Open Source Software and publications by Christian Kruse
This page contains random thoughts and impressions by me.
Today Jeena linked to an interesting article: „Choose Firefox Now, Or Later You Won't Get A Choice“. Basically he is describing how Google is searching for control (as every business is sooner or later). Especially the point about Chrome is more relevant than ever: Chrome is by far the most used browser.
Deichkind – Like mich am Arsch (Like my ass) – a genius classic german hiphop music video
Migrating to Rails 5 – what a PITA
Maybe I am late to the party, but I have a new favorite band… Sabaton! They play classic power metal and tell the stories of historic events and wars in their lyrics. They're giving me the creeps! Listen for example to the song Blood Of Bannockburn, telling the story of the battle of Bannockburn.
I just deinstalled Dropbox… http://applehelpwriter.com/2016/07/28/revealing-dropboxs-dirty-little-security-hack/
In reply to https://jeena.net/photos/246
How did you manage the cognitive dissonance between being an Atheist and a Godfather? Asking for a friend 😉
Todays exercise: generate a PDF with the same contents as a website and send it by mail sigh
In case of hippies - play Slayer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEodtWN7Xb0 😂 (Slayer cover)
It's fascinating to see how the Emacs vs Vi holy war is still a thing. I thought we had overcome that.
In my opinion these holy wars are stupid. Emacs vs Vi, spaces vs tabs, Linux vs Windows vs OS X, etc, pp - its unproductive, silly and stupid. Use what suits your needs and let others use what suits their needs. Diversity is good!
Most annoying work day since jan 2012
In reply to https://jeena.net/photos/237
Have fun!
Dear Safari, please stop being the new IE. Thanks in advance.
„Ich brauche Kaffee. Aber für Kaffee müsste ich aufstehen. Um aufzustehen, bräuchte ich Kaffee. Ich werde wohl hier sterben.” Dieses Gefühl ist mir wohl bekannt 😂
In reply to https://twitter.com/RnningDwnADream/status/754899157488467969
„Please go fuck yourself at your earliest convenience” will be one of my favourite sayings 😂
In reply to https://medium.com/@chipotlecoyote/ipad-only-is-the-new-desktop-linux-de88b61b6d99#.ymalbzbqj
In this article @chipotlecoyote writes
Using iOS as your primary OS is like using desktop Linux.
No, hear me out. See, Linux users don’t care how much easier we say it is in our non-Linux worlds. Sure, they say it’s because of open access and free as in scotch ale and yadda yadda yadda, but really? They like the challenge. Figuring out how to do what they used to do on a Mac or Windows PC is part of the allure.
While, of course, I can't speak for all Linux users I totally can say for myself: bullshit. he can't be more wrong. A lot of things would be easier if I would use OS X, especially during my work time. I use Linux because of two reasons: it offers an overall benefit since as a developer a lot of things work better for me using Linux and it is libre software.
In reply to https://jeena.net/comments/744
Currently: no. Hm, but this is a good idea. And the default filter value should be based on the Accept-Language value.
Most of this site's content is english - but sometimes I want to write about a topic in German. To be able to do this I added a lang attribute to all of my content; is this, my dear reader, enough or should I add additional markup to warn and inform you of the language of the content?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f4LCfYE2kM
Wow, while this is meant as a joke I pretty much enjoy it. 👍
In reply to https://jeena.net/notes/733
They're great, aren't they? Did you get the bluetooth variant?
Recently I read a very interesting article about the UK leaving the EU debacle. It is written in form of an e-mail dialogue between father (voting to leave despite being a left-wing) and son (voting to remain). He basically argues that the EU is a right-wing, neo-con construct in its very basic structures. A highlight:
For me, the right-wing junta aspect of the EU is more important, but the effects of that are longer term. For the people I’m talking about, immigration was an immediate and important problem affecting jobs, housing and facilities, and it didn’t help that every time they tried to mention it they were automatically accused of racism. That’s what drives people into the arms of fascists; if you consistently won’t listen to what they say, they’ll find someone who will. The rise of the pan-European far right is entirely down to the EU.
Totally a must-read!
