Dan Lyke 22:10:04+0000 (2025-09-30)—
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Rather than the awful tree-layered GUI experience that is QT's MaintenanceTool.app, it sure would be nice if there were a command-line "install whatever your name for the module identified by 'webenginewidgets' is" tool.
Sometimes it takes a great cover to pull me in to a long read. This one is worth it. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282460/gov.uscourts.mad.282460.261.0.pdf
Dan Lyke 20:30:29+0000 (2025-09-30)—
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Oh, good, pulling the open source project i work on I see that someone has added the QT "webenginewidgets" component.
Now I have to figure out WTF that's called in the Qt Maintenance Tool.
This is why I love software development. Not.
I mentioned that Firefox's AI/make the system harder to configure/don't fix bugs thing drove me away, and the thing I miss about that rendering engine is "show selection source".
The Chromium-based ones don't seem to do this, just "inspect".
Nextdoor post saying "I've got some excellent news to share with my neighbors!! I've gotten clearance from my doctor to drive again! I'm going to take it real slow and only go to nearby places at first until my confidence grows."
And on the one hand, I'm glad for her, on the other hand I'm scared to walk now.
A common theme in AI skepticism is "why aren't the tech press pushing back or asking questions?"
Looking at some of the bullshit coming out of the NYT lately on all sorts of fronts, I'd say the problem isn't limited to the tech press.
Sometimes it takes a great cover to pull me in to a long read. This one is worth it. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282460/gov.uscourts.mad.282460.261.0.pdf