2026-10-21T11:18:11Z https://njump.me Rimuru https://njump.me/npub1l0x7vrrf0unnk9lkruhar40e0vcf0ta6sktcqtm3a3svruur97hq6zm08f https://media.burningboard.net/accounts/avatars/115/466/486/841/624/422/original/360b69fdcbfb301c.png https://media.burningboard.net/accounts/avatars/115/466/486/841/624/422/original/360b69fdcbfb301c.png https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy2xrnyzzdgf8g5a627l0vppkh7em4v6z4j5fjfxf76ayuhxhc3sgzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6ursdyjd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8gzal30t4gd3pygql8r7arujtyj62e08pajwmdfxs2trjq3d5rqcyjd54m'>nevent1q…d54m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And that is exactly how the Internet started among corporations.<br/><br/>I remember when the Internet was free for a brief time. I am not talking about a trial membership either. I mean to say you dialed up a local access number without any username or password, and you were simply online with access to the early Internet.<br/><br/>They gave away the Internet like a drug. They wanted to see if people would use it, and they wanted people hooked. AI is starting much in the same way. And you are right. We are at that phase where they are throwing whatever they can up against the wall and seeing what sticks.<br/><br/>But there is one thing I know. AI is here, and it isn&#39;t going away. Unfortunately, bad faith actors will use AI to flood social media, forums, and other communications, and it will take AI to fight it.<br/><br/>I would hope an open-source AI could focus on optimization. Corporations are throwing money at AI, and optimization is on the back burner. And it would be wise to pull together.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1s20wsx5d90r4sqljl03v9g4fw6h7cuhw3rj45qrmxmfr8ea29klqwntwmm" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>stux⚡️</span> (<span class="italic">npub1s20…twmm</span>)</a></span> 2026-09-16T17:00:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq7hs4dzer5hqdmlhyexcmrnl4zwz77pympne6dvzg24xjxqjw62czyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6u7ym6xy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyx7pcgvq5m3gqp5ljlttstp6whls482uvmt3gctep76q8725a2acdvly90'>nevent1q…ly90</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here is the hard pill to swallow. Humanity wants AI.<br/><br/>Crazy, right? The vocal minority are just that. We are a very vocal — I would say extremely vocal — but still a minority group.<br/><br/>Those AI websites and apps are gaining users, not losing them.<br/><br/>People have been wanting AI and dreaming of a future with AI since the first computers were invented. Our dream of an AI future has been embedded in books, movies, TV shows, and more. In fact, when faced with the reality of today&#39;s AI, most people are disappointed that it is not developing faster and is not yet as advanced as they want it to be.<br/><br/>That said, the usage of AI is growing, not diminishing. I would compare the adoption of AI to the adoption of the Internet. There was a vocal group who hated that too.<br/><br/>And I agree, and I believe even the people who want AI agree, that AI should not be bundled into everything, everywhere. Corporate America, unfortunately, still disagrees on that front.<br/><br/>But to fight AI, you need AI.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1s20wsx5d90r4sqljl03v9g4fw6h7cuhw3rj45qrmxmfr8ea29klqwntwmm" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>stux⚡️</span> (<span class="italic">npub1s20…twmm</span>)</a></span> 2026-09-16T16:51:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs29sp029tq98zyzyhgf6dpa0uq4xe9h60t8nlqnskjg3vj7u2peyqzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6uk6peq8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswuz9nxdmfz5h8664f99aue97v79u6mp9r0uh2j3lwqyx6xscz8jsfpv8z3'>nevent1q…v8z3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I told people the solution, but no one liked it.<br/><br/>To fight AI, you need AI.<br/><br/>Here is the thing. AI is not going anywhere. I know many people do not like AI, and I certainly do not like where it is heading right now.<br/><br/>We have two choices. We can cry about it, or we can help shape it.<br/><br/>I would much rather see more open-source AIs than the current corporate model and where they are trying to take it. We need community-driven technology instead of letting a few big companies control the entire future.<br/><br/>Ignoring technological shifts rarely works. By engaging with AI and pushing for open development, we actually stand a chance of influencing our own future. 