think there are many people in society that are imposters and very well know they are imposters. So what bothers them most are critics and people who expose that they’re imposters, as those latter people represent a risk to them. Sometimes those are colleagues.
N the modest local market we buy almost everything. We pay with cash, we enjoy every moment of it unless it’s rainy, and we can return things if they’re faulty (provided we know the vendor and choose a reliable one based on reputation/pedigree/word of mouth).
HE term “s/n ratio” (shorthand for the above) is short, simple, and catchy. It implies we should strive for quality, not quantity, or at least for relevance.
“He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.” — Sun Tzu
Enshittification as standards lowered.
Proton 11.0-2 adds support for new games, including AsteroidsHD, Portal Worlds, Plain Sight, Warhammer: Dark Omen (Classic), Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 7, Tetrageddon Games, SMILE GAME BUILDER, Konkan Coast Pirate Solutions, and Otherworld Legends (战魂铭人).
NetworkManager 1.58.1 improves support for private connections, the ones that specify a user in the “connection.permissions” property, to use “ca-cert” or “system-ca-certs” rather than using the 802.1X “ca-path” and “phase2-ca-path” properties, which are no longer accepted.
M5Stack’s new PaperMono and PaperMono-Lite are compact ESP32-S3-based e-paper development platforms built around a 3.97-inch grayscale touchscreen. Both models include Wi-Fi, microSD storage, an IMU, real-time clock, frontlight, microphone, buzzer, and an integrated 1150mAh battery, while the higher-end PaperMono adds LoRa and NFC connectivity.
LILYGO has updated its T-Display K230 handheld, packaging its Kendryte K230-based development platform into a compact enclosure with a physical keyboard. The device combines dual-core 64-bit RISC-V processing with a 4.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen, LoRa, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, camera support, HDMI output, and an nRF52840 companion microcontroller.
IEI has detailed the NANO-X100, a compact EPIC single-board computer based on AMD’s Ryzen AI Embedded X100 Series. The 115 × 165mm board integrates 64GB of LPDDR5X memory, dual 2.5GbE networking, three M.2 expansion slots, four USB 3.2 ports, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs, and multiple serial interfaces for embedded and industrial applications.