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by aeblyve 1y ago
I use "artisanal software" to refer to software written by small groups of individuals as opposed to larger organized groups.
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by aeblyve 1y ago
The expense is in its deficiencies, which include (in my perception) plentiful long-tail bugs and issues, lack of flexibility, and in some cases lack of maintenance, as a single author can leave their work for whatever personal reason.
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by aeblyve 1y ago
I don't really agree... I try to avoid handmade or artisanal things as they are inconsistent in quality and wildly expensive. Including in software.
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by aeblyve 1y ago
They've been talking about UBI, as one variant.
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by aeblyve 1y ago
I'm supportive of effort to mechanize work, but humanoid robots always seemed like a "horseless carriage" approach to me. The human body is powerful in its adaptability but most industrial processes are better enhanced by pur
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by aeblyve 1y ago
This is also quite easy to do with .tar files, not to be confused with .tar.gz files.
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by aeblyve 1y ago
From memory, I think it was something like 10% since Liberation Day.
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by aeblyve 1y ago
I believe USD has devalued by a comparable amount since Liberation Day, so a big portion of that is the USD falling relative to stock. Edit: https://www.morganstanley.com/insights/articles/us-dollar-de...
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by aeblyve 1y ago
Biological factors like maintaining adequate blood sugar level (intentional living requires bioenergetic resources) are important.
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by aeblyve 1y ago
> But it worked (and still works) just fine with rootable phones on the network. If the definition of "the network" is connecting to some LTE, sure, if it means being able to use RCS, or Google pay, or a banking app, it is much
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by aeblyve 1y ago
They wouldn't, that is exactly what I am saying. A phone isn't merely a standalone "computing tool" but represents an ongoing relationship between many corporate parties. Reasoning about the phone that way, as something
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by aeblyve 1y ago
>And PCs connect to corporate-run wired networks A bit wrong, PCs usually connect to modems or ONTs that in turn connect to the wired telco network, which are deeply unfree. The nature of RF as a channel means your handset plays the role
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by aeblyve 1y ago
I'm not aware of such specific cases myself, but an obvious example of new banking functionality requiring OS attestation is tap-to-pay.
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by aeblyve 1y ago
I don't think phones were ever "user-controlled", each one is designed fundamentally to connect to corporate-run wireless networks. Thus they want a say in the types of communications you do, gating certain kinds like RCS beh
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by aeblyve 1y ago
I'm not aware of a bank that is /only/ accessible with an App (maybe that is your point?), but obviously wanting to obtain the best financial offers, interest rates, etc., trumps software freedom for most people. Part of the
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by aeblyve 1y ago
The smartphone is not a mere commodity but a part of an entire social system of production between banks, telcos, software houses. Alternatives seemingly must come from outside the system... possibly Huawei from China and their HarmonyOS, w
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by aeblyve 1y ago
I think that finding an aftermarket keyboard solution for a smartphone using the android virtualization framework to run a debian VM (i.e. the "Linux Terminal" on Android 16) is your best bet by far. The economies of scale (and co
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by aeblyve 1y ago
Not unlike web development, you're working against a contract (in this case, CPU instructions/features, storage formats, bus formats) defined by some megacorporate legacy. You also have support from pieces of embedded firmware run
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by aeblyve 1y ago
> Are we going to let those digital assistants be rented from our corporate overlords? Probably yes, in much the same way as we rent housing, telecom plans, and cloud compute as the economy becomes more advanced. For those with serious A
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by aeblyve 1y ago
I would love to learn more about the unit economics of groceries. How is it that a small grocery store can sometimes provide things (much) more cheaply than a megacorporation? [0] If the latter was functioning well in a competitive market,
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by aeblyve 1y ago
Did you spend a few thousand on a purism, tolerate the woeful hot and slow character of a pinephone, or something else? Less sardonically: I am a Linux Person but couldn't imagine really using one of those things today. It would probab
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by aeblyve 1y ago
Not seriously, IMO.
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by aeblyve 1y ago
I've owned a few pixels but for whatever reason in my case the hardware had a habit of randomly dying just outside of the warranty period. But maybe I can revisit.
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by aeblyve 1y ago
It's not necessarily about it being possible, but the level of support and refinement. The future I'm seeing is one in which custom ROMs still exist as hobby projects, but aren't suitable for use in "production".
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by aeblyve 1y ago
Seems you may have to start getting good at SMD rework soon.
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by aeblyve 1y ago
The writing's been on the wall for custom ROMs in general for a while, so I've been starting to think about a mobile phone vendor I could actually have a decent business relationship with. I.e. use their stock ROM and be fairly ha
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by aeblyve 1y ago
I'm not really convinced of this in the long term. Commodities like baskets or vases were something that were once made by each tribe individually but became industrial products made in relatively fewer places (relative to human settle
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by aeblyve 1y ago
I had a nice ebook reader at one point, but now I prefer Zotero on Linux and Android for reading.
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by aeblyve 1y ago
I don't miss the world of a million purpose-built gizmos like this. Smartphones are a very good thing, so long as android is still mostly free. Fun exercise nonetheless
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by aeblyve 1y ago
I struggle to phrase it in a way that doesn't feel cruel, but I often find "small web" stuff too personal to interest me. Oftentimes it seems the content between such sites can be somewhat interchangeable. Similar film photog

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