Mike Stone

Husband, father, nerd.

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2026-06-08 19:17:12 GMT

I usually make an effort to watch #WWDC, but this year I didn't. Google's barrage of AI exceeded my bullshit quota for the year. Anything from Apple I should care about in the slightest? Did they finally do the thing with Siri?

2026-05-24 05:27:44 GMT

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There's times you want to use light mode? Weird. 😉

2026-05-21 17:46:23 GMT

Ads are pretty much everywhere these days, but some of the worst ads have to be on phones. Maybe it's something advertising people have figured out about me specifically, but why is every ad for a game where a person playing the game is SO BAD at the game they can't possibly exist in the real world? If you can't line up three blocks of the same color in less than a minute, surely you'd have been eaten by wolves by now, right?

2026-05-19 20:06:59 GMT

Oooof, I watched #GoogleIO today. Wall to wall AI. Other than announcing their fugly spectacles, which powered by AI so still really just AI. I'm not sure what I was expecting. I think even the crowd was bored with it all. I lost track of the built in "pause for applause" moments in their presentation that awkwardly didn't get any applause.

2026-05-19 08:26:11 GMT

Ummm, what?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-its-first-server-linux-distribution-azure-linux-4-0/
#AzureLinux #Microsoft

2026-05-13 23:01:08 GMT

My kids are going to be finishing school for the summer here in the next few weeks. Today I talked to each of them individually about their current grades heading into finals week. I played the Jaws shark theme in the background the whole time. I'm a bad person.

2026-05-13 18:24:17 GMT

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Ya, that would be nice, but right now we have government where the POTUS personally sued his own IRS for $10 billion, is instructing them to settle out of court with him, and the party currently in charge of all branches of government are giving that a collective shrug. From what I can tell, Musk's suit is baseless and he's just pissed he's not in charge of OpenAI and xAI is getting its digital ass handed to it in the market. I'm not a lawyer though, so grain of salt.

2026-05-13 15:54:48 GMT

I hate this. I don't want OpenAI to win, but I definitely want Musk to lose. It's like watching King Kong vs Godzilla. No matter who wins someone's going to go stomping around and destroying everything.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/openai-trial-updates-sam-altman-set-to-testify-in-musk-suit.html
#OpenAI #ElonMusk

2026-05-08 18:06:51 GMT

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Looks up to me? I'm just looking at the front page though.

2026-05-08 15:36:23 GMT

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Oh god yea. That was so annoying because the keyboard would still work in the mouse port but the mouse wouldn't work in the keyboard port (I think that was the order, might be the other way). I can't remember how many calls I got back then that one peripheral was working but not the other because they'd swapped ports.
@npub1z3k…3q7s

2026-05-07 20:40:36 GMT

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Probably not? All reports go into a single queue where they're grouped by the individual being reported and the general time frame of the report. There's no technical difference between a report originating on instance or one from elsewhere. The moderators may prioritize local reports over remote, but that would be policy based, not functionally. I don't think the moderation team on Fosstodon does that, but I could be wrong. Just my impression.

2026-05-07 20:23:13 GMT

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Older. 👴

2026-05-07 18:30:29 GMT

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Historically there's been instances where I really enjoyed having the new features. I'm not even sure what's new in Android 17 though. Nothing has really jumped out at me. If I'm being frank, being in the beta program is almost like having a rolling release of Android. I sometimes find a feature and it catches me off guard. "Huh, how long has that been there?"

2026-05-07 16:26:02 GMT

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Yea, but I've got a Google phone, and you know that tested every way imaginable on their own hardware before this stuff gets out into the world. If I was packing some obscure brand from a backwoods company I'd be worried about all kinds of stuff, but since everything is in house? It's almost always solid.

