iarigby

@iarigby@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The core is open source for some of their editors, WebStorm is not for example. Some frameworks and tools are only supported in the paid edition, and I missed then within the first hour of using the community version.

  vim and VS Code are not alternatives as they are not IDEs, just editors. Especially for vs code, it manages to barely do half of what IntelliJ does while being slower and hogging way more memory (this is before extensions). I also do TDD and when I pair up with my coworkers sometimes we are not able to find equivalent features that make my development easier. And don’t even get me started with a debugger, in vs code it manages to take up more space while giving less information and options. It’s simply inferior.

  I’ve tried and tried to create an IDE equivalent setup in vim and emacs but it was always “off”, I was stuck for hours and days trying to set up functionalities that work out of the box in IntelliJ, and after some months I just gave up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ableton, IntelliJ, 1password are miles ahead their alternatives. I also haven’t been able to replace google maps for public transit (very sad about that).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I have home assistant green, I just plugged it in and it set itself up fully, zero intervention needed. In a few minutes, everything was ready and it automatically found and (after confirming) imported all my existing stuff. Flawless.

  UX is very unintuitive though, I’ve had it for a while and can not get used to how things are organized

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  drawio is not open source

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have there been any major changes noticed in countries that have recently split?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Members of the USSR were sovereign nations invaded by Russia, with most cultures not even Slavic and in no way related to Russian. Erasing their identity so casually makes my blood boil.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Casual reminder⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  it looks like it isn’t holding up? How are they allowed to still campaign?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it feel like too much effort just to go from sitting around looking at garbage online to simply watching a film or playing a video game?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Then there are also people who drink or used to drink a lot or use lots of recreational drugs in higher than safe doses and call it adhd when they experience memory or attention problems… When I finally admitted I needed help, it was after years of positive lifestyle changes not having any effect. That’s very bad too because I pretty much tortured myself for too long, most of my potential went down the drain and I became a person who pretty much no longer trusts themselves and is always scared of pursuing opportunities because of inevitable spiraling into dysfunction. That scenario is something nobody should end up in and people need to feel supported to seek help to minimize such damage, but those making zero effort and completely jumping over so many first steps in helping the typical and very common symptoms is really irresponsible. Having people claim to have adhd just because they have memory problems, or attention problems from spending unrestricted and unmonitored amount on apps designed to break the brain, or a textbook burnout… It’s not just insensitive to those who are suffering from the disability, it is also detrimental to give amphetamines to a body that needs care, rest, or exercise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Underrepresentation⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There were so many new ideas and perspectives in that article for me. It was a very interesting read, thanks for sharing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Employees Who Stay In Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  hope you find something, wish you luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do passkeys work across devices?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use camera one for github on a device outside my icloud, works great. A few websites also allowed me to add second passkeys (bitwarden in addition to icloud)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do Americans measure everything in cups?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Because it’s a few dozen times faster? You can literally reach into a container and take out one cup and that’s it. Works for me ost liquids or grainy stuff. Not from US btw.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people around me tend to increase their responsibility load (i.e. have children, become a manager, do charity, etc.) while I (30M) try to avoid it as much as I can?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  interesting how you only see the third category going one way