Jim @sullybiker@sully.site

Snaps in particular: Canonical, this has been a known problem for years. Get your act together. #Linux

If you dogfood Linux you learn to deal with most problems but it is a constant reminder that trying to be something you're not is not going to work unless you put real effort and backing into it.

Now, I have seen this before (along with rest of Earth) and an update fixes it, but what a bad first impression. Along with the initial flurry of Ubuntu oops report dialogue boxes (again, just something you come to live with) it does not scream polish.

I have the good fortune through work to get to try a few bits of hardware here and there. Today's is the XPS13. I used the 2014 original for a long time. Build quality feels much improved (the original was pretty cheap'n'cheerful) but ordered this with Ubuntu as on OEM image, and there's problems with the Firefox snap almost immediately.

@wjmaggos I associate that more with the other place. People get way too excited about it. I think it's adolescent.

I'm surprised at the amount of Apple consoomer cheerleading on the fediverse. Maybe I shouldn't be.

One of my old PhDs is now faculty elsewhere and she's been in touch for a project. I always like working with these people. Best part of the job.

@feld The story of how that happened will be told, and it will be interesting. Hopefully it doesn't ripple out an destroy large parts of the sector, but they got away with 2008 so they'll probably get away with this, because we'll foot the bill. Again.

@claudiom Hope it goes smoothly!

@feld They'll just make us all go back to work

@feld It's an old story; overvalued assets with loans written against them, then translated into nuclear derivatives.

@feld Are they getting shorted? They probably are *now* lol

@lain more research is needed

@kaia But then how can your family watch you on the job

My boss is making ominous noises about AI and its impact on staffing, which means he's hearing that from his bosses.

Great.

Just watched Jamie Chadwick make history at #IndyNXT Road America. The first woman to win on a road course in the series history. Fantastic stuff, and a long way from her difficulties last year. She did the work over the winter.

@checkervest Many years ago in England, the pub across from my job was a popular live music venue. I saw so so many acts sound check before being thrown out (as there was a cutoff if you did not buy tix) and I did quite enjoy it.

@HebrideanHecate Girls and their hair. I have 3 sisters and I got to hear (hair?) all about it. The failed trips the the hairdresser; the disastrous home cuts by mum...