Well put. I dual booted because I still can't trust my CachyOS desktop not to do something surprising during important calls. But damn it is relieving to have full control again.
For media, I'd pick a distro that has the software you need. Most should work. I like Debian or CachyOS (Arch). Thr desktop environment is likely what will impact your media experience the most. I use Hyprland but wouldn't recommend it for a media desktop.
If you have a TV with low latency for gaming, 4K, and 120+hz, then you have a really expensive TV, and you likely care about quality. I'd reckon most of this popultion also owns a separate monitor for PC gaming.
My LG C2 hardware isn't powerful enough to stream higher than 60hz at 1080p, if I remember correctly. It also needs a LAN cord for consistency since the tv wifi adapter is not good. Instead I put moonlight on my steam deck and plugged that into the tv.
Just in case someone reads this far and sees blubber's confident "No." Blubber is definitely wrong here. I used to do all of my programming in R. Throw the question into an LLM if you're wondering if R has a package like ___ in python.
I don't think so. Trump just announced $2K stimulus checks, and he could do it again. Money printing will reduce the value of the dollar. You're probably better off buying real estate or gold. Though those are priced really high now too. Maybe just invest in yourself to gain knowledge and skills that will eventually pay off...
Agreed! I love my Trident. This is the best hobby I have taken up in a long time. So fulfilling. Especially now that I'm learning freecad. Getting started can be expensive. There is an awesome community on discord that loves to help, and there are lots of small businesses that sell every part you can think of, custom mods from github, and if you email them they will respond promptly and personally. 10/10
Web version sucks compared to desktop version, unless you use the apps minimally. That said, the Winapps repo is a good linux solution, running a windows VM and accessing the office apps via RDP so they feel like a native app. As soon as it gets wayland support, I'm making the full switch. Winapps in Xwayland has some issues.
No but anyone reading this should check out his two recent vids on using Arch linux and De-Googling. He is doing this community a huge favor and it is very entertaining.
Their price list wasn't that confidential last I spoke with the sales team. It depends on the license type. Last I heard, it's around $15k/year for a standard subscription license. You can probably trial it for free, or be a student and have longer free access.
I stand corrected. I've not seen GAAP vs IRS differ so much in my experience. Thanks for referencing IRS section 174 which clears things up. It appears to be quite strict on the 5/15 year amortization of software development expenses, and I now agree with OP that the change to section 174 as part of the TCJA is some bullshit.
This does feel a bit like propaganda. I'm a CPA with ex-Big4 audit experience, albeit only 4 years, and specialized in revenue rather than expenses. I just briefly read over the pwc summary of the related FASB standards covering Subtopics ASC 985-20 and ASC 350-40. It pretty much says that you expense everything on software that intended for selling until it's technologically feasible. Upgrades afterwards are capitalized, then amortized. Internal software development is capitalized. Like, if you build internal infrastructure, it likely has value, similar to PP&E. Differences is, Equipment is physical. The value of the software is the minds and time that went into it. I'm also certain that if you could prove to your auditors that your software is not worth much, you could probably expense more of the costs. This whole thread screams big tech company propaganda.
R, specifically tidyverse, has a special place in my heart. Tidy principles makes data analysis easy to read and easy to use new functions, since there are standards that must be met to call a function "tidy."
Recently I started using Nushell, which feels very similar.
This is great. If you ever wrote about your entire setup I'd love to read it. Got a few new ideas from your post. To anyone reading, the most helpful tool for setting up my homelab is the community helper-scripts (formerly tteck, RIP). Those have saved me soooo much time, and showed me best practices in setup, and the list of scripts give you a good idea of tools that are commonly used.
Yup, the key word for me is control. And over time, considering the continual loss of control, more people will adopt self hosting, and things will get better and easier. For now, i only recommend it to hobbyists or people with free time and money. It does take quite a while to get it all running smoothly.