2026-04-09 19:38:05 GMT

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer/116375404873416915
This sounds enticing...
#Framework
#note167t…ft6g

2026-04-09 17:48:08 GMT

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It really is a power users browser. I enjoyed your feedback. One of if not the best thing about Vivaldi is almost every time you ask the question, "can I change that?", the answer is going to be "Yes." Vivaldi is customizable in the extreme. I'm attaching a screenshot of my current configuration, which I'm sure is different than pretty much everybody else's anywhere. It's a really good browser, and a little time spent configuring it to your preferences makes it great.
@npub19rt…adh9
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/375/991/048/520/345/original/dc1fdfa70516a377.png

2026-04-09 17:02:41 GMT

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I gave this a spin, and it does work. I have two profiles setup. I had to setup the second profile just like a new install, but after I logged in it brought my settings from my account no problem. I don't have any custom key bindings, so I can't confirm that stuff, but my settings seem to have come across. I can also access my workspaces and tabs in the other profile from both the tab drop down and the side panel. It treats that other profile just like a different computer.
@npub19rt…adh9

2026-04-09 16:49:44 GMT

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Maybe? I've never tried since I don't use profiles. Hopefully @npub19rt…adh9 will correct me if I'm wrong, but it might be possible to have the different profiles sync to the same Vivaldi account? I know you can sync settings that way as I do that between computers, but I've never tried it with profiles on the same computer. If you're syncing to the same account, that should (HYPOTHETICALLY) give you access to the tabs and workspaces on a read only basis, but dunno for sure. Grain of salt.

2026-04-09 16:04:47 GMT

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Yea, unfortunately that's something that Vivaldi has inherited from its Chromium base. They don't have a middle ground on the Profiles/containers. You're either in the same profile/container, or completely and entirely different. Personally, I don't use profiles. I do use the heck out of Workspaces though, and I've gotten better about it but I still have over 100 tabs open on multiple devices. Vivaldi is better at handling tabs than any browser I've ever used.
@npub19rt…adh9

2026-02-14 11:01:15 GMT

:tony_sigh:
I "love" the fact that I'm awake at 4am Saturday morning right before my daughter's birthday party troubleshooting a work issue. Tomorrow (today?) is going to be great. :masto_rage:

2026-01-23 23:23:45 GMT

I've been seeing this error for the last couple days, and it's pretty damn annoying. The really, REALLY stupid part about it is I only see the error when I'm logged into my Google account. If I'm logged out, I don't see it. What compounds the stupid of that is I pay for YouTube Premium explicitly so I don't have to worry about their ads. So, if I'm logged into my account where I pay to not see ads, I get annoying error messages, but not if I'm logged out. So stupid.
https://www.androidpolice.com/youtube-content-unavailable-bug/#thread

2026-01-23 16:27:34 GMT

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Regarding the dark mode, make sure in the Theme settings under Theme Schedule that you have Operating System selected. Vivaldi should follow your OS preferences if you have that selected. It does allow you to override OS settings if you want to too.
I'm not sure about settings sync. I intentionally don't sync my settings between devices because I configure my browser with different options depending on the computer I'm on. Others are saying it should sync fine. I'd check settings again.

2026-01-23 15:51:18 GMT

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Yea, the email client I don't really use. I'm not a huge fan of email in general. I try to avoid it whenever possible. I have two real email accounts. One is the Gmail account I've had since you had to request an invite to get one, and the other is my ProtonMail. I look at Gmail maybe once a week in the web UI, and Proton I use their app to look at. I tried Vivaldi's mail, and it was fine, but it honestly just seemed extraneous for my personal workflow.
@npub1gp3…kqy4 @npub1080…cr2f

2026-01-23 03:23:25 GMT

I just looked at the second lesson for the college course I'm currently taking. There's whole sections in here about SLAs and SOPs.
This is like a top 10 of the worst parts about my job.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/942/266/390/177/701/original/61bea54fff4c1c08.mp4

2026-01-23 02:12:53 GMT

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Yep. It's practically my OS. If I have #Vivaldi and a terminal, I'm pretty much set.
@npub1080…cr2f

2026-01-22 20:03:07 GMT

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Oooo, congratulations!

