I may regret this at some point, but I felt the need to put down in writing how I feel about this moment in the tech industry.
It is not kind. You may well be insulted by it. If you are... then you really should question yourself.
@Dendrobatus_Azureus yeah I know, thats why I said it. I just think local send is over-hyped. It is meant for LAN files sharing, and this problem humanity solved in like 90s. Diffrent solutions get their own place in my heart. Syncthing for easy NAT traversal. KDE Connect for Apple like experience on any phone. Nextcloud for its web interface. In single houshold setup I'd use SMB (Wndows built-in default) or SFTP (default on Linux). Less configuration, less programs to work with. The standards.
I've read your responses to my toot twice. Thank you 💕 for reacting.
IMHO your though process does not justify the hate you've got for localsend.
Your hate towards, the for you unknown program, localsend is **unfounded*"
Cherish the fact that there is choice and diversity in OpenSource programming.
Stable release versions for synchronizing files exist since the 1970s, not the 1990s. You've clearly not been around long enough to realize that fact **
Ever since plain simple sh existed, such programs were coded. One such program was coded more than fifty years ago and is still in active use.
Please be so kind to use wisdom and intelligence when you react and respond to toots. You acted like a typical snobbish Linux user. Reactions like yours don't contribute anything positive, no one learns from toots like the ones you posted in this thread.
I've never had such responses from the people in the BSD range of Operating Systems.
Even here on the FediVerse the diverse responses from Linux only users and programmers were not of such nature and low caliber.
I'm surprised, yet paradoxically expected your motivational chain.
** If you have been around long enough, to know open source code from the 1970s, look in the mirror and ask yourself why you have reacted in such a manner .
I will still wish you a good day / night, wherever you may reside.
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#KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology
@Dendrobatus_Azureus frankly, I dont get hype around localsend. Never used it but I hate it. You must install on both ends, like KDE connect, but KDE connect gives you a lot more than just sharing a file. And if the only thing you need is filesharing, then you have plenty of solutions to choose from - most of them only need serverside, and nothing new to be installed on client. So where is benefit of localsend?
Thank you for your reaction.
Your statement
'never used localsend but hate it'
fascinates me. Can you elaborate on how your process of thought flows when you say that?
I cannot hate something I don't know, I don't test, I don't try out, and I do not even hate things or people, because it is positive energy, that I flipped around to negative energy, which benefits no one; not even me
#KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology
Today, on #HackerNews, a user is arguing that reading code is a more productive activity than writing code. 🤦♂️
Not only are workloads increasing, by hollowing out their junior ranks, businesses are putting themselves squarely in the path of a slow-burning demographic time bomb as seniors begin to retire in record numbers.
"There won’t be an endless supply of experienced hires to fall back on, so everyone will be fighting for the limited, increasingly expensive talent with domain expertise"
What exactly is the tech-industry's endgame here?
https://www.fastcompany.com/91483431/companies-replaced-entry-level-workers-with-ai
#noai #techbros #ai #llm #technology #programming #sysadmin #linux #indieweb #capitalism #reading #art #adhd
Do the simplest thing that could possibly work
https://www.seangoedecke.com/the-simplest-thing-that-could-possibly-work/
Do the simplest thing that could possibly work
https://www.seangoedecke.com/the-simplest-thing-that-could-possibly-work/
Autovectorization seems like a cool way to write cross platform SIMD code. But does anyone know of solutions to the insight issue? If I were to write a function which relies on autovectorization, wouldn't I literally have to 1) compile with every compiler + compiler settings + CPU arch + platform I wanna support, 2) disassemble all resulting binaries, 3) read analyze the assembly code to verify that it's vectorized how I expect, and 4) repeat for every change?
I should note that you can not make the mistake of comparing KDEconnect extended capabilities with those of localsend.
They operate on totally different realms.
KDEconnect has a set of plugins which work like functional libraries. There so many that I will have to include a screenshot, just to give you a sample of what KDEconnect can actually do.
Local follows The Unix Principle; it does One thing in a does it very well.
In case you've gotten curious; you can install KDEconnect with its accompanying libraries on another working environment apart from KDE. You do not need to run a full KDE Desktop Environment.
Over here I run KDEconnect on machines which have Xfce4 running, while it's counterpart runs on a couple of Androids.
KDEconnect also runs on Ancient Android Operating Systems
The programming team of KDE does not care where you run it's wonderful software as long as you can enjoy it.
The same goes for The GNOME programming team. I run Cairo Dock ** and GPartED also on Xfce4. In fact I run many Gnome libraries in Xfce4 to have crucial functionality in many parts of the Xfce4 Desktop Environment. Without those wonderful libraries I would run a crippled version of Xfce4.
I have include screenshots from one of my energy efficient desktop computers where I will show you that I run GNOME software and KDE software in Xfce4 DE
I've just finished configuring the weather applet in Cairo Dock which gets its feed from OpenMeteo (not visible in screencap01)
**Update: Cairo Dock is programmed by it's own dedicated team. They have been doing the awesome work since 2007
In screencap 01 you see
* KDEConnect to the left
* Thunar from XFce4 to the right with important GNOME libs giving it extra functionalities
*Cairo Dock from GNOME at the bottom with advanced launch capabilities
#KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology
Software as Fast Fashion, by @tante:
Software as Fast Fashion, by @tante:
"Starting Forth, the Forth language tutorial, is shared freely here in its official online edition. Updates to the original text include code examples that run on iForth and SwiftForth systems. Aficionados (and detractors) of the original book’s illustrations will find most of them restored in this edition by FORTH, Inc.
"Notes about this online edition
"Changes made by FORTH, Inc. to Marcel’s version were primarily related to internet coding standards and visual presentation. We also restored the book’s original illustrations here, in most cases. The following notes are also relevant and important to those familiar with the original edition.
"Notes by Marcel Hendrix
"This transcript is not an exact reproduction. Forth code has been ANSified. All code should run on at least SwiftForth and iForth. Where necessary, statements that were valid in 1981 have been exchanged with statements more appropriate for 2003 (when this tribute was written)."
"Starting Forth, the Forth language tutorial, is shared freely here in its official online edition. Updates to the original text include code examples that run on iForth and SwiftForth systems. Aficionados (and detractors) of the original book’s illustrations will find most of them restored in this edition by FORTH, Inc.
"Notes about this online edition
"Changes made by FORTH, Inc. to Marcel’s version were primarily related to internet coding standards and visual presentation. We also restored the book’s original illustrations here, in most cases. The following notes are also relevant and important to those familiar with the original edition.
"Notes by Marcel Hendrix
"This transcript is not an exact reproduction. Forth code has been ANSified. All code should run on at least SwiftForth and iForth. Where necessary, statements that were valid in 1981 have been exchanged with statements more appropriate for 2003 (when this tribute was written)."
"AI agents—specifically tools like Claude Code—are inherently vulnerable to a "nightmare" security flaw: Indirect Prompt Injection"
#AI #CyberSecurity #PromptInjection #AIAgents #LLM #Programming #InfoSec #TechSecurity #ClaudeCode
Oof the latest Laracasts Snippet podcast from Jeffery Way is the most depressing thing. Hearing him open by talking about all the staff he had to lay off... then gush about the #AI #coding agents being his 'buddy' that pumps out code so fast & he spends his time sanity checking it... is so heartbreaking.
