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@lauren An AI usage survey went around the office recently, and it was built in a way that I can only say was... pushy. It also gave a list of possible "reasons you aren't using AI yet" that was tragically incomplete and didn't offer any way to add other feedback.
Like, yeah, I am 'concerned about the environment' but 'produces contextless time-wasting garbage without institutional knowledge' and 'concerned it will rot my brain' were not possible options.
Sigh. I'll probably have to stick my neck out and actually write something to the people behind it.
@firephoto my experience (which goes back to calculating and writing my own Modelines for X11 back in 1998) was that while X11 actually did a great job with fractional scaling, it was dirt slow on HiDPI.
The difference for me in real world use was so dramatic that I became an early Wayland daily-dtiver and supporter.
If #davidbrooks was writing in the late 1930s:
"I don't like Hitler, and he's very mean to some of his own people, but we can't deny that he has been a powerful visionary for modernization in central Europe. His decisive actions against the backwards and repressive Polish government have awakened hopes of good times ahead in an otherwise stagnant geopolitical landscape."
@nixCraft I desperately want someone to create a modern theme package and compositor with this vibe (personally I want Classic Mac OS Platinum), but capable of HiDPI, smooth text, and native to Wayland.
Is there anything like that in the works that anyone knows about?
I don't miss twitter much but in the old days it could be quite fun.
I followed a guy called Roger Quimbly and every 6 months he'd post this
"Heinous.
Does that rhyme with Penis or Anus?
Send your one word answers to @PiersMorgan "
And Piers Morgan would have a day of tons of people just tweeting Penis or Anus at him. The first couple of times he had no idea why. Brilliant.
25 pounds in 25 weeks! Almost entirely from tracking and limiting daily calories to 1600.
Honestly, limiting calories is 'easy' since it only takes a few minutes a day and I can do it asynchronously. The real challenge is going to be adding exercise. My days and evenings are far too hectic and unpredictable to block out time for it, leaving mornings (ugh) and nights (too tired).
I might try setting a bedtime so I can do mornings. This will turn me into a superhuman, but at the cost of my only reliable 'alone time' to be a nerd.
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