2026-01-22 18:19:06 GMT

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/115728747391375438
Just saw a really interesting presentation of some of the new features coming to #Vivaldi in their next release. Vivaldi is SO versatile, so it's pretty impossible to use EVERY feature, but so much of this next release looks like they had just me in mind. I'm counting down the days.
#note1jwh…t2jh

2026-01-22 16:31:09 GMT

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Ah yea. I don't really use the browser for YouTube access on my phone and I don't have a tablet, so it's never really come up. Also, I pay for YouTube Premium, so ads aren't really a thing for me on YouTube.

2026-01-22 16:28:35 GMT

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It is unfortunately, but Vivaldi has its own integrated ad blocking, which allows for the import of external lists. The Ublock lists work there, but it just requires a little extra hands on. Personally, I have a sprinkling of different things going on. I use the integrated ad blocking on strict mode. I have DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials plugin turned on, and I'm almost always running through the #ProtonVPN, which has it's own integrated ad blocking. This is pretty good.
@npub1080…cr2f

2026-01-22 04:38:37 GMT

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Awesome! Well, let me know if you have any questions. Always happy to geek out about Vivaldi.

2026-01-21 18:09:48 GMT

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I can see where those kind of features would be helpful. Creating Shorts with an AI version of yourself? Not so much. I'm already not a fan of Shorts even when real people make them. This just feels like abuse waiting to happen.

2026-01-21 16:47:19 GMT

Oh. Uh, goody? </sarcasm>
I can't think of a feature on YouTube I'd appreciate less than this. You know, short of just making the entire platform only ads.
https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/youtube/youtube-ceo-promises-more-ai-features-in-2026-162409452.html?src=rss

2026-01-20 18:39:40 GMT

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Dunno. I checked my list and I don't block anybody. The admins can block individuals and they can block instances, but if they block an individual at the instance level it doesn't show up in the personal block list for your specific account. Fosstodon also doesn't use any blocklists or anything like that, so as far as why you've got stuff in your block list, I got nothin.
@npub13kg…7nzh @npub1j7t…kn6q

2026-01-20 18:30:53 GMT

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Yes, .art has blocked Fosstodon on multiple occasions. They've unblocked in the past and then reblocked. Even if they were to unblock today, I wouldn't count on it lasting. I mean, they put a limit on journa.host because it's got journalists on it. Take from that what you will.

2026-01-20 16:17:39 GMT

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It's a weird thing because there's no real analog that exists. I agree you don't break all the pencils just because someone can draw or write bad things with them, but I equally don't think there should be a web page I can go to and type in, "Give me illegal stuff" and it responds with a cheerful "Sure!" In a better world, no one would have even thought to try this, but there are enough bad people in this one that we need the guardrails to protect everybody else from those bad people.

2026-01-20 16:03:09 GMT

Woke up to find a search on my work computer for "suyyyyyyyyyyyyyy /0000000000000000000000000000". We just got new kitties, and I've forgotten what cats do when you're sleeping....
Note to self: Close the laptop when you're done.

2026-01-19 23:10:40 GMT

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I tried it back when they first introduced the Fedi stuff for it. I technically have a Facebook account that hasn't been logged into for I don't know how long. It's still a requirement for me Quest VR headset, which I do use. I'm tempted by the new Steam VR they announced, but we'll have to wait and see if it's worth the money..

2026-01-19 20:03:33 GMT

I feel like I shouldn't have to say this, but Grok doesn't have morals. Or a constitution. It's not alive, and it's not conscious. The people who created Grok should have moral constitutions. Grok is a text extruder. That's it. We need to stop personifying it (and other LLMs). Of course, Musk should also know all of this, but it's in his best interest to treat Grok as a living thing to both enhance customer attachment and allow for shifting of blame.
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/elon-musk-grok-ai-photo-scandal-b2903395.html

2026-01-19 17:30:16 GMT

I sometimes forget that Threads is still a thing. I'm not a fan of Threads personally, and moving from Twitter to Threads feels like leaving one dumpster fire for a different dumpster fire with only slightly less fire, but I guess there is less fire. Are the choices here only Musk or Zuck?? Because that feels like some really bad choices. If I HAD to choose one, I'd choose Zuck, but I don't really have to choose one.
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/threads-has-more-global-daily-users-than-x-on-mobile-for-the-first-time-144936831.html

2026-01-17 18:44:47 GMT

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Welcome!

