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.

Many years ago in some history class, the name of that plane taught me that "gay" was a word with multiple meanings.

Purging valuable archives is sad, doing it in such a careless and stupid way makes it even worse.

This itemized recollection of the process of creating a hit indie game was thrilling. The often exponentially-doubling "wishlist" numbers add meaningful context to the events, and show the effects of streamers and media for spreading the word. I haven't played the game yet, but it's hard to miss today.

This was a very tumultuous time in the history of the game because I was in limbo between nothing will come of this game and I want to move on with my life and what if I could do this as a job?

Reactions to this news show that it's clearly a beloved app, I think I should try it!

I started listening more frequently to podcasts on an Android phones about a decade ago with the local Podcast Addict app. I later got an iPhone in 2019 (still using that one) and switched to Apple Podcasts for a while. At the same time I also used Spotify for music, and as the company increased its focus there, it also gradually usurped all my podcast listening over the last years.

I now have love/hate relationship with podcasts on Spotify: the law of least effort dictates that it simplifies "listening" by keeping both music & podcasts in the same place, on all my devices. Updates to frequently visited podcasts are readily available on my Spotify Home, so I barely have to think anymore. And yet, music and podcasts are two very different intentions. It is annoying when podcasts are suggested (and playing) on my laptop when I just wanted to put on some background music. I almost exclusively listen to podcasts on mobile devices. The algorithmic, double-use Spotify UI (triple with audiobooks?) is regularly messy when used for podcast management. I think I'm ready for a new dedicated podcast app, especially if is available cross-device like Spotify.

Also, I'm not insensitive to the argument about Spotify's walled gardens closing in RSS. Openness in the ecosystem is great and it can only be kept intact by a plethora of independent and significant parties with qualitative products. I simultaneously appreciate the author's notes about the Automattic's ownership & its still ongoing WordPress controversy. It is probably not a coincidence that Automattic wants to re-assert itself as an advocate of the "open", even if that doesn't necessarily mean "open-source" (only Pocket Casts mobile apps are open-source, since two years). Pocket Cast's "closed-source cloud" & freemium model is clearly different from WordPress's model. I will guess that makes it more zen for Matt.

Another good example why disrupting trade with allies is at least a short & mid term loss for the US, and questionable in the long term too, since they’d be losing influence over Finnish expertise.