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@impermanen_ @stefan_hessbrueggen The experience I can add is that we are using GnuCash exclusively for our business accounting. All is not perfect, but it is far better than its proprietary predecessor, and hasn't been a problem with the accountant at all.
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So my phone (a Pixel 7) has picked up the habit of randomly rebooting for unknown reasons. It seems to be getting worse.
Once upon a time, I used to look forward, at least a little bit, to getting a new phone. Shinier better hardware, a software update, there was something I got out of the deal, even when I wasn't really feeling that I wanted to buy another hunk of electronic stuff.
When I think of a new phone now, I think of fending of a bunch of new AI crap, of trying to track down and fix a hundred different privacy settings that, mysteriously, don't get copied from the old device, and generally just trying to get back to where I am now.
In other words, it's not that I'm not excited about getting a new phone; I actively don't want that new phone.
Maybe I'll just go back to the land line.
Once upon a time, I used to look forward, at least a little bit, to getting a new phone. Shinier better hardware, a software update, there was something I got out of the deal, even when I wasn't really feeling that I wanted to buy another hunk of electronic stuff.
When I think of a new phone now, I think of fending of a bunch of new AI crap, of trying to track down and fix a hundred different privacy settings that, mysteriously, don't get copied from the old device, and generally just trying to get back to where I am now.
In other words, it's not that I'm not excited about getting a new phone; I actively don't want that new phone.
Maybe I'll just go back to the land line.
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@bkuhn @mxmehl That wasn't me who wrote that — credit goes to @jzb, who had been working on it for a while before anybody waved their wand :)
I will confess that I'd been slow to come around to the topic at least partly because it has been a decade or two since I felt I understood why the OSI still exists.
I will confess that I'd been slow to come around to the topic at least partly because it has been a decade or two since I felt I understood why the OSI still exists.
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The current OSI fun reminds me of an article I wrote just under 20 years ago... https://lwn.net/Articles/148792/
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@ljs @axboe @jani @brauner *All* of this is something new. Everybody involved is still trying to figure this out.
As far as the other thread: you gave some characteristics that you think the process should have, which is fine. But I have not seen a lot of specifics on how such a response could be implemented within our community. I'll say again: suggestions welcome. Nobody feels that they have a real handle on all of this.
(Just to be clear: I'm not involved in the implementation, but I can do my best to ensure that useful ideas are considered.)
As far as the other thread: you gave some characteristics that you think the process should have, which is fine. But I have not seen a lot of specifics on how such a response could be implemented within our community. I'll say again: suggestions welcome. Nobody feels that they have a real handle on all of this.
(Just to be clear: I'm not involved in the implementation, but I can do my best to ensure that useful ideas are considered.)
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@adapalmer Got my copy yesterday, started reading it last night. Now I'm curious about Darth Vader, but it will take me a while to get to that point. I shall resist the temptation to peek ahead.
So far I'm thinking that this is going to be a lot of fun.
So far I'm thinking that this is going to be a lot of fun.
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Ah the memories one finds at the bottom of a desk drawer... Once upon a time this was a really cool thing.
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I have ... opinions ... on the current course of the US federal government, and have been doing my best to make sure that my elected congresscritters know about them.
When you put in a message on Senator Bennet's web site, as with all of them, they want you to pick a topic. Only today did I notice that one of them is, literally, "Internet & Technology". I guess I'll have to advise them of my opinions on excessive entity escaping too...
When you put in a message on Senator Bennet's web site, as with all of them, they want you to pick a topic. Only today did I notice that one of them is, literally, "Internet & Technology". I guess I'll have to advise them of my opinions on excessive entity escaping too...
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skiles@carhenge.clubI got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
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So, while I think this article declares victory a bit too soon, I think we also need the occasional optimistic view that we may actually get through this administration.
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-02-24-trump-coup-has-failed/
(by way of @pluralistic)
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-02-24-trump-coup-has-failed/
(by way of @pluralistic)
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Just after my last post on solar power, I got a cheery email from "SunStrong", the company taking over from SunPower, which has gone bankrupt. It seems that if I want to get historical data or performance data for individual panels (which I own) out of the monitoring system (which I own) installed in my house, I will have to pay them $100/year.
...or perhaps I can just use the data I've collected into Home Assistant via the SunPower integration and tell them to take a hike ...
My one question is whether they have the ability to push a firmware load and enshittify things further; I think the time may be coming to take the monitoring box off the net.
...or perhaps I can just use the data I've collected into Home Assistant via the SunPower integration and tell them to take a hike ...
My one question is whether they have the ability to push a firmware load and enshittify things further; I think the time may be coming to take the monitoring box off the net.
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