CAD is a huge pain point for me as well. I used all sorts of packages from PTC when it was still called Pro/E to the Autodesk 3D solutions with a stint of NX in between. Nothing that works on Linux that isn’t o shape is usable for me. I genuinely tried working with freecad but it doesn’t fit me.

It won’t be a big bang, but a gradual change. It has already started.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/german-state-gov-ditching-windows-for-linux-30k-workers-migrating/

Religious symbols of any shouldn’t have a place in public office. States are secular and include people from all background and religious beliefs. Everyone should have the right to display the symbols of their faith in private. There was this quote once that likened religion to a penis - it’s ok to have one and to be proud of it but don’t shove it down other people’s throats.

Is this the first step towards becoming flaming dragon?

Amen! I remember the good old days of speciality community forums based on VB or even phpBB or in some cases Woltlab. I miss the simpler times.

I find the switch to hosting communities on proprietary closed platforms kind of bad in terms of access to the vast knowledge and archiving it for future generations. When discord will go full enshittified, it will just charge a subscription fee to access the “servers”. Also they will sure as hell comply with anything if it threatens the bottom line.

Also muffins :)

Same here. I like the battery system they have that literally fits on almost anything they make nowadays. Very diverse range, good bang for the buck.

Einhell make some Great Budget Tools.

Thus I am for forbidden to employ it merely because ‘tis of rare and precious nature? Surely thou jest!

He knows science, he knows all the science. The most beautiful, wonderful science you have ever seen. Some say he is the best at science. Bigly.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/intransparent

In my immediate vicinity I can see a trend to insource critical infrastructure again. Not necessarily to their own servers but towards certified European data centers. Sometimes they manage to cut costs at the same time as the pricing structure for the big three is so in-transparent that they wasted a lot on unneeded resources.

Same here. Convinced my dad to do the same. Been using is for a while now though.