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New comment by tfrancisl in "Sean Carroll explains the biggest ideas in the universe – Full Interview [video] (2025)"

tfrancisl — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:18:18 +0000

Surely there's no connection between quantum physics and politics...

New comment by tfrancisl in "Omarchy Is a Power Grab"

tfrancisl — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:03:29 +0000

I am much more likely to get someone to stop using omarchy and actually learn something about computers doing this than I am to convince someone to stop using a Google product. If I be can active when something like this is fresh, I will. And if you think this is just about DHHs politics, think again, its also about having that maniac in any kind of position of power anywhere. I'd say the same if he were an MLM or Kim family fanatic, but those people dont really exist, where weirdo racists do, and in large numbers.

I really dont care about the guidelines on politics here. They seem to have been made by children who are afraid to have their monied friends political passion projects criticized by smart people.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Omarchy Is a Power Grab"

tfrancisl — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:49:30 +0000

This is some Randian "no society, only individuals" level of commentary. I dont have to have a "right" to their money to find how they spend it objectionable, and I sure as hell don't need to act like their actions won't have second and third order effects. Everything is connected, and the sooner we get away from this idea that individuals operate in a bubble, the sooner we will all benefit.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Omarchy Is a Power Grab"

tfrancisl — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:43:25 +0000

This is such a disingenuous comment. People are allowed to be displeased with how these very wealthy people have spent their money without being told "hrmm, well maybe you should vote with your dollar!!"

New comment by tfrancisl in "Omarchy Is a Power Grab"

tfrancisl — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:36:29 +0000

If you think him getting money from Jack Dorsey and Michael Dell has no political implications, I have a bridge in Brooklyn and a tower in Paris to sell you. This isn't conspiracy theory, this is following incentives.

We should be aware of the motivations of the software we use. This is why we've had licensing fights for decades.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Omarchy Is a Power Grab"

tfrancisl — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:34:17 +0000

When you have to do mental leaps and bounds to make it not seem like calling for ethnic cleansing... it's probably a call for ethnic cleansing.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Omarchy development practices lead to predictable security issues"

tfrancisl — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:59:39 +0000

It has nothing special compared to Arch. In fact, I would argue its just dotfiles for Arch.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Omarchy development practices lead to predictable security issues"

tfrancisl — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:59:10 +0000

Literally funded by Michael Dell and Jack Dorsey. And DHH is just coasting on his ruby on rails clout.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Anthropic Sees over $30T in Potential Revenue"

tfrancisl — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:29:34 +0000

$30T? Why not $100T? $1000T? Why not $1 trillion trillion? If we're just pulling numbers out of our asses we may as well go big.

New comment by tfrancisl in "AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest, Stanford study finds"

tfrancisl — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:21:34 +0000

It's not what the article or study are about. Theyre about entry level white collar jobs.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Don't Wordle"

tfrancisl — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:31:30 +0000

Clicked expecting commentary on why playing NYTs wordle, and perhaps other games, was problematic for some reason. Found a game instead.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Omacom Foundation launches with $8M"

tfrancisl — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 20:03:06 +0000

For Arch, I would agree. Things break in mysterious ways and you may spend days tinkering to get a stable system. NixOS is entirely different. Once you get it working how you want, its set and forget. There are tons of simple set ups like this out there, often relying on some combo of WM + "Desktop shell" (noctalia, caelestia, etc) or simply using a fully baked DE. Using something like that cuts out the tinkering and lets you start on whatever work you are doing right away.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Omacom Foundation launches with $8M"

tfrancisl — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:11:53 +0000

It isnt a Linux distro, its dotfiles for Arch.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Omacom Foundation launches with $8M"

tfrancisl — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:52:17 +0000

Omarchy is not a distro.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Omacom Foundation launches with $8M"

tfrancisl — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:50:31 +0000

In my opinion, you wouldnt. You might sooner pick up a distro like Arch (which is what Omarchy uses; it is not a distro in itself) if you want to imperatively manage everything, or NixOS with basic hyprland or Plasma or COSMIC config, etc., and then you can declaratively handle your dots and config.

Either of these routes would teach you more about Linux and give you the ability to build a simple desktop for your needs.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027"

tfrancisl — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:07:16 +0000

"Trust me guys, the free market will work, it's just that no-one ever earnestly tried it before!!"

No. This is the end state of any semblance of laissez-faire economics. Full stop. Massive accumulation at the top, power to those with capital, rags for the poorest.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027"

tfrancisl — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:05:45 +0000

I cant tell how tongue in cheek youre trying to be, but capital rules all. I don't have billions of dollars like the trillion dollar companies do, so I am not "free" to "compete" with them in any meaningful way. Same goes for these businesses convincing governments and banks that they have to do it their way or the highway.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027"

tfrancisl — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:53:58 +0000

Why are we acting like isolating software is impossible on Linux? It isnt even difficult, there are about a dozen different models to choose from.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027"

tfrancisl — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:50:16 +0000

Nix comes in because im tired of dealing with procedural solutions to things that should be solved declaratively. I run NixOS everywhere I can because I can actually reason about what is installed on the system. "Package management" like apt and pacman and even app stores has never done it for me.

As to your other userspace concerns... these are all solveable. Perhaps with some elbow grease, but devices like the Steam Deck prove that mobile linux isnt as much of a problem re: userspace as you claim.

Ed.: I'd also like to add that the fuss around security is _mostly_ Google propaganda. Android is not meaningfully more secure, _without application level changes_ than Linux.

New comment by tfrancisl in "Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027"

tfrancisl — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:05:38 +0000

This is exactly where my head goes. There's nothing special about this hardware other than its small form factor. Sure, some desktop apps would likely want a different skin, but thats hardly limiting.