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mikelpron Moss: a Rust Linux-compatible kernel in 26,000 lines of code

> And half of modern driver stacks live in userspace anyways ??? I haven't touched hardware whose driver lives in userspace since 2017 and it was a DMX512 controller of a shitty brand

mikelpron Rating 26 years of Java changes

why does this sound like systemd?

mikelpron Helium Browser

not merely default but enforced.

mikelpron C++ Developer (Qt) – Audacity

I saw this today as I opened Audacity for recording a vinyl record I bought and was annoyed at the UI, which prompted me to search "Audacity Qt" in hopes of seeing the audacity team or someone taking it up, and well, this was the first result. A job opening if someone wants to rewrite Audacity into Qt.

mikelpron Instagram just posted this color limiting bug to production

It affects multipicture/video posts and stories :')

mikelpron Instagram just posted this color limiting bug to production

It was on the beta like two weeks ago. I quit the beta because of how annoying it was but today it's finally gone out on production for everyone to enjoy! Yay!!!!

mikelpron Google Search Is Dying

sad but I do this too

mikelpron About the security content of iOS 15.3.1 and iPadOS 15.3.1

if there were other browser engines on iOS there'd also be only one browser to fix and it would be whichever had the bug since they don't share code and wouldn't share them bugs

mikelpron I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple

salesforce docs???? couldn't find anything about that

mikelpron Bevy 0.2

comparison to amethyst?

mikelpron AudioMass – free, open source, web-based Audio and Waveform editor

politely asking for more formats too, it won't load my flacs

mikelpron iOS First Impressions (2018)

definitely. it's just that WhatsApp took over the rest of the world but the US still uses SMS

mikelpron How Popular Is “Sign in with Apple”?

"I kept waiting for the “confirm your email address” email to arrive but it never did"

really John? you expected a confirmation email to arrive? also, Google and Facebook don't require a confirmation email either

mikelpron iOS First Impressions (2018)

I've only heard about message bubble color discrimination from the US and I think it's some real bullshit.

mikelpron Android’s messaging mess is about to get even worse?

You can use Google SMS app which has a web version that works like WhatsApp web (connects to your phone via a scannable QR and the phone app does the actual sending)

mikelpron Moodymann on Rollerskating in Detroit

Which subreddits?

mikelpron Moodymann on Rollerskating in Detroit

there are more of us than we imagine :-)

mikelpron Linux apps that run anywhere

flatpak's decentralized - there's for example the firefox wayland repo https://firefox-flatpak.mojefedora.cz/

mikelpron Intel Exiting 5G Modems

the intel drm kernel driver which the modesetting x11 ddx (not kernel driver) uses

mikelpron Tbox: A GLib-like cross-platform C library

oh no I thought you were talking about a glibc replacement (making your own libc) while this is about glib as in gnome, sorry

mikelpron Tbox: A GLib-like cross-platform C library

it wouldn't be a dependency if you built upon it I mean. this is a glibc alternative right?

mikelpron Tbox: A GLib-like cross-platform C library

why didn't you build off musl?

mikelpron Linux touchpad like a Macbook: progress and a call for help

my retina MBP 15" 2012 would wake up with the lid closed on macOS. prolly hardware related and still linux acpi should get to 100 but I think it's gotten good