortunately, I think, in this case, your up against fundamental Linux permissions. One possibility would be running the work in a container with reduced capabilities but, it really is going to depend on what behaviors you’re trying to avoid.
Overall, it’s likely a better idea to re-install because noone should be running stuff directly as root in the majority of production scenarios.
DO NOT OPEN PRs CONTAINING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
That is all.
No need for the ableist slur. There are much better, creative, and entertaining ways to insult people who act in bad faith and have the self-awareness of a modern LLM.
I’m not sure that we’re on the same page or set of definitions. Of course not every skill depends on linguistic literacy.
Take skateboarding, for example. Yes, there could be some theory, potentially (I’m clearly not a skater) but much of the skill is in learning how to physically operate the board as an extension of one’s body. This is a “natural” sort of skill that meshes well with our evolved neurobiology (ie perception, motor function, physical coordination, etc.)
Now, let’s look at written language. It is NOT a “natural” sort of skill. It MUST be taught and learned with effort because our neurobiology has not evolved to account for the sorts of tasks involved. Writing is an abstract thing that requires abstract thinking to really understand - the word “lion” is not literally a lion, which is not a simple task to grasp for an untrained brain.
Next, computing. A computer and what it does is incredibly abstract. A bunch of pieces of specially-shaped stone, use an invisible force to represent presence and absence (the concept of “zero” is only in recorded use for the last 3800 years or so and ancient greeks didn’t even have a symbol for it). By performing ever more complex mathematics on these stones, we can create tools that people can use to perform abstract, and in some cases, physical work. And these interactions are nearly all performed based upon instructions that people write in text-based languages that don’t even match up with natural languages.
Even if not, technically illiterate people can actually read a button or menu item.
And this is part of the origin of the issue inflicted upon younger people. In the US, literacy programs were largely replaced by programs literally designed to help people that are illiterate take care of their basic needs in a society that depends on written language.
Another way of putting it is: An illiterate person can press a button on a touchscreen to order a hamburger, because either there is a symbol of a hamburger, or, they were taught to recognize the shape of the word “hamburger”. But, they might not actually know what the price actually means or, they may mistakenly order a plane ticket to Bamberg, Germany, because the words look alike. If they have a computer and an error dialog box pops up, will they know how to figure out how to fix it? Will they install “anti-virus” software that opens in a popup because it looks similar?
How about if they want to learn how to write a resume? How will they do that? What about figuring out how to write a mod for Minecraft? Or Enterprise software? These are all things that are dependent on linguistic literacy. Reduction in the general population’s literacy makes people easier marks for cons and significantly reduces their ability to learn new things as well as effectively operate computers for anything but games and scams.
ETA: I’m far from an expert and would really recommend looking into what LeVar Burton of Reading Rainbow and Star Trek fame is saying about this problem.
I think that I have an answer for you.
From the other comments, it sounds like you’re using a dynamic mic. So, you can very likely rule out phantom power as, while they may exist, I’m not aware of any dynamic mics that use phantom power.
Additionally, from your original post, you note that you are using an XLR to phono adapter to connect and can get some signal, if you crank up the boost.
Are you by chance running direct from the mic to the on-board soundcard?
If so, that is probably your issue. The mic-in on most non-audio production soundcards isn’t designed for this. They are intended for things like electret condensor mics that have built-in pre-amps or others that produce a signal that is closer to line-level.
Most stage and studio mics that use XLR connections produce a very low signal that is intended to run through a pre-amplifier to bring it up to line-level before it goes to tape/DAW/PA power amp.
So, my recommendation would be to take one of two routes:
Obtain a mic pre-amp and add it to your signal chain between the mic and computer.
Obtain an audio interface that contains a decent mic pre-amp.
I would recommend the second, if practical as the ADCs in on-board soundcards are historically mediocre to poor. You will probably be much happier with the result.