Well, unless this is an offer to buy me a replacement Quest or Pico (all of which, work on Linux) “yes, I’m going to stay with Windows 10” (and/or maybe dual boot).

… because I have a Samsung Odyssey+ VR headsets, which needs “Windows Mixed Reality” (Windows VR) and was gutted/removed from Windows 11 (and doesn’t work on Linux).

I have mixed feelings about this.

On one hand, I agree with the technical merits. Having an automated process to renew short lived tls certs is “a good thing” and I think services like Let’s Encrypt have demonstrated such automation is viable (at large scale).

But, there are reasons why people pay money for tls Certs rather than use free (short lived) Certs. For example, there’s a mom-and-pop webhosting company that allows you to upload your tls Certs (they cost < $25 / year) or you can pay them $95 / year to use their Certs (and they just use Let’s Encrypt - lol)

The nearly 4x markup is their “convenience fee” or “dumb tax”. Regardless, once the 45 day tls Certs are enforced, I’ll have no choice in either paying their 4x markup or migrating to another platform.

… Having a choice is not always a bad thing…

Of course it won’t. Bring manufacturing is not the goal. The goal of the tarrifs is for the American People to pay the government more (which I’m sure the current administration will spend responsibly /s).

I’d spent some time in Central America and I’m getting flashbacks, when I hear Trump talking about these tarrifs. I don’t want to insult other countries by what I observed, but one place in particular had a weak infrastructure. Roads, especially, were poorly maintained. Potholes (sometimes the size of the hood of a car) were everywhere - even on the (few) highways. The resulting traffic and congestion were the norm (even outside the big cities in the rural areas).

The strange thing was, everything cost as-much or more than North American prices. Especially for things like food/groceries. I was told that the locals often ate beans and rice, as it was affordable.

I was surprised to see, that even with the high prices for groceries _the locals were still shopping there. _ So, this wasn’t a “front” for the tourists. I found this odd as I was thinking “with the prices of everything here, someone is making bank! Where is that money going?”

Then, I’d drive past the frequent police check point along the roads and highways. The police had many nice Hummers and SUVs, I saw female officers brandishing assault rifles, everyone dressed very well.

I heard that the country charges a high tax on imported goods, but nothing on domestic goods. This, in theory, is to promote “local manufacturing”, but the country doesn’t have the infrastructure to support it. And (I’m guessing) the government isn’t interested in creating the necessary infrastructure, because it would mean giving up their cash cow. So, the government gets rich, while the people suffer.

This is the dystopian future of the U.S. Pay attention to see how much importance the current administration puts into maintaining and improving the existing infrastructure. How’s that rural high speed internet coming along? /s :(

edit: typos2

Homer: "… I’m in flavor country. "

https://youtu.be/H8s93B67mpQ

Yeah, bring back Usenet! (rabble, rabble, rabble) /s

Not the Fediverse Chick?

…that last step will be a doozy.

I just laughed and said oh well that’s what you get when you moved from on prem to cloud.

Our Techs said that you couldn’t buy on-perm exchange anymore. You needed to go with the cloud subscription, which “includes” all the crap you don’t want: like Teams.

Atleast, they said didn’t make financial sense to pay for Google Workspace + Slack + Cloud Exchange, when MS offered their (lesser) services as a bundle (but the human suffering is real) :(

Lemm.ee: It’s the Switzerland of the fediverse. ;)

The Operations Team are a stand-up group. Their focus is on delivering stability.

You’ll basically get access to all content (and all “features”, like up-vote and down-vote - I’m looking at you beehaw).

What I’ve heard from other people is that they want automagic curated content… so you won’t find that a lemm.ee, but for me - I’m happy to find the content that’s meaningful to me.