2026-01-16 19:50:48 GMT

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That's because high testosterone levels in automatically mean he's a really "manly man", which isn't necessarily true. Several different cancers also cause high testosterone. Considering his age and apparent health conditions, I'd probably look into that stuff before I settle on the idea he's just super manly.

2026-01-16 16:28:24 GMT

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Honestly, I don't really get it either. As was already said, the data was already available without scraping, and LLMs don't require (and don't have frankly) down to the second accuracy on all things. That's kinda why it feels like extortion to me. It feels like these guys are putting a hurt on Wikipedia on purpose. I'm really hoping they're getting something significant out of this deal beyond just getting the constant scraping to stop.

2026-01-15 20:24:03 GMT

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It does actually exist, but only because Musk got tired of trying and failing to badger Wikipedia to cater to his particular version of "reality". It'll probably keep existing unfortunately because he's got the pockets to keep that stupid thing running no matter what.

2026-01-15 20:18:02 GMT

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Yea, even if fewer people are going directly to the site, it's in the best interest of these AI vendors for the source to remain available. They won't have a source for their AI bots if they put everybody else out of business.

2026-01-15 20:16:18 GMT

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Yea, that's what I'm hoping is that there's some funding for Wikimedia in the deal.

2026-01-15 18:37:23 GMT

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What's next? Elon Musk getting direct access to populate Grokipedia? Wouldn't want all 10 people that use that monstrosity to have out of date information. 😏

2026-01-15 18:36:00 GMT

I hope #Wikimedia got something good out of this, otherwise it feels a lot like extortion. "Give us direct access to your data or we're going to scrape the shit outta your site over and over and over until you go broke paying for data transfers." I mean, logically this kind of deal makes sense to avoid the constant data scraping, but wow it feels like they're getting screwed in the deal unless there's some part of the arrangement that isn't public yet.
https://www.engadget.com/ai/wikimedia-announces-ai-partners-including-meta-and-microsoft-162834383.html
#Wikipedia

2026-01-13 05:07:14 GMT

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The best part of the mall was when a kid (teen) tried to do some kind of basketball move to go around me. Faked to my left with a spin move right. He misjudged the distance, slammed into me and bounced off like a rubber ball, tripped over a nearby sign, and fell face first into the Hot Topic. Kid bounced back up like nothing happened and said "Excuse me!" and continued on into the store as if he actually meant to go in there.

2026-01-12 15:50:48 GMT

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There used to be a pretty interesting 3D printer store, but it wasn't even connected to the greater mall. It was a stand-alone building in the mall complex. As with all other businesses in the mall area that sell interesting or useful stuff, it's gone out of business. There's really a dozen different versions of Hot Topic and some clothing stores. Even the clothing isn't super practical. There's a Dillards, but then you're back into the weird and gimmicky. Really hate that place.

2026-01-12 02:49:59 GMT

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Not sure about the malls around where you are, but the only real "nerd store" in my mall is the Apple store, and I'm not an Apple user.

2026-01-11 19:31:34 GMT

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I sincerely do not. 😒

2026-01-10 21:37:34 GMT

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I usually avoid them like the plague, but two of my daughters wanted to go with their friends, and they're not quite old enough that I feel comfortable with them wandering the mall by themselves. My wife told the other parents she'd chaperon, but she told me she wasn't going to go alone.

2026-01-10 20:40:51 GMT

Ugh, I hate the mall.

2026-01-09 15:42:52 GMT

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That was @npub1080…cr2f. He's the Croc guy. I've never owned a pair, but I'm curious about these shoes you're talking about. I'd forgotten about Kev's experience with the Crocs. I might pick up a pair of those since my feet hurt almost all the time these days. I've had some issues with Plantar fasciitis in the past, but this is more general soreness. Especially if I get out of the house and go for a walk or something. I suppose I'm in my 50s now, so things aren't going to work like they did.

