Limitless Possibility

Limitless Possibility

By Luc-Olivier Dumais-Blais and Yanik MagnanTechnology
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Limitless Possibility episodes

  • 224: Personal Flavour

    Yanik and Luc-Olivier reflect on how they use traditional computers in the modern age.

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    • ATP 96: The Windows of Siracusa County, which contains a verbal explanation of John's "system"
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    • Fedora Silverblue
      • Universal Blue framework for building custom Silverblue/Fedora Atomic images
    • deskto.ps
    • mycophobia's two articles on his setup:
      • On Desktop GUI Minimalism
      • Debian+MATE: An OS that stays put
      • A screenshot of it in action
    1 hr 4 min
  • 222: Always Angry About Table Views

    Yanik gives an update on Caesura, his pet project music player, after almost two years of inactivity.

    Programming note: Limitless Possibility is entering a winter hiatus starting with the release of this episode and ending with the release of episode 223 on March 10th, 2024.

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    • Caesura
    49 min
  • 221: Set Your Clock Correctly

    With the guys on the cusp of travelling, Luc-Olivier shares tips for a good photography trip.

    Programming note: Limitless Possibility will be going on a winter hiatus, starting with next episode on February 11th, 2024 and ending on March 10th, 2024.

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    • The video from Scott Kelby at B&H OPTIC 2022.
    1 hr 18 min
  • 220: Technologically Sandwiched

    Yanik returns to using Linux regularly after over a decade away.

    Programming note: Limitless Possibility will be going on a winter hiatus, starting on February 11th, 2024 and ending on March 10th, 2024.

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    • FU: YouTube/Canopus Invoke: I Challenge YOU to Backlog Bingo 2024
    • FU: Yanik's Backlog Bingo board
    • FU: YouTube/My Life in Gaming: The Games We Played in 2023 - New Releases, Remakes, and Retro Classics
    • FU: Luc-Olivier's game pledge list
    • FU: Lucco's Backloggery
    • Past episodes referenced:
      • 153: Massively Huge, Carefully Architected, on the modernization of desktop Linux
      • 160: Optimized on Different Axes, on Luc-Olivier buying a ThinkPad X250
      • 210: Desktop Linux Time Capsule, on the 2023 Old Computer Challenge
    • Alpine Linux
    • Alpine on Pentium
    • Linux Mint Debian Edition
    • ThinkWiki: ThinkPad X260
    • Photo of Yanik's laptop stickers
    • SyncThing
    1 hr 22 min
  • 219: iOS 16 Deployment Target

    Luc-Olivier takes his yearly look at features available to apps moving to an iOS 16 deployment target.

    Programming note: Limitless Possibility is on a holiday hiatus. We will be back on January 14th, 2024.

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    • FU: @zuck • Today we’re opening Threads to more countries in Europe. Welcome everyone 👋 • Threads
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    • UIKit iOS 15.5 to 16.0 API Differences
    • Regex | Apple Developer Documentation
    • Swift Charts | Apple Developer Documentation
    • Core Transferable | Apple Developer Documentation
    1 hr 8 min
  • 218: Not to Throw Shade, but You're Not Ripped

    Yanik and Luc-Olivier look over their favorite games they played in 2023.

    Programming note: Limitless Possibility will be going on a holiday hiatus, starting with next episode on December 17th, 2023 and ending on January 14th, 2024.

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    • #2: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
      • Skip ahead to 53:16 if you wish to skip all mechanical spoilers.
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      • YouTube/Woolie VS The Algorithm: 13 Sentinels Without Spoilers: An Emotional Walkthrough
    • Yanik's game of the year
    • Daryl Talks Games backlog videos
      • A Misguided Guide To Finishing Your Gaming Backlog
      • How I Finished My Gaming Backlog (One Year Later)
    1 hr 35 min
  • 217: The Panacea of Modern Ports

    Luc-Olivier and Yanik share their conflicted feelings on USB standards and connectors.

    Programming note: Limitless Possibility will be going on a holiday hiatus, starting on December 17th, 2023 and ending on January 14th, 2024.

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    • USB Connector Quick Reference - Wikipedia
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    1 hr 37 min
  • 216: I’m Going to Solve All My Problems with Divs

    Yanik shares his thoughts on three UI frameworks he played with throughout the year at work.

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    • Native Android development with Views-based UIs
    • React Native
    • Flutter
      • The Dart language
      • Flutter Gallery which lets you play with Material and Cupertino in your browser
      • Kotlin Multiplatform, a competitor with similar traits
    1 hr 9 min
  • 215: Test Once, Test Forever

    Luc-Olivier explores what it means to have a testable codebase.

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    • GitHub - pointfreeco/swift-dependencies: A dependency management library inspired by SwiftUI’s "environment"
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    1 hr 5 min

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A fortnightly podcast focusing on geeky topics that are mostly, but not always, tech-related.