2026-09-16T16:37:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswkutrvh36qxjpt4zxdzpgra6n6zrdqqqazwpfgjpl0kx90nyhzeszyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6uy4pdm5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs92m9r5x5rwgle5hx3nwcdelxj044n9fjxz0xhkezmd4y695k3tjcwyv2nw'>nevent1q…v2nw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s just evil. 😂 2026-09-13T01:15:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8qg6jqpga0ntjxwqxhrz3dtnua8utgeamkmf0yhaj0n6qtz43e3szyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6ujth0rq Sharkey is generally no longer actively maintained. Much like IceShrimp, which shifted its focus from IceShrimp-js to IceShrimp.net, Sharkey is effectively in &#34;maintenance mode only.&#34; This means it still receives critical security updates and required patches, but it generally no longer tracks upstream Misskey development.<br/><br/>Sharkey&#39;s latest release: 2025.4.7<br/><br/>Misskey&#39;s latest release: 2026.9.0<br/><br/>I had to laugh when, back on January 13, 2026, they titled a release &#34;2025.4.5 — We&#39;ll catch up, we promise.&#34; The release right before that had been 6 months earlier. In all the time since, they&#39;ve only pushed out 2 security updates (2025.4.6 and 2025.4.7). They are now well over a year behind Misskey&#39;s development.<br/><br/>If anyone has the time and skills, I hope someone builds a script to migrate Sharkey sites back to Misskey. Since Sharkey is a fork of Misskey (as was FireFish), it should be possible and is a smart precaution.<br/><br/>#Sharkey #Misskey #FireFish #OpenSource #Fediverse #ActivityPub 2026-09-11T18:05:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx2kfn3cxtgl69ukh389gjh0dktcy0v6sx79wef3fqu3vwafgqmzczyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6uvgqzee 🇵🇸 Support trusted organizations in Palestine &amp; Gaza:<br/><br/>⚠️ Avoid scams: Stick to established, transparent groups with proven on-the-ground track records.<br/><br/>Here are four highly rated relief groups:<br/><br/>1️⃣ PCRF (Specialized medical care and life-saving aid for children)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.pcrf.net">https://www.pcrf.net</a><br/><br/>2️⃣ Anera (Emergency food, clean water, healthcare, and shelter since 1968)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.anera.org">https://www.anera.org</a><br/><br/>3️⃣ PAMA (Volunteer medical relief, clinic support, and treatments)<br/><br/><a href="https://pamausa.org">https://pamausa.org</a><br/><br/>4️⃣ MAP (Emergency medical supplies and teams for major hospitals)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.map.org.uk">https://www.map.org.uk</a><br/><br/>Do your research so your support reaches those who need it most. 🤝✨<br/><br/>1 of 2<br/><br/>#GazaRelief #SupportPalestine #WestBank #Palestine #Gaza #HumanitarianAid #MutualAid #Donate #Mastodon #FediForGaza #MutualAidRequest #HelpGaza #Share #FreePalestine #Treatment #Medicine #FediHelp #GazaChildren #GazaVerified #GazaGenocide #GazaWar #ChildrenOfGaza #Humanity #CeasefireNow #StandWithGaza #PalestinianLivesMatter #SaveGaza #Scam #Fraud 2026-09-11T02:28:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg9gyskky3wswqpp9pk2aw06tvqw4gzl06rd089m79xq62rv0ep9gzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6uxly8wl Just sent 61 messages to admins running very outdated copies of either Mastodon or Misskey.<br/><br/>No one should be using, for example, Mastodon 3.x. There is a vulnerability that allows someone to obtain limited access to the owner account.<br/><br/>A few people were using 4.2.x, which is so old and discontinued that the final release at the time suggested upgrading to 4.3.x — which is also now discontinued and has several known security vulnerabilities.<br/><br/>If you&#39;re using Mastodon 4.4.0, as legacy, know that 4.4.24 already recommends you upgrade to at minimum 4.6. or newer, The current release is 4.7.1.<br/><br/>No one is saying you need to always run the bleeding-edge release. But if you&#39;re going to host other people, you should attempt to keep your site relatively current. The older the site, the harder it can be to upgrade, so not falling too far behind is good planning. If you cannot do that, you really should consider joining someone else&#39;s site as opposed to running your own.<br/><br/>#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin 2026-09-07T19:50:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg73e79ewpaq9rv59jtyvuyadu4e8mxc7gjje95ym5cgy9e2t5wzczyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6ugesl63 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswy9h9mtkalcprtwyfzkgtgrt0vqgmlkm8958fhacghn570hmma5sg4k7g0'>nevent1q…k7g0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s insane. There are a few million people in Gaza and to argue to relocate everyone someplace is .... I am at a loss of words. 