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27 days agoThe more they charge, the fewer will pay.
Paranoid Factoid
In a fight between delusion and physics, physics may always win but delusion never concedes.
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181·1 month agoWHEREZ DO SUBSCRIBE JELLYFLIN?
Jellyfin isn’t great, but it sure doesn’t have this problem.
Oligarchs are robbing everyone.
So done with Netflix. Streaming just isn’t worth it any more; I have better things to do with my time.
Might I recommend a library card? Most libraries have a DVD/BlueRay collection to borrow. And there are books. Maybe the younguns might want to consider reading a few more books? It’s good for you. Like eating vegetables for the mind.
No. I don’t think the smart patch tool works nondestructively. There are three nondestructive systems in Krita:
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Alpha Masks. This lets you edit transparency for a given layer. A common use is to remove backgrounds. But you can also paint or use the gradient tool for soft transitions. Gimp has had this too since at least the 2.10 series. Perhaps 2.8.
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Alpha masking of adjustments. This lets you paint or use the gradient on an adjustment layer, such as Curves or Levels. Again, to allow for soft transitions of adjustments. Note that GIMP 3.2 currently CANNOT do this. It does have adjustments, which are called ‘filters’ in GIMP speak. And like Krita, they can be reordered in an adjustment/filter stack. But unlike Krita (and Ps), an adjustment/filter currently only applies to an entire layer. The adjustment can not be edited within the layer itself on a mask.
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Layer Styles. This is commonly used for nondestructively adding styles to text, like drop shadow, sparkle, glow, etc. Gimp got this in 3.0.
Gimp has made some real improvements with the 3.x series. But it still lacks basic functionality that Ps has had since 1997 with Photoshop 7.0, and Krita has had for something like fifteen years. But it’s getting there. And it does have better adjustments/filters than Krita. And it has had editing text on the canvas since 2.10 (I think?), whereas that’s being deployed for Krita 6.0 I believe.
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I’m not trying to diss GIMP. I’m dissing GIMP.
This point is that Krita is pretty damned good.
Krita has a fully nondestructive workflow, including alpha masks for filters. It’s had it for fifteen years or so. GIMP is still trying to catch up.
What are these data centers to be used for? People say AI, but that’s not specific enough. This shit is surveillance state.
Sure, you could. But that defeats the purpose.
GrapheneOS won’t protect your cellular data and metadata. It can’t stop location tracking by cell tower. But it does a lot for those who are privacy concerned.
It’s a PITA to use. You set up different profiles for different uses to separate out app tracking. Turn off Google services when you can. Manage each app. Switch profiles around constantly.
It’s work But… ain’t nobody watching you.
Security. Privacy. Convenience.
Pick two.
Motorola will have a GrapheneOS compatible handset. I use a Pixel 9 Pro with GrapheneOS though, and it works reasonably well.
I will not install their app. Period.
Seems he’ll really need that expensive security detail after all.
Oppose it. For most of my life the United States was not a dictatorship. It’s still not quite, yet. But MAGA is certainly trying.
Regardless, the distinction between democracy and a republic conservatives so often make to discredit democracy is one that slyly promotes dictatorship.
I prefer ublock origin