Note that the tilt only has one level (flat and tilted), the animation might make you think otherwise. I use it in tilted mode.
It is highly customizable using the Logitech options software which I am using on both macOS and Windows. For example you can assign actions to all the buttons that are dependent on the running program, and even involve custom key combinations.
The only downside of the trackball is that you have to clean it once in a while, when the pointer appears to be moving very slowly - simply eject the ball by poking a screwdriver into the hole at the bottom of the mouse, clean out the accumulated dust and push the ball back.
Many people don't bother setting this up themselves. Others want to have a shared email domain similar to Gmail.com with their first name before the @, instead of their full name in the domain name.
I have found a trackball to be even better than a vertical mouse. Only your thumb moves.
Otherwise it's also Ergodox for me. I switched to Colemak at the same time, also have a programming layer ()[]{} etc. In addition I have a layer for cursornavigation and selection, word wise/char wise/start&ens of line/page wise, comparable to vim mode, but using the default shortcuts for Windows and macos (with the help of Karabiner)
It took a few weeks to get up to speed but I couldn't be happier.
Most of these techniques are engineered to not cause much of a performance degradation. Otherwise there would not be much uptake. Also they are often implemented in compilers which produce native binaries so the impact is low.
The mitigations for the various hardware sidechannel attacks discovered in the past year have a bit larger impact. But you don't need these at all on your local computer, only in shared environments.
As a rule of thumb each mitigation usually costs a single digit percentage, seldom double digit. Of course in a system multiple mitigations will be at play but the impact should be far below 100%.
The performance impact of scripting languages, interoperable web standards and bad implementations are far worse :)
AI can now generate verbose content from a short prompt. AI can also summarize verbose content.
I see a rosy future for AI. Humans will use it to transform their salient points into prose, and back.
Or we as humans could just do away with a lot of boilerplate pretense, and just communicate the important bullet points. This might rid us of a lot or jobs though so it probably won't happen.
You should know your way around Linux (if you already know Ubuntu, you can use it on the server as well).
You need some software:
- For receiving and routing mails: I use postfix
- For authenticating: Dovecot
- For serving mails via IMAP: Dovecot is a popular choice
There are some good guides on the net how to set up these on Ubuntu or Debian (which is pretty similar), just google for e.g. "postfix ubuntu".
It's critical that the mail you route arrives at the other end, so you must prevent spammers from abusing your systems. Otherwise you get blacklisted. As a start you need to implement state-of-the-art things like: SPF, DKIM, DMARC. MTA-STS, TLS-RPT are also useful. None of these are hard and there are also good tutorials out there, it's just a bit of work.
I built an email forwarding service - not for your own domains, a lot of those exist already - instead you can choose an email at any of our 150+ domains and we forward it to your existing account, no migration required. You can even send from this address with many providers.
https://www.logitech.com/en-eu/products/mice/mx-ergo-wireles...
Note that the tilt only has one level (flat and tilted), the animation might make you think otherwise. I use it in tilted mode.
It is highly customizable using the Logitech options software which I am using on both macOS and Windows. For example you can assign actions to all the buttons that are dependent on the running program, and even involve custom key combinations.
The only downside of the trackball is that you have to clean it once in a while, when the pointer appears to be moving very slowly - simply eject the ball by poking a screwdriver into the hole at the bottom of the mouse, clean out the accumulated dust and push the ball back.