This is written a bit too dramatically, but I agree with the basic sentiment. I too was that kid! I didn't know what a graphics card or processor was, but I played all the games I could get my hands on (as long as they ran) on the computer we had as a family, installed GIMP (free!) and tried every single setting or tool in its menus, until I got a basic understanding of image editing.

Chromebooks get an only half-deserved diss. I completed my bachelor studies in Computer Science on a 350 euro 11" 4GB RAM Chromebook back in 2017 - running Ubuntu. I was amazed then what it was capable of: running the Eclipse Java IDE on an external monitor, Spotify in the background, multiple browser tabs open, Thunderbird... The final thing I did with it was Ionic/Cordova web development with Angular in Atom, running an Android emulator in Android Studio. Things certainly were lighter back then, but the computer's limitations also just didn't really matter. If it worked (slowly), it was fine.

I'm trying this distro out on my new Framework 12. I think I'll appreciate seamless/atomic updates and a read-only system, since I had Elementary OS on another (very old) 11" netbook, but after not using that for a year or so, I found I could not upgrade it without a full reinstall.

After a week, it's good so far. The operation is a little confusing since I've mostly worked with traditional Debian-based systems (Ubuntu desktop & server, Raspberry Pi OS, ...) and Arch.

For software, Flatpaks have been enough for my initial usage now, and I've installed some CLI tools through Homebrew (on macOS, that feels normal, here less). I've had to use a Ubuntu distrobox container for the first time for the rpi-imager tool, that was a little to tricky to figure out (it needed a rootful container). GNOME Shell is doing a fairly good job supporting the convertible laptop with a touch screen. It's also handy that Bluefin installed an extension manager out of the box.

A bad oversight to not have clear DMARC authenticity information in the iOS app!

This stuff explains why so many people believe Google is continuously tapping their phone microphone, etc. Browser fingerprinting and a few hundred clicks are enough to serve hyper-targeted ads. And they likely have much more than this dataset.

Wow. First Omnivore, now Pocket. I haven’t taken a deep look at the space in a while. It makes me wonder how Instapaper, Matter and Readwise Reader are doing. On the FOSS side, Readeck has been picking up some steam and I’ve been meaning to give it a spin.

This was interesting not just if you care about Nvidia stock one way or another. It explores the different “scaling laws” in how GenAI is evolving, with innovative approaches in hardware and software stacks. For multiple reasons, we may all hope for enormous efficiency gains.

I’ve gotten addicted to my RSS setup, NetNewsWire with a FreshRSS aggregator. I mostly use it for tweakers.net and other high-volume news outlets, but also for following software updates & changelogs, a large number of blogs, … it’s fun!

This is old news and those tariffs got postponed, but the sales & shipping numbers here were still remarkable.

Hard to read, but also hard to put down!

Better late than never, better something than nothing.