Notices by J.P. Wing (jp@social.realmofmachias.com)

48 hours into Ubuntu 25.04 and it has been flawless. No hiccups, no weirdness. I'm impressed. #linux

@m2m I haven't even fired up Evolution yet. I'll need to check that out.

I remember when Ximian Gnome released Evolution for the first time over 20 years ago and it was a delight.

I'm reading that Musk and friends are going to completely replace the COBOL code running government systems in some unrealistic time frame.

Call me old fashioned, but if the systems are working and doing what they're suppose to do, why would you want to rip all of that out? There is another option:

LEARN COBOL

@chris I'm using the PiAware setup (link included), but I'm also feeding the data to ADS-B Exchange. I'll probably update the Pico to a more robust Raspberry Pi, but for now it's been working well. Let's see how it does with handling the desert heat in a month or so.

https://flightaware.store/products/1090mhz-piaware-ads-b-kit?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=f4aa8314b&pr_rec_pid=7160562778289&pr_ref_pid=6764981846193&pr_seq=uniform

Flight schools are busy today. I love having an ADS-B receiver on the roof. It's a nifty little setup, knowing I'm pulling in the data to my own stack instead of relying on services like FlightAware. #geek #privatepilot

@chris I’m also considering just going with one of the Casio G-Shock models instead, but I do like GPS when I’m out exploring.

I’m thinking I’m going to give up my Apple Watch and go with something from Garmin

@chris I’m having the same issue with Apple Mail with my self hosted domains

I have decided that my content warning of "uspol" will be replaced by "us shit show"

Dear work: I’m sorry, but I am in weekend mode. You are but a two line gosub in my basic life.

Fondly,

@chris I would not complain if Apple made Safari available for Linux

Note to folks using US National Parks - bring your own toilet paper. Musk cuts in staffing are making maintenance a little dicey.

So the NTSB database search no longer works

So who's clamouring for the iPhone 16e?

Apple is now the audience, not the runner.

Linux is the runner.

Curious... do my fellow Gen-Xers remember when we were kids, did folks in their mid 50s pine for the mid 1940s the way we pleasantly remember the mid 1980s?

Is there a way to put Linux on an iPad? I haven't found anything through search yet.

All of this AI crap being shoveled all over creation may push me to go back to a flip phone

I turned off Apple Intelligence and Apple warned me Siri would no longer use the advanced features of Apple Intelligence. Um, if what I’ve experienced with Siri this year is any indication of advanced features I absolutely stand by my decision to turn it off.

Apple has completely fucked up Spotlight on my M2 MacBook Air with this latest update to Sequoia.

For DECADES I have used spotlight to open my apps. Now, spotlight won't go active unless I click on the desktop first and will list everything EXCEPT my applications.