Android now runs a Debian VM, too. It's early days, but I'd be surprised if they don't get Linux GUI apps integrated into Android in desktop mode soon.
There was a time in the 90s when quite a number of governments were aware of this Microsoft problem and insisted on open formats, so that important govt records and data could be open down the track. It seems like all of that was forgotten and traded for 'convenience'.
That's not exactly for slowness reasons. The creators of uv have stated that if pip followed the same algorithms they'd see similar performance benefits. People greatly overstate the Python performance penalty.
Niri looks promising to me. After I discovered PaperWM I moved on to Material Shell, which was still the best workflow I've come across to date. It was basically gnome with a 2d grid: you could scroll workspaces left and right and then again on the vertical axis. The author sort of abandoned it (it was a Gnome extension) in order to go all in on their own desktop environment with the same concept. I'm guessing that'll take a while to get off the ground.
> Then came the SQLModel problems. The author pushes it very hard in the FastAPI docs
No it doesn't? The front page for FastAPI contains a pretty lengthy tutorial with no mention of SQLModel. The only time SQLModel gets a significant mention is on a page explaining connecting a relational DB, but it makes it clear that any DB at all can be used. Something has to be chosen for the tutorial, so it makes sense the author would choose their own.
If SQLModel isn't right for you then you're the only person to blame. I've been through that tutorial before and settled on plain old SQLAlchemy.
It feels like we're getting very close. The recent addition of a Debian VM into Android (I believe it's even in AOSP) leads me to believe we'll be getting Linux apps on Android in the same way ChromeOS gets them. Imagine being able to run VSCode off your phone anywhere you can plug into a monitor.
I also think we'll get a more desktop ready version of Chrome. If we get these things I think it'll be a gamechanger.
It's certainly not the norm in Australia, nor have I come across that in probably the last 15 or so years. Running your credit card through the terminal to place a hold on funds is done pretty much everywhere. I'm sure there's a few crusty old operators out there doing things the old way.
They're not supposed to write the details down, which is what this person was referring to.
In Asia, they quite often take your CC details and enter it into a text field in their own system in case they need to process it later, including the CVV. Sometimes they're writing it down on paper.
They're not entering it into a PCI compliant system where the digits are masked.
Does 4G even use the concept of a MAC address? I'm not familiar enough with the protocol to comment, but MAC addresses are usually an Ethernet conecpt.