I was on ND for about a week, some 8 years ago. Absolute dog shit hellsite that somehow makes FB look reasonable by comparison. Ended up shit-canning it because I’d rather not have to know that I’m surrounded by shitcunts.

Setapp Mobile seemed like one of the many alternative app markets with promise that launched in the wake of the EU’s Digital Markets Act. While the law may have forced Apple to allow third-party app stores on its devices, it couldn’t make users actually embrace them.

With the exception of Riley Testut, not a single iPhone user was clamouring to be able to install a third party app store on their phone. What they wanted then - and still want now - is the ability to install software in the same way they can on their computers (be that Mac or Windows).

Apple knowingly made the process as awkward and convoluted as possible and it’s worked out exactly as they wanted it to.

I have an iPad mini which I don’t really use for much these days, not since I tentatively walked away from Apple products into the world of Linux, and FOSS, and have subsequently discovered that, while my MacBook works pretty well with most of the things I have running on my Linux machine, my iPad does not. In fact, at this stage I can get more cross-platform utility from a ten year old Galaxay Tab running LineageOS. If I could install software from any location without having to fuck about with a third part app store (though I can’t even do that because I’m in the UK, not EU), then I’d have half a chance of finding other, more useful software.

Yeah, I wouldn’t recommend it. I mean, it’s a beautiful, powerful film, but yeah.

Here’s hoping your fortunes improve x

I, Daniel Blake

When I say ‘favourite’, I mean it’s the most compelling, devastating, truthful movie I’ve ever seen that I was transfixed by for it’s entire duration, and never want to see again.

I’ve been on job seeker’s allowance. I’ve suffered the indignity of the weekly visits to the job centre to be sneered at for not applying for an adequate number of jobs, of for not just accepting the first shitty delivery jobs on the list. But I was lucky enough to be healthy. I can’t imagine having to deal with all that shit while also being sick.

Oh, I send that to my kid quite a lot.

I’m going to finally make use of the Mac mini I have currently doing nothing and turn it into my Home Assistant server. Though that’s more of a nice thing for the older mini that’s currently (sort of) doing it, alongside all the other home server stuff I’m asking of it.

As a 10 year old, this was the best movie I’d ever seen. I watched it again a few years ago, and realised I’d somehow failed to clock that the whole thing is one huge, expensive advert for Nintendo.

But it was still great.

The actual playout software is Mixxx on both, but the underlying MIDI controlling is slightly different. Enough that I’m not 100% on how it works on Linux.

I’ve been using my M2 Air to broadcast a radio show for the past couple of years. It’s basically flawless, even using an iPad as a virtual MIDI controller for some of the faders.

I’m currently in the process of replicating the setup on my Linux PC, and fuck me, it’s proving an arsehole by comparison. I’m willing to accept that a good chunk is just me being far less familiar with the OS than with macOS, but it’s considerably less intuitive when it comes to things like hooking up virtual MIDI controllers and the like. I’ll get it sorted, but I won’t be truly happy that it’s broadcast solid for a few weeks yet, I don’t think.

I ran Asahi on an 8/256GB M1 mini for a few months as my primary work machine. Worked perfectly fine, besides the lack of a second screen. Sounds like they’ve finally cracked that though, and are preparing to release the upgrade to general users.

Obviously, software is a little more patchy, but I didn’t truly struggle to fill my needs. Amusingly, I discovered that Mixxx, the DJ software works well on it.

Might put Asahi back on it and use it as my Home Assistant machine, freeing up some processing power from the poor 2014 Mac mini that I’m currently using (with Mint) as my general purpose home server.

me_irl

Epstein’s worst crime, really.

Having visited Greece (well, Corfu) a number of times, and as much as I love the place and the people, the primary reason they prefer cash is because they’re not big fans of paying taxes.

I’m still salty that Apple crooked my 6th gen iPad mini by not allowing Stage Manager on it to allow it to work with an external display. Like the iPhone, it just mirrors, which is bullshit. I don’t even care if it shuts off the built in screen because it can only run one display, I just wish it could be used as a portable computer.

iPadOS 26 brought actual Stage Manager to it, but it’s a gimped version that still doesn’t work properly with an external display.

As a result, I don’t really use my iPad these days.

I still mourn the loss of the timeline where the Atrix was successful. Our phones are every bit powerful enough for 95% of the computing most of us do, so why can’t we just drop them in a slot and have them be a laptop?

A cycloptic robot with a bowl cut?

The more effort you put into your terrible, artisanal shitposting, the more I’m going to love it.

This is art. Glorious, beautiful art.

It’s pretty cool, albeit fairly resource-heavy. You are, after all, running a whole-ass Windows inside Linux.

However, you can shut it down when you’re not using it and you don’t run the risk of Windows fucking your boot drive.

People are dying

There is literally nothing I can do about this.

rights are being lost

There is literally nothing I can do about this.

the planet’s fucked

All I can do about this is be mindful of my own carbon footprint, and recycle as much as possible.

genocide is going on

There is literally nothing I can do about this.