It’s wild to me how hodgepodge the software was. It’s the software equivalent of the Ford pinto, great and then boom! But for a long time it’s all there was.

There were competitors, but nothing offered everything like the blackberry platform in the early 2000s, the (user facing) software and keyboard combo were nuts, and when the trackball was released (Curve? Pearl? Idk) it was like having a little computer in your pocket.

“Oh f*k oh f**k oh nononono - Tower are you seeing this airplane crash?- oh god oh no”

Pilots really have no nonsense for proper radio communication. Airforceproud95 lied to me.

You need to be the right amount of high to properly understand fusion. Too far either way, and it doesn’t make sense.

There’s a lot of issues with Rust taking more and more of the kernel. I’d like to see the whole kernel transitioned to Rust, but the project can’t stand still for that amount of time. Unless someone is willing to take that on, I think it’s better that Rust “stay in it’s lane”, as gross as that sounds.

We’re insured, right?

They don’t even do that. They just take the edge off enough that I don’t actually try to throw myself off a bridge.

I mean, sure, but the issue is that the rules aren’t being applied on the same level. The data in question isn’t free for you, it’s not free for me, but it’s free for OpenAI. They don’t face any legal consequences, whereas humans in the USA are prosecuted including an average fine per human of $266,000 and an average prison sentence of 25 months.

OpenAI has pirated, violated copyright, and distributed more copyright than an i divided human is reasonably capable of, and faces no consequences.

https://www.splaw.us/blog/2021/02/looking-into-statistics-on-copyright-violations/

https://www.patronus.ai/blog/introducing-copyright-catcher

My use of the term “human” is awkward, but US law considers corporations people, so i tried to differentiate.

I’m in favour of free and open data, but I’m also of the opinion that the rules should apply to everyone.

I all keep going back to my Pebble Time. The battery life and focus on productivity are second to none.

I still have my pebble time, and it’s still my favorite smartwatch os.

Audacity is wild to me. It does so much on so many platforms.

I mean, the delivery people need to get paid, right?

Man where do you live that an inch of snow is enough to call off going out?

And how much is rent?

That’s more what I mean. They won’t break the encryption, but at that point with physical access to my home/ computer/ servers, I have bigger problems.

There’s very little stored locally that could be worse than a situation where someone has physical access to my machine.

I used to, but it’s proven to be a pain more often than a blessing. I’m also of the opinion that if a bad actor capable of navigating the linux file system and getting my information from it has physical access to my disk, it’s game over anyway.

Yeah but that’s missing the flair required by people who spend their evenings adjusting the radial blur on the window borders.

In the modern day, sometimes it’s just nice to be able to say “I did that!”.

Same reason I look in the toilet.

I watched LTT for years, since we were the same age, and NCIX was my local computer shop.

I noticed a steep decline in quality as LMG got bigger, and a greater focus on personalities and entertainment rather than substance. There’s a market for that, and it appeals to the less knowledgeable or as an entry to tech as a hobby, or even people who just want tech-adjacent entertainment. I can’t deny the reach and impact this team has, but the content isn’t for me anymore.

Who’s job is it to teach common sense? If you find the future generation lacking, that’s probably your fault.

When I was a teenager, my dad gave me shit for not knowing how to change brake pads, and my response was “Who was supposed to teach me?”. Like, it’s not like I could afford a car working weekends, and he was always too busy to have me around whenever something went wrong. So next time he changed the brakes, he actuality taught me.

Ive changed my entire work flow because of this. On my laptop I use paperWM for infinite horizontal scrolling/tiling and “vertical” workspaces for organizing windows. Instead of minimizing windows, I just switch workspaces. Windows that need to be next to each other are on the same workspace, anything else is treated like a full screen app. It’s a little weird, but for productivity with a TouchPad it’s been an absolute game changer. Ican have a workspace dedicated to programming, obe thats just documents, one for each of my courses, one thats discord and music players, etc.

For a normal mouse, it’s a kafkaesque nightmare.

At one point I laid out the plan to isolate my trigger foods, but I’ve never been in a stable enough place that I can be picky eating. Working roasting shifts, moving around etc, makes it a pain to take care of my diet. I’m closer now to stability, but I’m going to university 30-40 hours a week and working 35-45 hours on top of that. Eating is more of a calorie thing than a thing i plan to do.