James R Kirk

I’m the same way and finally had to accept I’m going to need to change because Nova isn’t coming back 😭 and to my knowledge nobody is recreating foss.

Kvaesitso is what I went with. It’s a different style of launcher but very well put together. So far I’ve been quite happy.

Been looking forward to this one. Might finally be time to switch over. I wish there was a Graphene build for it.

I would like to see 8K for movies in cinema, especially for remasters/digitizations from existing film negatives and archival purposes.

While I wouldn’t say no to it, 8K on a TV under 75" is not going to add much value to the average consumer.

wow 9/11 changed everything

Not off the top of my head, but I haven’t used it in a year or two so it’s probably changed a bit since then.

The one feature of Nova I wish Kvaesitso had is swiping on icons can do other things than tapping on them. For example swiping on the wallet icon opens a specific card. Swiping on podcast apps opened audiobook app instead.

You can adjust it in settings up to as many that will fit

Looks a lot like M-Launcher on F-Droid.

I am using Kvaesitso which is great, but not Nova.

It seems we agree on the facts, but not on what “useful” or “helpful” means. I honestly have never, ever considered deciding on what food to serve guests be “labor”, but in the interests of replying in good faith I asked an LLM the exact prompt you gave. It gave a long, detailed reply, but here is the first part labeled “1. Welcome / Cocktail Reception”:

Mini prosciutto‑wrapped melon balls • Brie & caramelized onion tartlets (store‑bought puff pastry) • Stuffed mushroom caps (herb cream cheese + breadcrumbs)

I want you to consider that this not actually helpful in the slightest, and is fact creating more work. Consider: is there a vendor nearby that has these items as an an option for event planning? Is this a recipe that even exists? Does this information further my mission of having a wedding in any conceivable way?

Those paragraphs are what I’m talking about. The author fails to explain what the LLM actually did that was helpful. It’s like saying “I used ChatGPT to plan my wedding menu” without any more details. What did it actually do? Why was it helpful? Those are the things I continue to not understand about these tools.

Skipping AI is not going to help you or your career. Think about it.

OK well I’ve thought about it and I still don’t understand. Surely, this thousand word essay can explain what ““AI”” can do right? Surely it’s not the same vague nonspecific claims about “missing out” on the future?

It is simply impossible not to see the reality of what is happening.

Huh. Guess I’m just really dumb then.

2025 was the year for me (Fedora Kinoite), Linux in my opinion, is absolutely ready for the mainstream.

It always is. The thing with FOSS vs a private company is that internal debates are:

1. Public
2. Involving people working for free

Meaning we not only see the ““drama””, but that it can become more verbally intense. Buuuuut it almost never ends up mattering much to the average user, and when it does, the public certainly won’t learn about it on github or the replies to a toot.

I love that they changed their name to show how serious they were about the metaverse being the future of tech and it never even came close to being a thing.

I’m a Jellyfin guy, but charging money for a product or service isn’t what “enshittification” means. As the article says this is just removing a loophole for legacy apps on older devices. The pricing model hasn’t changed.

Is there a radarr/sonarr that could work for this?

I wonder if the creators are aware of this. I have been considering replacing youtube with something healthier like this or Nebula. I suppose Nebula it is.

Finally I can throw out my pesky keyboard and mouse

It’s purely marketing and I wish it would stop getting repeated. BlueSky is centralized and a for-profit company.