Non Sequiturs is the personal blog of Michael Argentini.
I'm a software developer and Managing Partner for Fynydd and Blue Sequoyah Technologies, the project lead for Coursabi, and Āthepedia founder. I also have several nerdy open source projects on Github.
I'd describe myself as an Oxford comma advocate, autodidact, aspiring polymath, and boffin, with a mechanical keyboard addiction. You can also find me on Mastodon.
Microsoft now officially supports running Arm versions of Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise on macOS with Parallels Desktop version 18. So it appears that any contractual obligation for running these Arm versions of #Windows only on specific hardware using #Qualcomm chips has officially expired.
support.microsoft.com
Another amazing life observation by The Oatmeal. Please get this in front of everyone you know.
theoatmeal.com
Every tech company is trying to come up with an AI strategy for 2023. We already know the answer: tack “AI powered” next to every existing product feature or service offering name.
Twitter's revocation of third party app access to its APIs, without notice or explanation, is another nail in the coffin for #ElonMusk's favorite toy. On a brighter note, the makers of my favorite #Twitter app, #Tweetbot, are already working on a new Mastodon iOS app named #Ivory.
tapbots.com
StackOverflow is toxic. Their posting policies are like EULAs and most of the time their moderation policies only bar future participation or reward negative engagements. The result is a community of trolls who appear to be looking to either insult people or to find any policy loophole to justify a refusal to help.
Go to https://stackoverflow.com and ask a reasonable question to see for yourself.
Here's an interesting #CSS method for styling an adjacent element based on whether an <input> is empty or not.
input[type="search"]:placeholder-shown + i {
/* input is empty */
display: none;
}
input[type="search"]:not(:placeholder-shown) + i {
/* input is not empty */
display: inline-block;
}
In this case I'm hiding and showing a clickable icon that clears the search text if there is any. No JavaScript needed other than the click event 😃.
My company #Fynydd just updated SQribe to .NET 7. SQribe is a cross-platform #opensource tool to backup/restore SQL Server databases. It generates T-SQL scripts so you can version your database in git and copy databases across VPNs.
sqribe.app
Chip transistor density is currently measured in nanometers. A human hair is 100,000 nanometers wide. By 2025 we’ll be talking about chip transistor density in angstroms. A human hair is 1,000,000 angstroms wide.
www.tomshardware.com
For those interested in the #ElonMusk clown car crashing into the dumpster fire that is #twitter, I highly recommend this website to keep up on the #tech disaster.
twitterisgoinggreat.com
I know I know, another terminal #recommendation. But this one is different in that the input area is more of a text editor, and it isolates the output per command. It also uses AI to help you complete commands much like Github Copilot does for your #code. VERY cool #software #tech. Available for #Apple #Mac now. Will be available for #Windows and #Linux soon.
www.warp.dev
People feel that #ElonMusk is destroying their #twitter, so they're fighting to get it back. The problem is that it was never theirs in the first place. Even if it were restored to its glory it could be corrupted again in the future. The only way to stop this cycle is for the masses to adopt a federated platform owned by no one. That's why I moved to #mastodon.
Follow me at @argentini@universeodon.com
This is traditional family values? Standing between your mom and the woman your dad cheated on your mom with who is standing next to your half sister whose mom your dad cheated on with your mom.
Perhaps #Trump allowing so many older Americans to die of #COVID really did make a difference in future elections.
MAGA Republicans and #Trump are pushing @HerschelWalker because they see him as a rubber stamp who represents every bullshit black stereotype they hold dear. They think the black community is a credulous monolith. The truth is that #MAGA #Republicans are the credulous monolith.
Republicans are upset with #Trump for losing them midterm elections, not for seditious conspiracy or six-digit #COVID deaths. So much for the “party of law and order”, “family values”, and “country before party”.
Funny that #ElonMusk fired top executives at #twitter for mismanaging the company and now he says that “bankruptcy is not out of the question”.
Voting for Republicans because you’re impatient? Power swings only prolong inaction and political agony.
That @DineshDSouza dumpster fire of a movie #2000Mules is such obvious bullshit that you’d have to suffer from #MAGA confirmation bias or sheer stupidity to believe any of it.
Twitter CEO #ElonMusk retweet of conspiracy theories about the attack on Paul Pelosi shows us exactly where Twitter is going under his leadership. It will become an even worse cesspool hellscape suitable only for the credulous shit asses on the #MAGA right.
I’m still struggling with how someone can be pro-life and pro-death-penalty, and why those two positions tend to go together in the #GOP.
When #CNN reports that Paul Pelosi was attacked by a hammer, it means that a hammer became mobile, self-aware, and violently triggered by Paul #Pelosi.
Any senior on Medicare who opposes a socialized healthcare system for the rest of us is a hypocrite.
Dr. Oz: Socialized medicine would destroy patient access to medical care.
Also Dr. Oz: I know how critical Medicare is for seniors in Pennsylvania.
Non Sequiturs is the personal blog of Michael Argentini.
I'm a software developer and Managing Partner for Fynydd and Blue Sequoyah Technologies, the project lead for Coursabi, and Āthepedia founder. I also have several nerdy open source projects on Github.
I'd describe myself as an Oxford comma advocate, autodidact, aspiring polymath, and boffin, with a mechanical keyboard addiction. You can also find me on Mastodon.
