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RL_Dane

@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org

Involuntary time-traveler, recipient of offensive grace. Quasi-technical Linux and FOSS enthusiast. Armchair privacy advocate

Profile pic courtesy NeoFetch.

Header image courtesy of NASA: https://unsplash.com/photos/Q1p7bh3SHj8

My #interests:

#StarWars
#StarTrek
#Linux
#UNIX
#BSD
#OpenBSD
#Bible
#Christianity
#Jesus
#AmateurRadio
#Bash
#Dallas
#Writing
#Poetry
#Space
#KSP
#Tea
#FountainPens
#Journaling
#TabletopRPG
#RetroComputing
#ClassicMac
#uxn

#fedi22

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computersandblues, (edited ) to random
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i'm really excited to show https://compost.party to the world! it's a web server running on an old, broken phone, getting energy from the sun using one of those portable solar chargers that you may also have lying around.

it's a real oddity and a real beauty

adamsdesk, to Blog
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My Experience of Participating in WeblogPoMo2024

The Weblog Posting Month 2024 (WeblogPoMo2024) has come to an end and this is my results, experience and insight gained from my participation.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/weblogpomo2024-experience/

#WeblogPoMo2024 #blog

itsfoss, to linux
@itsfoss@mastodon.social avatar

Debian 13 “Trixie” to feature different /tmp behavior.

https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-13-tmp-mounting/

#linux #debian

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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BrideOfLinux, to random
@BrideOfLinux@mastodon.opencloud.lu avatar

Here's an article from the FreeBSD Foundation making the case for why you might consider using FreeBSD in your enterprise: FreeBSD 14.1- What’s new, and how did we get here? | FreeBSD Foundation https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-14-1-whats-new-and-how-did-we-get-here/

rl_dane, to random
@rl_dane@pixelfed.social avatar

Incontinence is no laughing matter...

But I really think "Uncertainty" would've been the perfect brand name 😅

sotolf, to random
@sotolf@alpha.polymaths.social avatar

Some thoughts on keyboards and ergonomics.

https://sotolf.codeberg.page/posts/keyboard/

I guess I should do the choir thing as well. @RL_Dane @amin @orbitalmartian @joel

amoroso, to Lisp
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This is the year of the Lisp Machine desktop.

Here's an online Medley Interlisp session on my Chromebox. Your turn: show off your Lisp Machine environment.

RL_Dane, to random
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Yowza.
https://github.com/ir33k/gmi100/blob/master/gmi100.c

Avert your gaze, noble Dijkstra!!

ianthetechie,
@ianthetechie@fosstodon.org avatar

@RL_Dane ha!! For some reason I’ve got you in the back of my head as “geek but not a full time programmer” and yet you remembered the absolute classic Dijkstra “considered harmful” meme worthy paper, which has left me rather impressed 😂

fbievan, to random
@fbievan@social.fbievan.live avatar

@RL_Dane
Original Work: https://rldane.space/gesture-navigation-is-lame.html

I couldn't find an E-Mail Address, to I went with the next best thing... A Fediverse thread.

Sometime last year, LineageOS Dropped 2 Button Navigation Support, since it was entirely supported in Android for numerous years (and they couldn't justify maintaining that).

I really do miss 2 Button navigation, as a new android user, I loved it... so whenever LineageOS dropped it, I was saddened, and moved to 3 button navigation.

RIP THE GOAT

Have a Great Day,
Yet amazing Night,
Evan G.

NanoRaptor, to random
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social avatar

Trans Am.

misty, to random
@misty@digipres.club avatar

Oh man, this news story. Former MLA from Manitoba asks Meta's own "ask AI" chatbot if a phone number he found on Google is really Meta support. It tells him yes. It isn't, and he's scammed out of $500 and control of his accounts. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/facebook-customer-support-scam-1.7219581

golemwire, to random
mms, to random
@mms@emacs.ch avatar

Wrote a few more chapters, and boom. It's 23:30. The /Forks and Wars/ chapter of my Unix History is going smoothly. However there is so much info that would make the text incomprehensable, I think I'll add "bonus" subpages, like timeline.

