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I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.
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akvadrako··on The Future of Flatpak
You need the exact right version that matches your actual graphics driver. So flatpak takes care of installing the matching drivers inside the sandbox.
akvadrako··on What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know nothing about? (2015)
Those are designed to have a service contract for continuous maintenance. Not the best idea for a home.
akvadrako··on What went wrong with wireless USB
Bolt can't be better than BLE because it is BLE. Same with Apple gear which pairs so seemlessly.

It's just that they control both sides of the signal so can better optimize the connection.

akvadrako··on Glamorous Toolkit
I tried last year. Although the installation instructions were simplified, I couldn't get it to do anything but crash.
akvadrako··on You should know this before choosing Next.js
Do you use it on vercel, maybe?

I had the same experience of slow refreshes on the NextJS project I worked on (running locally) and the other seasoned NextJS developers didn't think it was unusual.

akvadrako··on Macron to open debate on extending French nuclear protection to European allies
That's only if Ukraine continues to get massive outside investments. Otherwise Russia has a bigger revenue stream and weapon factories.
akvadrako··on Macron to open debate on extending French nuclear protection to European allies
Uranium is common, it's just not profitable to mine at current prices. But fuel costs are just a few percentage points of the total.

If there were a shortage, it's no problem to pay even 5x more. Then you'll see suppliers pop up everywhere.

akvadrako··on Geothermal power is a climate moon shot beneath our feet
You can run it at 400% by building more generators and heat pumps. They aren't the expensive bit.

The expensive bit is drilling and that gives you roughly X heat per month. You can use that at a constant rate or all in one week.

akvadrako··on Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working
Wealth inequality hasn't grown since 1900.

https://wid.world/news-article/inequality-across-700-years/

akvadrako··on Bitwarden Authenticator
I much prefer the new UI. I usually use the keyboard shortcut to fill passwords and the UI for editing.

Before it was two clicks to edit. Plus it would lose context if the popup was closed.

akvadrako··on Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid research cuts
That's a weird thing to say since many small and rather well regarded private schools stay small on purpose.

For example, do you really think Dartmouth is failing?

akvadrako··on Fly To Podman: a script that will help you to migrate from Docker
Indeed, it has a lot of limitations. It's better to use docker compose with a podman socket.
akvadrako··on IPv6 Is Hard
Although it sounds like keeping IPv4 is a reasonable choice in your situation, if you merge with another company (or otherwise connect your networks) that uses overlapping private IPs it will cause issues.
akvadrako··on VSCode’s SSH agent is bananas
Only of you already know what the VSCode agent does and then you don't need the article.
akvadrako··on I'm Done with Ubuntu
I'll bet most devs who use the Fedora image based distros use linuxbrew.

It comes by default with the Bluefin family developer editons.

https://projectbluefin.io/

akvadrako··on A Coup Is in Progress in America
Regardless of what people voted for (I disagree with your assessment) after the fact the recent EOs do have popular support.

https://issuesinsights.com/2025/02/03/trumps-executive-order...

akvadrako··on Don't make fun of renowned author Dan Brown (2013)
I've noticed the same thing, especially with Hugo awards.

On the other hand my favorite SF author, Gene Wolfe, has also won many other awards, like the Nebula and Locus awards. So you can find good stuff by using the awards as a starting point.

akvadrako··on Bitwarden introduces mandatory 2FA for new devices
You certainly shouldn't rely on just your phone. If you store your 2FA token in Bitwarden, you can use any of your other devices that you have used Bitwarden with recently.

The 2nd factor is only needed when it's new or occasionally in other cases. I don't know why you say it adds lots of friction, unless you are frequently signing into new devices.

And as a failsafe a printed backup code is pretty important.

akvadrako··on Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email
I tried runbox before mailbox.org but it didn't work for me.

They didn't support a server-side filter that copied emails from the inbox to another folder. And something was wrong with their DKIM support, but my notes don't say what.

mailbox.org has it's problems though and I'd be happy to find something better.

akvadrako··on Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email
https://mailbox.org comes pretty close.
akvadrako··on Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car
Most eSIMs are not reusable; that's just standard, not a weird restriction.
akvadrako··on Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car
Because you can buy cheap short term data plans in most countries online. Getting a physical prepaid SIM is often a pain, especially in places like the US.
akvadrako··on I've been advocating for RSS support, and you should too
I use RSS heavily and I don't want an RSS button - what would that even do? RSS is best when integrated with a stateful server-side reader.

Whatever comes with the browser will not be as good as an extension from a company focused on that feature. For example I use https://www.inoreader.com/

akvadrako··on Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal to end 15 months of war in Gaza
Have they stopped? Hamas and the other militias in Gaza fire rockets into Israel almost every day since the war started.

It'll take at least a few days to see if that stops.

akvadrako··on Today I learned that bash has hashmaps (2024)
It has some rough edges but bash has the world's best REPL and along with -x that makes debugging quite easy.
akvadrako··on Today I learned that bash has hashmaps (2024)
I do a fair bit of bash scripting and there is no way I can remember all the features and syntax I use, so of course I read parts of the manual regularly and often learn new things. You don't need to ever read the whole thing.
akvadrako··on Scientists uncover how the brain washes itself during sleep
That's quite interesting. I take half a Zolpidem once a week or so and I'll try taking it with caffeine.

I've tried Zolpiclone but found it affects my sleep much more. Zolpidem is faster acting and gets out of your system quicker, while Zolpiclone continues working during the night.

So if your issue is getting to sleep and not staying asleep I would recommend you try the original.

akvadrako··on Postgres UUIDv7 and per-back end monotonicity
Snowflake is a 64 bit integer. It doesn't need a new column type and works everywhere.
akvadrako··on Trying to use Bluesky without getting burned again
It's a better situation than Mastadon because you can keep your handle. On Mastadon when you change servers you get a new handle since they are tied together.
akvadrako··on Trying to use Bluesky without getting burned again
What does he mean there is only one "Bluesky server" ?

You can already run your own Personal data server (for your data), Relay (to aggregate all feeds), AppView (that holds a view of the data), or client (that talks to the AppView).

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