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Lariscus··on Industrial Controller? Windows or Linux?
You might also want to look at AvaloniaUI[0] for a cross platform .NET GUI library. It is similar to WPF but much nicer to work with.

[0] https://avaloniaui.net/

Lariscus··on Dropping GNOME's X11 session approved for Fedora 41
Anyone acting surprised should read about what Fedora is. They were always an bleeding edge distro and are often the first major distro to adopt something that later becomes widely used if not a de facto standard.

Just a few examples:

- Fedora 8 changed to Pulseaudio by default [0]

- Fedora 15 adopted systemd [1]

- Fedora 34 default PipeWire [2]

Sometimes these things don't work out like the attempted switch to Wayland for Fedora 25.[3] This attempt now is really nothing out of the ordinary for Fedora and with the current state of Wayland I am in no doubt that this time they will stick with Wayland.

[0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeaturePulseaudio

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/systemd

[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/DefaultPipeWire

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-25-Wayland-Default

Lariscus··on XFCE 4.20 Aiming for Usable Wayland Support While Maintaining X11 Compatibility
This was just in response to Wayland being 'bloat' which is factually wrong.

Also, X11 did not disappear over night so I don't get all that complaining. I'd wager X11 will remain a viable display server for several years. The only distro discussing removal of X11 seems to be Fedora at the moment, and they where always on the bleeding edge so no surprises there.

Lariscus··on 100% User-Supported
Good point, I want both. The app should use files and be open source.
Lariscus··on XFCE 4.20 Aiming for Usable Wayland Support While Maintaining X11 Compatibility
I am unsure about what you are trying to say, but I am using a 4k monitor and it works very well.
Lariscus··on 100% User-Supported
There is no guarantee that they wont do any of that in two weeks and since it is closed source you are basically forced to accept the enshittification or have to switch to another product. This is the reason I haven't tried Obsidian yet. I will never use another closed source note taking app again.
Lariscus··on XFCE 4.20 Aiming for Usable Wayland Support While Maintaining X11 Compatibility
Really? So why am I using it right now without issues?
Lariscus··on XFCE 4.20 Aiming for Usable Wayland Support While Maintaining X11 Compatibility
Wayland is just a protocol and much more lightweight than X11.
Lariscus··on Google Update Reveals AI Will Read All Your Private Messages
Remove the google messages app and use a different messager instead.
Lariscus··on Startups tend to have 3 generations of employees
Vapid nonsense that was probably copied from some business influencer on LinkedIn.
Lariscus··on Ask HN: What is your current experience with Nostr
Never heard about nostr until now and took a look using one popular client called coracle. It seems to be only used by cryptobros; I don't need or want that in my life.
Lariscus··on Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?
Word of warning about Roblox, it is home to child labor exploitation, gambling and chat rooms rife with predatory behavior. They allow young game developers to sell their creations and take a 70% cut of their revenue; that is if they let you cash out at all. I recommend caution and at the very least be involved in what your children are doing in Roblox.
Lariscus··on Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?
Just download the Godot engine[0] it's free and there are lots of tutorials on Youtube. The documentation[1] also has a tutorial that shows you how to create a small 2D and 3D game. To learn programming with gdscript there is this free course by gdquest.[2]

[0] https://godotengine.org/showcase/

[1] https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/getting_started/intro...

[2] https://gdquest.github.io/learn-gdscript/

Lariscus··on Sentry new TOS to use data to train AI with no opt-out
Just what I need, pull requests with a bunch of AI generated drivel. I really don't want to spend my days figuring out if the PR that just got assigned to me contains an actual issue or some AI hallucination.
Lariscus··on EU Cyber Resilience Act: What does it mean for open source?
With Electron you are not developing an embedded browser, it is a dependency of your product which means you are responsible to keep this dependency secure and up-to-date.

I don't follow how rules for software with VPN functions could apply to a video game chat, but as with all laws intend and interpretation matters. Successfully convincing a judge that your game chat is a Class I critical product is unlikely.

I also don't think that the CRA is too vague. Rules that are too specific will just be circumvented. Enforcement works like any other market rule. You can sell all sorts of non-compliant products in the EU but if you are found out you pay a fine. It won't be any different with the CRA.

