Miguel @mitcoes@fosstodon.org

"I believe clown computing was devised as a way to decommoditise high-end computing by jacking up hardware prices so the only way for many smaller companies to be able to afford it anymore would be to rent computing capacity" -psydroid at #techrights

#Python is dead then https://nitter.net/gvanrossum/status/1326932991566700549 #deletePython

I don’t doubt that Apple’s new MacBook is a technological marvel. As they now make the OS, CPU and GPU, I believe their claims of much improved performance while also using less energy.

But...

It seems to me like the software is going to be even more closed than before. Now you can’t even install Windows or Linux on their computer anymore. And it seems like Apple will be able to prevent you from installing an app they don’t want you to install.

I want that computer, made by someone else.

Apple is about to take "walled garden" to astronomical level. everything inside a closed chip. no expandable ram, no expandable storage, with the difference between "air" and "pro" being battery life an a touch bar. Total control. Control of everything you do, and run, on your computer. Advice.....
RUN. Get out while you still can!!

Want to see a @PINE64 #PinePhone with #PlasmaMobile connect to a bigger screen? Check out my video of #Manjaro #PlasmaMobile #dev:

PeerTube: https://devtube.dev-wiki.de/videos/watch/1d7249d4-e577-4c8c-9f64-74855792f019
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgEnSd5w4cQ
LBRY: https://lbry.tv/@linmob:3/manjaro-plasma-mobile-on-the-pinephone:e

... and stay tuned to catch my video of the same on #postmarketOS edge. #Convergence

Pardon me, but all the noise about the new Apple M1 chip and it's performance is quite unbelievable. I found a Geekbench test where the A14X chip is pitted against an i9 Macbook and the Apple chip beats it. Apparently it even beats my AMD 3700X in single thread performance (as if). I find it hard to believe that Intel is doing such a bad job, that Apple can overtake them with an ARM based chip in performance.

#ChangeMyMind

https://wccftech.com/a14x-bionic-specs-performance-numbers-leak-outperforms-16-inch-macbook-pro/

#HackRead the latest site to relay #microsoft FUD and diversion. Link omitted; 1) http://techrights.org/2020/11/07/ransomware-at-zdnet/ and 2) http://techrights.org/2020/11/10/security-lies/

The @opensuse + @libreoffice Conference featured a talk about #Kurento that provided several insights about a video conferencing systems. Bandwidth, video and audio quality can all be complex. Find out how #Kurento simplifies the complexity. https://youtu.be/ztEouABEUzY

Damn.

Not log ago, I thought that the whole NAZI thing was fading away.
I didn't give it much thought. Perhaps a few old misguided rednecks hanging out at their still in the backwoods recalling the days of their youth swapping stories of the cousins they kissed... etc...

But NoOOoo. It's whack-a-asshole all over again.

So.. What was the point of that war we fought in the 40's?

I find it a disgrace to forget what what the fallen were fighting for.

Freedom And Liberty for ALL!

Someone must be an ass or idiot to lost a re-election in the USA. Trump is close to be the 5th president in the history to achieve that such of anti record.

The last President who could not achieve the re-election was George H. W. Bush (1989 - 1993), he lost against Bill Clinton.

Avoid #Chuwi and their #CoreBox ... shameless #microsoft boosters. I wonder if (or how much) Microsoft paid them to abandon #gnu #linux as option. There's precedence from the criminals at Microsoft (yes, bribery).

Hi, I wanna share a tip that I found for all Spanish speakers trying to put an ñ or some written accent in English encoded keyboard:
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Hola, quiero compartir un tip que encontré para todos los hispanohablantes tratando de poner una ñ o algún acento escrito en el teclado codificado en inglés:

In this weeks edition of It's About Time: 'European Parliament calls for ban on unpaid internship' https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/european-parliament-calls-for-ban-on-unpaid-internships/

#DRM "is a system for prohibiting legal conduct that manufacturers and their shareholders don't like." #lawmakers + #bribery = #businessModel for #monopoly https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1316793971893440517

For the folks who run #VoidLinux and are also experienced or at least knowledgeable of #ArchLinux, what are the things that attracted you and/or keep you on Void? Lack of Systemd? The package manager? Arch not anti-cool enough anymore?

Do you miss the AUR?

I'm not going to argue anyone's opinion. I am curious to hear.

October News Update:

- New Pine Store

- #PineTab & #PinebookPro LCD shortages

- #PinePhone @ManjaroLinux CE box + image

- PinePhone Qi charging, NFC & keyboard

- #SOEdge AI module-call to action

- #PineCube IP camera now available+ more lenses coming

- #PineTime progress & more

https://www.pine64.org/2020/10/15/update-new-hacktober-gear/