Mike Trotz @mtrotz@librem.one
Joined Jun 2019
@nielsk This would be expected based on how the New Outlook works. It's just the web version in a window. There are no PST files for local storage for IMAP or POP accounts; it is all stored on the web.
Mike Trotz
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What is a common factor between the following lists?
* Traffic lights
* Parking meters
* Nuclear submarines
* Spacecrafts
* Smart appliances (refrigerators)
* Air traffic control systems
* Stock exchange
* Supercomputers
They all are powered by #Linux 馃惂
Mike Trotz
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Responding to my Linux posts with "Linux doesn't work because [insert your specific bug with it]" is just as caustic as the "You should use Linux because [insert reason]".
Linux and FOSS isn't the source of the caustic environment. It's the enthusiast-grade caffeine-addled malcontents on all sides that make discourse unbearable.
I will not be taking questions on this.
@nixCraft Bruce Springsteen Born to Run
@jacqui An old guy perspective: When I was a kid, they had been phasing this out (the early 70s), but the golden arches on the older McDonald buildings still hanging around were actual arches, part of the building, nothing to do with the "M" for McDonalds.
Mike Trotz
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Mike Trotz
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Poll: Are your non-tech friends and family members using #ChatGPT instead of search engines? Please boost for reach. 馃檹
Mike Trotz
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Who thought this was a good move apart from OpenAI? 馃槀 All this, because they didn't want to give humans money and keep everything to top 1%. #machinelearning #artificialintelligence #ChatGPT
@nixCraft I hope it evolves into the shape of a talking paperclip with big blinky eyes. "I see you are trying to write a script. Would you like some help?" ,
Microsoft sniping
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I saw a developer today.
No company swag hoodie.
No stickers on their laptop.
No mechanical keyboard.
No Windows or macOS.
No ChatGPT or Copilot.
He just sat there. He was typing code away in vim running on Arch Linux and an older ThinkPad, like a psychopath.
@vkc My memory is vague. Did Windows 95 (or other contemporary OS) have a downloads folder?
Is anyone a Remarkable or Remarkable2 user? I think Amazon's Kindle Scribe just killed them.
Mike Trotz
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CP/M is now actually open source! Finally you can put a good OS on your computer.
http://www.cpm.z80.de/license.html
Mike Trotz
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We should bring back the <blink> tag. I mean, what fucking difference does it make at this point?
Mike Trotz
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Hi fediverse! Boosts appreciated on this one.
I鈥檓 part of a co-op building a platform for artists to sell art without getting exploited. I鈥檝e been working on it for a while but there鈥檚 a lot of work to do and I could use some help. A ton of the main features are in place, but there鈥檚 still some big gaps and a lot of polish left before it can launch.
The platform is fully open source and developed in the open. It鈥檚 built on Phoenix/Elixir and Tailwindcss. Our co-op is already incorporated and established and it鈥檚 open to members that want to actually commit but you don鈥檛 need to be a member to contribute or help.
Does this sound interesting? I鈥檇 love some help! I鈥檓 also happy to answer questions. And no, you don鈥檛 need to know Elixir already. It鈥檚 pretty easy to learn for the things you鈥檇 be using it for. Even some design help would be welcome. Feel free to reply here or DM me!
re: UNIX nerd assertiveness
re: UNIX nerd assertiveness
Mike Trotz
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Runs on Librem 5 smartphone, Day 9 - GNU Emacs
Joined Jun 2019
