proud Debian user here :)

does anyone know what the difference between OsmAnd and Organic Maps is?

finally. i’ve been waiting for this for a long time. finally a worthwhile software development project again.

France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands will work to develop open, European alternatives in “key areas” such as AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and – curiously – social networks.

especially social networks are important, as it allows people to connect and exchange messages outside of the influence of US big biased algorithms.

does anybody have a link to the project website, where one can sign up and contribute?

idk it just seems complicated, with all the keybindings and i think it even has scripting inside the text editor … i never bothered to learn it.

the problem with custom keybindings i have is i work on a lot of different machines (i used 3 different desktop computers yesterday) and keybindings presumably only work on my machine.

saw someone unironically use vim the other day. i thought people actually using vim was a joke.

please please no, i don’t want a huge wave of normies infiltrating our space.

relevant:

edit: just to be very fair about this: if you could go back in time by 10 years and tell people who are just about to start studying IT (for the sake of making a lot of money later on in their life) that they’re going to be replaced by AI in a few years, would the people really listen to you and think about that possibility?

Or would they rather go “nah man that’s absurd, a computer program can not write software like a human does, and pay in IT is always good”. (i mean, lots of people are still saying this today)

What i’m saying is that it’s not the future’s fault of happening, but the people’s fault for being infinitely stubborn about the fact that progress does not exist and nothing can ever change. the way the world works today must inherently be how the world will still work in 50 years from now. there is simply no other possibility. and also go fuck yourself for proposing otherwise.

do you know whether dementia also affects simpler routines, such as making coffee with coffee powder and a boiling pot? it’s:

• boil water
• add coffee powder

done

me on most days for most things

what if they actually have to work (like, repair) on the lines? how do they make sure nobody’s feeding into the grid? do they go from house to house and ask everyone to unplug their balcony solar plants?

what if somebody’s on holiday and only comes back in 2 weeks and forgot to switch off their infeeding?

Das ist ein lustiges Argument (upvote dafür) aber die Vorteile der Schrift sind halt so überwältigend dass selbst eine verminderte Gedächtnisleistung dagegen unbedeutend ist.

Schrift ermöglicht nicht nur den Wissenstransport durch die Zeit, sondern auch durch den Raum. Durch Schrift wird es möglich, zu wissen, was jemand ganz weit weg sagt und denkt, und das ist so viel wert. Denn dadurch kann globale Kohärenz geschaffen werden, große Reiche existieren, und weltweite Verständigung existieren. Und das prägt die Welt so sehr, dass man sogar die Geschichte der Menschheit mit der Geschichte der Schrift gleichsetzt (also ich zumindest neige dazu). Denn alle großen Reiche, die Erinnernswertes hinterlassen haben, nutzten die Schrift als ihren wesentlichen Kulturträger dazu.

to be fair, completely restructuring global economic systems sounds like fun; much more fun than recycling or reducing my carbon footprint, at least.

i think the biggest problem with electron is that it doesn’t just use some system-provided browser library, instead every electron app ships its own browser environment, which takes up a lot of space each time and makes the whole system a whole lot less efficient. shared libraries exist for a reason.

Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025.

Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer.

But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?

https://endof10.org/

I struggle to see how you could say it’s more comfortable

easy, i don’t have to focus on the street for 50 minutes. that’s a big win for me.

It’s not even just about sustainability. It’s also largely about comfort (public transport is just 10x as comfortable as any car could be), price to the end consumer (public transport is typically much cheaper to the end consumer than cars, and that’s even by a lot), space management (compare how much space cars need vs. public transport) and all these things. it’s not just climate change.

I’m not familiar with NixOS

However, short reminder that the internet was largely funded by the US military. It’s not uncommon that the US military brings significant developments for the internet. This is nothing new. The latest outcry is solely because the US is sliding into fascism, not because of the involvement with the US military.

Because it has been apparent that MAGA is about nothing but money and control since they came on the scene a decade ago. Since then, they have become indelibly tied to treason, corruption, pedophilia, racism, misogyny, ignorance, stupidity, and virtuosic incompetence. Bad Faith is their core value.

the leadership yes, but the people voting for them? I’m not so sure.

I know this is a lot of text all at once, but while i’m here, let me tell you that i think that it’s important that there’s a heavy investment in human spaceflight and especially in settling mars.

I’m not saying that for some delusional reasons of science fiction, but because of the very real and very heavy economic advantages that it has. A massive spaceflight program would create a lot of jobs (if you invest $1b in spaceflight, where does the money go? it goes towards companies that try to build the rockets and necessary machinery, and a large part of that money goes towards jobs and construction materials, so the money continues to circulate in the country.)

And jobs are one of the two very important things that people need to live: food and jobs. Let me illustrate this:

As time progresses forward, we have more resources available (because our production systems work better, as they get improved all the time). but at the same time, a lot of production systems get automated and that reduces the number of jobs. Since people need jobs, new parts of the market need to be developed continuously.

What i’m saying is that if there’s a massive push towards spaceflight, somebody will have to build all of the necessary machinery, equipment, and such, and that would create a lot of jobs. It’s especially important for american people to have jobs, because americans are typically biased towards enterpreneurship and such, and that’s only possible when there’s business to be done. i think that’s a very important aspect of american society. also, martian human settlement would have the advantage that there’s real progress (new lands being explored) and that would also have some positive consequences.