2026-05-12T19:13:39Z https://yabu.me Monty Hayter 🇨🇦 https://yabu.me/npub18awdjlhv8hw7585u50ulvzlx0t3tvqefql5r67l2z8cw090wr4vq3hjhrv https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/109/291/858/763/426/691/original/5b3a5d2d723d5b1d.png https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/109/291/858/763/426/691/original/5b3a5d2d723d5b1d.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs066y8l752vfumdrm6jjrtpnv6g30nmwmvact7433ej2gxnpy8pugzyql4ekt7as7am6s7nj3lnastueaw9dsr9yr7s0tmagglpeu4acw4srx080n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv9n6edm7m4uhg4hdthhqrskvpldcg28v52eeg36jwg8rxpj8rljgkmrjty'>nevent1q…rjty</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m torn — I&#39;m super tempted to make that ours for this weekend (it&#39;s my turn to pick), but C$25 to rent… oof.<br/><br/>Edit: I could just buy it for C$30, of course… but I don&#39;t buy many movies anymore — not at full price, anyway. 2026-05-12T17:43:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9x8gfz5gz4zzjyxspjm74dk3r58r8dvk34kpl2zk7wrsx0zczjrszyql4ekt7as7am6s7nj3lnastueaw9dsr9yr7s0tmagglpeu4acw4seg6zum In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0zv4zkpamnycpen5qv963wqr7ttknuwq6e7302nj2qppxn86kceqr2kchx'>nevent1q…kchx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Seeing the words tiny and hippo so close together, this is what immediately popped into my mind (as it probably would for many Canadians of a certain age):<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TijcoS8qHIE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TijcoS8qHIE</a> 2025-10-13T01:35:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg0508tfum47w944epafae2dvcw2d9ve6xmpc8wychjjp4lvalvsczyql4ekt7as7am6s7nj3lnastueaw9dsr9yr7s0tmagglpeu4acw4sgndcqa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgf2l2zphmnp7y03ep3s63xzdljkns3jwrayh0ms560fuq9ngu4kc05tmr5'>nevent1q…tmr5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Knew you’d like it! 😊 And that’s exactly the feeling I got as well. <br/><br/>Our movie night movie this week was “Thunderbolts (2025)” — and I have nothing to add to your review 😀 2025-09-08T02:40:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2s74jjesmp56sz2zuzu6dj6ua4e8kwc4wtcdcd0pt5uathttwtdgzyql4ekt7as7am6s7nj3lnastueaw9dsr9yr7s0tmagglpeu4acw4sce3wjd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstyjkah76v9tm82cen2303lp9hxflqr7alj8ff5hm9rhz07477u8qvg27p6'>nevent1q…27p6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I would actually love to get some design work done, but honestly I&#39;m facing my own headwinds that make viability beyond a year out questionable, so I can&#39;t really afford to. <br/><br/>I need to diversify, but so many ideas I would otherwise pursue are just as vulnerable. Which sucks, because at this point I&#39;m probably unhireable — not that it matters, I&#39;d hate going back to a corporate job. 2025-07-11T16:14:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstyjkah76v9tm82cen2303lp9hxflqr7alj8ff5hm9rhz07477u8qzyql4ekt7as7am6s7nj3lnastueaw9dsr9yr7s0tmagglpeu4acw4shxkh32 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx0fyfplh04nyavktz0lrgd8pnymk2sa32hfvaxq89lrecun6y76q6tnmss'>nevent1q…nmss</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are a handful of high profile examples that make people think most indies/small co’s are making lots of money, but the reality is most of us are making just enough to get by doing something we love — or have some other job to sustain us. <br/><br/>For what it&#39;s worth, I backed Tapestry (is there a way to subscribe while being a backer?), subscribe to Wallaroo, and recently bought xScope again (for some reason I had the app store version) 2025-07-11T16:08:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswqty7fv9tk67y9djwwgj2a92nfaa5sf90nae799llgn4m7qml6dgzyql4ekt7as7am6s7nj3lnastueaw9dsr9yr7s0tmagglpeu4acw4s49f467 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdgfrvqqqhp70cruccmw4l24t24kpm9fgxyqwvt854vfqqax4shycdyzwvc'>nevent1q…zwvc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My time and energy — both mental and physical — is precious, and I need to be using things that both fit my needs with a minimum of effort, and are appealing to me. <br/><br/>For me personally, that means primarily apps that are macOS-only, so that’s what I use. <br/><br/>I&#39;ve plenty of admiration for anyone living the OSS life and working on improvements, especially everyday, non-computer-savvy-user-facing ones, but it&#39;s not for me.<br/><br/>/fin 2024-11-02T21:04:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdgfrvqqqhp70cruccmw4l24t24kpm9fgxyqwvt854vfqqax4shyczyql4ekt7as7am6s7nj3lnastueaw9dsr9yr7s0tmagglpeu4acw4s0hqm7k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrkackwxzf6aa0qef0zm7mejfjf0mg6dldkfmm3sz09rthcp65t0ca7tgtn'>nevent1q…tgtn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was perhaps a little unfair in that characterization, but here&#39;s where I&#39;m coming from: I&#39;ve used Linux in one way or another for a *long* time, 31 years to be precise. And I believe OSS is important, critical even, to the overall ecosystem. <br/><br/>But I’m at a point in my life where I don’t want to just limp along, especially for things I do almost every day.<br/><br/>1/ 2024-11-02T20:51:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqw8mj297q2qxcezt26qqqzuskkuf466c6taq5jg3yykgwugn06sqzyql4ekt7as7am6s7nj3lnastueaw9dsr9yr7s0tmagglpeu4acw4sehmx9w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrwej9s0cxzu85t46n035h2xd96tcmtpnph035k3fyjs3yw5f65hq085el0'>nevent1q…5el0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wouldn’t even mind that so much, except so much of the new stuff is buggy or worse in some way. <br/><br/>(I’ve pretty much given up on them ever meaningfully improving notifications, for example.)<br/><br/>Still better than Windows. And some Linux distros are quite nice, but the apps… &lt;shudder&gt; 2024-11-02T17:45:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2hdfl7hq5z4ktsuxvu2lxp027d8xcnvlmnw64relccldpms0fruczyql4ekt7as7am6s7nj3lnastueaw9dsr9yr7s0tmagglpeu4acw4spler3x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvzme29dm4ms00amap3rzny432yx9u4dxkdgvuqqvc006awy09ywc2t64qm'>nevent1q…64qm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My impression, not based on first hand experience, is that it’s “better”, but mostly more of the same.<br/><br/>*”better” by Microsoft’s definition, but as far as I can see it’s mostly just AI stuff and surface level. Oh, and ads. 2024-11-02T17:36:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2m23y6c0vnl0xp5srmqff92naj7dgnc6x8f0pk48jkqy477m2m7czyql4ekt7as7am6s7nj3lnastueaw9dsr9yr7s0tmagglpeu4acw4s6uncxc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9dvpp8k3a6anqr3yluw3rswt4qcwjccsej9gsn0jz4puckevzmfq6wr3mk'>nevent1q…r3mk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I acquired a passing familiarity with 10 through helping my dad, but it was always disorienting. <br/><br/>One of these days I need to finish clearing off his laptop so it can be repurposed. 2024-11-02T17:32:29Z