- Inspiree by my wife to pursue my weaponized desire to create things and organize my thoughts, I’m trying to gather my marbles to learn Swift/SwiftUI in order to try building an iOS app that which will automate directing and funneling data to where it needs to go.
- Updating my personal SSG to support Obsidian fully, which should simplify the publishing process a bit more. https://0xff.nu/hajime/
- Trying to find a new job, which is proving to be more difficult than it should be if you have certain standards about work/life balance.
- Writing an informative article about automating with/for ADHD which explains the motivation and solutions that I came up with for perhaps the weirdest, yet most annoying issues I face or forget about on a daily basis.
Location: Israel
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Python, HTML, CSS, Some Crystal/Ruby
Résumé/CV: https://hxii.github.io or https://0xff.nu
Email: cv <at> glushak <dot> net
I'm Paul, and I've mostly done Support Engineering – from Tier 1 to management. I specialize in resolving complex user issues, building plugins and integrations, developing internal tooling, coming up with creative solutions and mentoring technical teams. Currently I'm focused on Python development, unit testing, and CI/CD automation, while giving Crystal and Swift a while. I'm passionate about small-web principles and minimalist, human-oriented tools.
I seek to learn while trying to make the world around me just a tiny bit better than I've found it.
While my D2D is MacOS and Windows 10, I’m not a newcomer to Linux and I WISH I could just move myself and my wife to Linux instead of waiting until W10 kicks the bucket.
But until the experience and process are seamless (or at least much more simplified), I honestly cannot see people “just switching”.
I had to jump through SO MANY hoops to stop my case fans from automatically spinning at 100% and getting CoolerControl to work (see it87 and Gigabyte), and it’s still happening, that it’s not even remotely amusing anymore.
As a relatively long-time desktop Linux user, now I approach all hardware makers as ‘oh, loser I’d never buy from’ including NVidia (which support is better on Linux, last time I’ve heard of them). I understand that’s a bit of a bubble, as I was sure Microsoft is irrelevant for many years, and I’m quite surprised each time I hear they’re not bankrupt.
But still, it’s not very difficult mindset that you have to choose from ‘responsible’ (for the lack of a better word) hardware developers. Oftentimes it’s ‘just buy another piece of hardware’ thing. As a grand example, it looks like current M-generation Macs are all awesome and all, but I value Linux so much more that I’d rather have an obviously worse hardware than deal with Windows or even modern-day macOS.
Apart from that, I see zero issues with Linux, it just works. And is very efficient, aesthetically pleasing (mostly), and has not-so-bad UX.
I have a similar experience with my GPU. Got a 3090 and found that nvidia’s linux driver enforces a minimum GPU fan speed of 30% regardless of temperature. That’s unacceptably loud if you’re in the same room. After hours of searching online, flashing the GPU’s bios is apparently the only solution, so I bought a bunch of acoustic foam instead.
I’m still 100% Linux on all devices, but this bit really sucks.
I guess I have some reading to do tomorrow! Which is also a great reminder that I should update my own posts with all my current techniques of managing with ADHD.
Why is it not good? Higher trim levels give you all wheel drive, offroad tuned suspension and bigger wheels, but not everyone wants or needs those options.
But not including "Delivery, Processing and Handling Fee" $1,545 (USD) or sales tax, which varies by state/county, typically around 8.25%. So the minimum subtotal is $30,795 USD or grand total $33,335. Fees and prices are (or were) somewhat negotiable.
- Updating my personal SSG to support Obsidian fully, which should simplify the publishing process a bit more. https://0xff.nu/hajime/
- Trying to find a new job, which is proving to be more difficult than it should be if you have certain standards about work/life balance.
- Writing an informative article about automating with/for ADHD which explains the motivation and solutions that I came up with for perhaps the weirdest, yet most annoying issues I face or forget about on a daily basis.
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