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zwilliamson

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    Comment #46081191

    Omarchy has been a blast to use

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    Comment #45721336

    Agree. That is why when it comes to movies I still rent discs at a local video store. The owner, Colin, is the ultimate movie recommendation master. The algorithm just can’t compet…

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    Comment #45544684

    I think one major improvement in technology that allows self hosting in the year 2025 is mesh VPN’s like Tailscale. Sure, you could run your own firewall and what not but the mesh …

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    Comment #45258221

    I’ve been using Omarchy (Arch+Hyprland) as my daily driver for over a month. It is faster, prettier and more efficient than macOS in my opinion. I have a Framework 16” on order. I …

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    Comment #45084749

    Of course. We are the most well equipped to run with it. Others will quickly create a sloppy mess while wise developers can keep the beast tame.

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    Comment #45066905

    I dumped MacOS. Would be cool to see this as an app package available on Omarchy.

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    Comment #44543223

    Or just go with a Beelink SER8 and toss Arch Linux + Wayland on it. you’ll save thousands of dollars and have a better user interface that’s way more customizable and efficient.

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    Comment #43525873

    Invest in our S&P 500. It’s a win win for our country and citizens who retire. A great motivation to contribute as well.

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    Comment #39024171

    Graham Hitchcock writes some amazing books that offer insightful possibilities to our past. He typically bucks main stream archeology theories

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    Comment #37905555

    What is the next best platform to move to?

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    Comment #36750181

    I have owned a Riese and Muller Load 60 (bucket cargo bike) for over 3 years now. It is the love of my life. My dog rides with me everywhere. Living the good life. So simple but so…

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    Comment #35737924

    Do you have to say Johan Sebastian Bach. Siri will work with that

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    Comment #35367727

    Yes. Self-host using this Ansible playbook has been a joy. https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy A top notch well managed Ansible setup! It hasn’t integrated i…

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    Comment #35077996

    So are companies incentivizing to not let RSUs expire for employees? Otherwise they face a large tax bill?

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    Comment #35043257

    maybe they should try to improve user experience with their own applications before telling others what to do? Finder on MacOS: probably should be renamed to Hider. Just a horrible…

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    Comment #35035841

    Checkout Tailscale for an easy to rollout WireGuard based solution that has a fair free tier

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    Comment #35035815

    I love self hosting. Here’s my home setup. Hardware (you don’t need much!) Mini atx tower, 8TB usable storage, Debian, AMD processor, 8GB memory Pfsense Firewall (Tailscale exit no…

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    Comment #34943580

    If they launch a smaller form factor it should gain traction quick! No one covers this demand space

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    Comment #34934888

    Let’s see if Bing Search AI can fix this for Jeff?

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    Comment #34815241

    This is probably a technology that must be open source. I would support a law enforcing this. I want all programmed intentions and bias completely open and transparent.

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    Comment #34800574

    Linode was my bread and butter for a while. They had cheap prices and decent support. And just enough bootstrap automation to get the job done (system online and ready for my Ansib…

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    I’ll never forget going to a community meeting about the design of a fully protected bike lane on Valencia St in San Francisco and one of the major opponents was there…Who you migh…

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    I’ll never forget going to a community meeting about the design of a fully protected bike lane on Valencia St in San Francisco and one of the major opponents was there…Who you migh…

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