Notices by Simone (m2m@sonomu.club)

I'll drop this here.

"DHH Is Way Worse Than I Thought", by Jake Lazaroff.

If you're using Basecamp, or his Linux distribution, of which I forgotten the name of [*], you might want to reconsider.

[*] EDIT — I remembered, it's Omarchy.

https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thought/

#DHH #fascism

When I keep saying that being on #streaming platforms is a pointless exercise, I get sometimes asked for numbers, or proofs.

Here you go. A single song of mine was played a MILLION times in 3 months, in 2022 (and, in later months, another 750k times), with a net gain of £33.

A million plays on streaming pays for a pizza night out for me and @silviamaggi

Took me FOUR sales on Bandcamp to reach the same amount.

So, ask me again, why quit giving out music to the techbros?

#IndependentMusic

@kel I just had my very first foray into what used to be called "viral" on social media, and it was very unsettling. Not sure why as of yet, but I think it might be that my comfort zone is having conversations within tiny groups of people. Being suddenly put on a podium in front of a crowded stadium feels like shite.

@kel I had to mute mine, no idea how people like @aral manage this on a daily basis.

Steve Wozniak interviewed for CBS:

"I gave all my Apple wealth away because wealth and power are not what I live for. I have a lot of fun and happiness. I funded a lot of important museums and arts groups [...] I never look for any type of tax dodge. I earn money from my labor and pay something like 55% combined tax on it. Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about Happiness. I developed these philosophies when I was 18-20 years old and I never sold out."

He turned 75 4 days ago.

@rbairwell

that sounds so strange to me. I've had the exact opposite experience. And now that I'm on the 'other side' I can say for sure that all our new starters (and we have *a lot*, being a huge University faculty) receive their equipment on their first day, ready to go, with one of us giving an induction.

@chris

@jp I sense you're walking a fine line that I walked a while ago. I'm curious to see if you land where I did.

@jp that is exactly what I've been walking away from, over the last year and a half. That includes Duoling, because of the same mechanism. I'm exhausted by this relentless patronisation and commercialisation of everything and everyone.

My watch is a very slim and lightweight Xiaomi, cost: £30; charge lasts for weeks, and I see all the data that I want, WHEN I want. I don't need to be in competition with myself for crying out loud, just know how I am exercising on a given day.

"This isn’t accidental. It’s cultural. We’ve created an industry where complexity is celebrated. Where cleverness is rewarded. Where engineering sophistication is valued more than clarity, usability, or commercial effectiveness."

From the same article: "Accessibility? Maybe, if there is time."

There NEVER is time. The industry is now a travesty, and it ruined everything around it.

Read: "JavaScript broke the web (and called it progress)" by Jono Alderson.

https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/javascript-broke-the-web-and-called-it-progress/

@mattly @alisynthesis personally, I haven't migrated my music production to Linux yet, although it's in the pipeline.

Migrating (or going back) to Linux in 2025, after 24 years exclusively on Mac:

https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/blog/moving-on/

Feels good.

I love projects like 'Community Clothing'. This interview to the founder feels better than any day reading The Guardian (or any other supposedly liberal news publication).

A quote:

"The crazy greed of some people. Treating millions of people, and the planet, like shit so you can send a bunch of idiots into (sort of) space boils my blood."

https://www.positive.news/society/life-lessons-patrick-grant-on-what-life-so-far-has-taught-him/

@dvk @chris I also often refer to this post:

https://tonsky.me/blog/sublime/

After 5 years, that post is still on point.

@dvk @chris +1 for that. Sublime is the only editor I have and use.

@jp been using Zorin, because I like how polished it is, and also I like the fact they're keeping a slower pace. But I used Gnome 48 and the new Evolution client for weeks on Endeavour OS and I really liked them both. I'm a bit torn. I think I'll stay put for a while...

@jp I disliked Evolution the first time I saw it, and that's because I was still poisoned by the Apple UI guidelines. Now that I feel finally free, I love it. It's way better than Thunderbird in my opinion, and it's a joy, as it also tickles some nostalgia from my Eudora days.

With /e/OS I have a system-wide tracker blocker, which also includes an IP and geolocation spoofer.

Is there anything similar in LineageOS?

#android #degoogle

@chris probably move to Europe 😎

@chris @kel a few custom options, a vertical tab sidebar with live preview, different things in the options, and the fact that the devs seem on top of the situation.

@chris @kel ah, also, no damn Pocket.