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Same. i3wm first, or XFCE for a “real” DE.

I am currently running a debloated i3wm rig based on EndeavourOS/Arch and I really enjoy the low mental load of a truly minimal desktop. Only luxury I’ve allowed myself is CLI colors. I’m not ready for B&W yet.

Speaking of thwarting piracy, how about Japan stops slaughtering whales and respecting the treaties they have signed first?

But has Tibet reached a comprehensive agreement with China though?

The 90s are calling, they want their UX back.

Funny, the Chinese internets say the same thing… About the Philippino ships.

mindustry. I’ve kinda quit playing games. But still play mindustry on my ipad. :)

But unavailable in many countries (especially developping ones).

Windev and Wlanguage (French).

It’s almost 2024 and we still don’t have any significant open source project for cloud storage privacy.

Users are responsible for their own privacy.

Having Open Source projects providing the tools for that is extremely important. But ultimately the responsibility lies in the users hands. End to End encryption is the way. My files should 100% be encrypted on my side, with private keys that I own and nobody else. :)

I’m pretty happy with Linux actually. I’ve used a few distros and DMs over the years and honestly we’re at a point in time where it’s pretty nice. A more user friendly and robust connectivity management would be nice, and a few of the file browsers could benefit from a UX revamp. DMs could also enforce stricter design choices by default to gently guide developers towards a consistent UI/UX. But overall it’s quite solid.

The same can’t be said about most of the OSS that goes with it. Most of the apps available for Linux are garbage. I mean, they do some things well obvioulsy, but are overall terrible to use. With their crap UX and a UI stuck in the last century the only reason people use them is they have no other choice and are desperate…

Well not that many, let me think…

• One stainless steel pan
• A grill and/or carbon steel pan
• One large pot for boiling pasta and big stuff
• One medium pot
• One small pot for sauces
• One pressure cooker
• One dutch oven (or two)
• A collection of non-stick pans in various conditions

I mean we’re looking at what, only 8 or 10 cooking vessels, that’s not a lot is it?

Depends on the type of drives and your needs.

If the drive is big enough to be used as storage/back, get it out and in its own USB enclosure.

If the drive is either too small or you have too may already then :

• SSD : smash it to pieces with a hammer
• HDD : if you’re sure it’s not an hybrid (in which case the SSD process applies) then you can just fill it with garbage or use whatever “erasing” software out there. I would go for an open-source one.

That’s a great setup. Until someone breaks in and steal all the hardware, of the house burns down.

I would add regular backups from the NAS to an archiving cloud like Backblaze, Amazon Glacier, Azure Archive… Doesn’t eat too much bandwidth and it cost very little (until you need to recover the data, but hopefully you won’t). :)

You’re a senior CS person and you are asking if you should have a backup system in place? o_O

Sorry if this sounds like a personal attack but it’s something you should have though of a long, long time ago, as a CS person. Even when still using Windows.

Assuming you are serious, then yes there are ways to save your data under Linux, with different levels of complexity and privacy.

The bare minimum is some basic cloud backup. Not ideal for privacy, but at least if your drive dies you won’t lose your files.

Local backup in the form of a NAS or home server is also an option, and allows different systems (Windows, Mac, Linux) to save a copy of their files. Way better from a privacy perspective if setup properly BUT your are one fire or one burglary away from losing everything.

If you want to reconcile privacy AND safe storage then to me there are a few options :

• End to end encrypted cloud storage if you trust the third party (Proton drive, Tresorit, etc)
• End to end encrypted cloud storage that you control (requires very high skills and a lot of work and money. And a lot of maintenance)
• Local network storage (NAS/homeserver) with an encrypted backup regularly sent to the cloud
• Hybrid end-to-end encrypted cloud using a non encrypted cloud solution (like Google Drive) with Cryptomator or equivalent (if you trust them).

So many options, depending on your sensibility to privacy and your technical knowledge. You can also mix. For example most of my personal files are hosted on Microsoft OneCloud because it’s stable and fast enough. I mean almost my entire home folder (excluding configuration) is replicated there. But some of the sensitive files, mostly scans of official documents like tax returns, healthcare receipts, etc, are end to end encrypted using Cryptomator. Also my passwords are saved in an shared encrypted Keepass database. And all my drives are encrypted (with LUKS) including my external drives.

Anybody who has dug that topic long enough knows that total privacy and total security are a myth. It simple doesn’t exist. You need to find the balance between privacy, security and practicality that suits you. If you are paranoid, then getting to a reasonable level of all three is going to be a LOT of work and money. If you are just cautious, and are willing to trust reputable third parties, then it’s quite possible to have a working solution without spending too much time and money. And the very bare minimum is to chose between a backup with little privacy, or more privacy with the acceptance that you may lose everything.

My parents have had an air-frying capable oven of decades. They also paid a lot, lot more than what the typical air-fryer costs for it.

Cheap convection ovens do a poor job at moving the heat around, the “pulsated” heat function is mostly a marketing gimmick. Great convection ovens are doing a much better job but they are also five times the price.

Decent air fryer : $300

Air frying capable oven (lower range) : $600

Good air frying capable oven : $1500+

Agreed. I’m currently trying to fix my shoulders. Turns out the fix to “some of your muscles are too powerful and some aren’t enough” is not an easy one and consists mostly in slowly and painfully correcting your posture with targeted exercises. Daily. For months.

I’m almost to the point where I say fuck it, I’ll just train through pain and hopefully it will fix itself at some point. It worked for my tennis elbow after all… XD

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And why are GPUs shipped with so little VRAM?!