I went Inventor -> SOLIDWORKS -> Fusion -> SOLIDWORKS with maybe 3% of the issues I’ve had with FreeCAD.

You can’t easily create models based on other models, or place things around as easily, it’s always a mess of shape binders and fixed coordinates, it really limits the capabilities of the software.

I’m always checking forums, discords, YouTube for the simplest things… I’m trying and I keep trying, but it’s very obtuse to just dismiss the issues as “people don’t want to learn”, 'cause I’m putting more time into FreeCAD than any other CAD, and getting shit results.

When I started using SOLIDWORKS I had 0 training, still managed to make it work. FreeCAD is still frustrating after a lot of effort. But I keep trying, because it’s the only real open source option

It’s still… Difficult if you’re used to commercial CAD suites, but it’s leagues better than it used to be

Well, they started out doing simple fixes and gradually went for deeper ones, I guess this is a signal that they’ve crossed a threshold and are putting special effort into modifying games for current and future machines

Siemens Field PG: you make a lot of money

Afaik the fingerprint is stored on dedicated hardware on your device, it never leaves your phone and cannot be “read”

I mean if they help children grow when they have no real parents…

Far from my distro of choice but better compatibility with one distro usually translates to similar improvements on the others.
I’m very interested in the framework laptops, a 14" UHD touchscreen one would be an instant buy, the current lineup is still tempting nonetheless.

Single-biome planet is a quite common trope in “science fiction” (tvtropes warning)…

I found them frustrating to use

They usually only index text though

I think it’s Mercedes that has two mini touchpads on the steering wheel? Horrible.

Eh, Ireland sheltered a bunch of tax elusion asshole companies, turns out those companies are not looking out for the common good. Not really a surprise.

Still a good bargain, all things considered.

Businesses use more power than people. They get it cheaper too.

Yeah well that’s the effect of the modern world, where works can be replicated effortlessly. Sucks if your work is producing physical goods that can’t be copy/pasted.

I’m pretty sure that if Microsoft provided a decent way to do what Crowdstrike does, most companies would opt for that.

So… Sucks to suck I guess.

Yeah we tried that where I work (I’m not IT) and it failed. Safe mode didn’t work either 'cause it couldn’t authenticate the user for login as the server was down as well.

This is all there is to be said on the matter

I mean, we could argue on whether his work is worth tens of times that of an average person, but I mean, there’s people who make more and whose work is actually detrimental to society, so he’s all right by me.

Anything that is worked on for that long is fair game for versioning. It used to be that you bought a version of a software and it was yours for life, but if you wanted the new fancy stuff, you had to buy the new version.

Now it’s either a subscription or an “app” model, how long can a developer continue to support a 3€ one-time-buy app with new features? Buyers run out sooner or later.