There is zero malware or spyware on the F-Droid store

That is a bold claim considering that :

1. Proving that something does not exist is very hard
2. F-droid allows you to rely on third party repositories (and makes it easy)

Although Google have to be mad lads if they actually think people are not responsible of what they install after having to enable developer options, accepting 2 popups and eventually adding a custom repository to F-droid.

To what others say (not many people use custom ROMs) I’ll add that using f-droid on a Googled ROM is often the first foot into the ecosystem, that might confort people into commiting to a custom ROM.

Linux phones are moving fast but it feels like Android is moving faster on the other direction 😥

(Yes I know Android is built over Linux, I mean more traditional and open distros like postmarketos)

I see three ways of switching windows on windows :

1. Clicking on the taskbar, but its quite slow because it relies entirely on mouse control
2. Using alt+tab, this is super efficient when you have at most 4 windows open, then you often have to scroll through the whole list and concentrate to not miss your window
3. Using the task view : this should be the modern way, the trackpads shortcut is super intuitive, it works well with many windows and is well integrated with virtual desktops. But it seems completely unfinished : it’s super laggy, very buggy (animations often freeze leaving some windows impossible to select) the taskbar blinks for no reason 🤷

But again, I think I’ve been spoiled by Linux. Many desktop environments integrates virtual screen so well that you can easily switch between apps in less than 200ms, which is a big deal : if you look at two apps it’s almost more convenient than moving your sight from one monitor to another (for example copying some data, or monitoring some progress)

“Multi modal”

Will it finally be possible to be productive with more that 3 windows open?

I was gonna make a sarcastic comment on how surprised I was that a 5$ subscription is not enough for something so heavy that it requires building new nuclear plants.

But holly shit, ChatGPT+ is 23€/months.

Why the fuck would you call an external API for a static font?? O_o

Does it have something to do with paid plans?

So he’s now over with AR honeymoon?

The idea that RAGs “extend their memory” is also complete bullshit. We literally just finally build working search engine, but instead of using a nice interface for it we only let chatbots use them.

To sum it up even more : this looks like standard end-to-end encryption, but any app user have the same network traffic, completed with fake data if no communication is needed.

Also, working a bit on developing my photos from RAW over last years taught me how we actually expect a lot of magic from a regular camera. The brain does a lot of work and low/high light compensation, color balance, etc… are required to some extend. Of course sometimes it becomes a bit absurd : most smartphone pictures seems oversaturated, with clear blue skies and I one took a photo of a blue-ish mountain because (I think) some classifier thought it was part of the sky.

Is there any chance this is the same HDR technology that has been around for at least 10 years, but using latest marketing buzzwords?

I don’t mind having a few screws to remove every few years when I need to replace my battery.

Although there is another thing, I’m not sure but I wonder if it has any impact. My FP3 has made a few very bad falls and nothing ever broke. I wonder if its “bad” integrity makes it very good at dissipating the fall’s energy.

So mythical that it’s the first time I hear of this BS 🤷

I don’t get if WhatsApp is subject to hosting this backdoor thing?

while we work on making improvements

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The fact that he tried to make it like there is a reasonable reason is delightful.

Yeah, I think there was some efforts, until we found out that adding billions of parameters to a model would allow both to write the useless part in emails that nobody reads and to strip out the useless part in emails that nobody reads.

I love how even this flagship feature is just one more lazy shortcut to another app that bloats the context menu 😅

That makes them organized and dangerous idiots to me.

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AI assistant tools probably won’t push us on the right direction for this one. (Or maybe they will by encouraging people not to import a different library for any 6-lines function they need?)