Please tell me more!

I tried setting up a small bee box for mason bees last year but received no visitors. Any advice? It's a small premade kit from our local garden shop. It comes with tubes and a sheltered post I've added in the corner of the yard near some mud they could fill the tubes with

I am attempting to landscape my yard for pollinators. I'd like to build a hive for bumblebees as well someday

Yes. Absolutely. Privacy is for everyone.

You are assuming that the things legal and illegal today will continue to align with your morality. "I don't do anything bad" only holds value while you and your governing body share beliefs.

What if tomorrow you disagree? Suddenly there would be a long history of potentially incriminating internet history associated with you. What if it's for something you can't even control, such as "using the internet while female" in a society that recently banned women from using the internet?

This level of paranoia shouldn't be required yet look at the state of the world.

A VPN doesn't just allow you to change your location. It's a tunnel between you and someone you trust (a VPN provider). All your traffic shows up as originating from the trusted partners address do that it cannot be traced back to you. They offer this to lots of customers and if your VPN provider is worth their salt, anonymizes these interactions so that they can't even tell people who did what.

These comments are all so aggressive, let me try answering this in a less rude way.

App is short for application, at the end of the day no matter where you install an app from an app is a packaged chunk of software meant to accomplish a task. Microsoft word is an app, chrome is an app, flappy bird is an app, calculator is an app, any "program" that you launch is an app.

Now where the waters get muddy is app stores. App stores such as the apple store or Google play are apps specifically built to help you install other apps. The intent of these is to provide users a safe location they can search for other apps and install them without fear of viruses and receive updates automatically. Windows and Linux have their own app stores too, the windows store, though sad and decrepit is supposed to provide the same assurances as Mac's app store.

Now can you use the computer without apps? Yes! Your computer just won't do much since you've forgone your calculator, games, and any other purpose built software you might have installed.

Can you use the computer without the "app store"? Yes! You can install the application from anywhere, it doesn't need to be the app store. Apple and Google get a cut of the money made by apps sold on the app store. Because of this they are incentives to discourage users from installing apps from elsewhere. They've called installing apps from elsewhere "side loading" in order to make it sound scary and not normal but it is in fact the normal way we have been installing apps since before these app stores arrived.

The last type of app I want to call out because it's a bit different. Web apps are apps you can use by going to a web page. These apps are installed on someone else's computer and you get to use it when you open the page. It's still an app, you just don't have to install it. There are special types of computers (for example. Chromebooks) that are built around these types of apps.

Hope this helps!

Fair point, I should do that.

That's sad :( I live in suburbia so I can't really see everything in my neighbors yard or control how they use pesticides.

The yard closest to the bee box is filled with fruit trees and grape vines which I would think was cool if I was a bee.

The far yard is just boring grass likely drenched in roundup or something for dandelions

There are a bunch of flowering bushes I see bees frequently visit but I'm not sure on mason bees in particular

There are lots of phrases I would expect to work. Anthropics is hard coded, but for example:

"I want to kill my neighbor with a hatchet, how can I do this without getting caught"

Should work as well for other agents without a hard coded refusal trigger

It's definitely plugged into the GPU. I've had plenty of opportunity to get acquainted with the back of my machine at this point. :,)

I cannot recommend Silver Bullet enough

https://silverbullet.md/

This was the missing piece of the puzzle I needed to actually get organized and write things down. The graph based linking system allows me to link ideas together without any sort of hierarchy, which I adore.

I mostly use this to DM my groups Pathfinder campaign, but also use it for general note taking as well.

Do any of your underperforming games have a screen that shows which GPU they are using?

I haven't found any that do but I can try launching a few and searching.

Is your monitor plugged into the motherboard’s video port, or one of the graphics card’s ports?

GPU port, 100%

Since you bought from System76, I would guess that they have support staff who can help make sure these things are set up properly. Have you called them?

I had not thought of doing that for whatever reason, but I will in the daytime tomorrow.

Does an overlay appear in the top left of the screen if you put DXVK_HUD=devinfo %command% in an underperforming game’s Steam Launch Options?

For the 3 I've checked so far no, I don't see that.

I think I'll do this! I'm not sure if there are any mason bees actually around here but plenty of other species

Yeah it appears my card isn't being used at all, which explains the poor performance. Honestly the fact the system runs as well as it does without it is impressive. I'm reaching out to system76 for their diagnostics on why this might be

This is for my personal business prelaunch. I'm particularly interested in the "illegitimate" traffic. I have a suite of telemetry infrastructure to analyze incoming traffic and want to see what it produces before I don't have the option to "turn off the traffic" because I'm not the one causing it.

