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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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RL_Dane, to random
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The flip side of "Linux is great as long as you don't respect your time" is
"Windows is great as long as you don't respect yourself."

RL_Dane,
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@aerique

OS X was wonderful
OS X is dead.
All hail iOS Maxi.
All your fruity base are belong to us.
Now go buy more $999 monitor stands so
Tim can buy a third Spanish villa.

RL_Dane,
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@bojanland @ar

Of course there's a choice, and none of the choices are perfect.

But I'll choose the harder path that safeguards my autonomy as a human being, rather than running The Matrix OS 0.1

P.S., Computing is hard. Anything that hides that complexity from you is suspect.

RL_Dane,
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@icedquinn

That explains a lot.
Digital serfdom is rampant right now

RL_Dane,
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@ar @bojanland

Oh yes. A lot of my "aimless tinkering" translated into usable job skills later on ;)

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    RL_Dane,
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    @NanoRaptor

    Accurate.

    msprout, to random

    Why get an air purifier to collect dust in the air, when your computer can do it for you?

    RL_Dane,
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    @msprout

    Why buy a space heater when 12th Gen Intel... ;)

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    RL_Dane,
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    @fbievan

    Post?

    @zlatiah @benjaminhollon @royal

    gabriel, to random

    You know they have no fear of revolution when they outright tell the public to eat shit.

    https://archive.is/ifiOt

    RL_Dane,
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    @gabriel

    "Someone needs to accept they're worse off"

    That someone obviously never, EVER being the bloody plutocrats.

    tbsp, to random

    @sigrid Hello! Is the source for the updated Uxn for Android (April 10, 2023) available somewhere? The 100r sourcehut branch appears to be over a year old.

    RL_Dane,
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    @tbsp

    I'd also be interested in knowing where to find an up-to-date uxn for Android.

    Edit: oh, the Play Store seems to have an up-to-date one.

    F-Droid would be nice, but that's ok. :)

    @sigrid

    RL_Dane,
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    @tbsp

    You just download the .rom file, and tell your file manager to open it in the uxn app. It will get loaded and saved, and show up in the loader menu.

    @sigrid

    RL_Dane,
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    @tbsp @sigrid

    No worries! :D

    Happy 'ing ;)

    RL_Dane, to random
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    I like , I just wish it didn't take 14 seconds to resume from S3 suspend on my X200

    Also, the system uptime is actual runtime and not time since it was switched on, although now I'm not sure what the "correct" way is.

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    @pixelherodev

    As in, if you started it up, ran it for ten minutes, then suspended it for ten days, the uptime would show ten minutes.

    RL_Dane,
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    @pixelherodev

    I thought it would be elapsed time since last reboot.

    That's how Linux does it.

    RL_Dane, to random
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    New :
    Ok, we gotta design and make a new bridge set for the original Enterprise
    > So, consult all of the old build logs and try to make something that looks a lot like --
    Hell no! It's 2009! Make it ALL touch screens, and make the front of it a window.
    > A window?! But it's the bridge of a ship! It should be protected, the viewscreen was never a wind --
    You think I care?! It will look cool. BUILD IT.

    ...

    RL_Dane,
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    @LukeDashjr

    Good point, but I'm speaking to the temptation to modernize the vision, whether it took place in the past or future. The fact that there is technology far more advanced than our own is the common theme to both.

    RL_Dane,
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    @brainofdane

    I think did a far better job of being a faithful re-imagining of the Original Series than , which was just awful.

    Still hate that big fat window on the front of the bridge.
    HEY KLINGONS, AIM YOUR DISRUPTORS RIGHT HERE!!!

    It's just dumb, man X'-D

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    ...

    New :
    Ok, so we've got a western-themed new Star Wars show. We need to design computer terminals and the like --
    > We're gonna make it all look modern and cool, right boss?
    Heck no! We're going to be true to the vision of the 1977 movie, emulating the look of cathode ray tubes and having few buttons in the front, and drab colors.
    > But.. but... it's 2018! We gotta moderniz-
    It's gonna be true to the original or nothing at all. Got it?!

    RL_Dane, to random
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    Soon, in a re-education center near you:
    "Hi, my name is R.L., and I think dark themes are butt ugly."
    "Hi, R.L.!"

    RL_Dane, to random
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    When I was a kid, TV seasons were 22-24 episodes long, and came out every academic year like clockwork, from September to May, with re-runs through the summer.
    > "Ok Grandpa, let's get you your medicine."

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    @teamtuck

    I haven't even heard of it ^__^

    Lately, I've been watching way too much

    RL_Dane,
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    @teamtuck

    I kinda do hate them, but I grew up loving them.
    All throughout my teenage years and beyond, all I wanted was a PADD.
    I finally got an iPad in 2012, and I thought it was amazing.

    Now, I'm really over the whole touchscreen thing.

    GIVE US BUTTONS, PRECIOUS.

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    @charadon

    Television: The Cave 2.0, The Matrix 0.1

    RL_Dane, (edited )
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    @teamtuck

    I've been both. I like the story overall a bit more, but I like the execution of new shows more.

    See also: https://fosstodon.org/@RL_Dane/110265829981787360

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    @joel

    It's a lot more economical to just pump out 6-8 episodes and THEN renew only if it does well.

    Sucky, tho :P

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