facow [he/him, any]

GNOME really seems to be targeting some mythical user who is tech savvy enough to install Linux, is likely running Windows currently, wants their new operating system to feel like MacOS but is also helplessly confused by any settings/customizability or the smallest change in behavior from other operating systems.

I don’t generally see recommendations for new users/less tech savvy to use GNOME anymore since there are plenty of DEs that behave closer to what they’re already used to and it feels like most of the enthusiasts have largely abandoned it already. I just don’t understand who they think this is for. Just baffling decision after baffling decision

Being able to have ublock and Bypass Paywalls is legitimately a killer feature and one of the reasons I’d never leave Android.

Reading comprehension is dead

Ken Birman, a computer science professor at Cornell University, told Reuters that “software developers need to build better fault tolerance,” suggesting Amazon could have done more to prevent the latest outage. “When people cut costs and cut corners to try to get an application up, and then forget that they skipped that last step and didn’t really protect against an outage, those companies are the ones who really ought to be scrutinized later,” Birman told Reuters.

suggesting Amazon could have done more to prevent the latest outage.

The professor is explicitly saying the opposite. The reason these blips from hyperscalers cause such widespread impacts is that the companies/applications that use these services don’t bother to take any precautions against outages.

The full context from the Reuters article is literally 3 sentences I don’t understand how this “technology reporter” so fundamentally misunderstood what was being said

Not trying to defend Amazon it just amazes me that this is what passes for journalism now.

What’s the deal with “þe”? And do you type the hexcode for þ every time?

Not the point of this article but

Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division

Wasn’t it just a month or two ago that Zuc was poaching AI engineers with multi-million dollar sign on bonuses? These boom and bust cycles are happening at breakneck speed. Most efficient system btw

It’s apparently a vape and bullying detector. So ostensibly the mics are used for the bullying part. But it does make you wonder if the vape detection actually works by just listening for “can I get a hit”

I 100% agree. Everyone raves about the AUR but it really feels like more of a necessity than a value add because so little is actually packaged for arch. And the AUR is definitely more annoying and feels more jank than just having it in your default repo.

Libgen has always worked well for me

Very funny that Google decided to increase the cost of every search by probably at least an order of magnitude and this is the garbage they get in return

I should learn Mandarin

Or are you telling me that vastly the fastest growing platform in history with multiple payment gates (subscriptions, pay per token, licensing etc.) was not profitable

Are you not aware that 99 times out of 100 if you see a tech company rapidly growing it’s completely unprofitable and not even attempting to be profitable yet? It’s called blitzscaling and is pretty clearly what openai is attempting. Like if you see a tech company quickly growing you should be assuming it’s unprofitable until proven otherwise not the opposite lol.

Is Firefox installed as a snap package on PopOS? That could be it if that’s your only snap package. I’d recommend installing a Firefox fork that’s a regular deb package (Libre Wolf probably?) and seeing if that changes anything

Lmao isn’t Mint based on Ubuntu also? If you’re going to suggest switching distros entirely for slow loading on a single app might as well choose one that’s not derivative

Arch is like buying a Lego and putting it together versus an action figure. If you don’t enjoy putting together the Legos then what’s the point?

You should probably go with a ready to use distro

Cheap source of calories/filler?

My desktop Jellyfin/aarr stack and nextcloud server runs about 1.2kwh/day. So not bad but not free

Sounds like Israel needs some personal finance lessons.

Step 1) make a budget

Step 2) cut down on avocado toast

Step 3) stop buying bullets, bombs and missiles to indescriminately use on civilians

Incredible bit

Don’t forget learning about systemd and then immediately deciding you actually don’t like it and would prefer something else

Also, and just out of interest, is your government still using “prisoner’s of conscience” as an organ donor pool

Funny you say that