Bruno Miguel

I think Mozilla might have a 'tech-bro' infestation that also doubles as a 'business-bro' infestation. I was skeptical of the latter, but after exchanging a few messages with someone on the Fediverse, I'm inclined to include it, too.

All this nonsense they've been doing for a few years now is indicative of this type of infestation:

• AI plans;
• buying an Ad company;
• removing info about not selling users' data;
• applying Terms of Service to their distributed Firefox binaries;
• continued Firefox usage decline;
• massive bonuses and/or pay increases for executives;
• all those failed projects, too many to list;
• etc, etc, etc...

It feels like Mozilla is walking back on promises made. What the actual fuck, Mozilla Foundation?

#Mozilla #MozillaFoundation #Firefox #TechBro #FOSS #OpenSource

Be careful with this. Don't remove old versions before ensuring the new package version works as expected.

How to list all the installed versions

LANG=C snap list --all | awk '/disabled/{print $1, $3}'

How to remove all the old versions in a batch

LANG=C snap list --all | awk '/disabled/{print $1, $3}' |
    while read SnapName revision; do
        sudo snap remove "$SnapName" --revision="$revision"
    done

This can save you some disk space, but it can become a headache if you don't make sure the new snap package version is working well. Also, don't forget to read the fine manual.

#Linux #Ubuntu #Snap #Tips

Winter is coming. Not with some sort of ice zombies and dragons, but with colds, probably flu. Oh, and the damn fucking sinusitis.

This last one is a bitch! Every few years, my sinusitis headaches become so bad that it feels like I spent a week hitting my head on the walls. This year is an example of this: it's not even winter, and I've had a headache from sinusitis for almost two weeks, with some days so bad that I could barely keep my eyes open and had to take almost twice the recommended amount of pills just to be able to decrease it a little.

The flu wouldn't cause me this much pain.

If this is already happening during autumn, it will probably be much more painful during winter. This is just what I needed: even more pain... It's not like the fibromyalgia keeps me in a ton of pain 24/7...

#Sinusitis #Ramblings

I got a job over a month ago. I mean, kinda. It's something I can do when I'm capable of, concerns writing (including reviewing and correcting other people's work), and pays around double the hourly minimum wage in my country.

I can usually work 2 hours a day, sometimes 3 or 4 hours, 5 or 6 days a week. There are also days when I'm in such pain that I can't do a thing.

I don't make a fortune (I wouldn't mind, though!), but at least it has been enough to be able to pay for my medications.

#Job #LifeUpdate

Randall Munroe, from XKCD, has a new video for the What if series, exploring how long would it take for artificial lights to go out if all humans suddenly disappeared.

#Video #WhatIf #ArtificialLight

I don't know what the fuck is going on, but my sleep quality, which was already bad, has decreased dramatically over the last weeks. I can sleep, but I have a very light sleep and wake up much more tired than I used to. Somedays, I feel so exhausted and dizzy that it takes me over an hour to get out of bed, and even then, I stumble on everything during the first hour or two after getting up. I can't even go down the stairs without grabbing the railing to avoid falling.

#Fibromyalgia #Sleep #ChronicPain

If you listen to online radio and prefer a client for the terminal, check this article on LinuxLinks.

#Linux #CLI #OnlineRadio