tentacleuno

Curious what you meant about the effect system BS?

The advantages of a networked supermarket fridge are abundant: being able to load shift the energy usage to use energy company incentives and save money, centralised maintenance and monitoring, being able to integrate with other systems in the store, and probably loads more I can't think of. Flatly decrying internet connectivity is a tired cliche at this point; the focus should be onto securing it to reduce risks.

> After all, React is a Graphical Abuser Interface Toolkit

This seems unnecessarily primitive and hyperbolic. In what way is React like that, anyway?

Yeah, I thought so -- I imagine quite a lot has changed behind the scenes. It does seem much better than Tahoe, though.

Yikes, that accessibility bug is bad LOL. It seems a bit like Linux in that way: certain bugs hang around for years. I always found that with Linux, you could either use an LTS and stick with the same bugs for years, or try your luck with a rolling release and trade them for new ones. Anyway...

I've just started leaning more heavily on the window switcher (moved it to Lcmd) and it's made me so much faster. Had rcmd for ages but never changed it to that; it solves the problem of "where the hell did I put that window?!" when I try to organize stuff into different spaces. It's a better candidate for Lcmd too IMO: I very rarely wonder where I put a random window of an app (and after all, if it's already open I usually want to choose a window), but I'm always switching between certain windows of one app, like Safari. Swiping back and forth between desktops was a nightmare!

I use rcmd daily (and have just taken the time to dial in the configuration, it works even better now!) and I have to say that it's wonderful. It makes using the computer so much faster and easier: with window scripts too, it's like magic.

There were some teething problems on Golden Gate: keystrokes didn't seem to make it to the rcmd popup, but your recent remediations seem to have solved it. It's a beta OS version too, of course :-)

This looks like a local AI model playing Snake -- is that correct? The article offers no explanation.

There is also another website which offers more information on generation plants (planned and built) [0].

[0]: https://energydashboard.co.uk

Maybe, yeah. It did seem a bit slower around the 400 mark, though -- there are definitely limitations.

Yeah, there's definitely a happy middle ground. I'm a firm believer in gaining a good understanding of your threat model before taking steps to protect it -- quite a surprising amount of people use Qubes, Graphene, Kicksecure and such without really understanding what they want to protect themselves against. In a lot of cases, that just adds unnecessary friction and overcomplexity that ends up doing more harm than good. I was guilty of this myself.

On paper, I'm sure Windows does have stronger userspace and kernel-space protections against intrusion and such, though I most certainly wouldn't use it.

> I routinely have 50+ tabs open

For what it's worth, I've been known to have 300+ tabs open all in separate windows (I just forget about them and they tend to accumulate), and for the most part it handled it just fine (it did use quite a lot of RAM, of course.) That was on an i7 7700k with 32GB of RAM.

I remember being quite impressed indeed.

> Kind of weird though; it means Google still knows a lot about you, which doesn't seem very privacy conscience.

I remember being in the GrapheneOS room and hearing them directly recommend using Windows 10 over Linux, as it was more secure. They are known to prioritize security over privacy.

I'm sure I got malware from there, once - it seems rife with illegitimate apps.

If anything, it seems more poised to damage the usability of systems which actively rely on Aurora Store, like CalyxOS and the likes. Graphene actively discourages using Aurora.

That's great from a user perspective, sure.

From my perspective, with all of these different web APIs, I imagine Mozilla are walking a tightrope: if they refuse to implement all of them, there's a good chance that websites will ask the user to use Chrome, pushing it further into obscurity. Go too far, however, such as implementing Google-driven proposals like Topics, and you weaken the privacy advantages of the browser.

I'm glad that they take both a moral and technological stance here - someone needs to.

> I frankly do not need the hyper paranoid security features like a hardened memory allocator

I get the part about disabled root - you're choosing to sacrifice freedom for security - though I don't understand why you wouldn't want a hardened memory allocator. It provides additional security over the stock OS for very little cost (slightly more resource consumption), in an era where we absolutely need as much security as we can get; what are you losing by gaining this?

I suppose it's harder to cross-reference and find things, though I suspect you could utilize some sort of organizational system to mostly overcome that.

I really do think pen and paper will slowly regain prominence; I personally find that it can be much more liberating than digital media.

It's great to be able to use the page as a canvas, writing wherever you want, without having to meet the constraints of a text editor or the likes. Doodles help to visualize and understand problems, too.