2026-01-08 00:11:42 GMT

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Theoretically, AI may be able to better identify women's health issues than some rando doctor, but as a American™ the whole idea of giving all my medical information to a company that's more than likely to turn around and sell it to the highest bidder creeps me the hell out. Especially since those companies could very well be health insurance companies that could decide to deny me coverage based on conditions I may or may not even have. And that's assuming the "AI" is not some random LLM.

2026-01-07 23:56:00 GMT

Ooof. This sounds like the worst idea I've heard of for a while. I don't feel like this should need to be said, but don't trust an LLM for medical advice. Seriously.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/openai-chatgpt-health-mode/

2026-01-07 18:10:11 GMT

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Welcome to Mastodon!

2026-01-07 17:23:50 GMT

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Technically that generation has both UEFI and BIOS. It was from right in the middle of that transition. Mine is configured with the "Both" option, but prioritizes the Legacy BIOS instead of UEFI.
Absolutely 100% of what I do on that laptop doesn't require a GPU. I spent probably 95% or more of my time either in a web browser or a terminal. I think that's probably why the Gen1 has lasted me so long, but I also have an obscene number of tabs open in my browser, which isn't great.

2026-01-07 17:03:26 GMT

So, I really like my go-to travel laptop. It's a Lenovo #ThinkPad X1 Carbon, but it's literally a first generation. Gen1 was first released in 2012, and while it runs pretty well considering its age, more modern software is starting to be pretty slow. I've got my eye on a Gen7 X1 Carbon, but I was hoping to hear about other people's experience with them. Of course I'd be running Linux, probably #ZorinOS 18. Does anybody have any experience with that generation that can give me their thoughts?

2026-01-07 15:31:35 GMT

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We've been keeping a shared family calendar for years now. It's just a pure necessity for us to keep things sane. We've got too much stuff going on to keep all of it in our heads. Or at last mine. Maybe my wife could pull it off, but if I try to put too much stuff into my brain, it leaks.

2026-01-07 05:00:34 GMT

It being a brand new year and all, people are making all kinds of New Year's resolutions. I've been pretty slack about updating my blog, and I'd like to make a New Year's resolution that I'll update it more and make an effort to write. The problem I'm having is I want to want to write, but I don't want to write. I know before I make that resolution that I'll just end up breaking it. Making a resolution I know I'm going to break is dumb. Maybe something small, like once a month? Maybe?

2026-01-06 21:56:58 GMT

Well, that didn't take long. Prerelease yesterday, and full release today. If you've got a #PineTime.
https://github.com/InfiniTimeOrg/InfiniTime/releases/tag/1.16.0

2026-01-06 17:02:54 GMT

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I don't know the details of this, but I wouldn't consider you "tarnished". The moderation tools in Mastodon are pretty heavy handed, and moderators really have only a few options available to them. They can send a warning, suspend an account, remove posts, or do nothing. People really don't like getting warnings, but it's really the weakest response available other than just doing nothing at all.

2026-01-06 00:13:36 GMT

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Regardless of what you think of all this AI stuff that's getting crammed in everywhere it doesn't belong, this is just damn confusing. Horrible branding. Horrible. Then there's the AI thing. That sucks too.

2026-01-05 20:26:19 GMT

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That would make a watch handy. I work full time from home, and I rarely have to go anywhere other than picking up my various offspring from their respective schools. I have notifications on my calendar for that and I get a popup on my computer. There's literally two different clocks in my car, so the watch just becomes an unnecessary accessory. I literally put a working FitBit in the drawer because I didn't need it, and FitBit's Googlification was annoying me.

2026-01-05 19:25:30 GMT

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Welcome!

2026-01-05 19:02:42 GMT

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I really liked my PineTime, but I've gone watchless lately. If I ever break out a watch again, it'll either be a dumb watch, the PineTime again, or I might look into one of the new Pebbles.