2026-09-02T20:31:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2n9remc3nzmg87msv5fur9gvfwpfylhl7v2trp5yfcufcus5fuygzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6uf05kgy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyuv82czllxlnh2ydl39twgn260zzl5s0wcye6aj805x8epmk4chsq4x967'>nevent1q…x967</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If there was ever anyone who I wish would up their character limit for Mastodon (or switch to Misskey, which has a stock character limit of 3,000), it would be you, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kwarc5z9lwhen05uknd2nuwhhthd4ws0cku3t9j3rchm0fcd6luslse0nj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>GrapheneOS</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kwa…e0nj</span>)</a></span>.<br/><br/>You often post very informative and detailed threads, but because they&#39;re threads, sometimes details are lost or not all posts are viewed. You really would benefit from making a more informed single post. 2026-09-02T02:09:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx5f58thkx4q4cwn6aw200un05p58t3d7v0j4mwepkrcy8g0uqwcgzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6uad4k2p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsya5wr0s7c86w9hqy2zz3krd74q8npt70gupyusvwudlxvd3rgjassu3njh'>nevent1q…3njh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What Israel has done to so many innocent people is soul-crushing. Israel is guilty of many war crimes. 😭 2026-08-30T07:51:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs229drvwvpswrf9gr9c3mhdfxznp8z53tupqcu0gzdcjzt5a023kqzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6uhvrmrw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr6rgrc0kgkrsnd6jjqz9nusn263qt5d6hckr3tj0f7hkf82672qqmyckne'>nevent1q…ckne</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🫂 I am sorry for your loss. 2026-08-30T02:07:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswznz4n7d8tpyqwcejvs2mwpu5sk45px32maklqm7yz62gryjmmegzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6ufmslzr FreeBSD 15 has silently been released.<br/><br/>Expect the announcement and site update, once most of the mirrors have synced.<br/><br/>#FreeBSD #BSD #Foss #OpenSource 2025-11-29T17:39:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq2jce6cywrqh9crslqvnzu6fy5qu5v4t5grvdcm0tvjqg0y0nmvqzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6u0s9xt4 When you first install Windows 10 or Windows 11, when Windows ask where you are — Always claim you&#39;re in Iceland. <br/><br/>Why?<br/><br/>You will be given more options, including the option to uninstall both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge.<br/><br/>#Iceland #Windows #Microsoft 2025-11-27T05:02:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgatvrezpv34dt98g9nskuy2puqy7e0uecp4rfyqumfj4zjzghqeqzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6uw9rs63 I&#39;ve been trying to avoid needing a larger hard drive, but I think I am failing in that regard.<br/><br/>The problem is, most large capacity drives, while still being reasonably priced at the moment, are still mechanical drives. SSD drives (particularly SATA) still balloon in price if you&#39;re looking for something over 2 TB.<br/><br/>I&#39;m someone who has a list of things he doesn&#39;t like paying much for, and hard drives are one of those things. lol<br/> <img src="https://media.burningboard.net/media_attachments/files/115/613/293/751/888/948/original/1b59536a1434f0e4.png"> <br/> 2025-11-26T01:05:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspljdvl0rqhef8aas95zj7ptlqjru6kzmelncvr7v9qwgpu4w47nczyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6uggnk4a No one working for Meta is going to prove that they work for Meta.<br/><br/>Anyone who has fallowed me knows that I speak the truth because I say things before it&#39;s known to the rest of the world. That speaks for itself.<br/><br/>You should give nobody your personal information. A Meta employee cannot help you, even if they want to — and we do not (want to help you). 2025-11-22T20:13:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0kgceumh5mjsde5gn42qn6zcazcwxkvsz2fefsep635dj240g6mgzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6ufatvs0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy82w6rfqc9yyjvjh60haqzxjgej0k6emqcr2c4wd4dhzk97vnqtq7f7rqd'>nevent1q…7rqd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I never liked flakes — I prefer the one file that rules them all. I found it a lot easier to manage (flake-less). Additionally, I did not want to lock any versions, and wanted to continue to receive regular updates. <br/><br/>However, with automatic updates enabled, things would fail silently in the background. And that meant noticing over time that NixOS was not generating new snapshots (because the update had silently failed). And the reason I kept failing was because NixOS kept changing phrases in their coding language.