Let’s talk in 3 years - my round!

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Nor could an assembly line.

As soon as we convince the billionaires to stop hiding their wealth and pay their fair share of tax.

Ie never.

It’s really not and if you believe it is you need to use it more. The threat is real - don’t underestimate it.

Most Chinese exits through port snooping. And you really need to be on a Chinese corp network to know - if you take your western mobile there they do very little blocking.

I’ve been fairly successful with most China corp networks letting me out and in to self-hosted WG server on port 123.

I completely agree with you, though.

Good luck!

I’ve grown up in a country where unions are as natural as air. The unions are so strong that there basically is very limited employment laws - and no minimum wage; there’s just not need for the state to intervene that much because unions are EVERYWHERE. And yes, a Big Mac meal costs a fortune because employees actually have to make a living. I’m ok with it.

I find it unreal that this is legal. This is why we need unions.

Grilled salmon, roasted new potatoes, steamed broccoli and cauliflower. Might get fancy and allow the kids some mayo.

Just put it over there, next to the other fire.

Nice screensaver!

Affinity: I’ve tried and tried and tried with GIMP and it just doesn’t do it for me.

Microsoft Flight Simulator: X-plane yes. But MSFS is just stellar good, with BeyondATC.

Excel: Gsuite sheets - yuck, contributing my info to Google. Libre Calc. Please, they are 10 years behind. No proper table support, no MAP, no spill (yes, array formulas sort of work), etc etc. but chiefly: So slow compared to Excel and Gsuite.

That’s it.

That’s what they’re doing. They clearly would prefer people to move to iOS, that smells a bit like MacOS, as it’s a damn sight more profitable to both sell you hardware and software 30% cuts.

“Yes, while connected to my wireguard server through port 123 here from my Chinese office, I should probably try to upgrade the wireguard server. That’s a great idea!”

Ask me how I know.

And when they do they only offer them as the second factor.

Yes, let me first input my password (from a password manager), the let me approve with a passkey that is meant to make my password not necessary.

But email based login: FUCK THAT SHIT.

I don’t think I’ve made my point very well.

From the user perspective, all they want is an app.

They choose the minimal effort way to get that app. If flatpaks are what is distribute in that icon that says App Store, that’s what they go with.

If we ever want to actually increase Linux usage in the mainstream that is the attitude we will have to take.

You’re right, but you’re right in the wrong way. Everything you say is true, but try explaining that to the average user of Windows.

Sure. Streaming and DVDs are also completely different things but both deliver media to your TV. The consumer chooses what the consumer wants.

Of course. And when I hear “vibe coded”, I hear someone starting with “make me a cool app” and going from there, with zero understanding of the technical architecture.

If you have a thorough, deeply thought through technical spec, then AI can write a great amount of tests up against that spec, say, and you’ve got a fantastic base for TDD.

I honestly feel like a lot of the downvotes are people thinking AI means “clueless programmer having an AI do its work for you”. Many highly productive, deeply technical developers use it every day.

What is your concern? If it’s a generic “AI”, then I can assure you tha pretty much every software has AI code in it already. Heck, Linus is accepting PRs where AI has been used.

AI is useful. It produces useful code.

Like creative writing, it won’t produce something novel. But man, 75% of code is just boiler plate. AI can do a lot for boilerplate.

That does not absolve anyone of committing crap code. Put your name to it. Own it. Take the consequence of delivering shit code or great code, no matter how it was written. Don’t let AI be a crutch. But you’d be god damn fool not to use it, where it’s right (boilerplate, test writing, tedious changes etc.)

This is what I’ve done. Crash rate is high. Performance is degraded. Windows still involved, just hiding.