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I get the intent, but moving to linux for better bluetooth support is... an interesting take

How so? Bluetooth has been working out of the box (no tinkering) for me under Linux for the past ten years now across multiple devices. Including stuff like APT-X and LDAC. All with proper OS integration (I use Gnome). What's the story on Windows?

Same here. The story for windows, IME, is that my work Logitech BT keyboard works fine, but neither my sony nor shure headphones work at all. Windows says connected, but then disconnects right away. On the same PC which dual-boots linux, they both work fine, with LDAC for the sony and apt-x hd for the shure.

At work, we have BT Jabra headsets. I specifically asked for a corded version, I hate the latency for calls. My windows-using colleagues, for some reason, love wearing a wireless headset and talking through the laptop microphone.


Well I won't be buying Dell again.

Not a PR person myself, but why use as an example a parody topic for a paper? Couldn't someone have invented something realistic to show? Or, heck, just get permission to show a real paper?

The example just reinforces the whole concept of LLM slop overwhelming preprint archives. I found it off-putting.


X11 was basically used everywhere when it was released

Why take the drastic step of switching to linux (a difficult endeavor) when you can simply turn off key uploading.

Why continue to use an operating system that’s adversarial towards you?

I will never understand this from software engineers/tech people in general. That demographic knows how technology works, and are equipped to see exactly where and how Microsoft is taking advantage of them, and how the relationship is all take and zero give from their end. These people are also in the strongest position to switch to Linux.

The only explanation that makes sense to me is that there's an element of irrationality to it. Apple has a well known cult, but Microsoft might have one that's more subtle? Or maybe it's a reverse thing where they hate Linux for some equally irrational reasons? That one is harder to understand because Linux is just a kernel, not a corporation with a specific identity or spokesperson (except maybe Torvalds, but afaik he's well-regarded by everyone)


It's convenient to attribute the reason to irrationality or cult-like behavior than to actually accept the real reasons.

Who is being irrational?


Or maybe Windows just works better for their use-case? Did you consider that?

Microsoft is known for regularly altering the deal. Just because you configure the OS to not upload keys today, does not mean that setting will be respected in the future.

Pray I don’t alter it further.

Because that gives you a lot more control over your computer than just solving this particular issue. If you care about privacy it's definitely a good idea.

Because Microsoft absolutely will make it mandatory somewhere in the not so distant future.

you've baked in an unfounded assumption that bitlocker is even initially enabled intentionally by someone who knows that's a choice they can make:

> Here's what happens on your Dell computer:

> BitLocker turns on automatically when you first set up Windows 10 or Windows 11

> It works quietly in the background, you won't notice it's there

> Your computer creates a special recovery key (like a backup password) that's saved to your Microsoft account

> You might be reading this article because:

> Your computer is asking for a BitLocker recovery key

...such as after your laptop resets its tpm randomly which is often the first time many people learn their disk is encrypted and that there's a corresponding recovery key in their microsoft account for the data they are now unexpectedly locked out of.

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/el-gr/000124701/automatic...


oh man, it's so difficult even teenagers can do it within an hour and all they have to do is click on a few buttons.

Yeah, the real question is what comes after the install...

Test which version? Part of the problem is that string theory is a meta theory. There will always be ways to escape any negative experimental result.


String theory isn't a theory it's a family of related theories sharing some common mathematical tools.

People talk about this as though it's an attempt at deception, whereas two people notionally working in string theory could in fact be proposing highly incompatible models which would be conclusively ruled out (and a lot of them have been in so far as that can be done - i.e. experimentation has put tight bounds on their possible parameters).


> There will always be ways to escape any negative experimental result.

Yeah... except that hasn't been proven. That's just your belief, right?

I don't think anyone has proven that string theory can yield no testable predictions. I think if someone had, that'd be a big deal.

And I don't think we should pretend that an open problem is closed just because we don't like it.


Provide a viable test, and you will be sure that an experimentalist will jump at the chance


https://slashdave.com

Personal domain since 2011. Third incarnation, this one in React


The problem is training data. How many modern web sites use raw CSS?


Enough that in my experience Claude is great at it and there’s even less justification for Tailwind if you’re using AI.


E-mail is not secure (sent in plain text)


You're vibe coding. Clearly what you're working on isn't of enough value to secure anyway.


Unless you set up pgp in your email client...


Wait, so, what people are we talking about? Nearly everyone uses domain names.


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