<br/><br/>#NixOS #Linux 2025-11-22T18:49:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsycj73lzn7vvds4c4nydr4ncfrwjrtd8sprntxddvtfzz8wh28d5gzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6u2vt3rr You cannot block Meta&#39;s AI without blocking every Firefox user.<br/><br/>Meta, knowing full well that there is a conscious and deliberate effort to block artificial intelligence. Decided to teach their AI to use Firefox and loaded up a bunch of thin micro virtual machines. <br/><br/>It is not just a user string that people need to worry about. And most people aren&#39;t going to block the other popular browser on the internet. That is what Mata is counting on. <br/><br/>#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Meta #Facebook #Firefox 2025-11-22T18:41:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstrd2psvxrfslxlmrz5uhdwtzfdwls5k8t68px3q6r5zsvu0j50eqzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6urarkjz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdevqls8fd7dvfg8hjt5eaayn8f394nw5cpk98rc39g8m49vztamgzhqafl'>nevent1q…qafl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>NixOS uses its own programming language. They are the source of themselves. If they wanted the setting to change a command to read eat-me=true; to load Wayland, it would be. <br/><br/>The reason is them. They are the reason.<br/><br/>#NixOS #Linux 2025-11-22T18:29:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv64qa2czelxw8t74te028cusmhhpnec0xg8507t66hhv0e4nsa3szyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6uc2k52q RE: <a href="https://burningboard.net/@Tempest/115591437975100350">https://burningboard.net/@Tempest/115591437975100350</a><br/><br/>I am proud of myself for having stayed with NixOS for nearly a year. <br/><br/>If they ever stop renaming every setting and command in their configuration file — it would make for a long term sustainable distro. <br/><br/>But until then, it&#39;s just annoying. Impressive, but annoying.<br/><br/>The whole point and strength of NixOS is that one file controls everything, and it should be easy to manage. But because they keep changing the name of everything, all the time, for no reason, it&#39;s pointless.<br/><br/>#NixOS #Linux<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1y979a985h7qxgsmaqukuch679cmp5syvx8tvp2mlwwjrwzm8jw8stavtlf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1y97…vtlf</a></span><br/> </div> NixOS should be the that super cool operating system, with one master configuration file to rule them all. — Really easy once you learn it.<br/><br/>But NixOS likes to change things for no reason other than to change things. It gets really annoying really fast.<br/><br/>By that, I mean they love to rename their commands all the time. 🙄<br/><br/>example=true; will become 1example=true only to later be renamed example1=true; and eventually renamed to 1_example=true; and then example_1=true; —— And this cycle appears to be continuous, for nearly everything, for no apparent reason. <br/><br/>Change for the sake of change because somebody in their development team is completely sadistic, and just wants to say, see, we're doing something, is infuriating. 🤦<br/><br/>#NixOS #Linux </blockquote> 2025-11-22T05:31:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszzlz7jn6tlqrygd7swtwvta0zuds6gzxrr4kq4dlh8fphpdne8rczyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6uah03zn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmu7pxaxtq0rjg2xryfwgqg2mjtz7ls6qrysf9xjxg3ltd8pztmqa62krw'>nevent1q…2krw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>NixOS should be the that super cool operating system, with one master configuration file to rule them all. — Really easy once you learn it.<br/><br/>But NixOS likes to change things for no reason other than to change things. It gets really annoying really fast.<br/><br/>By that, I mean they love to rename their commands all the time. 🙄<br/><br/>example=true; will become 1example=true only to later be renamed example1=true; and eventually renamed to 1_example=true; and then example_1=true; —— And this cycle appears to be continuous, for nearly everything, for no apparent reason. <br/><br/>Change for the sake of change because somebody in their development team is completely sadistic, and just wants to say, see, we&#39;re doing something, is infuriating. 