I’m not sure what I would get out of nix-Darwin. It looks like it does not solve any of the problems I am trying to solve? I don’t need or want configuration management on my personal systems, except for the web servers, which I manage using Terraform and Ansible (I am happy with these).
We use Nix at work for all sorts of stuff. Binaries run in production from Nix paths. Software we build has dependencies in Nix. People on workstations run commands from Nix paths. The OS is not Nix, but the Nix package manager looks like it’s on its way to consuming most of our dependencies. It is not used for building or deploying our code, though.
The biggest annoyance for me is the removal of Firewire support with Tahoe. That’s why I keep Sequoia for the time being. I’ll probably create a new APFS volume and dual boot with Sequoia for the foreseeable future for Firewire support.
What mac hardware still has Firewire ports? My exposure to their hardware is mostly limited to the Macbooks of coworkers and family members, but I didn't realize there was any overlap between Tahoe support (seems to only go back to hardware released around 2020) and Firewire ports (seems to only go forward to hardware released around 2012).
Thunderbolt port still supports Firewire, so if you have the correct adapters, you can connect your old Firewire camcorder to digitize cassettes, but with Tahoe, Apple removed the Firewire drivers so they no longer work.
I updated but then regretted since I learned that Firewire support is now removed. I shoot retro videos with an old Firewire camera so to be able to get footage out of it, I had to stop whatever I was doing and figure out how to create a dual boot system.
Apple doing things like this is quite annoying where the hardware has support for Firewire but software removes it.
Sauna is really helpful for getting rid of them, also the usuals, use clothing made from natural materials, wool, cotton, linen, replace your teflon pans with stainless steel or cast iron, replace plastic utensils with wood or metal, replace your plastic food storage boxes with glass or metal, use a reverse osmosis water filter for your drinking water etc. Having them in your blood is bad but passing them to your children might be called negligence.
I’m glad to see that the public awareness is increasing for this issue.
Not the parent but you can set up Dynamic DNS at home and Wireguard in your router and later use the Wireguard connection to connect to your home network and have a safe tunnel.
Yep! And TP-Link, Asus, GL.iNet, MicroTik, and other consumer routers also have Wireguard/OpenVPN servers and Dynamic DNS clients.
For the parent commenter: you set up an account at a Dynamic DNS service, and configure your router so when it's online, a dynamic DNS hostname will always point at your router's IP. Then you set up a Wireguard or OpenVPN server on your wifi AP. Then set up your phone, laptop, etc to connect to that server at the dynamic dns hostname. Now you have a VPN server running on your home wifi AP. Connect when you're away from home, and your traffic will go securely through your home ISP connection.
How does this show EU tech regulation being out of touch and not these companies operating in countries and not following the laws in those companies? Requesting user data is a good way to make sure there’s not more data than is required and it’s a feature most tech companies have already implemented.
Windsurf was also used by enterprises because of their on-prem plan. They gutted that after OpenAI acquisition was announced and since then I am sure none of those enterprises that used it will switch to their cloud offering and look for other venues.