Lariscus··on EU Cyber Resilience Act: What does it mean for open source?
This is nonsense, because non-commercial activities are exempt from the CRAs requirements.
Lariscus··on EU Cyber Resilience Act: What does it mean for open source?
Most regulations work like that. For example, just because you are cooking in a food truck does not exempt you from basic hygiene requirements. Also CRA will not put you into hot water because of a vulnerability in your dependencies. You may get in trouble if you refuse to provide a security update during the lifetime of your software product.
Lariscus··on EU Cyber Resilience Act: What does it mean for open source?
This is described in Annex IV, V and VI [1]. You must do a conformity assessment and provide a declaration of conformity. For non-critical software you can do the assessment yourself see the first five points in Annex VI. The only thing that maybe requires a bit of effort is that you must write some technical documentation including a cybersecurity risk assessment during the assessment if you have not already done so. For critical software the process is of course a bit more involved because it requires certification by a "notified body".

[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:864f472b-...

Lariscus··on EU Cyber Resilience Act: What does it mean for open source?
Unless you sell critical products as described in Annex III[1] the requirements to fulfill CRA are quite harmless. It's mostly stuff you should be doing anyway like a risk assessment and documentation. An additionally requirement is to provide a conformity assessment, which you can do yourself for non critical software, and you must report vulnerabilities within 24 hours.

Not too bad really.

[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:864f472b-...

Lariscus··on Fake Trees: Using Indents for Simpler UIs
SQL Server has something very similar[1]. It works quite well in my experience.

[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/h...

Lariscus··on Open source liability is coming
This has been a long way coming and is, in my opinion, a important step in the professionalization of software development. This article seems to refer to the Cyber Resilience Act but doesn't really explain the problem many[1] open source communities seem to have with the current draft. The CRA actually attempts to exempt open-source software by exempting non-commercial software contributions from its rules. "Commercial Activity" however includes more activities than some open-source developers would like. Any kind of regular income related to the project might fulfill the requirements to count as commercial activity.

I recommend the linuxfoundations article[2] for a more comprehensive understanding of the proposed rules.

[1] https://blog.opensource.org/the-ultimate-list-of-reactions-t...

[2] https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/understanding-the-cyber...

Lariscus··on A Tesla owner says he got a $14,000 repair bill one day after buying a Model Y
As lovely as that would be, I think I will let that opportunity pass.
Lariscus··on A Tesla owner says he got a $14,000 repair bill one day after buying a Model Y
Is it? Usually I don't conduct in depth research about a news article I have only little interest in. I expect this to be already done for me by the articles author.
Lariscus··on A Tesla owner says he got a $14,000 repair bill one day after buying a Model Y
Oh sorry, but the linked article makes no mention of that and since the repair was priced in dollar I assumed it must have been in the US. Serves me right, I guess, for believing anything businessinsider says without triple checking.
Lariscus··on A Tesla owner says he got a $14,000 repair bill one day after buying a Model Y
That the owner had to resell their own car at a 10000 dollar loss instead of just taking it back to Tesla and demanding either a refund or a replacement seems ridiculous. Are there no consumer protection laws at all in the US?

Edit: This did not happen in the US.

Lariscus··on Exposing the Fake Science Behind Color Blind Glasses [video]
This is part two of a documentation about EnChroma and other companies that manufacture glasses that supposedly fix color blindness.
Lariscus··on Ask HN: Reddit died, nothing took its place. What will happen when HN dies?
Looks great but there does not seem to be a way to get an account unless you know someone. Maybe smaller closed communities are the future. I can see the appeal of that.
Lariscus··on E.U. Agrees on Artificial Intelligence Rules with Landmark New Law
Here is the actual press release.

>https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20231206IP...

Lariscus··on Tesla faces strong oposition from unions in Sweden
US companies coming to Europe and immediately picking a fight with the local unions is basically a meme at this point. I wonder if Tesla will repeat every single mistake that Walmart made when they tried to come to Germany.
Lariscus··on Frutiger Aero
In short, because of SEO. Google downranks your site if it has the same content as an already existing site. This means you have to rephrase every single article on your new wiki because wikia refuses to delete anything hosted with them. So your choice is either stay with wikia or try to battle against wikias SEO.[1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcfuA_UAz3I

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