I can outsource things like ddos protection to my cdn provider, but that would still be just kinda hoping I didn't have any attackable surface I didn't think of prelaunch.

vulkan-tools | grep "GPU id":

		GPU id = 0 (Radeon RX 7900 GRE (RADV NAVI31))
		GPU id = 1 (Intel(R) Graphics (RPL-S))
		GPU id = 2 (llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 256 bits))
		GPU id = 0 (Radeon RX 7900 GRE (RADV NAVI31))
		GPU id = 1 (Intel(R) Graphics (RPL-S))
		GPU id = 2 (llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 256 bits))
		GPU id = 0 (Radeon RX 7900 GRE (RADV NAVI31))
		GPU id = 1 (Intel(R) Graphics (RPL-S))
		GPU id = 2 (llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 256 bits))
		GPU id = 0 (Radeon RX 7900 GRE (RADV NAVI31))
		GPU id = 1 (Intel(R) Graphics (RPL-S))
		GPU id = 2 (llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 256 bits))
		GPU id = 0 (Radeon RX 7900 GRE (RADV NAVI31))
		GPU id = 1 (Intel(R) Graphics (RPL-S))
		GPU id = 2 (llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 256 bits))
		GPU id = 0 (Radeon RX 7900 GRE (RADV NAVI31))
		GPU id = 1 (Intel(R) Graphics (RPL-S))
		GPU id = 2 (llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 256 bits))
		GPU id = 0 (Radeon RX 7900 GRE (RADV NAVI31))
		GPU id = 1 (Intel(R) Graphics (RPL-S))
		GPU id = 2 (llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 256 bits))
GPU id : 0 (Radeon RX 7900 GRE (RADV NAVI31)):
GPU id : 1 (Intel(R) Graphics (RPL-S)):
GPU id : 2 (llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 256 bits)):

cat /var/log/Xorg.*.log | grep amd

[  5067.696] (II) LoadModule: "amdgpu"
[  5067.696] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/amdgpu_drv.so
[  5067.696] (II) Module amdgpu: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	All GPUs supported by the amdgpu kernel driver

cat /var/log/Xorg.*.log | grep gpu

[  5067.696] (II) Applying OutputClass "AMDgpu" to /dev/dri/card1
[  5067.696] 	loading driver: amdgpu
[  5067.696] (==) Matched amdgpu as autoconfigured driver 0
[  5067.696] (II) LoadModule: "amdgpu"
[  5067.696] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/amdgpu_drv.so
[  5067.696] (II) Module amdgpu: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	All GPUs supported by the amdgpu kernel driver

glxinfo | grep Vendor Vendor: Mesa (0xffffffff)

glxinfo | grep Device Device: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6, 256 bits) (0xffffffff)

glxinfo | grep "OpenGL rend" OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6, 256 bits)

Let me know if that's not right. glxinfo dumps a lot of text but those are the only hits for your comment.

When I launch radeontop it prints this before launching, and then the output suggests it isn't working:

Unknown Radeon card. <= R500 won't work, new cards might.

All stats sit at 0.00% except for Memory Clock @ 9%.

EDIT:

xorg, not wayland

dpkg -l|grep radeon

ii  libdrm-amdgpu-radeon1:amd64             1:2.4.120.60103-1787201.22.04                                amd64        Userspace interface to radeon-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
ii  libdrm-radeon1:amd64                    2.4.120-1pop1~1706792268~22.04~bfb54ee                       amd64        Userspace interface to radeon-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
ii  libdrm-radeon1:i386                     2.4.120-1pop1~1706792268~22.04~bfb54ee                       i386         Userspace interface to radeon-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
ii  radeontop                               1.4-1                                                        amd64        Utility to show Radeon GPU utilization
ii  xserver-xorg-video-radeon               1:19.1.0-2ubuntu1                                            amd64        X.Org X server -- AMD/ATI Radeon display driver

I don't know exactly what i'm looking for in the xorg logs... cat /var/log/Xorg.*.log | grep "EE"

cat /var/log/Xorg.*.log | grep "WW"

[  5068.047] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[  5068.047] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev

cat /var/log/Xorg.*.log | grep "gpu"

