Other forces at play Vista bought out Pluralsight using a financial vehicle that really only made sense due to low interest rates.

https://www.ft.com/content/5d1da427-d74f-427f-94e7-32aa4b169...

Fortunately, I think this is going to be a forcing function for the RCS conversation.

Unfortunately, I'll be waiting for the data loss post coming in the near future. As some one who had to deal with a stuck iMessage validation with Apple support on a genuine iPhone a few years back this can get sticky.

RCS is not an iMessage replacement though? it's not encrypted, it doesn't support a single identity for multiple devices, it requires cell service and a phone number

RCS supports end to end encryption (it's on by default for Google Messages), Apple just isn't implementing it in their planned implementation of RCS. Google Messages does support a desktop app and you can link it to your phone with a QR code, so it can use a single identity for multiple devices.

No, google has an extension they use that is not part of the RCS standard.

I don't mean to insinuate they are like for like. I just mean Apple is starting to pick up scrutiny on interoperability which started with USB-C and I think the focus on this project is going to increase the scrutiny especially if Apple cuts it off.

Picked up a Starlabs StarLite a few years ago and I love it. Really one of the only 11 inch laptops left that has (fairly) decent specs and linux.

Me too, but just a week ago. I’m finding the StarLite Mark IV to be exemplary for the price.

There are a couple of things that I’d like to change on the hardware front, but no show-stoppers. Excellent build quality, extremely portable and performant enough for development work.

Agreed, and many of them don’t know when they are lying. It’s easier to sound really confident when you don’t have the domain knowledge to know if you are telling the truth.

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That was my first thought as well. While I don’t know their financials intimately from the outside I don’t know what they have done in comparison to Apple of yesteryear to triple the market cap. Feels ominous for the dollar.

That was my experience as well. Home labs seem to be cyclical for a lot people including myself. Started with a big overkill rack to learn technologies, and now I’m down to a 10 inch desk rack that is ATX case size with just a few things to run my network and small VMs.

Another day another Facebook “inaccuracy”. A rose by any other name.

I’m really not one for conspiracies so I won’t go that far but If I was a drive manufacturer this would certainly be my favorite cryptocurrency.

I used to have a professor who would say all the time “there is no such place as away”. Reading this article reminded me of that. The US has made a whole bunch of policy decisions to try to push things “away”. I think we are going to see more and more outputs like this in the future.