Gonna suck to lose your license when you live in outer places like Roadhead, Carlisle. :(
Readit NewsTheChaplain commented on British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years bbc.com/news/articles/c20... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
TheChaplain commented on Notepad++ supply chain attack breakdown securelist.com/notepad-su... · Posted by u/natebc
MacOS has been getting a lot of flak recently for (correct) UI reasons, but I honestly feel like they're the closest to the money with granular app permissions.
Linux people are very resistant to this, but the future is going to be sandboxed iOS style apps. Not because OS vendors want to control what apps do, but because users do. If the FOSS community continues to ignore proper security sandboxing and distribution of end user applications, then it will just end up entirely centralised in one of the big tech companies, as it already is on iOS and macOS by Apple.
> Linux people are very resistant to this
Because security people often does not know the balance between security and usability, and we end up with software that is crippled and annoying to use.
Title is misleading. KDEs new login manager is systemd only, but you don't need to use it and can use any other login manager or no login manager just fine. They're replacing SDDM since they can have the login manager be more integrated if they're the sole user. They'll still be maintaining SDDM and LightDMs KDE greeter if those are more your cup of tea, and you can always just use startx (or whatever the wayland equivalent is)
> Title is misleading
Well, it's easier to get engagement with some bait.
I wish it wasn't more or less a standard these days..
TheChaplain commented on Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload windowscentral.com/micros... · Posted by u/jsheard
Not surprised it took so long, the decision makers seems to be quite out of touch with the user base.
Which makes me believe that their "walk back" is just to change the packaging of the same old "slop" being shoved down their customers throats.
> Its kernel, libc, and much of its software is closed source, so when Commodore folded its story was over.
I am certain someone have the full source code somewhere, I just hope that they eventually say "f--k it, it has been 36 years, let the world have it".
TheChaplain commented on If you tax them, will they leave? theatlantic.com/economy/2... · Posted by u/JumpCrisscross
Here's a better question: do we need them? I'll answer it for you: no. Let them leave. We still have the resources and the productivity. The fact that some asshat that doesn't do fuck all doesn't get to scrape profits for himself is just another advantage, aside from just not having these annoying billionaires around. People need to open their minds to the idea of us just taking their shit for ourselves.
I believe the level will simply be adjusted then, the middle class end up being heavier taxed.
But that is usually a fairly large group, and if they feel taxes are too much, they will listen to any politician that promises a solution.
Then it can become pretty nasty...
TheChaplain commented on Proton spam and the AI consent problem dbushell.com/2026/01/22/p... · Posted by u/dbushell
Signal is an interesting case study in UX failure. I and a bunch of other tech forward people were on it in its heyday but after they removed SMS support and implemented shitty UX like that nag dialog: Neither I nor a single person I know uses it any more. Everyone is on Whatsapp or iMessage.
It may be cryptographically superior, but does that matter at the end of the day if nobody uses it?
> It may be cryptographically superior, but does that matter at the end of the day if nobody uses it?
I've made a few attempts to convert people, but no-go. People stay on Telegram and WhatsApp because they have better UX and features.
Signal refuses to see the value in good attractive UX.
TheChaplain commented on Tell HN: Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday · Posted by u/Daemon404
I have no hope for Vimeo.
BS took over Evernote and I cancelled the subscription after a year. Their idea of value for the customer vs the price is not realistic.
Now someone needs to convince the german government too. For some reason Merz says one thing but then acts in an orthogonal, US-serving manner. People in Germany have started to notice this too. Something is not working here for Merz - there is a disconnect between what he says and what he does.
I may be too cynical but when it comes to politicians, the disconnect feels more than a rule than exception.
It is hard to vote, being buttered up with promises and pretty speeches, just to be disappointed halfway to next election.
Predators, racism, gore, pedophilia, harassment, stalking and so on..
No matter how high you value security, these are matters that hurt real people today. If you attract the mainstream, you must deal with it.