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My boss . Generates entire websites with AI Slop. Instead of sending a single text mail with three links and the words please make that certificate . No. He wastes the time of all …

I see usually two options: a) Solution X does it generally better than Y and their solution is *ported*. b) Adapt to solution Y. The end. Most of the time it is b. Because Vim shal…

And TUIs * Are simple to grasp for uses * Efficient to use (not just resource wise) * Look nice on nice terminals Notcurses (C++) and Ratatui (Rust) did help ncurses (C) a lot.

Reading from Wikipedia Spirit sounds like a horrible low-cost Airline like Ryanair. Why should we rescue something which hurts employees and passengers? If it would be TWA or PanAm…

Are they just “against” or is there a currently required set of applications which cannot migrate to Gtk3 or Gtk4? Even Gimp is using Gtk3. And already heading to Gtk4. Take that a…

No. It is using a central “well known server” and requires internet. Test: * Does it work in an airplane? * Does it work in a submarine? * Does it work in the mountains, when a thu…

I wonder about the sadly . Luckily the hang was deterministic.

I’m still surprised how people ignore Meson. Please test it :) https://mesonbuild.com/ And Mesons awesome dependency handling: https://mesonbuild.com/Dependencies.html https://meso…

The last competitor remaining is Lenovo with the ThinkPads and pre-installed Linux [1]. But even Lenovo cripples them: * You need to be very careful. Select alwaysCTO build with th…

Tenth of millions of devices were sold (somewhere between 20 to 35 Million?). You could build multiple plants for it, with government funding in Europe. The MBAs at Apple noticed: …

No compact smartphone. Apples MBAs produce just more slight variants of the same phone. The Google Pixel 10a is superior, same chassis with flat camera. The Pixel 10 doesn’t suffer…

What I don’t like about FaceID is the premature unlocking. If you pass your phone to someone else it can unlock, especially for taking photos. And to allow strangers to make photos…

It looks nice. Less nice but very good in Germany is DWD Warn Weather: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/dwd-warnwetter/id986420993?l=e... Yes. We pay for it with taxes! And again with…

No. Every man page is better, concise, easy to access. GNU Info should be like a browser but it makes something simple into something complicated.

Thank you! I assume “didn’t train” is correct. Probably my favorite mistake! I like it when people point out mistakes, give me corrections, and explain why. The reason is crucial. …

I’m rather sure *Airbus* will prefer a programmer which reads and writes reliable code. The programmer which delivers useful products is probably hired by Microsoft? Or worse, Boei…

I’ve learned about that website only four years ago. It is still helpful, teaches me how to install front derailleurs properly (as deep and far to the front as possible, better cha…

Another layer (ouch) to abstract away Windows (ouch * ouch). Use Linux or BSD and ignore that approach for Vendor Lock-in* into their “library OS”.

Tja. Chuckles in German.

Two problems: Apple. And Google.

Or Microsoft. Stay as far away from BigIT as you can. Linux or BSD are there for many good reasons. This is another one.

Kill HDMI, a bad standard from entertainment industry (Sony). Use DisplayPort (VESA), integrated into USB Type-C (USB-IF). Anyway better, a flawless with HiDPI and FreeSync.

Yep. That’s a hell. A hell to maintain. And searching the web for “Excel government failure…” is an adventure. Excel is a shell script containing data. Minus well defined syntax an…

True. Software and computers don’t even exist to save money. A lot of problems stem from the weird idea of MBAs that a computer, digitalization or even cloud are there to save mone…

It are only minor changes. Recent ThinkPads are close to be identical: X280 - X13 Gen3 (minor change: 16:10 with X13 Gen1). X13 Gen 4 - Gen 6 are sadly nearly identical, especially…