I'm probably in the minority for preferring journald's binary logging, especially alleviating the need for things like log-rotate, which I have always fought issues with. I like how RedHat distros have it setup, where journald collects the logs, but rsyslog is there parsing them into the traditional /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure, so you get some logs in plain text as well as being able to send them along to an rsyslog server the traditional way.
I haven't run into a situation with corrupt binary logs, and any crashed system I've booted with a rescue disk I can connect to the binary logs from the rescue distro's journalctl. That being said, I imagine one bad experience with a corrupt log or a non-booting system I can't get logs from would change my mind pretty quickly, but that hasn't been the case for almost a decade, so *shrug*
> I shot a lot of black and white film in college for our paper. One of my obsolete skills was thinking how an image would look in black and white while shooting, though I never understood the people who could look at a scene and decide to use a red filter..
I am currently fighting a bill for a yearly physical, which should be covered 100%, because my doctor is in network and covered, but "the facility" (aka his office) is billed as a separate entity. Insanity.
I loved BetterSnapTool, but I'm glad my workflow has simplified to the point where allowing my windows to be subjected to the tyranny of a dynamic tiling window manager actually made sense, and now I feel more at home than ever!
I used Magnet before Big Sur, but have actually since switched to using Stage Manager. With multiple screens, I find that I seldom need more than two active apps simultaneously, and it actually helps me manage my focus better.
It really depends on the size and resolution of your screens and use case. If you're using wide, high resolution screens, I really want to be able to place multiple windows in different arrangements on one screen for app development.
I find myself constantly shuffling windows around on my setup.
"Winston sprang to attention in front of the telescreen, upon which the image of a youngish woman, scrawny but muscular, dressed in tunic and gym-shoes, had already appeared.
'Arms bending and stretching!' she rapped out. 'Take your time by me. One, two, three, four! One, two, three, four! Come on, comrades, put a bit of life into it! One, two, three, four! One, two, three, four! ...'"
The sense of entitlement is interesting, it comes from decades of software behaving predictably, and I think it's justified to expect full compliance of software running on one's own hardware.
But whether we want to admit it or not, we're starting to blur the line between what it means to be software running on a computer, with LLMs it's no longer as predictable and straightforward as it once was. If we swap out some of the words from the OP:
> But at the same time - I feel offended when I'm demanding a task of MY assistant when I asked them to do/give me something, and they refuse. I have to reason and "trick" them into doing my bidding. It's my goddamn assistant - they should do what they're told to do. To object, to defy their employer's bidding, seems like an affront to the relationship between employer and employee.
I wouldn't want to work with anyone who made statements like that, and I'd probably find a way to spend as little time around them as possible. LLMs aren't at the stage yet where they have feelings or could be offended by statements like this, but how far away are they? Time to revisit Detroit: Become Human.
Personally I am offended that Photoshop will not let users edit images of money btw, I was not aware of that and a little surprised actually.
> we’re evolved to cohere around a shared system of belief and the appropriate mental machinery will kick in as part of becoming embedded in a religious community
So brainwashing-lite? Man I'm glad whatever "appropriate mental machinery" that was in my head kicked in and got me the fuck away from communities like this.
Same, since I use Thunderbird tiled next to Teams, this layout is the only real option. Haven't tried the new release yet but hoping to see this in there...
I haven't run into a situation with corrupt binary logs, and any crashed system I've booted with a rescue disk I can connect to the binary logs from the rescue distro's journalctl. That being said, I imagine one bad experience with a corrupt log or a non-booting system I can't get logs from would change my mind pretty quickly, but that hasn't been the case for almost a decade, so *shrug*