James Sanders

@jas_np
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Senior Analyst at TechInsights. Cheerful pessimist. Hype resistant. Ex-journalist. Primarily elsewhere.
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James SandersFeb 7, 2025
Coach GowronFeb 6, 2025
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.
James SandersFeb 2, 2025
GlyphFeb 2, 2025
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
James SandersOct 30, 2024
Thee bestest trashOct 29, 2024

@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

James SandersSep 26, 2024
Cassandra is only carbon nowSep 26, 2024
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.
James SandersSep 26, 2024
Christine HallSep 26, 2024
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

Show threadJames SandersSep 18, 2024
@xgranade Happy Birthday!
Show threadJames SandersSep 18, 2024
@xgranade
9. “parlance”, and to the mild frustration of my editor, “tranches”.
12. The NEC PC-FX is a tragedy of engineering, executives decided it didn’t need 3D acceleration because a TV screen in fundamentally 2D. It uses memory cards with volatile memory. The case design appears to have been a direct inspiration of the Xbox Series X.
James SandersSep 9, 2024

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.

James SandersSep 7, 2024
holothuroidSep 4, 2024

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.

James SandersSep 6, 2024
Today is my first day using a mechanical keyboard, and I've got to say, I can see (and hear) the appeal.