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I've never gotten into using Discord because I find the interface to be way too busy.
Re:Apple Music 404 Not Found on Friday October 23, 2026 @05:31PM (#50215661)
It's kind of nice seeing Apple get a tad whimsical with things like this. We don't really get that side of the company very often.
Re:Show HN: Run full iOS 16.5 firmware on Android Devices on Friday October 23, 2026 @01:17AM (#50204775)
Now do NixOS on an old iPhone or Android device.
Your hunch is right because most of them are frauds who only support free speech if that speech is the kind they agree with.
It seemed like the loudest voices opposed to "Big Government" were those in the pro-Trump MAGA camp and yet I've heard nary a peep from most of them regarding things like this which are directly spearheaded by Trump's administration.
Re:Criminal Deception in Silicon Valley on Sunday August 09, 2026 @02:20PM (#49234044)
"Entrepreneurs construct, perform, and protect illusory appearances (façades) that externally project high-growth performance to audiences while masking ventures’ actual underperformance."

This would accurately describe a some of the startups I've worked at. ;-P

Cars have become obscenely expensive and auto makers seem to be incorporating more and more planned obsolescence into their designs, so I've decided I'm just going to keep driving my aging car for as long as I can and maybe just get an e-bike for short trips to the market. It really feels like the auto industry is made up of dinosaurs who don't see the asteroid coming their way.
Re:Stephen Wolfram's Wife Has Died on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @12:30AM (#49178574)
It sounds like the author had an amazing partner and I'm sorry for his loss.
I set up my homelab server running NixOS entirely using Claude and what would have likely taken me months (if not years) doing it the old fashioned way, got reduced to a few hours of back and forth iteration.
Re:Did They Ghost You? on Saturday July 25, 2026 @08:40PM (#49053403)
I know more than a few people looking for a job right now and this is their number 1 complaint.
Re:Grok Build is open source on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @08:06PM (#48928864)
I don't know anyone who uses Grok and I feel like the brand is tainted thanks to Musk.
Re:Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school on Friday June 19, 2026 @06:56PM (#48604269)
I'm pretty certain the execs who run the large AI companies would limit their children's AI usage also.
Re:My Students Can't Read on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @09:50PM (#48378848)
So eliminate their bargaining power and job and wage protections because parents aren't doing their part to ensure their kids are learning? Doesn't seem fair to me.
Don't mess with us again AMD! Lest you rouse our anger.
People want to be addicted to fentanyl after they’ve tried it a few times, does that mean we should legalize that too?
Meanwhile in the States, their government is doxxing the victims and masking the identities of the perpetrators.
Re:Asahi Linux Progress Report: Linux 6.19 on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @05:50AM (#47059648)
I often wonder whether the folks at Apple have the Asahi team on their radar. Are they in awe of the reverse engineering marvels coming out of the Asahi project, or are they indifferent to it?
Very underrated show and I hope your post gets more people to view it.
Re:Guix for Development on Monday January 26, 2026 @12:55AM (#46762289)
I wanted to go all-in on Guix but the installation process was made too difficult due to the lack of non-free software available during install time. I wish they would take the Debian approach and leave it up to the user to decide which packages they would like installed on their system or not.
Re:Gentoo Linux 2025 Review on Sunday January 11, 2026 @02:48PM (#46579213)
I've found openSUSE MicroOS to be a great homelab server OS.
Now I get what the folks using FreeBSD typically like to point to as a reason why they prefer FreeBSD over Linux because there is a clear distinction between the base system and userland.
If Apple doesn't have the sense to reply to this in a sensible manner then that company is in far worse shape than I thought.
Re:My dad could still be alive, but he's not on Thursday November 13, 2025 @01:02AM (#45911268)
The emergency response system is broken in many areas. I once dialed 911 in Los Angeles seeking help for a motorist and was put on hold for 8 minutes. A lot can happen in that time.
Re:Using FreeBSD to make self-hosting fun again on Monday November 03, 2025 @12:50AM (#45796216)
I run OPNsense (based on FreeBSD) for my home router/firewall and it's amazing what it can do compared to the typical home router.
Re:What happened to Apple's legendary attention to detail? on Thursday October 23, 2025 @07:57PM (#45689066)
I'm so glad the chorus seems to be getting louder over just how bad things have gotten with Apple's software stack. This piece has been mainly centered on UI/UX but it's also really bad when it comes to functionality as so many bugs have seem to come up in both iOS and macOS. I will never understand how a company that has so much riding on the way their products are perceived by their users has fumbled the ball so badly--especially with how much money they have in the bank.
1997 me is jealous.
Re:Xmonad seeking help for Wayland port on Friday September 19, 2025 @11:07PM (#45309917)
I know the gentleman who runs the Distrotube channel on YouTube is/was an Xmonad user and it would be great if he made the call for help on his show to reach a wider audience.
Re:KDE is now my favorite desktop on Thursday September 18, 2025 @03:01PM (#45293633)
I used to tinker with a bunch of different Linux desktop environments and had a hard time deciding on which one to standardize on because there is something to love about all of them. I suffered from major analysis paralysis as a result. In the end, I went with KDE Plasma across all of my devices because it's the most well-rounded and allows for customization without too much fuss. Fedora's Kinoite is perhaps the best KDE Plasma edition out there in my view.
Re:Debian 13 "Trixie" on Saturday August 09, 2025 @05:01PM (#44850183)
I love Debian and have a tremendous amount of respect for the people who work on the project. I no longer use Debian, but I think it's vitally important to have an anchor Linux distribution which isn't overly reliant on a for-profit entity and is truly community driven.
Did they really have much of a moat to begin with?

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