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fenndev, 11 days ago (edited 1 day ago)

I hope eventually we get an ARM-powered Framework.

Bought a Framework shortly after Linus Techmin joined forces with them. Was stolen out of my partner’s car a few months later and just haven’t been able to justify (or afford) a replacement.

fenndev, 1 month ago

If you want your environment to be consistent between desktops, keep it mostly stock. The default KDE themeing and setup is pretty damn similar to Windows 10, and I’ve kept it stock ever since I started using it ~1 ½ years ago.

fenndev, 1 month ago

It is not an abuse of anyone’s creative rights to the convert music from a game you legally own to a different format.

fenndev, 1 month ago

I think Obsidian and Logseq are helping to change this.

fenndev, 1 month ago

For what it’s worth, I’ve been running alternative Discord clients for years (Webcord, discord-screenaudio, and now Vesktop/Vencord) and haven’t encountered any issues or bans. By far, the most polished and well integrated is Vesktop/Vencord. I don’t consider my Discord account worth risking either, but given that I’ve yet to see a verifiable report of someone losing access to Discord for using an alternate client (even the ones that enable Nitro subscription features), I think I’m pretty safe.

Personally, I’d say risk it for the biscuit. There are some hacky workarounds but all of them are annoying to set up and finicky. As for alternative platforms, I’m not sure…

fenndev, 1 month ago

Gas fees, fees to convert to fiat, electricity bills for miners / initial investment for stakers… No matter how you frame it, there are still associated fees. Might as well use the standard we have at the moment.

fenndev, 3 months ago

Depending on your threat model, your best bet would probably be to purchase a burner phone at Walmart or something with cash. Then only use the phone for verification purposes.

fenndev, 3 months ago

Pardon me, but would this not interfere with partners’ ability to host services via 99% of Linux-based servers?

fenndev, 3 months ago

Unrelated, but I would have preferred a stolen, watermarked Getty Images photo rather an an AI-generated one. Fits the pirate vibe better to have blatantly and unabashedly stolen something than to indirectly do so with plausible deniability.

fenndev, 4 months ago

Marxists in authoritarian left

Which Marxists are you referring to? You’ll find a lot (likely the majority) of socialists and communists in the bottom left corner. Put a picture of Stalin up there and rewrite it as either “Tankies” or “Stalinists” and you’ll be much more accurate.

fenndev, 4 months ago

I’ve seen a lot of descriptions of Tailscale but still have no idea what exactly it does. I get that it uses Wireguard, but what differentiates it from a typical VPN setup? NAT traversal?

fenndev, 4 months ago

Do you happen to have a Matrix or Discord server set up to talk about development? I’d love to help out if I can.

fenndev, 5 months ago

Have you looked into either Obsidian or Logseq?

Obsidian is not open source, but uses Markdown for notes just like Logseq. Very popular overall.

fenndev, 5 months ago

Interesting idea. Personally, I would like to see larger groups of admins and server members working together towards common goals and setting common standards - what we have right now is more like a confederacy, not a federation. There is no unifying, governing body made up of representatives from the servers.

fenndev, 5 months ago

Always happy to see a new Fediverse service!

My only concern is Python. Wonderful for AI and scripting, but I’m not sure how well it works as a web server. Although, I’d assume that a lot of the web server code is actually C under the hood…

fenndev, 5 months ago

May I ask why? Using alternative sources from the vendors themselves usually isn’t any less secure than using the official F-Droid repos. It’s a common thing on Linux.