I really hope journalists stop called IBM Red Hat. Red Hat is dead.

Some small corrections here (as I understand them):

In the video, they actually mentioned that Billet’s device was intended for a 3090, but “they (Billet Labs) think it should work with a 4090 too.” Unsure if anyone from Billet ever commented on that, but that seemed to be LMG’s understanding.

Additionally, the device was sent to LMG without an expectation of return. They asked for it back after the poor review, but when it was originally sent over, there were no strings attached.

They did find who the device was sold to, and it was just a random person at LTX (LMG’s tech expo), not a competitor. Sounds like they auctioned off a lot of random stuff from videos there, and it was likely mismanagement rather than malice that caused them to sell it.

The Madison situation is obviously shitty, but I think there’s a big distinction between her experiences involving sexual harassment and the “grind mindset” culture that LMG seems to have. Both are problems, but one is obviously larger than the other. I believe the new CEO stated they’re going to bring in external investigators regarding the sexual harassment claims.

When it comes to them rushing things to keep up an unreasonable video schedule, I think that’s a valid criticism, but in no way do I feel like it’s some kind of line in the sand that can’t ever be forgiven. I also think that GN probably should have asked for comment before releasing this kind of criticism against arguably their largest competitor.

I love seeing “aggressively LGBTQ inclusive” tankies bend over backwards to support a literal homophobic fascist dictatorship and parrot their talking points.

I used RIF for 12 years and I think Thunder is pretty close. The only thing it’s really missing for me is better comment navigation.

I actually really enjoy the gesture upvoting it has, and it’s very customizable. The debs are super active and responsive on github and matrix too.

CachyOS is also really easy to install and treats KDE well

We have them in Florida. It’s just very cold in the Northern USA.

Are you the PoppinKREAM from reddit?

I wasn’t saying it is, but it can make a difference.

If you’re in the price point anyway, I think an EV is a no brainer. Why get a $50k BMW over a $50k EV? If you’re shopping for a $15k or less car, then yeah, it’s not easy to justify.

But used Model 3’s are going for $30k now, and you can get a $4k tax credit on top of that. Saving an additional $140/mo makes it competitive with a lot of mid priced cars.

Assuming that consumers will be rational is a bit premature.

Tesla wants to position itself as the Apple of cars, and it’s largely succeeded. Most techies or people more in the know might be quick to dismiss them, but I don’t think that’s the opinion shared by the public at large.

There’s still a wait time for pretty much any new Tesla

I don’t blame you. I bought mine before I really knew how far off the deep end Elon was, and while I like the car, I doubt my next one will be a Tesla again

Depending on how much you drive and how expensive your local energy bill is, the economics can work out better than you think.

I usually charge at home, and my equivilant cost per gallon (assuming 25mpg) is about $0.50/gallon.

If I drive 1000 miles per month, that’s about $140/month I’m saving. If gas prices increase to $6/gallon, which I’m sure they will eventually, that’s $220/month.

It doesn’t justify a new Tesla, but used ones are getting cheaper finally.

I own a tesla, and stopping every couple hours to charge really isn’t a big deal. Going from 20%-80% usually only takes 15 minutes, which is enough time to use the bathroom and maybe grab a snack. Most superchargers are in decent locations, so there’s always something to do for that time. Even when there isn’t, I just watch Netflix or something

Can you add programming.dev?

KDE master race

Meta is actually a huge contributor to open source, and I think it’s worked out well for them. Hopefully they stick to it.

I use Vivaldi, which isn’t perfect, but I need tab grouping in some form. Firefox’s solutions for tab groups are meh at best

That’s not really how it works, but I hear you.

I don’t think we can bury our heads in the ground and hope AI will just go away, though. The cat is out of the bag.

I started using Linux desktops at work around 5 or 6 years ago, and even since then, the experience has improved greatly.

I’ve been on various distros with KDE over the past couple of years, but from what I’ve seen in passing, Gnome “just works” really well with most distros that use it. KDE requires some tweaking occasionally, but since 5.27, it’s been rock solid for me, and the KDE team seems really dedicated to making Plasma 6 stable and easy to use.

You might want to fire up a VM or throw Ubuntu on an old laptop and see how it feels. It really has gotten a lot better for the average user, and something like Mint, imo, is really easy to pick up and just use.

Personally, I really like customization, and I work as a DevOps engineer (formerly linux sysadmin), so I don’t mind getting really deep into the OS if necessary. But I don’t think you have to if you want to have a good experience.

Unfortunate, but to be fair, things have changed a lot in 20 years.

There are definitely still angry linux nerds on forums, but I think the experience is a lot more streamlined.

They upgraded