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cassidy

@cassidy@blaede.family

Building useful, usable, delightful products that respect privacy.

:eos: Partner success at https://floss.social/@EndlessOS Foundation
:gnome: @gnome Foundation member
:flathub: https://floss.social/@flathub contributor

Previously: co-founder and CXO at elementary OS, UX architect at System76.

Frequently posting about #OpenSource, specifically in #GNOME and #Flatpak realms. I also enjoy #StarWars, #LEGO, #3DPrinting, and #SmartHome.

I have a background in UX architecture, open source, product design, & communication.

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danarel, to random

I’m about to hit 45lbs lost since I decided around Christmas that I was going to get more serious. (The weight loss really started before that, but in December I decided I was ready to go all in. I’m 2-3 pounds away from what my “ideal weight” should be, but that’s never been my goal. I’m just focused on being healthy, feeling good, and being happy.

cassidy,
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@danarel as someone who has long struggled to be healthier… what ended up working for you?

cassidy,
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@danarel thanks! The meal tracking is what has been SO hard for me because I get too caught up in the specifics and when you eat a lot of homemade food, I feel like it's harder to measure things… maybe I need to just give up on being precise and still log it, anyway. 🤔

This has encouraged me to try a bit harder for myself, so thank you for sharing!

cassidy,
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@danarel yeah, I had a lot of success when I worked in an office and ate a lot more predictable meals—just scanning a barcode or entering the name of the dish from a chain place was so easy! But I have struggled ever since working from home because it seemed so daunting to figure out how exactly to log a completely homemade meal. But I agree with your thinking here.

What do you use to log food? I think I've used LoseIt and MyFitnessPal but don’t remember which I liked more or why.

cassidy, to random
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@fossesq the preference won't change a stylesheet out from under an app; an app has to opt into it. GTK3 and Flatpak apps definitely can, like most elementary apps do.

VSCode and others could support it, and the work to enable it in Chromium should make it easier to support in Electron apps. Basically if an app supports it on Windows or macOS, it should be able to on FreeDesktop platforms using the spec.

ebassi, to random
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My brother is a millennial, and he insists on sending (and asking for) short audio messages instead of texts. I can't decide if he's actually a boomer in disguise, or if he's already adapting to the lightspeed delays in communication when we inevitably colonise the solar system

cassidy,
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@ebassi I have never understood the audio message thing. Like, it's less convenient in almost every way.

cassidy, to random
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People who have a website and yet still use a third party link-tree service… why??

Take those links… and put them on your website that you own and control!

Patrick from SpongeBob gesturing from one place to another place

cassidy, to random
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Does Google Fonts just… not have a mechanism for versioning fonts? I understand not wanting to change a font out from under a website unexpectedly, but for actively-developed fonts, it means you get a single early snapshot of a font and then it’s immediately and forever outdated…

Multiple typeface designers explicitly tell people NOT to use their fonts off of Google Fonts for this reason. That seems… bad?

stranded_output, to random

A Linux app that's equivalent to Microsoft Publisher. It's for an event poster that I need to make. Haven't touched any publishing apps for many years. Learned a bit of QuarkExpress and Publisher back in the day. Thoughts?

cassidy,
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@stranded_output Scribus is probably the most well-known and frequently recommended, but it's overkill for my uses. I know a lot of design folks use Inkscape but it's more free-form vector design and less print focused (but works!). Could also go as simple as LibreOffice Draw.

paul, to random
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Dell's half price Pro Display XDR is live, even comes with a free stand. I do like HDR, I don't $2500 like HDR.
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-ultrasharp-32-6k-monitor-u3224kb/apd/210-bhbz/monitors-monitor-accessories

cassidy,
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@paul it does pass my sniff test for a good size and resolution combination, at least? https://cassidyjames.com/dippi/?d=32&w=6144&h=3456&t=d

popey, to linux
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A link doing the rounds, trying to petition to take ownership of the package for . In my opinion, they really shouldn't have used the "2 million downloads" number, because the vast majority of those are delta updates from the same people who already have it installed. There's ~110K machines with the Spotify Flatpak installed. They should have used that number, as it's more genuine. Also, they should speak to humans at Spotify, not use petitions. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Idea-Submissions/Spotify-should-take-official-ownership-of-the-Linux-Flatpak/idi-p/5578184

cassidy,
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@popey this is why we need a Flatpak/Flathub developer advocate… I don't have the time to do it all day long, but I'd love to chat with the folks in charge about these sorts of decisions.

cassidy, to ai
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I get that it’s hot right now, but man, the user experience of LLMs being this bot you type text to seems like a huge step backwards compared to just integrating these AI features natively into products.

cassidy,
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@jcrabapple yeah, looks like it. They’ve been doing this sort of AI integration and it’s much more interesting to me.

When everyone says Bing is way ahead because they licensed ChatGPT, this is why I was annoyed. These things are much more useful when deeply integrated.

cassidy,
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This AI stuff is a snoozefest.

I 👏 DON’T 👏 CARE 👏

Wake me up when you talk about Nest and Pixel.

cassidy,
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I don’t use Google search anymore, but man, they really are taking over the entire search engine with their own AI model instead of showing results. I feel like web publishers are gonna be pissed.

cassidy,
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I do enjoy split screen on my Pixel for events like this. I can have the video up top with Mastodon at the bottom. Better than picture-in-picture since it doesn’t cover up the app.

(The top corners not being rounded is driving me nuts though!)

cassidy,
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Tailwind, definitely not an existing product called that.

cassidy,
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This Project Tailwind thing sounds interesting, but also looks like Material You gone overboard. Not a fan of the tinker toy aesthetic.

cassidy,
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So a huge focus of previous Google I/O events has been reaching people who don’t have Internet. How do all of these LLM/AI models work for people who are disconnected?

cassidy,
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FINALLY Android time!

cassidy,
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I really want Google Fast Pair on Linux/GNOME. Has anyone looked into that?

cassidy,
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Yessss finally an actual privacy preserving device finding network that’s useful outside of just iPhones or Tile app users. That’s gonna be dope.

cassidy,
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Lock screen clock stuff looks straight from iOS. I am still surprised Apple did this first.

cassidy,
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Google just sherlocked https://emoji.supply/wallpaper

gregorni, to random
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I'm now officially part of the GNOME Foundation! 🎉🎉🎉

cassidy,
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@gregorni congrats and welcome!

cassidy, to random
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I submitted a couple of PRs to an open source project and then was invited to be a maintainer…

Admiral Ackbar from Star Wars saying, “It’s a trap!”

cassidy,
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In all seriousness, it’s a project I’m happy to contribute to and help however I can. 😊

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