The pixel 9 doesn’t do the blinding thing anymore, and it works pretty well. This is apparently an even better version of that.

Don’t disagree that on the back should be a thing too, the sensor on the back of the pixel 5 (IIRC?) was perfectly quick and had a few useful gestures you could use it for. I doubt it would increase the BOM much to just have both considering we’re talking at phones that cost a grand

Oh yes, more of this.

I think having a healthy population is key for defense too, so I’d say NHS spending is also defense spending and should get a slice of that pie

VScode locally, vim if I’m shelled into something

Used to use sublimetext, but roughly a decade ago VSCode ended up getting a lot of inertia, and that resulted in better plugins (at the time anyway)

I’ve used the jetbrains stuff and I do not get the hype whatsoever, it’s bloaty and cumbersome.

One of the main reasons I switched from vim as my main was ping-pong pair programming. I’m not gonna be the arsehole that tries to force a junior dev to figure out vim instead of actually working on the ticket. Still 100% my go-to in text mode though, it’s basically perfect.

I also am short sighted, though possibly a bit worse than you given your description. If my glasses suddenly fell off there are plenty of hazards I would potentially miss. Idiot kid about to run into the road, etc.

I think I’m more concerned about the unfortunate scenarios where:

Glasses fuck up meaning driver can only see near -> something that needs quick reactions happens to avoid someone dying -> driver is fumbling with glasses or trying to find a spare pair -> somebody dies

I don’t think I want it to be possible for someone’s glasses to die or freeze

People do dangerous things that are made safer by the fact they can see—like driving

Edit: you’ll need a prescription because the amount of focus it needs to do will be different for everyone and there isn’t a sensor to determine your eyesight

Genuinely though, the point of YouTube premium is to get rid of the ads…

We seem to be making cable TV again where you pay a premium for the privilege of being advertised to

Do you live somewhere without winter?

Looking forward to the new era of security holes caused by this

See you in 2033

People (still) don’t take it seriously when you point out actual fascism.

The only solution to having a Nazi problem is violence against Nazis. They cannot be reasoned with and are a threat to everyone else.

The speech free platform continues to remove speech.

MSN messenger died for Skype

Skype died for Teams

We’re not on a great trajectory here

(Yes Lync too, but everyone was pleased about that)

Also tangentially related: one of Tim Berners-Lee’s regrets is the two forward slashes between the protocol scheme and the domain name

Also I love that the older BBC articles are frozen in time like this

Well one of the main problems people are having with AI is that it doesn’t get things correct every time.

I mean, if they adjust it away from the correct assessment that modern conservatives are actively malicious morons, it’s probably going to be so bent out of shape that it’ll be incapable of telling anything remotely truthful.

Proton for ARM is not (currently) a thing, if that’s a factor

Is it clever enough to not send STOP to engagement fishing spam? Like the ones that use the STOP message to add you to a list of people who actually read the thing and then you’re spammed a load more for months?

I think there’s an alpine build too if your system has low oxygen levels

In the magpie nests

(Sorry, you made me think of this article)

I’m in the same boat as you, with decades of projects I want to be able to open.

However, OP mentioned Reaper, which has a native Linux version! So as long as they’re not using a load of VSTs, and the ones they do play nicely with Linux, it could work out for them

The only way is to give it a go and find out though