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asdf88990··on Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop
The problem with Gnome is the churn, the endless redesigns, the new attempts at everything. Gnome is like a teenager chasing trends.
asdf88990··on Google breaks promise to provide 10 years of updates to Chromebooks
It is okay, it will be discontinued shortly anyways.
asdf88990··on Nvidia wants to put a watchdog chip next to every AI agent
It is Custodians all the way son, you can’t fool me!
asdf88990··on Platform-independent SIMD in Go
Go’s issue isn’t data race, it is tearing and corruption. Pretending it is on the same class as what is considered data race is again, basic software engineering.
asdf88990··on Platform-independent SIMD in Go
Or basic software engineering and understanding of what memory safe means.
asdf88990··on Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop
One of the most unfortunate things to happen to Linux on Desktop is Gnome and their childish and contemptuous behaviour towards users. Of close to the 20 years of using linux on desktop the large part of it away from Gnome has been the best.

In fact, I think decoupling things from Gnome has been one of the best outcomes of Wayland.

The year of Linux will start the day we have a capable wayland desktop environment that is not foreign to Mac and Windows users without chasing stupid churn. /rant

asdf88990··on 'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees
Guess you don’t remember the days of ssl on login pages, ssl strip, exfiltering data via JavaScript prototype pollution, and a million other things like that.

Only just when we started to have a resemblance of security we got agile and startups breaking things (making rubbish software to capture a few bucks faster) and now vibe coding and llm assisted hacking.

The point of my, arguably rant, is that there is nothing new under the sun.

asdf88990··on Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings
Exactly. It is like Google has only emerged during this administration with their shenanigans.
asdf88990··on Cloud in a Bottle: making self-hosting accessible to everyone
Disclosure would be nice but 11-12 issues in entire GitHub is hardly spam.
asdf88990··on Htmx 4.0
> now approaching the early 2010s
asdf88990··on Htmx 4.0
Maybe it is just that people see the same problem when it is obvious?
asdf88990··on Htmx 4.0
The creator is stuck in 2012 and so on as I said. If you look at project fixie, the reason htmx 4 exists, it shows how the 80/20 is an incomplete idea for something as general as a web framework. 80/20 might work for your specific use case, but as a general notion, it either gets built on reasonable constructs or grows into a Frankenstein. Htmx approach is a mirror of yaml in my ways. In denial of what it is trying to be and so turns into complete monster.
asdf88990··on Htmx 4.0
No, you misunderstand what is going on. htmx is an exercising in learning web development by someone who didn’t follow 2 decades of web development progress.

He is catching up though, now approaching the early 2010s jQuery (moxi) and backbonejs era with fixiproject.org

asdf88990··on Htmx 4.0
This can be a good summary of htmx overall; a confident solution based on half understanding of the problem domain.
asdf88990··on The turbulent AI era is here
It is because personal income tax should have never existed. Nor should have taxes on primary residence. These are the most regressive taxes possible, it is basically serfdom.
asdf88990··on The turbulent AI era is here
Taxing AI tokens and Robots is not going to work. We can’t even define a robot, tokens are also too abstract and there is endless ways of gaming it, and let’s not forget cross border operations.

Tax profits, it was always the most equitable option.

asdf88990··on We are not going anywhere
Perhaps it is time for the walk then.
asdf88990··on We are not going anywhere
You’re not really making an argument. Honestly, you’re just making a fool of yourself and come across as argumentative and disgruntled. Go for a walk.
asdf88990··on We are not going anywhere
It is distasteful to make such accusations. Specially when the author has specifically left out the calculation and merely suggests of a “fraction” which is to be discovered with time.
asdf88990··on JIT Compiling Code in 5μs
You don’t understand OP’s point because you’re assuming vulnerabilities don’t exist. That is utter nonsense.
asdf88990··on We Rebuilt the Linux MicroVM Stack on Apple Silicon
Lots of Lenavo laptops do just fine, but Apple hardware is still supreme for what it is worth.
asdf88990··on People who grew up with high economic connectedness earn more
The meritocracy fiction.
asdf88990··on Controversial creators are benefiting from monetization programs run by Meta
The movie builds the narrative and the subconscious biases which is more sinister.

This isn’t dismissing what Meta is doing, but Cinema in the West has been just as complicit and involved.

asdf88990··on Controversial creators are benefiting from monetization programs run by Meta
> There’s a big difference between fiction when the viewer knows it’s make believe and when it’s presented as factual.

The difference is far more nuanced and borders on inconsequential when it comes to mass media influence on society.

Just because something is presented as fiction or for entertainment doesn’t mean it doesn’t impact your psyche or your perception of the world and others.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_influence_on_public_opinio...

asdf88990··on AI agent hacks gym to get its user a spot in pilates class
What do you mean by this?

I use a combination of big American AI and self hosted but I don’t understand your point.

asdf88990··on Tl;dv: Over 180k meetings left wide open
If something happens again and again, it is by choice. Firebase chooses to make it “easy” to get started rather than “secure by default”.
asdf88990··on Civilian plane crash in New Mexico tied to military GPS blocking
Trust in governmental institutions is at an all time low.

Questions must be asked about how and why we got here rather appeal to submission.

asdf88990··on More German than many Germans
Of course it is speculation. I don’t have a magic ball. But only a fool ignores trends!
asdf88990··on More German than many Germans
They adopted in the sense of surviving. Considering their head start and massive government support for the industry, their market share compared to Japanese and Korean cars is a joke, with the Chinese it will get even worst because this time they will be pushed out of their home market too.

This comes from a die hard bmw fan. Facts over feelings.

asdf88990··on More German than many Germans
The German Engineering is a byproduct. The culture that created is also the one that is holding it from becoming competitive with Chinese automakers.

Like almost everything, utility and efficiency is relative and dependent on the environment and external factors. People often overlook the “fit”.

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