🤦<br/><br/>#NixOS #Linux 2025-11-22T04:22:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxmu7pxaxtq0rjg2xryfwgqg2mjtz7ls6qrysf9xjxg3ltd8pztmqzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6ul44rfh * sigh *<br/><br/>I need VirtualBox because for some classic gaming, virt-manager was not the best option for Windows XP or Windows Vista. It worked fair with Windows 7, but even when I finally could get the audio and network working, the display was lacking any reasonable hardware acceleration.<br/><br/>VirtualBox just works, and I don&#39;t want a debug or tweak another random setting, I just want things to work — and I mean now.<br/><br/>The problem is, I really wanted to use an immutable distro, because I love the idea of my daily driver being safe and secure. And while I used to be able to run VirtualBox on Fedora Kinoite (Silverblue but with KDE), it seems things have e changed.<br/><br/>That brings me back to NixOS, which I have gotten really good at using — while wanting to throw it out the window. Because when you become really good with NixOS, you learn that they change things constantly just for the sake of changing things. And that becomes super annoying really quick. 2025-11-22T04:10:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvecxccrjrq46h73ecr6ggswnt2nutgyn8yrnu0p03ptgxg9ddzeqzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6ultf957 RE: <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@NetscapeNavigator/115590004124984429">https://social.vivaldi.net/@NetscapeNavigator/115590004124984429</a><br/><br/>🦊 <br/><br/>I&#39;m like the digital weatherman. ❄️<br/><br/>I tell everybody what&#39;s going to be known before it is publicly known. What is happening, while it happens, but before it is &#34;news&#34;.<br/><br/>😺<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note18qregzvf4dftau2pm03kvk52970z4cwtpjf3amcq0r8qfd4vaxnszxftkp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note18qr…ftkp</a></span><br/> </div> Remember that time (Linux Is Best) tried telling everyone who would listen that WhatsApp was neither safe nor secure nor private. 🙈 🙉 🙊<br/><br/>I remember. 😂 😜 </blockquote> 2025-11-21T22:25:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8yce8facaqmpq9sxc5nuc5k8847fr45nlf2dhe5v8nd6mfzazddqzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6ud70alp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ckqz23ckwfkzzzcdhyxw6jj36ekmam8qj38d67szhfmwnrek4tqyk44fj'>nevent1q…44fj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>2 of 2<br/><br/>As I said, I am not a fan of a fork, that is forked from a fork, of another fork or more. At some point, you&#39;re just asking for trouble, and you&#39;re better off not following the upstream, of someone else&#39;s upstream, who is relying upon someone else or more. <br/><br/>The phrase there are too many cooks in the kitchen, applies. And truth be told, an operating system starts with many cooks to begin with. Recooking someone&#39;s leftovers, of someone else&#39;s leftovers, and possibly someone else&#39;s before that, or more, just makes a very messy kitchen, and often not quality food. It&#39;s often better to start your own dish. And while it&#39;s perfectly fine to be inspired by somebody else&#39;s. Burnt leftovers are still burnt leftovers, no matter how you dress it. 2025-11-21T05:29:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9ckqz23ckwfkzzzcdhyxw6jj36ekmam8qj38d67szhfmwnrek4tqzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6u80s8rg I often recommend people avoid overly forked operating systems that rely on upstream.<br/><br/>It&#39;s not that I am against forking — rather, what is all too common is that a development ends up with far too many middlemen and a compounded supply chain. And we are talking about an operating system, which likely already has a lot of middlemen and an extensive dependency chain.<br/><br/>This is why I often recommend Linux distributions that are original and independent, for example, Fedora or NixOS. These are not forks — these are what others use to make forks. Debian is another example. To make Ubuntu, they fork Debian and build up from there.<br/><br/>But Ubuntu may encounter issues inherent within Debian, or it may introduce its own mistakes, or a combination of the two. It&#39;s a good OS, but that is the reality. Then along comes someone who decides to fork Ubuntu. Now you&#39;ve got to worry about Debian, Ubuntu, their fork, and any combination of those three, plus their own issues.<br/><br/>1 of 2 2025-11-21T05:18:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszkqwsp5jsec3wp28fuxx96d8laj7j5s9pjhhuy9vn52gjynu9mzqzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6udwdvy8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxtpzuc7lesarkrxtn5exgh3cx92d8zqcu5q7nurss5e98fy5vqxqyh58pc'>nevent1q…58pc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Everyone always assumes you need to big or go home, but in business you should start small. Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and others did not come swinging right out the gate. Meaning, they started small and grew overtime. A Cloudflare alternative could do the same and still be just as valuable. 2025-11-18T20:14:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2c4kp676laeyce07d9w9xvf2ry9w60j75nsuc2ra4la6yky23j2szyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6u28xj4m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv3f50da3r0l6dqfyf57echwklwdpuyad6c3qdn3jycv9czluan0q5es3fx'>nevent1q…s3fx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I believe an alternative to Clouflare would make a very successful business model. However, competing against a well-branded de facto monopoly is no easy feat. 2025-11-18T17:13:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs09xarj2y5ca0r7tpj3lee9zh079n583f8fg4hetvapz76a0z7grszyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6ucrnee3 You will find no news reports about this. <br/><br/>Cloudflare is offline because the United States government is adding their own little spin into Cloudflare. The great firewall of the United States Government is soon at hand.<br/><br/>Later today, Cloudflare will release a statement. It will say that there were network migration issues and other general issues. That their entire infrastructure was somehow affected. Do not believe it.<br/><br/>I warned everybody about this almost a year ago. I&#39;ve been trying to find an alternative. I know of no alternative to Cloudflare. <br/><br/>#Cloudflare #CDN #DomainProxy #DigitalSovereignty 2025-11-18T15:30:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf7d8phwatkj6lfe80rtya9zcwlfwfgwlq9qw048v7605xqyp05rczyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6uvqhsja Decades of voice to text research and it&#39;s still worth a shit. 😂 2025-11-11T22:01:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxm2h3tpfj49jv6y6aug2xr68hqs8kqarycjva72hze08fc9a85kgzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6u3t3xy3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq8gw26xmcxncjnksj4und0wn5rs0dwvyhzu5gztw5ay3ulr7lzcqtnyzlk'>nevent1q…yzlk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The problem about Mastodon isn&#39;t just that they&#39;re supporting scammers. It&#39;s that they broke their own rules to target me. Online harassment should be discouraged, and yet the post to harass me was trending on Mastodon.social.<br/><br/>The other issue is Mastodon have become Elon Musk. It&#39;s one thing if you don&#39;t like what I say, and you block me. That&#39;s fine. I can live with that. I block people too sometimes. I&#39;m perfectly okay with people blocking me. But it&#39;s another thing if you decide to prevent 20,000 people seeing somebody that you personally don&#39;t like, who is not sharing hate speech, spam, misinformation, or anything that would legitimately warrant such an action. That makes them no better than Elon Musk on Twitter. 2025-11-11T21:41:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq8gw26xmcxncjnksj4und0wn5rs0dwvyhzu5gztw5ay3ulr7lzcqzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6ul9pc3s You reap what you sow.<br/><br/>Mastodon reached out and asked me why my regular contribution was lacking (missing), and if it was an oversight or issue. It was significant. Not enough to make or break them, but enough for someone to reach out. Imagine their surprise when they realized who I was. <br/><br/>It changes nothing, but it was still funny. 🤷 😂 2025-11-11T21:32:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw4mszvn6s669xhdwjmv78yd262zfakl3ssy5dwdcn4e23ekf80dszyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6uasz95r Say it with me, semantic name changes are pointless. Say it again, semantic name changes are pointless.<br/><br/>NixOS love is the play with semantics. It is infuriating.<br/><br/>Your configuration file will be perfectly working, and the next update, something silently, breaks in the background, because they changed some stupid naming scheme.<br/><br/>run_example1 will be renamed run_1example, only to reverted back to run_example1, and then just to be different that will later be called example1_run <br/><br/>Changing the name scheme just to say look we&#39;re doing something is not beneficial and is just infuriating.<br/><br/>#NixOS 2025-11-11T21:22:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0vp6t55xh29tqqjlpdz2gsft8jrepswwrky5qcuwvgakmpuq092gzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6uzfy20v I don’t know who needs to hear this, but…<br/><br/>You matter.