Tangent for macOS is my current go-to for note-taking, and it works quite well: it's mostly just a Markdown editor, a tree structure of folders (which is really just a normal folder), and the ability to cross-reference and embed images.

I suppose the primary problem of note-taking apps is that they sort of have to be opinionated in some way to be useful (that's been my experience, anyway.) Markdown files are also guilty of this: they constrain you to a certain layout, which can either be a negative or a positive. Anything too complicated can be off-putting, whilst anything too simplistic can also be limiting.

It's a surprisingly complex field, and it could explain why there's so many different apps for it.

Firefox is genuinely quite a good option. There are some Google-driven web proposals that they've refused to implement[0] (I'm sure I disagreed with some of them, though I forget which), but overall I've found that I've never really had to think about the browser: it's just a medium for the web.

They do offer some integrated services (which some would denote as bloat), though unlike Chrome, they do let you actually turn things off, which I'm very appreciative of -- they don't seem to be nearly as forceful as Google, who recently added a 4GB download to every Chrome install[0].

As I grow older, I find myself becoming more and more appreciative of platforms which don't try to redefine the problem scope, and instead just provide a platform for other things. GrapheneOS does this perfectly too.

[0]: https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/ [1]: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/05/google-chrome...

Reintroducing pen and paper to your note-taking repertoire might not be such a bad idea, anyway -- it's a much more creative medium than most digital, textual forms.

Thank you!

I do think the language around that needs to change, yes -- misleadingly labelling renting as buying is wrong and deliberately confusing. The previous physical ownership model was a lot more secure, though the implementation of DVDs does seem to be diminishing throughout the gaming sector.

PlayStation recently sent out emails regarding this, effectively reminding people that they did not, in fact, own what they purchased[0]. It's very confusing - someone here would have a much higher chance of knowing that it's not a direct purchase or right to ownership, though I'll bet most of the general public do not.

[0]: https://windowsreport.com/sony-emails-playstation-users-to-r...

I have just been reading an article about it from the EFF[0]. What a vitriolic, hateful enterprise.

> Take, for example, the case of the Tammy Lafky, a 41-year-old sugar mill worker and single mother in Minnesota. Because her teenage daughter downloaded some music last year—an activity both mother and daughter believed to be legal— Lafky now faces over $500,000 in penalties. The RIAA has offered to settle for $4000, but even that sum is well beyond Lafky’s means—she earns just $21,000 per year and receives no child support.

It gets worse:

> Among those sued was Brianna Lahara, a twelve-year-old girl living with her single mother in public housing in New York City. In order to settle the case, Brianna was forced to apologize publicly and pay $2,000.

How could one justify tearing cash from the hands of poor children? The irony is that they may have been downloading music because they couldn't afford it in the first place, yet wanted to keep up with their peers.

[0]: https://w2.eff.org/IP/P2P/RIAAatTWO_FINAL.pdf

They are inherently charging for access to copyrighted content that they don't have the rights to distribute (even after being served with lawsuits), though. I'm not explicitly disavowing it, but I can see why it would raise questions and why it would give litigators a much stronger case - once you start accepting money, a lot of things change.

I will say, however, that they've gone up against some very scary people with very large teams of lawyers, and for that I salute them.

Whilst it pays for the service (and, in that respect, may be a necessary evil), it's morally questionable (at minimum) to charge for things that, by law, aren't yours in the first place.

I would presume that the extra steps incrementally diminish the possibility of the book remaining unsold, and thus destroyed or sent elsewhere.

The Pixel 5 was an absolutely brilliant phone; everything about it was right: the texture, the size, and the battery was great too. It was the best phone I've ever had. It's a blueprint for creating a great phone, IMO.

I've since moved onto a Pixel 9a and it just isn't as good, IMO. The screen seems so much... weaker? I used to drop the 5 quite a bit onto hard concrete floors, and it never sustained the damage that this one has (without as much abuse): the screen is cracked along the side. I'm still not sure how it came about.

If it wasn't for GrapheneOS and the desire for a private and secure OS, I don't think I would stick with the Pixel line-up any longer.

Could you provide a reference about them playing silent audio? I was curious and searched for it but wasn't able to find anything.

It takes up quite a sizable amount of the screen, too, so anything in the corner is effectively hidden without interacting with the popup. These pop-ups have been the bane of my life.

If nothing else, I really do hope that the greater AI usage leads to more adoption (and hopefully interest) of native frameworks.