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throwaway613746on Red Hat takes on Docker Desktop with its enterprise Podman Desktop build

Never saw the point of these desktop apps. Docker (and podman) works just fine from the CLI only.

throwaway613746on What it means that Ubuntu is using Rust

I don't care that the non-gnu coreutils are using rust. I care that they aren't GPL licensed.

This means Canonical can offer proprietary patches on top of these packages and sell them as part of their "enterprise" offerings and this gives me the ick.

throwaway613746on IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption

> "if you're so much more productive with AI, what have you built with it"

If my boss asked me a question like this my reply would be "exactly what you told me to build, check jira".

If you want to know if I'm more productive - look at the metrics. Isn't that what you pay Atlassian for? Maybe you could ask their AI...

throwaway613746on Zed editor switching graphics lib from blade to wgpu

Ironic, because AI Agent integration is their business model.

throwaway613746on OpenClaw is what Apple intelligence should have been

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throwaway613746on Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media

I just wish this was possible somehow without essentially making corporate mass-surveillance a requirement.