Notices by Jon (Snarf) Mason (snarfmason@hachyderm.io), page 2

@mattly are your mutual funds actually positive?

I think 0.5% growth is better than I've done the last few years.

@mattly that does make sense actually. Its beginnings were very focused on gamers.

It's a gamer lifestyle brand first, communication tool second (fourth?)

@mattly you mean all those techno-futurist how-to guides?

@mattly I like spice-hot food a lot. Extra hot wings. Extra hot curry. Lots of stuff. I regular mix my own spice blend for burritos that my friends fear.

But spicy granola still seems really weird and probably not good.

And even if it was good I would absolutely expect that to be called out explicitly.

Don't make me tap the "A phone number is bit something you own and SMS is not good 2FA" sign. You know I'll do it.

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/111846525500588034

@mattly it seems like you probably need to worry more about your window manager than your distro.

I avoid Ubuntu prime these days but most spinoffs of it are good. Pop looks decent.

I like Cinnamon on Linux Mint but I have less affinity for old Mac style windows.

This this this. 1000 times this.

https://mastodon.social/@schwa/111741549755060658

When the executives have relied on a bunch of cheap money to overextend themselves and then need to trim 1/6 of the company, the executives have failed to do their jobs properly. They should be the first ones cut.

@mattly aces.

@mattly left my house about 2pm today and the daylight sensing outdoor light in front of my house was on. 😐

@mattly ah, well, yes.

But the people who value IRC probably don't, collectively, think it needs any new features.

It's like the problem with Linux desktops.

@mattly the problem is enshitification. IRC wasn't very good to begin with but it hasn't been enshitified.

Everything else was probably better at some point in its life but then got enshitified.

@mattly I've seen a couple references to Magic Lasso. I'll give it a try. Thanks.

I think I had 1Blocker for a bit and didn't find it very good.

What do people use for Ad Blockers in Safari ?

@mattly oof. Felt that.

@mattly I feel like the fact that you made this pair means I should vote 7... and yet.

@mattly nice

@mattly oh no.

@mattly wait, are we stopping Discord already too? I've never really liked it but I thought it was the main consumer-space competitor.

@mattly wait, why is "use Docker" on the table, but "use Rosetta" isn't? 😨

@mattly but the tech industry is basically one huge half century long grift at this point.