<br/><br/>Not just now, but always — you always have, and you always will — matter.<br/><br/>Everyone is just trying to make it in this world, and for better or worse, we’re all just people. Just people.<br/><br/>Your job, your title, your social status, your place in this world may change, but you will always be a person who matters. We all matter.<br/><br/>The lie some would have you believe is that some people matter more than others. But the truth is, we all add up — and so we all matter. 2025-11-04T07:47:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2d53qju8a657fry49xn2k2r4v2fk09l76kd5cxe2tel6qevdv7jczyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6ua7m08z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp5ufephgrphclha3rnswa8t79j7n3sw3e2lt7afd4nkd6vdz0fwqegec5p'>nevent1q…ec5p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I suspect from that thread, my AMD Radeon RX 6400 (Discrete GPU) will be amusing. 2025-11-02T20:24:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspk7cr5azh3znjy7pc9hh0v77q32cqk5gx40f3k4xz47zdy7lhwtszyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6ua4utwh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr04z8uw34292vz5jtfkmyny236s2f8gk7d35kt2ph9cgqfxd8mtqmc493e'>nevent1q…493e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve got to format anyway -- I will find out and report back later.<br/><br/>#OpenBSD 2025-11-02T17:03:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxa7npf5uxsdxg4luzta4t7m5ku22npc6rj5a9jape5sku8zszf5qzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6ug5ymsc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsph82thfeu9eprzyvyjx9zd4ca7fdhjzyy2p902kyukkq53w0l8wgkfaxjn'>nevent1q…axjn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Did they finally add audio via DisplayPort? <br/><br/>OpenBSD is what I wanted to use as my host OS, so I could run VMs within it. But it was lacking audio. 2025-11-02T16:30:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq7rvs95mqzs8vycxekp9y4usx9gwqeutgpcff0txgk60uxzq3hdqzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6ul2ekaj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsws7j946u6g8daq78s5jwp9ak2euxsadncjvyyk4ht2x3ev46hq8ch62a6g'>nevent1q…2a6g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fair point.<br/><br/>I have seen more than my fair share of digital bubbles, too. Any advancement in technology is always a gamble. 2025-11-02T14:59:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz2wqu7yydqd6d66e8a89jeh9jhf5k0q2rga0q5s4saxln0y66ncgzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6uh09mex In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfssdazfq3em7as6kgn8gjn7fhdahy6twpxxlsv0v6h6nev6c0pgsv2xvpl'>nevent1q…xvpl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Since we are now using A.I. to better improve and optimize A.I. I suspect the cost of A.I. may also be brought down in time. 2025-11-02T14:33:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqkreq02zh0kqlvtz3z92avnm8wc6kzpxrgf0vdnqqtz5lwyraftczyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6u6q24zk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd25y84s9zkrs0gy6qef6e6y5a06uxh6v4wte4u74j28ls42wtseg0qtdsk'>nevent1q…tdsk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>These companies are making money by selling the user data, language models, and other generated models that are being generated. They see it, for now, as a long-term investment, with a current loss. Both your personal computer and the internet, as you know it today, started with a negative loss in the beginning. 😉 2025-11-02T14:02:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspeeg058feq0gur9kyqsdaeg43rhtf2clwkuc87xlaf8gwrt5fgwqzyraumesvd9ljwwch7c0jl5w4l9anp9a0h2ze0qp0w8kxps0nsvh6urp60pe RE: <a href="https://burningboard.net/@Tempest/115476504372882772">https://burningboard.net/@Tempest/115476504372882772</a><br/><br/>A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) is another example.<br/><br/>All these corporations are integrating A.I. while the vocal minority insists that no one wants it, no one uses it, and that we should get rid of it. But corporations aren’t mindlessly wasting money on A.I. for nothing. It’s being added because many people either use it or tolerate it — and ultimately, it’s profitable.<br/><br/>So long as the majority endures in silence, A.I. is going nowhere — except onto every device in your home and into every mainstream app.<br/><br/>The only way to avoid it is to prove that it isn’t profitable. That means refusing to use it and choosing something else. But people are no longer willing to sacrifice for their convictions.<br/><br/>#AI #ArtificialIntelligence 2025-11-01T21:56:27Z