[2025-10-07T16:32:18Z] gm [2025-10-07T16:43:39Z] meow [2025-10-07T18:53:12Z] hiii [2025-10-07T19:03:04Z] hey dery, sewn [2025-10-07T19:03:05Z] hii mid [2025-10-07T19:03:07Z] :3 [2025-10-07T19:03:15Z] how are things? [2025-10-07T19:03:46Z] lmao the local food co-op is rerunning their ads from the 80s [2025-10-07T19:04:15Z] that's so wonky [2025-10-07T19:04:16Z] the city here has a synthwave-themed road safety campaign too [2025-10-07T19:04:17Z] which, ??? [2025-10-07T19:14:55Z] hii, things are [2025-10-07T19:14:55Z] . [2025-10-07T19:14:58Z] like, I don't recall if I said it here but I'm very sure that my whole stomach thing is like... stress? [2025-10-07T19:15:09Z] my GP says that my stomach's valve is not _that_ open and tbh I always had _some_ reflux in my life [2025-10-07T19:15:25Z] but like some days I can eat hell and come back fine while some I could eat literal soggy bread and die [2025-10-07T19:18:10Z] yeah that sounds about right [2025-10-07T19:18:14Z] shit's fucked [2025-10-07T19:18:17Z] so, makes sense [2025-10-07T19:19:58Z] https://youtu.be/79Y6Q47qjlw [2025-10-07T19:20:13Z] would a cover of smash mouth's all star played on a variety of produce help [2025-10-07T19:22:42Z] indeed [2025-10-07T19:22:46Z] I mean timing also makes sense since it started like, a month after maturity, which is HELL [2025-10-07T19:23:47Z] but then it never got away, which is weird. TBH I was "fine" up until january where I had some funky stuff happen and then it went downhill fast [2025-10-07T19:23:47Z] that's also why I burned out [2025-10-07T19:23:51Z] fair [2025-10-07T22:25:53Z] fsf appearantly announced 'librephone' recently though. which could be somewhat exciting. however looking at their old android ROM its probably not going to be much :p [2025-10-07T22:33:46Z] eh. [2025-10-07T22:33:59Z] honestly i've given up on "liberating" others for lack of a better word [2025-10-07T22:34:09Z] I agree [2025-10-07T22:34:20Z] keeping up with the joneses isn't possible with the paltry resources available to libre projects [2025-10-07T22:34:36Z] best to focus on internal initiatives instead of outreach to provide a stable base for people willing to make the jump [2025-10-07T22:35:09Z] like why are we (very, very broad "we" here) focusing on phones when there are zero modern graphics cards that function without proprietary firmware for example [2025-10-07T22:35:25Z] even a barebones 2D-only card would be a good start [2025-10-07T22:35:58Z] opengraphics was working on that all the way back in 2008 and the main problem they ran into was being unable to crowdfund enough to manufacture a large enough number of ASICs to make their project viable economically [2025-10-07T22:36:11Z] they had working prototypes, they just relied on at the time even more expensive FPGAs [2025-10-07T22:37:08Z] another thing is the compromise with "open source" types who don't care about the principle of the matter. they're all too willing to throw the rest under the bus if it means they can make money off things [2025-10-07T22:44:56Z] things being open source is still considered a niche thing if you ask me. in any case, wether or not this device even comes to fruition, aswell as even people buying this thing, I still think its a step in the right direction. [2025-10-07T22:47:54Z] i'm not saying it's not, i'm just saying that the FSF and the broader free software movement would be better spent focusing on the last few holdouts of x86 platforms, maybe porting libreboot to a few more modern motherboards, and then working on an actually free rasp pi alternative [2025-10-07T22:48:05Z] rasp pi in particular seems like a high priority [2025-10-07T22:48:13Z] considering in its standard form it's not even fully open source [2025-10-07T22:48:22Z] afaik it still relies heavily on proprietary software [2025-10-07T22:48:56Z] gtg bus is on the way [2025-10-07T22:51:20Z] I agree. focusing on devices actually being used, like the pi as you mentioned. pushing rpi holdings into using HW which iss foss would be a great leap imo. and yes, rpis still uses non-free blobs for gpu and couple other things