If "touch grass" was a hero's story
Readit Newsjoshspankit commented on He Memorized the World with Google Maps. Now He's Exploring It nytimes.com/2024/06/19/ma... · Posted by u/lxm
Have you ever suggested that management/leadership should measure productivity by lines of document text written? They might better grok how that’s a bad idea. Especially since many of them much prefer to communicate in bullet-pointed slides than documents.
Or measure their mechanic's productivity by number of hours spent on the car
joshspankit commented on Daylight Computer tablet review twitter.com/patio11/statu... · Posted by u/akanet
But why the hate for blue light? When you look at this on the manufacturer's web page they advertise that like preference wouldn't be nice. ”100% amber”, "blue free!”, gross! I won't be doing that for any reason.
If someone else wants amber, fine but why not an option?
It's a misinterpretation of the work underpinning f.lux.
We went from "avoid blue light after sundown to help keep your natural circadian rhythm" to "blue light bad! Buy this product!"
Now we're too far down that path with customers specifically avoiding devices that give off blue light whether or not they understand why. Companies like that are just taking the safe bet by avoiding blue light
joshspankit commented on There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux fosspost.org/there-has-ne... · Posted by u/dxs
Best time to Linux ever. But worst time to dump other platforms which you rely on. Same as the last 25 years.
“The best time to plant a tree is 25 years ago. The second best time is now.”
joshspankit commented on There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux fosspost.org/there-has-ne... · Posted by u/dxs
> Your phone is not really connected to your PC
Not exactly sure what you mean, but KDE Connect is amazing for connecting my phone (and any device that has the app, including other PCs) to my PC.
Jumping in as I’ve enjoyed what we’ve had as well as wished for more.
Does your setup:
1. Back phone things up to the PC wirelessly? Not just photos but app data, documents, drawings, etc. Note: must all be in original quality/format
2. Allow your PC to update an app itself (in a way that can be scripted)?
3. Allow copy/paste between the desktop and the phone? (Though with LocalSend being decent this is less and less relevant)
4. Transfer edit history for photos, videos, and audio?
5. Allow you to install and debug your own apps wirelessly? (ok, this one is a gimmie bc linux to android does this natively through adb)
6. Allow your phone to mount drives from your PC so that you can access and transfer files wirelessly?
joshspankit commented on Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare lifewire.com/install-linu... · Posted by u/josephcsible
I literally just a few minutes ago setup Linux (Kubuntu 24.04) on a new laptop (Framework). It was insert USB drive, press power button, select the drive to boot, wait a few seconds for live OS, run the "Install Now" app on the desktop, hit "Next" a few times, wait about 5 minutes for the install to complete, and restart and remove the disk. Can't get much simpler to setup a fresh system.
Before someone argues that “this requires enough background technical knowledge to know which buttons to press to make it easy” there is a point there, but distro maintainers have had that point in front of them for decades.
There’s now only one prerequisite for new users: the willingness to format the hard drive. Everything else is trivial and for 9/10 distros the screens are welcoming, clear, refined, and non-technical.
joshspankit commented on Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare lifewire.com/install-linu... · Posted by u/josephcsible
> OS makers (here mainly Microsoft and Apple) to increase margins via including tracking and ads into the system
Not sure I see it on Apple. macOS is free. There are no ads in it.
I don't see ads on Windows either, unless you mean bloatware.
Pushed (“recommended”) content is a type of ad
It says it is using openstreetmap, so you can probably edit that tree if its added to OSM.
After reading this I went through all the OSM datasets I could see (including double-checking the layers) and none of them showed the tree. Now I’m even more curious.
It's coming from public LIDAR data, which captures both trees and the ground below them (and is able to tell which is which).
Can you point to which LIDAR dataset? I did not see any openstreetmap datasets with the tree present.
We don't need to feel like we're talking to a real person yet.
The AI listens as long as you hold the button, and the device is efficient enough to carry with you 24/7.