rock_artist (u/rock_artist)

rock_artist commented on From M1 MacBook to Arch Linux: A month-long experiment that became permanenent ssp.sh/blog/macbook-to-ar... · Posted by u/articsputnik

rock_artist · 17 hours ago

There are two points I feel are worth focusing and I’ve experienced similar:

- Linux is fast. Few years ago I wanted to run Linux and used my MacBook Air 2013 (one of the best machines I’ve had). It was amazing how Ubuntu ran so sleek especially comparing to the MacBook Pro 2018 with macOS.

- x86_64 feels less portable than arm. Since I got MBP from my work I’ve also got another machine for Windows. I’ve went with 13” MSI Perstige with 125H which was the latest back then offering hybrid cores (performance + economy). It’s 1kg is amazing and the OLED is also nice. But in order for the machine to actually compile and be snappy I need to ensure it’s not dropping to 0.4-0.8Ghz and then it easily gets warm and noisy.

The MBP 2021 also shows age. But even with more frequent fans and 80% of original battery it outperform the younger MSI since day one.

TL;DR

* Unless you need specific software, Linux distros are great and fast. Much more joy (imho) than Windows.

* SoC/ARM is still rare but it would be much more interesting comparison to current Macs in terms of portability (fans, battery life)

rock_artist commented on Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England news.sky.com/story/facial... · Posted by u/amarcheschi

Shank · 10 days ago

The UK is quickly deploying surveillance state technology that people once decried China for. Whether or not this is ethical or useful, I wish the hypocrisy would be acknowledged. The OSA, the Apple encryption demands, LFR, …, it’s clearly a trend. Has society really become this dangerous that we must deploy these things?

rock_artist · 10 days ago

> Has society really become this dangerous that we must deploy these things?

Rather than dangeours, society became dumber in a sense. overload of data resulted attemps to summarize or even make anything binary (I'm Pro X or Anti X).

(the text below is opinionated so please be forgiving :) )

I can name multiple countries (as I'm coming from one) that makes more "reforms" that has or will hurt human rights. (and we're still talking only on the "western world" which suppose to aim for freedom and human rights).

Coming from such a complex place in the world, I sadly say, that looking at stages in my life, I can easily remember the "good'ol'days" where there was one horrible thing, but I didn't know it can get worse.

I do hope society (and brits in the context of the above), will find the right balance to make a balance between feeling secured and invading privacy.

rock_artist commented on Engineer restores pay phones for free public use npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-... · Posted by u/andsoitis

rock_artist · 15 days ago

That’s indeed a very cool thing. I also guess it requires some PR so people would actually know where such phones available.

I wonder how Satellite services that just started to rise lately would change the dead spot issue.

rock_artist commented on uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari apps.apple.com/app/ublock... · Posted by u/Jiahang

rock_artist · 18 days ago

Maybe I’m missing something, on latest macOS 15.6 it seems to be working but on my iPadOS 26 latest dev release it shows as installed but no settings. and it doesn’t ask for each website.

rock_artist commented on Do not download the app, use the website idiallo.com/blog/dont-dow... · Posted by u/foxfired

rock_artist · a month ago

I’m also (old enough? to) avoid apps when I can. Sadly the history made it a thing. And while it’s not only Apple. As the early incarnation of mobile web. Apple has a lot of it on its name.

1. Original iPhone aimed for that. No AppStore. But developers especially when web stack was poor, wanted native access. It did make sense back then to ideas like WhatsApp or some audio and video apps.

2. Then Apple understood they can get a cut if they operate the AppStore.

3. Then companies understood they can benefit from more data….

I’ve recently moved country and that’s real lame. Almost any supermarket or restaurant here wants me to become a “member” and enforce me to download their app (no web!). I’ve ended up creating another Apple account since those apps weren’t available in my origin country AppStore.

Most of those apps can pretty much be web apps (they actually are :) ) but insist of me downloading something with more data.

rock_artist commented on Open Source Maintenance Fee github.com/wixtoolset/iss... · Posted by u/AndrewDucker

thinkingtoilet · a month ago

>TBH, enforcing maintenance fee for anyone who makes revenue feels unfair.

I have terrific news! You can start your own open source project that people use to make money and don't contribute back to.

>Imagine indie developer or someone who wants to try and create something but without much revenue (eg 1k / year). so 10% of your revenue goes to the installer of your product...

I have terrific news! That indie developer can create their own installer or start their own open source project that others can make money off of and not contribute back to.

>I'm all in sponsoring open-source and investing in software but part of being sustainable is making it accessible.

I have some bad news here. 99% of people aren't all in on this. We see time and time again that even mission critical open source projects struggle to get people to fund it. The projects that do tend to survive are the ones that build businesses around the project. It's very rare to have an open source project be well funded solely for existing with no business around it. Of course there are exceptions, but that model has failed near completely. That's the reality.

rock_artist · a month ago

> We see time and time again that even mission critical open source projects struggle to get people to fund it.

I think you've missed my point.

The problem (imho) is when actors that can easily pay, are avoiding it. And that's where a threshold of revenue (and also different tiers), feels more fair (again, from my perspective).

rock_artist commented on Open Source Maintenance Fee github.com/wixtoolset/iss... · Posted by u/AndrewDucker

rock_artist · a month ago

I've used WiX for a specific project in my work when I've needed MSI.

TBH, enforcing maintenance fee for anyone who makes revenue feels unfair.

There are other open-source libraries that has dual-license with some kind of GPL variant and a commercial license. but there's at least some threshold.

Imagine indie developer or someone who wants to try and create something but without much revenue (eg 1k / year). so 10% of your revenue goes to the installer of your product...

I'm all in sponsoring open-source and investing in software but part of being sustainable is making it accessible. so maybe that indie developer who used WiX for their indie project ended up going to 100k/year and now can contribute. But if originally it was capped, they might choose other solution that fits the "indie" tight budget better.

rock_artist commented on Show HN: Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS github.com/kushalpandya/P... · Posted by u/kushalpandya

rock_artist · a month ago

> macOS 14 or later

That’s a pretty high bar for a Mac app assuming some hardcore offline music lovers might use older OS versions.

rock_artist commented on Let Kids Be Loud afterbabel.com/p/let-kids... · Posted by u/trevin

rock_artist · a month ago

As we’re in tech, loud or noise are very implicit and can really range.

Reading this on Amsterdam, I know many others countries where there won’t be such a discussion at all about a soccer field outside a building.

I come from a place where children and the population is noisy due to many factors. every time we went as family on a holiday (With dutch people as an example), I saw my children become less and less vocal only to become loud as they were once we were back home.

Recently, we’ve relocated to Spain. It’s only a few months but still, I thought my children would get become less noisy similar to what we saw on holidays after a while…

But nothing changed, and also hearing other children here, they’re in the same “noisy” levels as my kids.

So there’s also a cultural aspect that needs to be considered about what is loud or how children are expected to behave, add immigration to that and cultural differences and you got so many factors.