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New comment by fl4regun in "Top laptops to use with FreeBSD"

fl4regun — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:42:10 +0000

I use arch, but I don't see the distro as mattering that much. For the most part it just feels like picking your poison on which init system, what package manager you want to use, etc, but the end experience isn't too different once everything is set up. I can run steam on each one, they all have gcc, they all have support for the same set of desktop environments, they all have chrome/ff/whatever browser you want. At this point I'm just using what I have set up because the setup is what takes most of the effort, once that's done, it's smooth sailing.

New comment by fl4regun in "Microsoft is employing dark patterns to goad users into paying for storage?"

fl4regun — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:31:46 +0000

For real, the tools at my workplace either all work on linux already, or we just do most of our work on AWS linux VMs over VNC anyways, but our laptops are all windows. I'd rather have debian or fedora or whatever on my laptop but IT doesn't care, and they already have everything set up on windows. My laptop doesn't even matter, it basically only needs access to a web browser and it would be fine.

The gaming moat is ever shrinking, at this point it's really only for games that explicitly choose not to support linux (very few in number), or have decided that kernel based anti cheat is the ONLY one worth using (few in number but some can be quite popular). Single player games have been working great for me for many years now, but I don't play stuff like apex legends, league, valorant etc.

New comment by fl4regun in "Top laptops to use with FreeBSD"

fl4regun — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:02:34 +0000

So can anyone give me a short explanation on why someone would use freeBSD over linux? I do run it technically, on my router (OPNSense), but that's not a personal computer, like a desktop or laptop. What are the advantages to running FreeBSD?

New comment by fl4regun in "The Importance of Being Idle"

fl4regun — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:17:44 +0000

it seems like you are interpreting this as an argument for "not doing work" - but it's not the case. It is more so saying that rest is important too. You ever have the experience that you are bashing your head against something, take a break to stop working on it, and come back refreshed and solve it quickly? Just because something is important, doesn't mean you should do that thing, single-mindedly, at the expense of other things.

New comment by fl4regun in "The Importance of Being Idle"

fl4regun — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:09:36 +0000

lol it's the same here in Canada, I'm guessing the US too is not too different

New comment by fl4regun in "The Importance of Being Idle"

fl4regun — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:02:50 +0000

Why are you arguing for EU member states to become US territories instead of EU states just federalizing?

New comment by fl4regun in "Why are we still using Markdown?"

fl4regun — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:16:18 +0000

i use it because it does what i want and is easy to use.

New comment by fl4regun in "Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom"

fl4regun — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:01:46 +0000

Anatomy might matter if you're talking about world champion speed typing. I don't think it matters for just being competent (I say this as a man with short and fat fingers)

New comment by fl4regun in "Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry"

fl4regun — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:41:03 +0000

if you are asking me how you *guarantee* there is not a single possible exploit in your code, you can't do that. But you can do your best and learn about common pitfalls and be reasonably competent. Just because you can't do the former doesn't mean the latter is useless.

New comment by fl4regun in "LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions"

fl4regun — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:11:45 +0000

Your response comes packaged with a pill that I believe many people would not swallow: If it makes more profit then we should do it.

New comment by fl4regun in "LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions"

fl4regun — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:55:51 +0000

here's an idea: don't use those sites.

New comment by fl4regun in "LinkedIn is illegally searching your computer"

fl4regun — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:54:59 +0000

not sure why you're talking about "commercial business" being the one inserting ads everywhere when even niche community run forums from the 2000s also had ads to help pay for their server costs. At the end of the day all this costs money. Whether its paid by ads or direct subscriptions. IMO the problem is more about concentration and centralization of the internet into a handful of sites than advertising.

New comment by fl4regun in "Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry"

fl4regun — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:49:24 +0000

Is this a serious question? If you are handling sensitive information how do you confirm your application is secure and won't leak or expose information to people who shouldn't know it?