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Veraxus

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Veraxus ,

If you absolutely MUST use Windows, use it with AtlasOS.

Otherwise, Debian w/ KDE Plasma is your panacea.

Veraxus ,

I have. It mostly works, but the network drivers are a pain at best and simply non-existent at worst, often forcing you to add a USB dongle.

Veraxus ,

Every day, they somehow figure out ways to get even more evil. We're dialed up way past 11 now.

Veraxus ,

Layoffs really need to trigger instant strikes. It boggles my mind that it's not something they negotiate and protect. "No layoffs without prior negotiation and approval of severance terms by vote." Break the terms... instant strike.

Veraxus ,

Wealth (whether it be "money", resources, or anything else) and power are one and the same. Two sides of the same coin. Either one provides access to the other. I don't think of them as separate or distinct at all... which is why it's problematic for the aristocratic hoarders when plebes start to pool either and work collectively.

Veraxus ,

Maybe something is getting lost in translation, but none of the things you mentioned seem to have anything to do with the point I'm making... so your ending claim that "money doesn't always align with power" doesn't seem related to anything I said or the scenario you posed...?

Veraxus ,

If you’d care to dive deeper I’d like to be challenged on this; but your previous example of “maintaining things can avoid unnecessary costs later” (as I understand it) doesn’t have anything to do with “money and power can be in conflict”.

Veraxus ,

Holy cow, I tried to buy one of these. Glad I wasn’t able to. I thought “Yeah, why not lean into the cyberpunk dystopia look, right now?”

Little did I realize that it was a product of a literal cyberpunk dystopia. Corpos, man.

Veraxus ,

Also Californian, and I’ve seen Rivian’s presence exploding here in the LA area. If I needed to buy a new car today, Rivian is what I’d get.

Personally, though, I’m holding out for Aptera. The practicality of their dedication to extreme efficiency is just off the charts.

Veraxus ,

Yep! I like their software, but I’m a developer and power-user, and the way their stuff is artificially locked down to protect their money-printing trust screws me over as both a developer and power-user. If they started opening things up - even if it’s “open” like MacOS… I’d be inclined to buy more stuff.

Veraxus ,

Debian + KDE Plasma is all you need. Saying goodbye to Microsoft and their predatory, horrible software is an absolute win.

Veraxus ,

If Linux really, really isn’t an option, you should consider switching to Mac. It’s still really similar to Linux (given it’s unix based), and doesn’t try to screw you over constantly like MS & Windows does.

I’m in the middle of divesting myself of all Microsoft products, and I will never, ever go back to Windows after the near-weekly horror show that Windows 11 has been. I’m still on Team Linux, but Mac is by far the next runner up.

Veraxus ,

That’s all definitely true, but when it comes to software, the shenanigans are all reserved for iPhone, iPad, and the like. MacOS is still really, really great IMO as it’s not as locked down as the mobile devices… it’s still very Linux-esque.

And all the devices are more repairable than people seem to think. Upgradeable? No. Repairable. Yes.

But yeah, I really wish more developers would make native Linux versions of their software available… then it’s an easy choice.

Veraxus ,

So who are the two corrupt corporate dogs that voted against?

Veraxus ,

They are - surprise, surprise - the only two Republicans...

  • Brendan Carr - 2017 Trump appointee
  • Nathan Simington - 2020 Trump appointee
Veraxus ,

If they assume full liability for any collisions while the feature is active (and it looks like they do), then I can see that being fair.

Veraxus ,

Remember: DRM is theft.

Veraxus ,

US Government: “Anti-trust? Pfft, keep that bribery lobbying train coming and we will absolutely trust you.”

The Public: That’s not what “trust” means… oh…

Veraxus ,

You are 100% correct.

Capitalism is greed. Acquire and accumulate at all costs. Hoarding is not just acceptable, but praiseworthy.

Veraxus ,

Bad products lead to bad reviews, bad word of mouth, and bad reputation… which can - and does - kill companies.

But the first thing has to be true for the others to follow.

Veraxus ,

Right now my favorite thing is sitting in the backyard using my Vision Pro as a giant, glare-free outdoor monitor.

Guess that means I'm "Nature Rotting"?

Veraxus ,

This is why I prefer live interviews. I tell them they can use whatever tools they want, search for anything they want, there are no restrictions. All I ask is that they share their entire screen (if not in person) and try to "think out loud" as much as possible. I then time-box each step (usually 15m ea in a 1-hour interview).

I am most interested in HOW they solve the challenges I set out for them. Whether they complete it or not is usually irrelevant.

Edit: Lately, though - I warn against AI. I don't ban it, but every person that has tried to use AI in an interview has gone down in flames. AI simply cannot be trusted... and if you haven't learned that lesson, and you can't even tell when it's giving you bad information... yikes.

Veraxus ,

Any sufficiently skilled developer has a bunch of things they hate about the language they use the most, and are happy to tell you about it.

This is a characteristic I unironically keep an eye out for when hiring.

Veraxus ,

My basic web dev Docker suite uses about 13GB just on its own, which - assuming you were on 16GB (double Apple’s minimum) - wouldn’t leave much for things like browser tabs, which also eat memory for breakfast.

A fast swap is not an argument to short-change on RAM, especially since SSDs have a shorter lifespan than RAM modules. 16GB remains the absolute bare minimum for modern computing, and Apple is making weak, ridiculous excuses to pocket just a few extra bucks per MacBook.

Veraxus ,

That is basically my use-case. You add a DB service (or two), DNS, reverse proxy, Redis, Memcached, etc... maybe some containers for additional proprietary backend services like APIs, and then the application themselves that need those things to run... it adds up FAST. The advantage is that you can have multiple projects all running simultaneously and you can add/remove/swap them pretty easily.

RAM is cheap. There is no excuse for shipping a 8GB computer... even if it's mostly going to be used for family photos and internet.

Veraxus ,

Running a suite of services in containers (DBs, DNS, reverse proxy, memcached, redis, elasticsearch, shared services, etc) plus a number of discreet applications that use all those things. My day-to-day usage hovers around 20GB with spikes to 32 (my max allocation) when I run parallelized test suites.

Dockers memory usage really adds up fast.

Veraxus ,

Debian + KDE Plasma, folks.

Believe me, you don’t need Windows.

Veraxus ,

Personally, I wouldn’t advocate for Ubuntu or anything downstream of Ubuntu (like Mint). Debian, at least, is free from Canonicals corporate shenanigans.

Veraxus ,

Linux is great for both these days.

Veraxus ,

There are alternatives, depending on which Adobe software you usually use. For photos and vector I use Affinity, which works well via Wine… and there’s no subscription, either.

Veraxus ,

This is me… but I live in Southern California where we get 1 day of winter every 10 years.

Veraxus ,

Data is data in the same way water is water and electricity is electricity; nobody should have the power to dictate how you use it. I really wish we’d enshrine genuine net neutrality and shut this kind of nonsense down.

Veraxus ,

Try explaining that to a rightist, though. It’s not right-wing propaganda, therefore it is left-wing propaganda. 😔

Veraxus ,

Now we need to do this California to seal the deal.

Veraxus ,

I just want native Linux support in Affinity, which is both better than Photoshop AND reasonably priced.

Veraxus ,

Yep. Doesn't matter how healthy or stable a company is... when infinite growth is no longer feasible, investors would rather pick the bones clean than let it be.

Veraxus ,

Never has been.
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