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couscouspie··on European Union OS – Fedora Linux and KDE Plasma Based
Definitely the feeling I'm getting from progressive tech circles in Europe these days.
couscouspie··on European Union OS – Fedora Linux and KDE Plasma Based
It doesn't matter where software was produced or where it's core contributors reside. As long as it is fully open sourced and distributed under the GPL license (as Fedora) it is by nature an independent technology that empowers the user to claim their own sovereignty.
couscouspie··on Goblin.tools: simple, single-task tools to help neurodivergent people with tasks
The problem with ADHD is, that the symptoms are very common and it is mostly the degree to which an actual case of ADHD is different from the neurotypical person. So, a big portion of the overall population feels like they might have it and many of them are willing to put in whatever work it takes to find a doctor that confirms their diagnosis.
couscouspie··on Moving away from US cloud services
Yaeh, but they also gave that seal to the US authorities even though everyone clearly knew that this was based purely on wishful thinking.
couscouspie··on Be a property owner and not a renter on the internet
The low adoption rate is another big plus of the Gemini protocol and similar solutions for a Javascript-free and open internet.
couscouspie··on JSON5 – JSON for Humans
Just in case you didn't know: With https://github.com/mikefarah/yq you can just immediately translate YAMLs like

  yq some.yaml -o json
couscouspie··on Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now
What is depressing about old tools? I love the GNU coreutils and am really passionate about them. They are old, but near perfect.
couscouspie··on Ghost jobs are wreaking havoc on tech workers
What is the benefit of knowing "that anybody is out there"? Subjective devaluation of current employees?
couscouspie··on Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week
I highly doubt that there is any truth to the narrative of real eastate value as a driver of RTO policies. The effect if there was one would be way too indirect and furthermore a classical prisoner's dilemma, as your company would benefit the most if you have the only company not forcing RTO: having the value of the real estate, while having the greates talent from remote work.
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