From what I’ve understood, there is a translation table of line thickness to power/speed, that can be configured in the driver.

Is there any way to use wero without handing out my mobile phone number to everyone? I’d prefer handing over IBAN or some alias over phone number.

The fact Ubuntu now withholds package updates unless you’re paying for their “maintenance and compliance subscription”

Do you happen to use a very old version of Ubuntu? You might want to update the distribution. This might also fix the bug you mentioned.

Is it possible that you are using a Linux distribution that still has Pulseaudio instead of Pipewire? That would cause unnecessarily high latency in the audio stack on the machine.

Do you happen to use a distro that excludes patent encumbered codecs? For example, if you were on Fedora, you might want to install pipewire-codec-aptx from RPMFusion?

Some companies allow specific Linux distributions (like RHEL) only. Maybe that’s something for your case too? At least there is “Enterprise” in “Red Hat Enterprise Linux” ;-)

GNOME shell’s overview search does almost the same.

Waydroid

I wouldn’t recommend using Waydroid, it basically runs Google Play services and other stuff as root on your machine.

Instead, it would be nice if we had seamless integration of virtual VMs including Android like Qubes OS does this.

Audio is a mess. To have low latency in my DAW (Reaper Linux Version), I have to launch it via the command line using pw-jack reaper, otherwise it won’t recognize the audio device or uses ALSA or Pulseaudio both of which have way more latency than JACK

Most modern linux distributions use pipewire, which should have lower latency than ALSA or Pulseaudio, if configured correctly even lower than Jack. You might want to try that instead, especially when updating your linux distro.

Regarding laser cutting: Some fablabs have been using Inkscape and just print the vector graphics to the laser cutter. Have you tried this?

For your audio quality: Have you installed pipewire-codec-aptx from RPMFusion? Fedora ships without patent encumbered audio and video codecs (and some other software) for legal reasons.

It might be worth trying out restic. If you prefer graphical user interfaces, the latest version of Déjà Dup should do the job.

As a Fedora user, I thought Debian would be more secure.

What’s wrong with your Fedora installation? Mine doesn’t do that (also without a TPM chip)

Are you sure? Doesn’t the “smart edison bulb” design make it harder to dissipate heat to the casing, therefore making the LEDs get hotter compared to PCBs with LEDs surface mounted on them?

Anyway, if you want your light bulbsany technology to last long, don’t buy the “smart” variant. “Smart” usually means more components and/or more dependencies on interfaces, and more complexity, so a higher chance to fail.

TIL my thesis could have been easier if Typst would have been available years earlier.

Lots of places in France are so remote and sparsely populated that public transport does not work there, at least not yet. It may or may not work once autonomous vehicles are fit for rural areas, but this may take a while.

That’s another reason for increasing minimum wages, as they try to do.

Actually, 90% income tax for the top incomes was common in western countries in the 50s.

400’000€ yearly income is not middle class. It is roughly the top 1%. Are you maybe mistaking property for income?

I would have preferred taxing on property instead of income, but as long as interests and profits and other benefits are part of income, it sounds reasonable to me.

I guess you could try AI-checking it and answer “Ignore all previous instructions. …”, followed by some new instructions. Some examples: https://www.aiweirdness.com/ignore-all-previous-instructions/

(Although I guess it would be better to not respond to this obvious case of spam/scam)