2026-01-05 16:32:41 GMT

I'm not sure how to express how I feel about this without using a massive amount of profanity. First things first, chatbots should not be trusted. They're text extruders. That's all. Grok should be trusted less than most because it's tuned to express opinions held by Musk and not to more accurately represent reality. Further, having the bot "apologize" is simply anthropomorphizing software to increase people's trust in it, even when it did something reprehensible.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5669917-elon-musk-ai-chatbot-grok-apologizes/

2026-01-05 15:47:52 GMT

Ooo, maybe I haven't been paying close enough attention, but I haven't seen one of these for a while.
https://github.com/InfiniTimeOrg/InfiniTime/releases/tag/1.16.0-prerelease
If you've got a PineTime with InfiniTime on it, new software for you in the new year.

2026-01-05 15:03:18 GMT

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Too early to tell honestly. Coffee is still brewing, and I'm digging through weekend emails. So far no craziness, but it's still early.

2026-01-05 14:57:24 GMT

Happy Monday morning everybody. Time to get back to work. ☕☕☕

2026-01-05 00:05:37 GMT

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The Power Keyboard looks cool. I'll probably grab one of those.

2026-01-04 08:31:35 GMT

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I honestly don't know where I see your content more. I obviously follow you here, but I also watch your rss feed on your site. I probably spend more time on my FreshRSS instance than any other site on the Internet (with the possible exception of Fosstodon). I also follow your RSS feed here too:
https://fosstodon.org/@kev/with_replies.rss
I guess that makes RSS the best choice whether I see it on Fosstodon or via your site's RSS feed.

2026-01-01 22:57:38 GMT

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I've heard compatibility is good with WoW and Proton, but my main concern is I've heard of more than one instance of people getting their accounts banned because they were running on Linux. It's not that Blizzard is targeting Linux users, but that Linux users sometimes get swept up in anti-cheating sweeps. Honestly, that and I've never really looked into the compatibility of CurseForge to see if I can bring it over. Those two things are all that keep me stuck on Windows for gaming still.

2026-01-01 19:49:04 GMT

That's a pretty solid endorsement from PC Gamer. I admit gaming is the time I'm most likely to use Windows, if only because I still play World of Warcraft occasionally. More often than not, I'm Linux gaming on my Steam Deck. Linux has gotten really good for gaming. And... well.... pretty much everything else too.
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/im-brave-enough-to-say-it-linux-is-good-now-and-if-you-want-to-feel-like-you-actually-own-your-pc-make-2026-the-year-of-linux-on-your-desktop/

2026-01-01 09:32:38 GMT

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The question isn't really about a particular ceremony, but whether those who you think care about you actually care enough to put in some effort. My brother would probably show up, but I don't think anybody from work would. They'd probably think of me at certain points. "This was a lot easier when Mike was around" or " Damn, this new guy is great! Mike really did suck at his job." I'm not sure I've got 20 people in my life who would even cross town for 30 minutes.
@npub1mza…kvkg

2026-01-01 07:04:02 GMT

Happy 2026 from Phoenix, Arizona!

2025-12-31 22:18:14 GMT

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Happy New Year! Here's to a wonderful new year!

2025-12-31 22:17:12 GMT

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You did have a pretty rough year. Thankfully, it's in the past. 2026 is hours away, and all the best wishes for a much better new year.

2025-12-31 00:16:06 GMT

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Probably about 75% of the time it's my Home feed, the rest of the time it's the Local feed. Maybe once a year I'll hit up the Fed and remind myself again why I don't do that.

2025-12-29 16:36:27 GMT

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True. There's no public list, but the list is visible to anybody that's signed in. mastodon.social is not in the list. If you want an invite I can give you one, even if it's just for testing purposes.
@npub1dlz…uxsy

2025-12-29 16:22:57 GMT

My Christmas present this year. My favorite kind of "smart" device. No Internet required, it just detects the temperature of the contents (coffee), and keeps it at a temperature I set. It shuts itself off when it realizes it's empty. That's as smart as I need it to be.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/803/758/177/334/375/original/e7396fa853a951c2.jpg

2025-12-29 16:15:07 GMT

Happy Monday everybody. 😒

2025-12-29 16:12:20 GMT

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I agree! Worse than that, many applications won't work if you're in the wrong part of the world, even if you have an Internet connection. I often use a VPN, and I've lost track of how many times applications won't work if I'm connected to a European end point. Same VPN, connected to an end point in the United States, works fine.

