

Oh misread my bad,
not much experience with PostgreSQL
Full stack developer and privacy advocate. I like to keep the mentality, if you can program one language well, then you can program in any language!


Oh misread my bad,
not much experience with PostgreSQL


Yeah,
I did a speed test comparison between Oracle MySQL and MariaDB MySQL,
MariaDB is about 10 times faster.
FYI: When Oracle bought MySQL a lot of developers left and created MariaDB, so the brains behind the project moved, and in the meantime Oracle did a great job of fucking things up.


You’re right,
gambling is to screw you out of your money.
I’d recommend to steer clear of it.
Also the prediction market stuff,
it’s the latest new gambling hype thing,
since they can use loopholes to bypass gambling laws.
I wish more communities implemented this rule.
By not accepting your time estimate,
requesting your reasoning why it takes that long, you explaining you calculated time in for refactoring, then rejecting your idea and granting you only time to implement the new thing, without granting time for refactoring.
And dw, my project manager is a pretty chill friend and fellow senior developer, who is reasonable and helps me with calculating in time for refactoring whenever possible/nessecary.
It’s only higher up, CEOs/management, who seek to cut corners, with rocks for brains, who don’t see that in the long run such practices are bad for business.
Which sadly is the case for most IT businesses. But at least in my workplace the project manager is not a rat & on the side of the developers.
Just increase your time estimate,
calculate in the time needed to refactor,
but don’t tell them you’re gonna refactor.
Works out most of the time.
Only when they ask why the estimate is so long, then you explain your reasoning behind it, and then they might reply with your statement and block your refactoring idea.
However, getting time to refactor most of the time, is aleady way better then never being allowed to do so.
You can install ClassyShark3xodus,
which can de-compile apps and scan them for trackers on the fly to figure it out yourself.
Do let us know the results :)


Alien,
the original 1979 one.
Imo it really aged well,
recently rewatched it and was amazed by how good the special effects looked, especially for that time.
It’s also a really good movie,
scores 8.5/10 on IMDB,
kept me on the tip of my chair for the full 2 houra.




I get the sentiment,
however when the user base of a FOSS alternative grows beyond the closed source alternative, a switch can happen.
So it would be a good thing to have a FOSS alternative out there, which can accumulate a user base over time.
Without any alternatives being developed,
a switch can never happen.


It’s on F-Droid,
but you’ve gotta add their repo:
That link can also be found on their Gitlab:


And by continuing to use it,
it will stay that way.
Just don’t, plenty of other 2nd hand sites out there, with plenty of products available.
For those that don’t know:
It was a jump-scare flash game.
The goal was to navigate through the maze with your mouse, without touching the walls, which gets harder near the end, likely resulting in you getting closer to and concentrating hard on the screen.
Near the end they flashed a horror image and blasted a loud sound through your speakers.
Personally, it didn’t make me flinch much though,
but I guess it affected some others like OP.
There’s 2 parts to this:
Both of which are currently proprietary,
and would need to be written as FOSS from the ground up by reverse engineering the above 2, which would be a huge undertaking.
Also flashing custom Head Unit software to your car will be very hard, is not well documented, and likely will void your warranty, giving low incentive for developers to even attempt it :/
The best you can do right now is aa4mg
(Android Auto 4 MicroG),
which at least allows to replace the proprietary Google Play services with a privacy respecting FOSS alternative and Android Auto’s dependencies with empty stub packages:
https://github.com/sn-00-x/aa4mg
Full disclosure,
I helped with writing aa4mg :)


I like the electric part.
What I don’t like is that it’s a steaming heap of spy-ware on wheels with no opt-out ability.
Which may lead to more expensive insurance depending on your driving style, or could be abused for even more nefarious reasons.


Correct me if I’m wrong,
but I have been disliking Ubuntu because they use:
Have you considered love?
Then, through your own eyes,
cuteness will likely be comparable,
and attractiveness even higher.