oh my fuck. circular imports.

I set out to create a Discord Bot in Python, then gave up trying to use an easy “proper” server-side language and just did it in TypeScript

I didn’t know cobalt.tools was OSS. cool!

word. DOOM doesn’t run on me, checkmate mind-sighted losers

Mint is lovely! I started out with it years ago and still use it today.

The best part about FreeTube unlike other Third-Party clients is that it retains a better YouTube-like suggestions system for any videos you wanna watch next. Discoverability is still a very important thing for me

for some reason Dark Reader slows down page loading by a lot for me, especially on slow connections

T-Mobile offers the basic edition (with ads) for free on my plan at least. knowing Netflix though, that probably won’t last much longer. oh well, I’ll still have the high seas.

this just in: google is still spying on you in every way possible

usually in your router settings you can change local DNS settings. you can set your domains and subdomains to point to your server’s local IP.

womp womp

where I live the traffic patterns continue as usual, just no activation of the walking lights. so essentially useless.

then remove that “colossal attack surface” by compiling a custom kernel and utilities that only includes the features the product needs. create a system tuned to the exact product to make it extremely reliable. almost everything electronic you see in commercial use is Linux because of this very fact.

Many medical devices run Linux.

Toyota, Tesla, Audi, Mercedes, and Hyundai vehicles use Linux.

you certainly can rely on it for your life and nearly every electronic device you use will use some derivative of it.

this. after i set different zsh themes on my servers + my main machine i now know exactly what machine i’m running commands to

I’d say that bloat is whatever you define it to be and can vary depending on the power of your system.

I care less about how much resources apps are taking up on my desktop (32GB RAM, Ryzen 7700X), but I do bring my concerns over to my laptop (8GB RAM, Ryzen 4500U).

the one thing I cannot stand are electron apps and anything similar. they are a whole browser bundled with an unoptimized interface, and will eat up what used to be a decent amount of RAM for a laptop back then, as well as my battery life. for this reason I always try to find native apps that use less power and less RAM, which in turn improve my battery life.

this is just one example of where you can draw the line for bloat, although you are completely correct in saying that it is subjective.

in my personal experience of using it, it doesn’t feel very polished in most places + strange bugs like being unable to install certain packages. doesn’t have the comforts of a distro like Pop OS or Mint (i.e. automatic timeshift setup on first time boot, checking for missing dependencies for other packages). that’s just my personal opinion on it.

although definitely not as configurable, I like the “set it and forget it” idea of DockoVPN

I think the only way to get an open-source Discord is to recreate discord (their backend).

https://spacebar.chat/

granted it’s a slow process but it can pay off if done right. I contribute what little I can to the project, as my Typescript is not the best and Discord knowledge even less.

kitty terminal + zsh shell, two fast and customizable tools

not sure. I just use it to chat with friends, family and such, not so much for new connections

Signal and Lemmy, gotta be my two favorite genders