Posts by pidloops

Ubuntu Budgie switches its approach to Wayland

mature has become a bad thing

It seems lately I keep seeing more and more decisions being made about whether to use a project based on its commit rate. It's as if being "mature" has become a bad thing. I would always prefer to use something that is stable than something that keeps changing. My favorite example is xorg. No changes in a decade? Great! Wayland still in flux after a decade? Not for me thanks.

Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites nail online orders from orbit

Re: Excitement

Because it's about 5x faster than I can get here in rural Arizona at any price. I would LOVE 100 MBps.

And now for something completely different: Python 3.12

Now where did all my installed packages go....

Why Chromebooks are the new immortals of tech

Re: Data

Wow, you really got hammered but I agree with you. Just practice safe surfing, that’s life now. Sure, I know my usage patterns and equipment signatures are being saved and crunched but it doesn’t bother me at all. If I want privacy I use old-school or air gap but that’s very rare.

Pop open a cask: Homebrew version 4.0.0 is here

I'll stick with port

I've had several interactions with Brew folks and they have been real *ass h*oles. They hate feedback and suggestions. Basically they take the view they know more about what I want/need than I do.

Smart ovens do really dumb stuff to check for Wi-Fi

water softener??

My 20 year old water softener needed a valve replaced that was leaking slightly. When the tech was here I asked what was new in the field. He said everything now is controlled from a smart phone app. For a WATER SOFTENER?? AND they now cost about 3x what I paid, even after adjusting for inflation. Well nuts to that, I'm probably now good for another 20 years.

MacOS9.app: A tour de force of emulation and integration

This _ is _ just _ absolutely _ amazing. Runs everything I've tried so far. Excellent work.