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wax , 9 days ago

We have more local computing power than ever, but getting more and more chained to online services. Ah, the irony

wax , 1 month ago

Holy shit that's annoying. Say I installed Win11 for my elderly parents. They'd get this sign-up screen after I would have thought everything was setup and ready to use.

Glad I installed elementary OS for them a few years ago, it's been completely painless (they are used to apple-UX)

wax , 1 month ago

Overpromise & underdeliver

wax , 2 months ago

Got this update message in signal earlier this week. Nice to see them moving in the right direction, but I guess the initial signup still requires a phone number.

"Your phone number will no longer be visible to anyone on the latest version of Signal unless they have it saved in their phone's contacts. You can change this in Settings.

A new privacy setting lets you control who can find you by your phone number on Signal.

You can now set and share an optional username to let people chat with you without giving them your phone number. "

wax , 2 months ago

Deus ex: revision is pretty good too. Changes a bit more than GMDX compared to the original though (e.g., more map changes, some new soundtracks)

wax , 2 months ago

It has terrible future proofing however. Sure, apple is generally good at supporting their devices, but I'm sure a device with more than 8 would remain usable for a longer time.

wax , 2 months ago

Ah, thats terrible then. A computer should last longer than that, especially with a battery replacement mid-life

wax , 2 months ago

I use arch on a proxmox lxc in order to handle apps which does not have a debian repo. Using AUR saves me from manually recompiling/downloading on new releases. Wouldn't use it for a server at work though.