TrumpetX

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google is no longer asking — feed the AI or you’re not in search results⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been really happy with Kagi since switching.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We use Alma, which is basically Rocky. Before that, CentOS. Lots of people don’t need or want the expensive support contracts.

  OSS support though donations and commits is the way to go unless you get value out of those contracts (we would not).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any MythTV Users Here?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I moved over to TabloTV about 8 or 9 years ago. I got tied of fixing stuff when I would update something and Tablo just worked on the Roku without much fuss.

  I’m still happy with and love the Tablo, but it’s no better than MythTV was, just easier to maintain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search engines are irrelevant?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pay to play was the problem there. I had the highest ranking joke page on webcrawler for a stint, but Yahoo wanted $500 to put me on top. My 15 year old self was not interested.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fear Mongering About Range Anxiety Has To Stop — CT Governor Calls Out EV Opponents⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve owned an electric since 2013, never run into a down charging station. Early on, I’d run into single chargers that were occupied, but that’s it.

  Not saying it’s not possible to have a broken station, just never hit it. But I, like most people, charge at home, 95% of the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January - Sodium-ion batteries have lower density but are cheaper and perform better in cold weather⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I drove a leaf for 3 years and it had 80 to start with and ended around 67. At the end, it was a pain, but didn’t notice until around 70mi range. Somehow, 75 would get me from home, to the airport, to work, and back home again with room to breathe. At 67, it was nail biting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Threads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  XMPP was very popular. Google joined it, and with it, the power to give it’s users on Gmail access to all the other chat products that all had more chat users by sharing the same XMPP space. Users were very happy to use the superior Gmail product and also let go of their old chat tools because they could still talk to everyone just fine!

  Google waited until they had most of the users and simply started making non compatible changes to their chat until they finally defederated themselves and suddenly their users could no longer chat with anyone who wasn’t also on Google.

  People noticed, but most of the users were no longer willing to drop their now-familiar gchat client because they were now used to it. Users like me who wanted to use Pidgin still were suddenly unable to chat with 80% of their friends unless they gave in and opened up gchat too.

  If Google never federated with the system, we might still likely have aim, msn, etc still around focusing on their chat users. But Google did their thing, stole the market and we’re where we’re at now. Ironically, most people I know now disable Google chat because Google has tried really hard to ruin something that was just fine. But no one is installing Pidgin again and have mostly moved to Discord and Slack (at least in my circles).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Threads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Read this for an idea as to why people are against letting Meta federate: ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-ne…

  It’s not a cut and dry yes or no for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨95%-ile isn't that good⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wanted to downvote, but then I read it. While I don’t accept the premise entirely, I think the points are very well made and thought out well (even if taken to the extreme).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Twitch to terminate South Korean operations in 2024 due to high network fees⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why wouldn’t they?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just had my screen replaced because the L in LCD started oozing all over. It was $2200 which didn’t include the radio that cost an extra $500. So, not 10k, but not cheap either. On the plus side, outside of New tires, that’s the only thing I’ve done to the car in 8 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The FCC can now punish telecom providers for charging customers more for less⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You can only threaten to cancel if there’s an alternative. I tried this and they were like: okay man, just be forewarned that there’s a connection fee when you come back.

  They were right, it was more $ to follow through with my threat and they knew it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rivian says "fat finger" caused software update to brick infotainment systems, physical servicing may be required⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think so in this context. This is probably more like SSL cert trusting or some private/public key pair.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unity deleted these terms, don't let them get out⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If I teach a class that needs a vm, I’m making damned sure everyone uses the same type.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Update: Unity office death threat was made by a Unity employee⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure killing is a worse way to ruin someone’s life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  10k every 10 years vs ? a new car every 10 years?