James Sanders

@jas_np
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Senior Analyst at TechInsights. Cheerful pessimist. Hype resistant. Ex-journalist. Primarily elsewhere.
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A lone voice speaking truth may be drowned by a cacophonous enemy. But when true warriors stand together, add their voices to a chorus, the words gain the power to sweep away any perfidious clamor. Today of all days, add your voice, warriors, and sing for what's right.
I realize this is not a novel sentiment but I really feel like those of us who did not engage in the fucking around ought to be able to opt out of the finding out

@carlrichell @soller

I don't normally buy prebuilts. But after looking into the thelio and finding this tweet, Ill be ordering one. People like you make the Linux community better. Thanks for all your hard work!

#system76 #popos #linux #lgbtq

It is a thing I believe that government websites should not require that you provide private companies with image training data in order to obtain government services.
Brian Lunkuke is a liability and for several years he's been burning his bridges behind him. It's hard to believe that he was once a popular speaker at open source conferences and covered open source and Linux for some bigwig tech news sites: Techrights — Why We Keep Saying Bryan Lunduke is a Liability https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/26/Why_We_Keep_Saying_Bryan_Lunduke_is_a_Liability.shtml
Techrights — Why We Keep Saying Bryan Lunduke is a Liability

If you told me... even last year.. that in 2024, Linkin Park fans would be taking the band to task on ethics lapses, I wouldn't have believed you.

But hey, here we are.

This is a proposal to expand the tried tl;dr standard for further usecases.

The authors propose

pw;dr - paywall; didn't read
ai;dr - ai, didn't read

This is a draft.

Today is my first day using a mechanical keyboard, and I've got to say, I can see (and hear) the appeal.

The joke, for the uninitiated:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HglA72ogPCE

David Bowie & Freddie Mercury - Queen - Under Pressure

YouTube

Fondly remembering an incident years ago where a coworker had a meltdown, shouting "Do you know how much pressure I'm under?"

To which I said "Under Pressure!" in the best falsetto I could muster.

Was the dumbest thing I could have done, but he burst out laughing at how ridiculous it all was.