contractors, "specialists", etc. who never took the time to read how CORS works and how simply you can handle a list of allowable sites, etc.

it's only complicated until you take the 5-10 minutes to properly understand what happens where. if you don't know, go do it now.

One note - a lot of the distros are Debian based (Mint/Ubuntu/etc.) vs. Red Hat (Fedora, Asahi - M1/2 Apple hardware Fedora, etc.) vs. Arch Linux.

If you're just getting started it's probably easier to get into the Debian world, but I'd advise you to dip your toes in other distros too unless you just deeply fall in love with your first pick.

(I have my 80 year old neighbor happily running Mint on their old computer to save them from having to buy a new Windows machine.)

Linux has been rock-solid for nearly two decades (imo). Most of the pain people run into has very little to do with the OS and a lot to do with expectations. If your goal is to keep running Windows software on something that isn’t Windows, you’re going to fight it forever. If instead you step back and ask, “What does a Linux-native workflow look like for what I actually do?” things tend to fall into place.

I leaned on VMware for years as a crutch, mostly to avoid giving up tools I’d already invested time and money in - eventually realizing I was stuck in sunk-cost thinking.

Once I committed and stopped half-living in another OS, everything got simpler. As an integration software developer and architect, I haven’t booted a Windows machine or VM in nearly a decade — and I don’t miss it. Sure - new tools and commands to learn but no one misses regedit and if your skills are as good as you like people to think they are you can learn to love the shell/terminal.

If you’re on the fence, try it — but actually commit to it. Pick a distro that matches your preferences, knowing that once you’re under the hood, most of the look, feel, and behavior is yours to shape anyway.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46797069

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Volunteer at a museum if you like art, etc.

You just have to go live and bump into other people living in the world.

the stories are real, and in some cases you may need it — in most cases you don’t. and it clearly doesn’t always protect you.

https://tiddlywiki.com/

from the article, only around 14% think DE&I efforts are "too much", while 54% say "about right", 17% "not sure", 15% "too little".

for thinking increasing DE&I at work is a good thing, only 47% of white people agreed while 78%, 72%, 65% (Black, Asian, Hispanic) thought so.

i feel like "talk to an African American of privilege" and what follows is incorrect. i know and have known a lot of well off Black friends and associates and they all have stories - there are a lot of racists in the north too, they just act a little different.

Poorly written headline for a very thin article.

Sure, lots of people who are white and deny systemic racism or the effects of it exist. That’s literally the problem we’re fighting and why we need diversity efforts.

Dorsey isn't really "actively" in any of this process or direction beyond the initial setup of things at Blue Sky btw. Jay is doing a great job and a lot of the "protocol" hubbub is actually some unfortunate (in this scenario) nomenclature and less actual new protocols.

i'm for whatever thing(s) allow for a healthier online experience for folks and whatever keeps _us_ from being the product.

is it perfect? no. neither is anything else in the decentralized space in any way shape or form.

it's also beta, and they're working their asses off on it with the right directions in mind.

as someone who's worked in software for 25 years now (most of them as a developer) i find the criticisms to be mainly about boosting the profile of the critic and less an honest take on the platform and protocol.

i find what they're trying to do to be delightful with a very good north star.

take that as you will.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35890467

Points: 8

# Comments: 3

I came here to say this is a great idea, I literally took a loss and sold my Volvo XC40 Recharge and went back to an old BMW i3 because the larger vehicles honestly don’t make actual sense (the article clarifies this more than I’m going to bother with here) to me.

We need to stop propelling tanks and start driving vehicles sized to fit the need.