You can be frugal without spending a lot of mental energy on your expenses. It seems contradictory but it is possible to 'live' frugally without thinking about money all that much (assuming you aren't broke and have positive cash flow). The real challenge is escaping consumerism as a means of (superficial) fulfillment.
> When you default to the lowest cost option without considering the drawbacks, procrastinating or hesitating on spending[...]
This is terrible advice, one of the easiest ways to be frugal is not to be overly attached and to defer spending.
You can also get excellent results with User Scripts that connect to a local language model.
1. Run LM Studio (download the Gemma 4 model), which has a 'local server' w/ API.
2. Use a more powerful LLM to write User Scripts (Greasemonkey, etc) to do whatever you want on any website you go to. Instruct it to connect to LM Studio.
3. Classify and highlight posts / comments based on any criteria that suits you. Summarize, delete from the DOM, etc., Just have fun.
The best part about choosing a simple WM is you never have to think about it again. I installed and configured DWM many years ago and it just works. Never had a single issue after the first week.
It is like when you buy an appliance and it just fades into the background and then, one day, you realize you've had it for 10 years without any problems and you feel a tinge of gratitude before moving on with your day.
This article fails to mention that a lot of current commercial scale battery co-locations' purpose is to capitalize on rare but highly profitable periods where demand spikes and spot prices go up by, sometimes, multiple orders of magnitude.
The idea is to store the power until these events. A lot of money is made from these.
As someone who has used Firefox since 1.0 (~20 years ago), I fully support returning Mozilla's sole focus to its users. Huge amounts of 'free' money has a tendency to de-focus organizations.
This will lead to a game of 'homeless hot potato' among neighborhoods in larger cities as each pass ordinances that ban various 'homeless activities' in their borders.
I had the opportunity to hear a guest lecture of his in Colorado a little over 15 years ago which inspired my further study of philosophy at the time. He had a keen mind and will be missed.
Seems weird to be writing about croissants here but the Costco croissants are no where near the quality of a croissant made by a skilled baker, to the degree it is hard to call them a croissant in anything but form. The ingredients, flavor, flakiness, number of layers, etc. are all inferior when compared to what is possible from an artisan. I've bought the Costco croissants a few times in the past to make sandwiches out of as that's about all they are good for.
IMO, Suckless is about providing the minimal feature set possible. If you patch in an extra feature, that is what you get and nothing else. You always end up with exactly what you need and nothing more.
Compare this to software where you only ever use a subset of the features yet still have to pay the cost of features you don't use.
People seem to forget the web existed before widespread advertising. Ads are not necessary for all content on the web and, personally, I'd be fine if every last ad supported site on the internet disappeared.
> If you require the absolutely lowest latency possible though and don’t care about screen tearing then X without compositing, with VSync disabled is a better fit for you. You can re-evaluate once the possibility to have VSync disabled is implemented in your compositor of choice and the measured increased volatility in latency (99th percentile) with immediate mode is fixed.
I enjoyed the post, thanks. I suppose I'll wait then and re-evaluate when Wayland's 'immediate mode' is fixed and it is roughly comparable to X11 without a compositor. I go to great lengths to minimize my latency so this is really the only factor that matters to me.
It is unfortunate but forced vsync means I will never adopt Wayland. I do not want a frame+ delay when I'm gaming. I do not want v-sync lag when my framerate occasionally drops below my 240hz refresh rate.
I don't even especially like X11, I just don't want vsync forced on me.
I live in the middle of a large city, in an old building, and don't really have noise issues. However, if I did I'd sound-proof my office. The noise insulation works both ways.
This post: A long article about weight loss that is built on a calorie-centric approach to food instead of questioning that fundamental premise and differentiating between types of fats and carbs and their effects on body weight.
I've commented on this in the past but to reiterate, calories as a measure are pseudo-scientific at best and totally bunk at worst. If all you are doing is looking at that number on packaging, generally speaking, your weight control will be very limited due to the lack of precision in that measurement.
> When you default to the lowest cost option without considering the drawbacks, procrastinating or hesitating on spending[...]
This is terrible advice, one of the easiest ways to be frugal is not to be overly attached and to defer spending.