Wait, for real? I really thought kagi had its own thing going on, and that was why people would pay for it. Not like a fully bespoke index, but I assumed it was more than that. I guess the “quality control” is what I had heard about.

There’s a larger cone man out of frame trying to coax the hatchlings across the street

Generally I agree. It feels kind of shoehorned in when desktop is your goal, like more of an afterthought or side effect of the overall focus.

The main thing I hang on to is the code-specified configuration. I never got into managing dotfiles with arch, but that could be a better solution for many people. Especially along with btrfs, numerous containerization options, and whatnot.

I went from Arch to NixOS, so I can offer a bit there.

You definitely won’t want to rely on it until you know a good amount and get comfortable. Things can be made to work, but knowing how to get it done is the main thing most of the time.

Regarding package availability, it’s just a matter of a few oddly esoteric incantations and version controlled code, usually. Binaries are another story but still possible, and python is a special case of that.

It has been an annoyance for me, but I’ve also learned a lot by getting things to work. If you use any niche python stuff you’re bound to run into something. A bunch is already packaged and works fine, though. Either way there’s a bit of extra nuance, which is more to learn.

You don’t have to start with NixOS and can feel it out using nix on any distro. It can be hard to tell if someone will vibe with it. All that said, it could be more than you’re looking to get into, but you can ease into it if you’re interested.

Nichijou was the first thing I thought of. It’s just so carefree and cute, but unexpectedly wild. I love absurdist humor, too.

On top of that it’s the first time I really “got” anime, so it’s sentimental. I clicked with it hardcore, and was embarrassed about it for a while.

Just imagine anime night with the bros, watching sword art, and you’re the only one who just needs to fit in another episode of Nichijou lol

Being the change you want to see in the world. I like it.

Oh man, I remember a friend having a heavy duty OtterBox. We were hanging out in the campus stadium and lobbing it as far as we could… That same night someone did a trustfall from the goal post. We had fun.

I don’t know how I went so long without breaking a screen. Galaxy S3 to iPhone 5s across 4 or 5 years, scuffed edges but never the screen.

It was the galaxy S7 that finally went. I swear I dropped it a foot or less while sitting down in my car. From coat pocket into the console gap. Not out even out the door, and that had happened before without breaking. I was so mad that that was what did it.

I didn’t even use a case religiously until the S7! I blame the obsession with all glass phones.

4?? Also, the screenshot reminds me of hedgehog launch. Pulled it right out of the recesses of my memory.

I was like “but the other three are real words…”

Apparently diminutive is the only one that doesn’t trace its origin to the book. TIL! Funny how language works.

You nearly killed me with a damn meme. I can’t breathe lmao, jesits take the wheel

I wouldn’t say “the cloud” is exactly in the same realm. It’s broad and definitely had its heyday being thrown around in marketing, but it’s a very real facet in modern software. More specialized and actually useful AI will probably end up in a similar place eventually.

I think I’m talking myself out of my original point though lol. Kind of conflated LLMs and AI at first. I just wish LLMs weren’t the only things with money behind them.

True. I’ve worked in pretty small teams with usually 2-4 devs paired, so it kind of worked out as both what we got through, what’s next priority, and how we plan to split out that day. Especially if we were light on stories.

It’s quite a thing, that could only be a product of the 70s. Might make you go “huh?”, and is almost certainly the only context I feel comfortable with the word transvestite today.

Yeah but then I’m up and sitting there like “oh shit, what the hell did I do yesterday?”

To be fair, it’s software specifically designed to run digital backups of what’s supposed to be personally owned media. It just so happens that it’s very easy to obtain a copy otherwise, but there’s nothing inherently illegal about it or the games.

Strong arming independent projects, and individual developers especially, that are very careful to not endorse that, effectively holding them accountable for others, is morally questionable at best.

It’s T’au heresy, I tell ya! Begone with it!

Recite your text of choice in Latin while formatting for full effect

Edit: or vacuum out the fans Luigi’s mansion style for practicality

“I know you’re sick of it, but I’m gonna need you to get the chicken Parm again. Trust the process!”

But babe, we have to go out tonight. It’s for science!