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I did, for my personal laptop and desktop, after 18 years on macOS. But I am not a developer, I used creative tools from Adobe (Macromedia even) for almost 20

by smnrg 4y ago

I did, for my personal laptop and desktop, after 18 years on macOS. But I am not a developer, I used creative tools from Adobe (Macromedia even) for almost 20 years. Pop_OS! (on Wayland) helped a lot, and it has been a worthy transition. The replacements have been long and somewhat painful to find, but it all worked out. I was simply too tired of the increased babysitting by macOS and the opaque telemetry and limitations. I built a fanless AMD desktop loosely inspired by Joshua Stein's (here is a pic of my setup, but I now use 3 displays: https://mobile.twitter.com/Salis/status/1490739423981486082 https://mobile.twitter.com/Salis/status/1490739423981486082) It made using my own devices fun again, even though I miss some of the convenience :)

ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
> I built a fanless AMD desktop loosely inspired by Joshua Stein's (here is a pic of my setup, but I now use 3 displays: https://mobile.twitter.com/Salis/status/1490739423981486082 https://mobile.twitter.com/Salis/status/1490739423981486082) Three stacked dialogs to dismiss (Sign in with Google, authorize notifications, and download the app), and then: >You’re unable to view this Tweet because this account owner limits who can view their Tweets. I am just about _this_ close to null-routing all of Twitter on my network. What fucking cancer.
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 4y ago
  You should do. Use a nitter instance to view anything public. No javascript required, except I think videos. Granted that wouldn't help with GP sending a private link.
  - smnrg 4y ago
    Wow, speak of toxic and abrasive. Apologies for the missed etiquette, I will likely never do that again—I recently switched the account to private and simply did not realize it. Just wanted to share a workstation picture, but never mind: "toxic fucking cancer" seems the kind of attitude that drove me to limiting Twitter usage, but it's here.
    - smoldesu 4y ago
      People are furiously hunting for reasons to hate Twitter over the past few months, I wouldn't take it personally.
    - Am4TIfIsER0ppos 4y ago
      I don't think we were directing that ire at you, although sharing a private link is not great, but at twitter. It is a site that shows you nothing if you don't have javascript allowed and when you do you can't scroll for more than a few replies before you get a "log in, now!" pop-up. That predates Musk's takeover BTW. Therefore I suggest people wanting to read what's on the site use a better frontend to do so.
      - smnrg 4y ago
        Got it, I use Nitter/Fritter extensively myself—I should have thought more about the way I wanted to share an image (still fairly new to being active on HN.) Paradoxically, I thought it would have been better this way rather than sharing a personal website link, or an imgur upload. I will be more mindful about what I am also annoyed by in the future :)
        Am4TIfIsER0ppos 4y ago
        Call me old fashioned but a direct link to a jpeg file somewhere is always best.

by smnrg 4y ago

ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago

> I built a fanless AMD desktop loosely inspired by Joshua Stein's (here is a pic of my setup, but I now use 3 displays: https://mobile.twitter.com/Salis/status/1490739423981486082 https://mobile.twitter.com/Salis/status/1490739423981486082) Three stacked dialogs to dismiss (Sign in with Google, authorize notifications, and download the app), and then: >You’re unable to view this Tweet because this account owner limits who can view their Tweets. I am just about _this_ close to null-routing all of Twitter on my network. What fucking cancer.

Am4TIfIsER0ppos 4y ago
You should do. Use a nitter instance to view anything public. No javascript required, except I think videos. Granted that wouldn't help with GP sending a private link.
- smnrg 4y ago
  Wow, speak of toxic and abrasive. Apologies for the missed etiquette, I will likely never do that again—I recently switched the account to private and simply did not realize it. Just wanted to share a workstation picture, but never mind: "toxic fucking cancer" seems the kind of attitude that drove me to limiting Twitter usage, but it's here.
  - smoldesu 4y ago
    People are furiously hunting for reasons to hate Twitter over the past few months, I wouldn't take it personally.
  - Am4TIfIsER0ppos 4y ago
    I don't think we were directing that ire at you, although sharing a private link is not great, but at twitter. It is a site that shows you nothing if you don't have javascript allowed and when you do you can't scroll for more than a few replies before you get a "log in, now!" pop-up. That predates Musk's takeover BTW. Therefore I suggest people wanting to read what's on the site use a better frontend to do so.
    - smnrg 4y ago
      Got it, I use Nitter/Fritter extensively myself—I should have thought more about the way I wanted to share an image (still fairly new to being active on HN.) Paradoxically, I thought it would have been better this way rather than sharing a personal website link, or an imgur upload. I will be more mindful about what I am also annoyed by in the future :)
      - Am4TIfIsER0ppos 4y ago
        Call me old fashioned but a direct link to a jpeg file somewhere is always best.