Which Unix forks would you consider as the most important/noteable except of BSD, Solaris and Xenix? Have you used others maybe?

In the mean time, Mad Dog!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZMA3Ge144U

orbitalmartian, to random
@orbitalmartian@alpha.polymaths.social avatar

Post 59/100 for .
https://orbitalmartian.codeberg.page/blog/brain-full-to-burst/

A trigger warning is on the post, it focuses on some distressing and upseting mentions.

My Brain is Full to Burst.

raiderrobert, to random
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social avatar

I was fired from my first dev job.

It was 2011. I was trying to get a proper job after doing a couple of start ups with friends.

After 1 interview with the CEO, I got the job.

I was elated.

It was only part time, 20 hours per week. A lots of people were on vacation in my first couple of weeks, so it was slow to start, but I knew I'd get going there eventually.

45 days in, it was time for my check-in with the CEO. (1/3)

RL_Dane, to random
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Hey ,

How do you buy (paper) books ethically?
I was looking at abebooks, but they're owned by now 🤦‍♂️

misterjoshua,
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@RL_Dane 1 sec, let me open my rolodex.

youronlyone, to music
@youronlyone@c.im avatar

A self-hosted scrobble software that could be good for ActivityPub support: Maloja.

https://github.com/krateng/maloja

Sample instance: https://maloja.krateng.ch


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youronlyone,
@youronlyone@c.im avatar

@RL_Dane Ahh, there is, Pano Scrobbler by kawaiiDango.

They support:

  • Libre.fm
  • Last.fm
  • GNUfm
  • ListenBrainz (main + custom)
  • Maloja
  • Pleroma
  • File saving (CSV or JSONL)

https://github.com/kawaiiDango/pano-scrobbler

RL_Dane, to random
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Anyone got shell accounts to an OpenBSD server I can get an invite to? (Not privileged or anything/teensy quota is fine)

Just wanted to have a shell account I can learn on. I do have an OpenBSD machine at home, but my PineBook is realistically Linux-only. OpenBSD will run, but the framebuffer doesn't work (yet?), so I think it's just "hope xenodm works, otherwise debug with a serial cable" ;)

P.S. I think I was looking in the wrong place. There is a list here: https://tildeverse.org/members/

brainofdane,
@brainofdane@hachyderm.io avatar

@RL_Dane oh no. You mean I can just get shell access and other things on these communities for free? This sounds like too much fun. Down the rabbit hole I go…

tedchoward, to random
@tedchoward@mastodon.social avatar

I have a #unix question. I’m running #Slackware. I log into my machine from the console and use startx to start X11. By default, my terminal app (urxvt) does not start a login shell. I know I can configure it to do this. The question is: should I? And why?

libreleah, to random
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We have more Dell Latitude ports under review for Libreboot. If anyone has Latitude E6220, E6320, E6330, E6230 please do:

Boot with linux kernel option at boot time: iomem=relaxed

Now download coreboot via git:

git clone https://review.coreboot.org/coreboot

in there, util/intelvbttool

go in there and type "make"

./intelvbttool -l -v data.vbt

as root, in that directory, do this intelvbttool command, send it to me: info@minifree.org

The VBT configures a few things and is needed for backlight control.

fedops, to random
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Wow, glad this week is over. Even just 3 days provided a full month's supply of dysfunctional corporate bullshit of the highest order.

Remember, peeps: don't put your heart & soul into anything with an HR department!

inlovewithpda, to random
@inlovewithpda@chaos.social avatar

The is really the best pointer of a laptop. Scrolling with the trackball is just great.
I really wish more laptops have them. @tuxedocomputers please release a machin with trackball ;)

madeindex, to environment
@madeindex@mastodon.social avatar

If you haven't yet you should probably watch 👍

the is an extremely interesting person as well:
He used to be a who "...spent 14 years in silence and prayer during his training." & went on to become a 🎥
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Reggio

madeindex,
@madeindex@mastodon.social avatar

@RL_Dane

It can be a bit slow in the start 😅 - Best to watch it alone.

Absolutely underrated & too unknown 👍

Same, amazing that there are other people who know & appreciate it! 🤞

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