And this is the problem.

I'm an, I don't know, advanced novice Linux user? Maybe more importantly, I'm not afraid to tinker and explore. I've run it on routers and my NAS. I just bought a new gaming PC and immediately installed Linux to see the state of things. I tried SteamOS but that didn't work so I went with Bazzite. Overall, it's honestly amazing how nearly seamless Lutris + Steam make things. Even got wireless VR to my kids' Quest 2 going. A few hoops to jump through here and there but for the most part you'd never guess the games are made for Windows. They just work.

Except for one. I've got one game I just haven't been able to get started and I think (though not positive) it's due to the Ubisoft anti-cheat software. It's not one I'm willing to give up and if I have to run Windows for it, I'm not going to dual boot and go back and forth so it looks like that's the end of my experiment. I'm not an anti-Microsoft zealot but I really wanted it to succeed. I was so close!

It only takes one.

I think this is only if you want commercial support. It's all a bit confusing to me and things could change at any time (and have) but as of Java 21:

But yeah, for most people there's no difference so like you said, might as well use OpenJDK.

Youâ(TM)re talking about BlueSky and Iâ(TM)m talking about Mastodon/ActivityPub. Youâ(TM)re right, BlueSky can be considered Twitter by another name until they fully support independent instances.

Wikipedia and Reddit are good examples of ecosystems built on unpaid moderation. So the idea of leaning on that isnâ(TM)t completely novel.

But it can also support the business model of premium servers that cost money to join but might provide better moderation and other features. Medium has created one, for example:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhelp.medium.com%2Fhc%2Fen-...

So yes, I think itâ(TM)s interesting!

The thing about ActivityPub and decentralization is that instances can be kept small enough for whoever runs them to handle. It also means different people can be on different servers with different moderation philosophies that work for them.

In theory, of course.

In reality, today we are seeing large flagship instances that do have a heavy moderation load. Still, it’ll be interesting to see how this all pans out versus the Big Tech solutions.

I know it’s fashionable to shit all over Copilot and AI these days but I have one valuable use case from my experience.

My company started rolling out Copilot to a few people and it’s now coming to everyone. I haven’t had a chance to try whatever features they’ve added to the Office apps (and I agree a lot of it seems dubious) but we have started using the AI generated notes/summaries of Teams meetings and we’ve been really impressed by it.

Not saying it’s worth an extra 30% but there is value to be found. Sure, AI is a new hammer and everything looks like a nail. But there are some actual nails out there.

It’s possible they're spending less, the streaming companies have started leaning into ad revenue. Less consumer cost, higher revenue. But maybe not, they’ve only just begun.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emarketer.com%2Fcont...

I'm also on Home Assistant and Z-Wave JS. The devices themselves are fully backward compatible. I have a 700 series hub that doesn't support LR. I recently added the Zooz ZEN71 switch and ZEN34 remote switch which are both 800 series and support LR. I've associated them to act like a 3-way switch and my network map shows the ZEN71 part of the mesh and hops to a device before reaching the hub.

With a hub that supports LR, is it a choice you make when you include the device to connect as LR or not? And you lose those features if it does?

According to the Z-Wave Alliance:

This is most likely done locally which is why it's only available on 15 Pro and 16 series iPhones. But Apple has also gone out of their way to make their server-side processing private when additional power is necessary.

The summary is only for lock screen notifications, and it isn't limited to text messages. Yes, I think it's helpful to see a summary (of multiple messages even) if I haven't checked my phone in a while.

Necessary? Of course not. Nice to have? Sure.

I hold on to my phones for a while and yes it usually involves a battery change. They recently added an 80% max charge setting which I'm using on my new iPhone and curious to see how much that helps. 8 months in and it still reports the battery at 100% capacity after 143 cycles.

I've long thought the argument for green energy should always have been economic and geopolitical, not environmental. In this case, the less Russian oil and gas bought, the better.

Depending on your perspective, this one word makes this news much easier or harder to swallow.

This agreement still allows coal plants as long as they attempt to reduce their pollution, essentially using carbon capture which has questionable effectiveness.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbillmckibben.substack....

I agree, it is amazing. My kids got a Quest 2 last year so of course I tried it out with my PC and its aging 1060 GTX. I figured I’d play some simpler games but no, I’ve played Half-Life Alyx with absolutely no issues over the wireless AirLink. My PC is connected with ethernet and I have 5GHz wi-fi but still, it’s crazy. Pistol Whip, Beat Saber, all great.

There might be some prediction and image warping based on movement (headset adjusting the view before the game reacts) but whatever it is, it’s very impressive.

Sure, you can add more but the point stands that passkeys are themselves a 2FA. I think they strike the right balance of security vs. ease of use. Many more average people will use passkeys than a multifactor authentication app.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffidoalliance.org%2Fpassk...