My BSDCan submission has been approved!
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My BSDCan submission has been approved!
It will be wonderful to be back in Ottawa, meet again all the "old" (and new) friends from the BSD world and, this time, present something that has saved me more than once... and it’s based on NetBSD!
#BSDCan #BSDCon #NetBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #RunBSD #BSDCan2026 #Ottawa #Canada #BSD
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My BSDCan submission has been approved!
It will be wonderful to be back in Ottawa, meet again all the "old" (and new) friends from the BSD world and, this time, present something that has saved me more than once... and it’s based on NetBSD!
#BSDCan #BSDCon #NetBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #RunBSD #BSDCan2026 #Ottawa #Canada #BSD
@stefano on a complety different topic, Time Capsule was based on netbsd(if I remember well). It saved my life, but wasn’t great hardware-wise (mine was dead, I guess that was a dc conversion pb, but never tried to fix the board), and the old sharing technology AFP was not great for over the wlan mounts. The same (dedicated hw with zfs and smb) would rock nowadays.
Oh wait, an Italian guy did write somethin’ on the topic…
true info: I would love apple to get back in the timecaspule/airport technology, simplicity-wise it was great. At this time user experience was the core of Apple. I miss these days. -
@stefano on a complety different topic, Time Capsule was based on netbsd(if I remember well). It saved my life, but wasn’t great hardware-wise (mine was dead, I guess that was a dc conversion pb, but never tried to fix the board), and the old sharing technology AFP was not great for over the wlan mounts. The same (dedicated hw with zfs and smb) would rock nowadays.
Oh wait, an Italian guy did write somethin’ on the topic…
true info: I would love apple to get back in the timecaspule/airport technology, simplicity-wise it was great. At this time user experience was the core of Apple. I miss these days.@EnigmaRotor Yes, it was on NetBSD and it was one of those "set and forget" tools that made Apple the "original" Apple.
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@EnigmaRotor Yes, it was on NetBSD and it was one of those "set and forget" tools that made Apple the "original" Apple.
@stefano loved it. And also the AirPort Express with magical audio
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@stefano loved it. And also the AirPort Express with magical audio
@EnigmaRotor Those tools weren't probably profitable enough. No subscription, no dependencies - so they had to stop. Or the other companies' products just got better so Apple decided to concentrate on other stuff
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@EnigmaRotor Those tools weren't probably profitable enough. No subscription, no dependencies - so they had to stop. Or the other companies' products just got better so Apple decided to concentrate on other stuff
@stefano from what I read today in the Mac-centric press, the move to subscription everywhere is confirmed. You used to pay a premium for a Mac, but the bundled software was of value (iLife/iWork). That would help justify high prices. The overall experience could justify expensive hardware. I may have problems considering the purchase if the value of the bundled software vanishes in the need of various subscriptions.
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@stefano from what I read today in the Mac-centric press, the move to subscription everywhere is confirmed. You used to pay a premium for a Mac, but the bundled software was of value (iLife/iWork). That would help justify high prices. The overall experience could justify expensive hardware. I may have problems considering the purchase if the value of the bundled software vanishes in the need of various subscriptions.
@EnigmaRotor the prices of the Apple hardware are, somehow, lowering. Rumors say that a "cheap" MBP could be introduced soon. So Apple is probably lowering its price point to make profit from the subscriptions.
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@stefano from what I read today in the Mac-centric press, the move to subscription everywhere is confirmed. You used to pay a premium for a Mac, but the bundled software was of value (iLife/iWork). That would help justify high prices. The overall experience could justify expensive hardware. I may have problems considering the purchase if the value of the bundled software vanishes in the need of various subscriptions.
@stefano for now, sub give ai features, but if the currently available feature set is later migrated to subscribers only, it won’t be acceptable. A Mac, without subscription of without internet could be a powerhorse by itself. The move to diskless terminals : already planed ? I had one Sun, in my engineering school : ok, not at home please. My laptop should work everywhere
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@EnigmaRotor the prices of the Apple hardware are, somehow, lowering. Rumors say that a "cheap" MBP could be introduced soon. So Apple is probably lowering its price point to make profit from the subscriptions.
@stefano yes, the entry level. But I doubt the pro line will get cheaper. (Of course having a look at the mbp M5 pro rumors, omg I’m doomed
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@nixCraft can't wait for the collapse and subsequent rebuild of new companies without the crud and hopefully without the VC and billionaires.
At some point we collectively need to find the light right?
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@newsthump Maybe Melania could beg someone to give them their Nobel Prize in Physics, too? I mean, she’s so brilliant!
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It's wild having grown up in a time when massive amounts of effort was put into encouraging young people to become software engineers and get into computer science, and that cohort finally reaches an age where they're entering the job market or are well into a career and suddenly it's "Ehh, never mind. Sorry you built your life around this, we don't need your skills now."
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@nixCraft it feels like there will be a lot of work for guaranteed-no-ai-produced code shops soon.
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@nixCraft Some big issues with this - the savings for the company are passed onto the tax payer in unemployment and support costs. Some if not most countries cap the amount of unemployment support people can get. If you are an older employee it may be impossible to work again - outcome more investers with superyachts and higher taxes for the populous! Unemployment through AI should cost the employer 5-10 years salary in tax. Issues down the line also involve the reduction of LLM data quality
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@newsthump also award for "Most successful survivor of Epstein's trafficking"
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@stefano yes, the entry level. But I doubt the pro line will get cheaper. (Of course having a look at the mbp M5 pro rumors, omg I’m doomed
