What job do you have that you get paid to do nothing?
Sometimes it's not about doing nothing but only being allowed to do the same stuff over and over again to do because there is "no budget" to rewrite the codebase to automate the process.
Readit Newsfoepys commented on After 15 years, I use Outlook as my build pipeline iwriteaboutcode.blogspot.... · Posted by u/birdculture
foepys commented on F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree f-droid.org/2025/09/29/go... · Posted by u/gumby271
Doesn't this issue get solved by reproducible builds?
Using reproducible builds allows developers to publish apps on F-Droid using their own signing keys [1]. Those signing keys can then be verified by Google.
In 2023 already, 2 out of 3 new apps used this approach [2].
With this in mind, F-Droid should be able to continue functioning after this change by mandating reproducible builds.
[1] https://f-droid.org/docs/Reproducible_Builds/
[2] https://f-droid.org/2023/09/03/reproducible-builds-signing-k...
Google will require you to authenticate with your real name and/or government ID which is something a lot of FLOSS developers don't want to do.
foepys commented on OpenWrt: A Linux OS targeting embedded devices openwrt.org/... · Posted by u/pykello
I'm a staunch defender of OpenWRT. Having used just about every "router distro" folks care to name (remember SmoothWall?) for the last 20~ years, OpenWRT is built like a tank and just keeps trundling along
I hope their experiments with the "OpenWRT One" keep going. I'd love to see OpenWRT take a (deserved) bite out of the "SMB firewall vendors" like Netgate or OPNsense. Or just undercutting Wi-Fi vendors like Ubiquiti who base their work on OpenWRT anyway
Something I'm excited to try myself in future is running "OpenWISP" [1] to manage a small fleet (three) OpenWRT devices in parallel for a deployment in a shared workshop. This seems to also be something that OpenWRT could be better at integrating, but it's nice to see "a vendor" tackling it
OpenWISP states in its docs that you should be running at least 20 devices to make it worth it. [1] So it's not supposed to be a easy way to manage a few devices for home users.
> However, OpenWISP may not be the best fit for very small networks (fewer than 20 devices), organizations lacking IT expertise, or enterprises seeking open-source alternatives solely for cost-saving purposes.
foepys commented on GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation theverge.com/news/757461/... · Posted by u/Handy-Man
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Just normal driving, it wasn’t quite so bad on our previous car which was a Nissan Leaf (with 30kWh battery) but our current Kia Niro just has a lot bigger batter (64kWh) and it is a lot heavier I suppose, the tyres just don’t seem to last as long. I’m pretty sure I’m using summer tyres all year round (I live in the UK) this was recommended by the dealer
Are you driving fast(er than with a ICE vehicle) in corners? Since EVs have a very low center of mass, drivers tend to take corners a lot faster than they would in ICE vehicles which is very hard on the tires.
A friend got hit by this as well and since readjusting his driving style (read: not flying through corners for the fun of it) he gets more (but still not equal) miles on his EV's tires before he needs new ones.
foepys commented on At Amazon's biggest data center, everything is supersized for AI nytimes.com/2025/06/24/te... · Posted by u/pseudolus
foepys commented on At Amazon's biggest data center, everything is supersized for AI nytimes.com/2025/06/24/te... · Posted by u/pseudolus
Electricity from heat is generated by temperature differences. Large differences are much more efficient than small differences and data centers are "small differences" for these purposes.
Unless you can use the heat directly, it won't be worth it to convert it into electricity.
Using heatpumps you only need a little electricity to heat quite a few homes with district heating.
But there probably is no nearby district to be heated.
foepys commented on Officials concede they don't know the fate of Iran's uranium stockpile nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us... · Posted by u/zzzeek
https://archive.is/20250623152635/https://www.nytimes.com/20...
I'm honestly surprised Israel hasn't used its nukes yet. Against non-nuclear nation, there isn't really much threat of retaliation. Given how much Iran has already suffered, they'd be stupid to not try & get nukes. If even North Korea can get them, it can't be that hard.
Also, I wonder if Iran really has that much uranium or if it's another Iraq WMD situation again considering the lack of radiation leakage and all
Because it would have catastrophic consequences on the world order. Normalizing nuking your opponent will invite Russia to nuke Ukraine, China Taiwan, and North Korea South Korea. The USA will not let Israel nuke anybody.