The configuration of browsers isn't defensive enough, that is the problem. It's also absurd that most popular websites don't work at all nowadays without Javascript.
Good point, I am looking forward to the day OLED 6K is common. A higher resolution is always better after all. At the moment however I think 32" 4K is pretty much the sweet spot for a single monitor setup however. It's…
I guess you guys on Mac don't play games. There is no GPU that can provide a consistently good framerate at 5K in a recent game. And that Mac monitor is probably 60Hz, so it's not a clear win over 120Hz+ at a somewhat…
This exactly. All the extra stuff Tailscale provides buys convenience, but increases complexity, the attack surface of the stack, and adds commercial components to an otherwise open protocol. Call me old fashioned but I…
You need to increase UI scaling, not turn down the resolution. All modern desktops support this in some form. I would only lower the resolution if the GPU can't keep up in games after exhausting all other options such…
It's odd because I can tell right away if a game is set to 60Hz instead of 144Hz when first launched before I adjust the settings. The mouse cursor just feels laggy.
I think you will find that 4K is generally sufficient at 32". Text is sharp enough, and a high refresh rate is probably more important at that point. There is also the issue that not even a 5090 can push enough fps at…
> £700/£800 buys you a 24" display That's about $1000, and it buys you a 32" 4K OLED panel with a high refresh rate, better than anything the Mac has. That's the kind of monitor you would pair with a gaming rig though,…
At the same time, there is a lot more high quality FOSS nowadays. And AI is making it increasingly easy to write small or not so small utilities.
> Some apps eschew it, like browsers, but not because they are “mobile first”, but because they are trying to maximize screen space. I don't think this is true. If anything, we see more oversized buttons and empty space…
I deplore the day we lost the menu bar and replaced it with "mobile first" designs. The desktop UI was perfected around the time of Windows 95 and has gotten worse with every iteration since then. That, and the…
> I’m hoping this might start to fill in a larger picture of what AI colonialism actually looks like. This is exactly the kind of nonsense I would expect from an Ivy League senior in 2026.
They are not laying off 25%. Not everyone will take the buyout.
Reminder: Publications on arXiv are not peer-reviewed, and practically anyone can post a paper regardless of quality or correctness.
> GrapheneOS will have official support on multiple devices from Motorola This is excellent news, because the phone that has been confirmed so far (the Signature 27) is absurdly large and expensive. The Pixel 9 I…
> I always struggle to understand the point of using disk encryption with TPM, as opposed to the disk encryption with LUKS + passphrase What if you expect the machine to reboot, unattended, after a power outage for…
> I think root is precisely what most of these apps are trying to avoid. Maybe, but it's necessary when you want to modify some aspect of the system you disagree with. For example, Android has a mechanism that prevents…
> Do you not run apps at all? No, I don't want to run any apps, particularly commercial ones. I only run a few FOSS apps like K9, IronFox, Signal, Home Assistant. I have, on occasion, downloaded and tested apps from the…
It absolutely can be rooted by building it from source. And having this ability is what makes the project open.
I think this is the real problem here if it's true. The community must absolutely retain the ability to fork the project and reintroduce things like root that the developers are obstinately against. If not, then…
Can you not buy a USB to headphone jack adapter?
This is the right answer. Soon there will be a Motorola option too.
Encryption comes to mind. That was the UK I think, but the EU isn't far behind.
> similar to trying to buy EVs in the US You're kidding right? It seems like every other car around here is a Tesla or some other EV. It's mostly Teslas and trucks really.
What banking business? Use a web browser, or just bank in person like everyone did not long ago. Carry a credit card instead of Apple/Google Pay. That's what degoogled Android users do and it's a very minor…
The configuration of browsers isn't defensive enough, that is the problem. It's also absurd that most popular websites don't work at all nowadays without Javascript.
Good point, I am looking forward to the day OLED 6K is common. A higher resolution is always better after all. At the moment however I think 32" 4K is pretty much the sweet spot for a single monitor setup however. It's…
I guess you guys on Mac don't play games. There is no GPU that can provide a consistently good framerate at 5K in a recent game. And that Mac monitor is probably 60Hz, so it's not a clear win over 120Hz+ at a somewhat…
This exactly. All the extra stuff Tailscale provides buys convenience, but increases complexity, the attack surface of the stack, and adds commercial components to an otherwise open protocol. Call me old fashioned but I…
You need to increase UI scaling, not turn down the resolution. All modern desktops support this in some form. I would only lower the resolution if the GPU can't keep up in games after exhausting all other options such…
It's odd because I can tell right away if a game is set to 60Hz instead of 144Hz when first launched before I adjust the settings. The mouse cursor just feels laggy.
I think you will find that 4K is generally sufficient at 32". Text is sharp enough, and a high refresh rate is probably more important at that point. There is also the issue that not even a 5090 can push enough fps at…
> £700/£800 buys you a 24" display That's about $1000, and it buys you a 32" 4K OLED panel with a high refresh rate, better than anything the Mac has. That's the kind of monitor you would pair with a gaming rig though,…
At the same time, there is a lot more high quality FOSS nowadays. And AI is making it increasingly easy to write small or not so small utilities.
> Some apps eschew it, like browsers, but not because they are “mobile first”, but because they are trying to maximize screen space. I don't think this is true. If anything, we see more oversized buttons and empty space…
I deplore the day we lost the menu bar and replaced it with "mobile first" designs. The desktop UI was perfected around the time of Windows 95 and has gotten worse with every iteration since then. That, and the…
> I’m hoping this might start to fill in a larger picture of what AI colonialism actually looks like. This is exactly the kind of nonsense I would expect from an Ivy League senior in 2026.
They are not laying off 25%. Not everyone will take the buyout.
Reminder: Publications on arXiv are not peer-reviewed, and practically anyone can post a paper regardless of quality or correctness.
> GrapheneOS will have official support on multiple devices from Motorola This is excellent news, because the phone that has been confirmed so far (the Signature 27) is absurdly large and expensive. The Pixel 9 I…
> I always struggle to understand the point of using disk encryption with TPM, as opposed to the disk encryption with LUKS + passphrase What if you expect the machine to reboot, unattended, after a power outage for…
> I think root is precisely what most of these apps are trying to avoid. Maybe, but it's necessary when you want to modify some aspect of the system you disagree with. For example, Android has a mechanism that prevents…
> Do you not run apps at all? No, I don't want to run any apps, particularly commercial ones. I only run a few FOSS apps like K9, IronFox, Signal, Home Assistant. I have, on occasion, downloaded and tested apps from the…
It absolutely can be rooted by building it from source. And having this ability is what makes the project open.
I think this is the real problem here if it's true. The community must absolutely retain the ability to fork the project and reintroduce things like root that the developers are obstinately against. If not, then…
Can you not buy a USB to headphone jack adapter?
This is the right answer. Soon there will be a Motorola option too.
Encryption comes to mind. That was the UK I think, but the EU isn't far behind.
> similar to trying to buy EVs in the US You're kidding right? It seems like every other car around here is a Tesla or some other EV. It's mostly Teslas and trucks really.
What banking business? Use a web browser, or just bank in person like everyone did not long ago. Carry a credit card instead of Apple/Google Pay. That's what degoogled Android users do and it's a very minor…