Notices by Daniel Gibson (doomed_daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place)

@ity @dalias
I think their issue with debian's Firefox before Iceweasel was that debian patched it (too much?). Just packaging Firefox obviously is no problem, otherwise there wouldn't be packages in all distros.
And I don't think mozilla can sue me for not updating my installation of the packages soon enough :-p

@dalias
yeah, I'm using package managers that respect my choices (i.e. on Ubuntu I've installed it with apt instead of snap, on my Arch Linux machine I didn't have to do anything)

(yes, there are also the soft-forks of Firefox, but I don't think I'd gain much from them - security updates probably arrive a bit later, and apparently AI features still reach their users before they get around to disabling them)

I don't think I'll stop using Firefox anytime soon.
Yes, their management are fucking idiots and it's annoying that I'll have to disable new AI features whenever they release them..

But the alternative is to use something Chromium-based, which would make Google's domination of web technology absolute - and Google is 100x more evil than Mozilla ever could be.

I hope this fucking bubble pops before Mozilla fucks up Firefox so badly that it becomes completely unusable

@cwebber @jorgecandeias @Sobex
Not really - the pocket reform is 1100EUR without SSD (or any extras), the cheapest Ryzen (7640U) -based framework 13 costs 969EUR w/ 16GB of RAM and no SSD (and no other extras) - while offering more performance and a more usable display..

MNT Reform is a cool project, but it *is* kinda expensive - which is to be expected w/o VC backing and their relatively small scale

@glitzersachen @arstechnica
Where are they gonna go?
To Ernst&Young of Wirecard fame and also https://www.internationalaccountingbulletin.com/news/ey-1bn-tech-strategy/ ?
PwC (https://www.pwc.be/en/news-publications/2024/hello-chatpwc.html)?
KPMG (https://kpmg.com/us/en/ai.html)?

@guamwatt @cjust @USBTypeSTeve
Mastodon only supports 500 chars (unless patched).
Other Fediverse Software supports more, though

@guamwatt @nyrath @aeva @cjust @USBTypeSTeve

the different "font" is using weird unicode chars instead of actual formatting

that "default format" thing is not a regular Mastodon feature, but one of the "glitch-soc" fork: https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/features/rich-text/

@gamingonlinux
might even be intentional by some devs, because they only want to support steamdeck, not Linux in general ("so many distros with so many potential problems and so few users")

@lritter obviously if you're a witch/wizard you don't need a magic button to do magic

@TTimo @a1ba
> I spent the first few months cleaning up compiler warnings

the universal experience of throwing code written in Visual Studio at a real compiler :-D

@waldi @lanodan @steph @mia @ShadowJonathan
but then you can't charge and use a headphone at the same time

@waldi @Nibor4000 @lanodan @steph @mia @ShadowJonathan
There are no "simple" USB to headphone adapters.
They all include a USB soundcard (yes, even the tiny ones)

My girlfriend is sick and asked for alphabet soup.
To be on the safe side, I made her password soup instead.

@lritter @regehr
That's not the premise, the article literally says
"the title is “be aware,” not “beware.” The Makefile effect is not inherently bad! It’s something to be aware of when designing tools and systems"

@dalias @lispi314 @jplebreton
Ok, I don't know enough about how the usual OpenSSL vulnerabilities can be exploited, so I'll take you word for it, as I think you know way more about this

@dalias @lispi314 @jplebreton
maybe not openssh, but most probably whatever provides HTTPS

@lispi314 @dalias @jplebreton
openssl bugs also appear every once in a while

@morgant @pthane @solene @matthew
OTOH, SMS can at least be received with dumb phones, there are probably also solutions that only work via smartphone app.
Or services that require an app, like when public transportation suddenly stops using tickets on paper (sold by busdrivers or ticket machines) but want you to use an app instead

@jplebreton
Related: I fucking hate it when Wikipedia decides that things should be deleted because they're not "relevant" (by some weird standards), or even not relevant *anymore*.