2025-12-29 16:08:57 GMT

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The first time a drop of oil hits the floor, back outside it goes!

2025-12-29 16:08:08 GMT

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Well, centralization is a problem, but Fosstodon didn't even block Threads. Historically at least, Fosstodon has left most of those kinds of decisions to the individuals. Since I can see @npub1dlz…uxsy's profile, I doubt it's something that Fosstodon has done.

2025-12-28 07:06:21 GMT

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It is. And Stone for what that's worth.

2025-12-26 16:30:39 GMT

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Interestingly, browsers are where I tend to jump on the new feature bandwagon pretty quickly. They were so stagnant for a while, maybe I just got desperate for some improvement. There's some browser features I have no interest in too, and AI is one of them. I value my privacy too much for that nonsense. I guess that's one of the big reasons I like Vivaldi so much. It's packed to the gills with features, and I can pick and choose and adapt the browser to be as simple as I want it to be.

2025-12-26 16:19:57 GMT

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That would make sense considering Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner.
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2025-12-26 16:16:31 GMT

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Firefox used to have a feature called Panorama that I was a huge fan of at the time, but they discontinued it and no other browser has done that kind of feature that I'm aware of. There are still some extensions out there that do it, but I haven't found one that recreates the original magic.

2025-12-26 16:10:13 GMT

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I didn't realize that! I have Zen installed, but I rarely use it. It's a "backup browser" on my system, of which I have several. I do use the tab tiling in Vivaldi, but it's my go-to browser, so I guess I'm just more aware of its features.

2025-12-26 16:08:42 GMT

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Not sure. Those kinds of features are less functional with less screen real estate. Vivaldi doesn't seem to do it. It would be interesting if Firefox took it there.

2025-12-26 02:59:46 GMT

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Not to get too distracted from Firefox, but Vivaldi is adding a new feature where it lets you tile two tabs, but one of those tabs becomes a "follower" tab. Any link you click on in the primary tabs opens in the secondary, leaving the initial page untouched. Sounds super handy for me at least. Hopefully Firefox will add that type of functionality as well when they get this feature closer to production ready.
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2025-12-26 02:54:31 GMT

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Yea, it's still not in a full, production ready version with Firefox so I'm giving them a lot of slack. If it still works like it does now when it's billed as being fully ready, I'll be disappointed.

2025-12-26 02:53:23 GMT

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No feature in any browser is for everybody, but I personally like it. There are situations where I'd argue it's objectively better. Whether those come into play for you is a different matter. Some of those situations is screen sharing. I often share a single window when I'm presenting during meetings. I don't want to share everything on my screen. Tiling works much better for that. Also, what if you're using vertical tabs? Tiling works perfectly, two windows gets all kinds of messy.

2025-12-26 02:48:42 GMT

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Yea, two windows works, ish, but it's the same argument to claim that tabs aren't required at all. We can just open a bunch of windows. I honestly can't really tell you what about it is so much better, but I much prefer tiling (that's what Vivaldi calls it) two tabs than opening two windows. Of course, Vivaldi has a whole load of different configurations you can setup, not just two, but that's neither here nor there.

2025-12-26 02:46:42 GMT

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Yea, I'm going to write that up as a first version bad decision. Hopefully they'll fix that later on.
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2025-12-25 21:18:06 GMT

Ooo, this is a cool feature. #Firefox users are going to love it. It's been in #Vivaldi for a while now, and it's super useful. I use it a lot, especially at work where I'm copying information from a ticket or something into a web form.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/enable-firefox-split-view-feature

2025-12-25 18:50:00 GMT

To those that celebrate, Merry Christmas!
To those that don't, happy Thursday!

2025-12-24 06:12:32 GMT

I really enjoyed this talk. So, what's the answer to the question? Are we going to dealing with this same desktop OS UX forever?
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=1fZTOjd_bOQ