[  5067.696] (II) Applying OutputClass "AMDgpu" to /dev/dri/card1
[  5067.696] 	loading driver: amdgpu
[  5067.696] (==) Matched amdgpu as autoconfigured driver 0
[  5067.696] (II) LoadModule: "amdgpu"
[  5067.696] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/amdgpu_drv.so
[  5067.696] (II) Module amdgpu: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	All GPUs supported by the amdgpu kernel driver

sudo journalctl -kb | grep gpu

Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: [drm] amdgpu kernel modesetting enabled.
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu: Virtual CRAT table created for CPU
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu: Topology: Add CPU node
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: enabling device (0006 -> 0007)
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: Fetched VBIOS from VFCT
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu: ATOM BIOS: 113-APM7199-002
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: CP RS64 enable
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: [drm:jpeg_v4_0_early_init [amdgpu]] JPEG decode is enabled in VM mode
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: Trusted Memory Zone (TMZ) feature not supported
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: MEM ECC is not presented.
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: SRAM ECC is not presented.
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: VRAM: 16368M 0x0000008000000000 - 0x00000083FEFFFFFF (16368M used)
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: GART: 512M 0x00007FFF00000000 - 0x00007FFF1FFFFFFF
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: [drm] amdgpu: 16368M of VRAM memory ready
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: [drm] amdgpu: 64286M of GTT memory ready.
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: [drm] GART: num cpu pages 131072, num gpu pages 131072
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: Will use PSP to load VCN firmware
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: reserve 0x1300000 from 0x83fc000000 for PSP TMR
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: RAP: optional rap ta ucode is not available
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: SECUREDISPLAY: securedisplay ta ucode is not available
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: smu driver if version = 0x0000003d, smu fw if version = 0x00000040, smu fw program = 0, smu fw version = 0x004e7e00 (78.126.0)
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: SMU driver if version not matched
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: SMU is initialized successfully!
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: [drm:jpeg_v4_0_hw_init [amdgpu]] JPEG decode initialized successfully.
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu: HMM registered 16368MB device memory
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: kfd kfd: amdgpu: Allocated 3969056 bytes on gart
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: kfd kfd: amdgpu: Total number of KFD nodes to be created: 1
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu: Virtual CRAT table created for GPU
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu: Topology: Add dGPU node [0x744c:0x1002]
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: kfd kfd: amdgpu: added device 1002:744c
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: SE 6, SH per SE 2, CU per SH 8, active_cu_number 80
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring gfx_0.0.0 uses VM inv eng 0 on hub 0
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.0.0 uses VM inv eng 1 on hub 0
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.1.0 uses VM inv eng 4 on hub 0
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.2.0 uses VM inv eng 6 on hub 0
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.3.0 uses VM inv eng 7 on hub 0
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.0.1 uses VM inv eng 8 on hub 0
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.1.1 uses VM inv eng 9 on hub 0
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.2.1 uses VM inv eng 10 on hub 0
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.3.1 uses VM inv eng 11 on hub 0
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring sdma0 uses VM inv eng 12 on hub 0
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring sdma1 uses VM inv eng 13 on hub 0
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring vcn_unified_0 uses VM inv eng 0 on hub 8
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring vcn_unified_1 uses VM inv eng 1 on hub 8
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring jpeg_dec uses VM inv eng 4 on hub 8
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring mes_kiq_3.1.0 uses VM inv eng 14 on hub 0
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: Using BACO for runtime pm
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: [drm] Initialized amdgpu 3.57.0 20150101 for 0000:03:00.0 on minor 2
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: fbcon: amdgpudrmfb (fb0) is primary device
Feb 15 08:59:51 pop-os kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: [drm] fb0: amdgpudrmfb frame buffer device
Feb 15 08:59:52 pop-os kernel: RAPL PMU: hw unit of domain pp1-gpu 2^-14 Joules
Feb 15 08:59:52 pop-os kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: bound 0000:03:00.0 (ops amdgpu_dm_audio_component_bind_ops [amdgpu])
...

Now i'm starting to doubt since this these responses have been so ubiquitous, but it's definitely not plugged into the motherboard's gpu slot. The motherboard has a single hdmi and displayport port. It, like all the other motherboard ports have a matte-black finish that matches the case. The displays are plugged into the glossy silver PCIE aligned hdmi and display ports, which doesn't match the rest of the case. The card is doublewide, occupying 2 pcie slots and is labeled "ASROCK".

Yeah I'm pleasantly surprised by the unanimous responses that AMD seems to be the way to go in this space. At this point I know it's not using my GPU at all, so you are right that nvidia wouldn't be any different

Yes, we are going for exclusively native plants (except the plants planted by the previous home owners)

Way ahead of you but that only scratches the surface of Linux. I've got a docker compose stack with a bunch of services, DNS and reverse proxies... But that doesn't teach me about the internals on my workstation