i was this kid, in beirut, using cracked and pirated software to learn how to program. stuff that was never released in the middle east or stuff that wouldnt make sense to buy for a 10 year old. and guess what? microsoft didnt go out of business. and i have a career in media art and software engineering despite being from the armpit of the world. win win. intellectual property is fake, steal from corporations, kill the cop in your mind.
Speaking of RAM I might end up upgrading to the higher spec GPD WIN 4 model since I keep running out. I have like 3 GB allocated to video ram right now and VS Code eats through half of the remainder just idling in a rust project. God forbid I open a zoom call then my Element client (which easily reaches 3GB) client gets killed by the system 🥲🥲🥲🥲
My main win from using wayland natively is that my speech to text with `ydotool` now gets affected by keyboard modifyers. If I want to quit an application I hit my left bumper (mapped to ctrl) on my controller and say `quebec`. If I want to open my terminal I hit R4 and say "tango". Toggling my STT is R4+A (return jkey).
With this I am more effective with stt+controller than my mini bt keyboard. 🥳
Eventually I want to get a screen reader involved to more effectively navigate content.
Neat, came accross this alternative to the #SteamDeck
Seems to be aimed mostly at retro gamers but it also has a vr mode for some reason. I wonder if it can run linux >:)
BTW for anyone into #VR #XR #AR and #Cyberspace, I have a matrix channel set up where we chat about that stuff and how it overlaps with decentralized systems. https://matrix.to/#/#LoFirCy:mauve.moe
@screaminggoat @mttaggart conversely, as someone who works in cyber insurance, and sees that the amount of data held is one of the biggest drivers of incident costs, I’d *love* to see less personal data being held by companies and moved around.
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Operating systems like iOS and Android are designed as media consumption devices (e.g.: for watching TikTok or Instagram). They are barely usable as a general purpose computer.
Several libre mobile operating systems aspire to imitate iOS and Android. With good intent: so that user familiar with these are familiar with the new libre OS.
The downside is that these new libre platforms are not well-designed mobile computer operating systems; they're mostly imitations of media consumption devices.
Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
Exploring what a local-first cyberspace might look like in my spare time.