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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 4d

Installed it purely to be able to run Serif's Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer software while i'm in linux. As a fullstack web developer, it's just too handy not to go out of my way to have access to it. Can't stand gimp, Inkscape, etc and krita just aint there quite yet (though getting there!)

Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 4d

Curious have you checked out WinBoat? I just installed it like 2 hours ago, two click process to install win11, let's me run windows itself through rdp and windows apps in their own floating window on my linux desktop (AwesomeWM). Pretty nifty so far

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 4d

'waiting' on a distro? I'm super curious, what do we mean by that in your context? Using mint until a new version of your preferred drops?

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 4d

All you need to do is go to.. any software really that offers multi-platform downloads.

Windows: "Download installer"
Macos: "Download installer"
Linux: "Hokay, which distro you got? Cause like here's the Flatpak, the Snap, the AppImage, the Store link, the raw binary from my friend's github, etc"

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 4d

These aren't my "biases"

I have no idea why this is such a hard thing to come to grips with lol

Windows: Double click and Go
Macos: Drag n Drop and Go
Linux: 40,000 provided options with different experiences to arrive at the same endgoal.

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 4d

my own.. bias? of what? I use win, mac, and linux interchangeably all day every day

Most people stick inside their browser and live there, sure I agree to that generalization. What im saying is thanks to MS's stuff lately, bunch of expats tried Linux and lots switched back because of this confusion

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 4d

A main problem Linux adoption faces for the average is that there’s just way too many ways to skin the same cat, all of them equally valid, but when everyone’s offering a different experience to install a program, never mind updating them, it intimidates and pushes people away

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 4d

You’re not wrong, but windows and software devs for windows DOES make the whole “EXE Installer” experience the defacto process, even if the installers are from different vendors (Nullsoft for example), make it all a straightforward download and run by double clicking experience.
Mac mostly C&D n Go

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 4d

certain applications have their.. very obviously preferred way to deliver their program, and then maybe a few other options they obviously don't really want to provide but feel forced too. FreeRDP really WANTS you to use Flatpak, WinBoat WANTS you to use AppImage, etc

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 4d

yes really

Im not a new linux user by any stretch, but I just went through a moment ago a situation just like this. Which reminded me of a recent conversation I had with someone who quit linux who went through something similar and just folded back to windows lol

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 4d

The average linux experience to new users

Oh you need this thing installed, you use apt in the terminal for that. Oh THAT you need this other thing installed, you use Snap for that. Oops that app depends on this other thing, which is in a Flatpak. Oh this app you just move the binary to /usr/bin

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 4d

directory.shoutcast.com/Search

There's also the good old fashioned SHOUTcast Directory. Looks a tad different from when I last used it, but the idea's still the same

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 4d

player.181fm.com?station=181-...

Used to listen to The Buzz FM for quite a while because Spotify was blocked at work

I think this is the same one, but it's been like 10 years since I last looked for it

The Buzz (Alt. Rock)

Web player

player.181fm.com

Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 5d

So Affinity's big announcement today:
- The apps are now combined into one, not three
- The app is now free, no feature compromise
- If you want AI features there's a subscription tier just for it, but none in the free version
- Past owners get premium font pack

www.affinity.studio/get-affinity

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 5d

My mother is a rare “does it all” housekeeper, and why she is paid the big bucks to do it. If she didn’t live 4+h away from me I’d hire her in a heartbeat. But I haven’t found one yet around here willing to do what I want done. I don’t need dusting, I don’t need the floors scrubbed.

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 5d

Second one came from Craigslist. It’s not better

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 5d

Humans are indeed pretty inefficient it appears. They also make a pretty good battery I hear

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 5d

Right? So the question is “why the fuck am I spending money on housekeeping? What do they actually do then?”

They will come by, they will dust, vacuum, and wipe counters, scrub out your microwave, basically all the easy shit that anybody would do occasionally.

Decluttering is a separate hire too

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 5d

/trains Neo to clean my guns
/trains Neo to protect home with guns as a “chore”

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 5d

Oh the reply was to this one.

Often the stated reason is hygienic. They don’t want their employees exposed to or handling people’s dirty laundry, and dishes pose enough of a safety and liability risk it’s been taken off the itemized list of offered services ages ago

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 5d

Based on my experience so far, 8yo’s in the vessel of 40yo’s apparently

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve hired two housekeepers since moving to Vancouver, both lasted less than two months. The first one marked a bunch of my wife’s clothes to “claim later” (her words), and the other decided that she could show up whenever it suited her including “not at all”. Its been a disappointing experience

Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 5d

The part thats so frustrating about modern housekeeping, is that the stuff I really want help with; dishes, laundry, that kind of thing; they don’t or won’t do unless they’re a live in or you personally employ someone. If youre just one client on a list of clients, it’s not offered and often refused

Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 5d

Yup!

But it needs that at first, as this is where the ML comes into play. The puppetry should be live-training on object recognition, layout, obstacles, etc that are unique to your home

Is the Neo real? No not yet, BUT this is what I want ai for: to do the mundane So I can focus on the creative

Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 5d

The part thats so frustrating about modern housekeeping, is that the stuff I really want help with; dishes, laundry, that kind of thing; they don’t or won’t do unless they’re a live in or you personally employ someone. If youre just one client on a list of clients, it’s not offered and often refused

Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 5d

Yup!

But it needs that at first, as this is where the ML comes into play. The puppetry should be live-training on object recognition, layout, obstacles, etc that are unique to your home

Is the Neo real? No not yet, BUT this is what I want ai for: to do the mundane So I can focus on the creative

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 5d

Yup!

But it needs that at first, as this is where the ML comes into play. The puppetry should be live-training on object recognition, layout, obstacles, etc that are unique to your home

Is the Neo real? No not yet, BUT this is what I want ai for: to do the mundane So I can focus on the creative

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Kyle, on Demand. @kyleondemand.bsky.social · 5d

The x1 Neo is exactly what I hoped AI was created for: doing my mundane house chores while I focus on what I really want to do

A house companion chore robot being priced a little less than a new cheap car ($599/mo or 20k) actually makes a ton of sense

youtu.be/LTYMWadOW7c?...

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