@raphael I removed snap from my system and installed firefox from https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
that seems to be working well so far
@musenhain It depends on the task at hand.
C for small little bits of code that need to run very fast, C++11 for more complex things, a mix of C/C++/web for frontend/visual things.
Sadly C++ is becoming quite disappointing, too much bloat and new design choices that make it look like a whole different language, it might as well be.
Wouldn't mind it so much but libraries now require C++17 and above.
Rust maybe? but only when we get good GCC support. Dont want to carry any cargo in my projects.
A group of #rail, #transit, and #urbanist advocates are organizing a Zoom call this Thursday in support of the #HarrisWalz2024 ticket. Can you help us spread the word? https://www.eventbrite.com/e/train-lovers-for-harriswalz-tickets-982490013077
@nerd4cities @notjustbikes @ShareTheCities @reece @alex @ohtheurbanity@video.canadiancivil.com
A little milestone achieved, Carla is working with Qt6 now! 🎉
I wish to be doing other things than updating to new frameworks to stay relevant, but at least Qt5 -> Qt6 compatibility is quite okay.
The annoyance is more on PyQt side that loves to break backwards compat. And Python somewhat too.
I regret having chosen Python for the frontend but a bit too late now since there is quite a lot of code...
A friend of mine is starting her own music band "Eyes Awaiting", a metal duo that "tell stories about human emotions, day-to-day struggles, the mysteries, the deep traumas and the joys of life"
See details on
https://www.eyesawaiting.com/ including their very first music video! 🎉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL7OSU6pv6o
Very happy for her, so want to share the news on the fediverse side.
Boosts appreciated, share the love and appreciate some nice music!
@win8linux This is really sad to see, opensource projects using proprietary platforms with awful ToS and privacy policies for communication really should not be a thing...
It is an unofficial channel at least, so the main Haiku devs still have some good sense. But whoever runs this Haiku mastodon account does not.
@unfa congrats! do you know if there is going to be a linux release?
The Internet Archive has several technical job openings right now, including a Website Software Engineer and DevOps Engineer.
@unfa this is an odd video format... is the guy just reading a blog post? correct me if I am wrong but that seems to be it..
@sampo ah very cool! maybe we should try an updated plugin version at some point too
This is an absolutely metal business decision made by OpenDNS (Cisco).
Court orders in France and Portugal are requiring the big open DNS resolvers (Google, OpenDNS, CloudFlare, etc.) to block resolution of a small list of domains for anyone in those countries.
OpenDNS seems to have decided to not implement the blocklist, and instead will just not answer any DNS queries from inside those countries.
Change implemented on a Friday evening, for maximum surprise.
'He added that finding developers who know vanilla JavaScript and not just the frameworks was an “unexpected difficulty.”'
From an excellent piece by @ricmac on one company's transition from React to native DOM APIs and vanilla JS
https://thenewstack.io/pivoting-from-react-to-native-dom-apis-a-real-world-example/
To be clear, since many folks seem to not understand it:
I am NOT saying Linux and FOSS software is perfect for all workflows. I am NOT saying you aren't "trying hard enough" if you can't switch or don't want to. I am NOT saying my way is better and your way is worse. I am NOT calling you lazy.
What I am saying, emphatically, is that telling people that #Linux and #FOSS are *incapable* of professional work is fundamentally incorrect.
It's my profession, I do it, and it works.
@prokoudine in theory in 4 years there will be less of them