[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 3 weeks ago

But Wayland is waaay better than X in basically everything? Performance and security are simply in another league entirely. And these 2 are the most important factors.

The rest of the "features" will be eventually there. In fact, mostly are there already. I've been using Wayland 2 years without issues. The important thing is that now the sofware is solid, the code is clean and the performance is amazing. Growing from there will be so much better than from X11.

[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 3 weeks ago

Turns out that is your experience, and it cannot be extrapolated to the rest of the world.

In fact, my experience is actually opposite. Everytime I go back to Windows to do some task... Wi-Fi has trouble finding my access point, and when it finally connects (sometimes after having to reboot) the connection is simply not as strong. Oh, and some bullsh*t software got reinstalled and it even set itself up as launching-at-start-up, after I had to almost hack the OS to allow me to do that.

So, do I extrapolate to the rest of the world?

[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They won't. They'll just substitute them. The idea is trying to force every company do the same thing, as making people work locally makes them more dependent on their local company and less likely to jump to a better job.

Then you can lower salaries (not rise them) and destroy benefits. Also you can enforce dress codes to make it look like a dictatorship country like North Korea.

[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I just wish every programmer completed the rustlings game/tutorial. Doesn't take that long.

I didn't even fully complete it, and it made me a way better programmer, because it forces you to think RIGHT.

It may sound weird for people who haven't experienced it, but it's amazing when you get angry at the compiler and you realise... It is right, and you were doing something that could f*ck you up 2 months in the future.

And after a bit of practise, it starts wiring your brain differently, and now my Python code looks so much better and it's way more safe just because of those days playing around in rustlings.

So yeah, Rust is an amazing language for everything, but particularly for kernel development. Either Linux implements it, or it'll probably die in 30 years and get replaced with a modern Rust kernel (Redox OS?).

[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 2 months ago

There's a whole Wikipedia page covering the motto drop. And yes, it was an ugly move deserving of all the bad press.

[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 4 months ago

I am expecting that is exactly the point. I don't think they'll win, tho. We'll find a way around it.

[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 5 months ago

There are Telegram ads?

[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 7 months ago

But it is not a small phone?? I wish it was truly small. The phone is huge.

[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 7 months ago

Are you sure this is christian, step-cryptosibling?

[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 8 months ago

I just tried HeliBoard. Ditching Florisboard for now. I still think Florisboard has potential but it is undeveloped, and HeliBoard has everything you'd expect for a Gboard open source substitution. Let's go! Finally we have our first open source keyboard alternative without drawbacks!

[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 11 months ago

I am a big big big Linux fan, but I feel that after 30 years, it is time for a non-monolithic kernel. I know Linus hates the idea of microkernels but the era of Rust is finally here and it shows that safe microkernels are fully possible now, and I believe the advantages and modularity can be amazing for a new era of open source computing.

DRM is already applied for certain content in websites such as Netflix, etc, and it makes it waaaay harder to bypass.

For example, Netflix (and the others) use DRM to block Linux computers from higher quality content. Why? I guess "hackers" and "think of the children". Truth is... content is already pirated from the second it gets released on any of these platforms... so they are not really fixing anything... I guess they really want you to use a tracking OS.

Imagine this kind of system but for an entire website. Big companies imposing their devices and software as the only way to access a website... which is really just HTML and Javascript files, entirely platform agnostic... but who cares? They are struggling for money so they are squeezing every little possibility.

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