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tayledras

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Tayledras... a Shetland Sheepdog masquerading as human, finding humanity largely overrated and asking Lord Yama to return again as a dog in the next Samsara cycle of rebirth.

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tayledras, to HashtagGames
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"Hail to the Thief"
(traditional US Marine Band song)


US Marine Band playing "Hail to the Chief"

tayledras, to HashtagGames
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We'll Make Great Pets - Porno For Pyros


Green_Footballs, to random
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Trying to imagine the reaction if Trump gets off for this shit.

Because this timeline is so far off the rails I no longer know what to expect if the worst possible shit happens.

tayledras,
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@Green_Footballs

"Trying to imagine if Trump gets off on this shit" has been haunting my dreams since 2016, but I thought the nightmare was over.

I ought to charge him rent for the space in my head, but he doesn't even pay the bills he does have.

Another 4 years means I'll need to "up the dosage" for antidepressants and antianxiety meds.

tayledras, to random
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New Cybertruck Sends Owner to the Emergency Room Before He Even Gets a Chance to Drive It

One Tesla owner's delivery experience ended with his wrist spurting blood.

https://gizmodo.com/new-cybertruck-sends-owner-to-the-emergency-room-before-1851503680

All legitimate problems that anyone would be rightfully upset about experiencing, but the most concerning problem people appear to be having is with just how sharp the body panels can be.

One new Cybertruck owner even ended up in the hospital after cutting his wrist during delivery.

branch300bpm, to retrocomputing Polish
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Do you remember those screens displayed after POSTing and before booting OS? I don't remember seeing one on any semi-recent box I own(ed) or use(d)... Damn, I miss them.

tayledras,
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@branch300bpm

Most boxes seem to hide POST, BIOS, and UEFI now, but they're still there.

On my Fujitsu, Lenovo, and AMD, I was able to re-enable some config output display rather than having it remain black before immediately launching into whatever OS bootloader each machine use.

I wish more UEFI and BIOS firmware allowed us to toggle the output display at boot.

tayledras,
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@branch300bpm

Which firmware allowed that?

I remember the old AMD Phoenix had that config screen.

My Fujitsu Lifebook U820 allows you to toggle that screen.

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tayledras,
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@branch300bpm

2009, but I swapped out the HDD for SSD and maxed out the memory.

It's showing it's age and not capable of Windows any more, but Fedora and Ubuntu run just fine on it.

I still use it for a handheld Linux PC.

tayledras,
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@branch300bpm

The Fujitsu Lifebook and IBM ThinkPad T series were both especially well-designed and well-supported.

I loved supporting the ThinkPad T and X series over the decades.

I was seriously sorry to see Lenovo buy out IBM's hardware business.

tayledras, to random
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“Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people; before you tell me how much you love your God, show me in how much you love all His children; before you preach to me of your passion for your faith, teach me about it through your compassion for your neighbors.

In the end, I’m not as interested in what you have to tell or sell as I am in how you choose to live and give.”

― Cory Booker, United

tayledras, to random
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@GayDeceiver

"Moms for Liberties" was so not the MILF convention I was hoping it would be.

I was kinda hoping for a Hooters Restaurant Staff Reunion, but I got an Unhappy Karens Convention instead.

"1 Star. Do Not Recommend."

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santiago, to random
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OK the way @phanpy displays boosts is really great. Less tedious than having to enable / disable them. You see there’s a bunch and can scroll laterally.

tayledras,
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@santiago @phanpy

The half-dozen ThinkPads I had over the last couple decades fared much better than the Dell Latitudes, Asus, or Acer.

Before Lenovo bought IBM hardware, the ThinkPad line of laptops were rock solid and a joy to maintain and support.

I still have a few of my older ThinkPad from earlier decades.

tayledras,
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@santiago

I have Windows 10 and Windows 11 running on two of the later ThinkPads, but both run like garbage.

I have SSDs and 16-32GB of memory in both, so it's not a hardware bottleneck, it's purely older CPUs.

I'm probably going to install Ubuntu on both or install Ubuntu on one and Fedora on the other.

Linux is FANTASTIC for older machines.

tayledras,
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@santiago

The T series and X series were both solid. The T series was easier to repair, maintain, and get parts for.

I'd swap out the HDD for an SSD and max out the memory if I were you. There are no lack of older memory cards and SATA/ATA/PCI/PCIe cards, adapters, parts out there.

The Intel 965 chipset in the ThinkPad T61 supports up to 2 x 4 GB = 8 GB of non-ECC 200-pin RAM (DDR2-667 / PC2-5300 or DDR2-800 / PC2-6400)

Any standard 9.5mm 2.5-inch form factor SATA-II or SSD hard drive.

JonBaker, to random
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GOOGLE 2004: Don’t be evil

GOOGLE 2024: Don’t be useful

tayledras,
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@JonBaker

GOOGLE 2018: Google Legal strikes "Don't Be Evil" from their Atrium and Code of Conduct

NOTE: No, I'm not kidding. This is real.

https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393

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tayledras, to tesla
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I feel so refined now.

I do believe my Tesla WankPanzer may now socialize with the hoi polloi.

tayledras,
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@Wen

Bite your tongue! 👅 😉

F. Scott Fitzgerald would NEVER have Tom or Daisy Buchanan ride in so uncouth a conveyance!

Only vulgar nouveau riche like Jay Gatsby or Elon Musk would think of so hideous a thing as a refined vehicle worthy of transport!

tayledras, to random
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Does anyone have a quarter? 🤔

tayledras, to random
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“The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.”

― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love (1973)

tayledras, to meta
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META AI vs A DOG

❝ I've taken to just walking into the woods and asking the first dog I see. The results are just as accurate, but at least I'm now talking to a dog. ❞

— Robert Barker, "On Meta AI"

PHOTO:
Jack England and his Guide Dog

tayledras, to ai
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Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Meta while shove AI down your throat whether you like it or not. If you want to do anything on the Internet, you will HAVE to use AI.

Cory Doctorow was right. The Enshittification is here.

https://www.alanany.com/p/the-rich-folks-are-force-feeding

coffeepine, to random
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Just saw a post urging Americans to "Vote Blue" if they don't want violence at their protest camps.

double-checks party affiliation of current US president who is in charge of violence in protest camps

blinks slowly

Uhmmm....

tayledras,
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@Alice @coffeepine

I'm a puti lalaki (Tagalog: "white guy") married to a Filipina. While my wife is voting blue out of self-preservation, much of her family and friends still vote Red.

Democrats still haven't done a terribly great job caring or addressing anyone who isn't affluent white or urban.

Minorities feel overlooked and uncared for by Democrats and Biden.

DJT may be a huge liar and hypocrite, but he's "speaking their language" in making himself a martyr for the unwashed masses.

tayledras, (edited )
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@timswan agreed, but in the world of two working adults in most families, with the limited attention span of whatever television news and social media shovel out, the messaging and optics of Biden could certainly be better.

Obama and Clinton were far more masterful at messaging than Biden is.

tayledras, to WinnieThePooh
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In case you forgot about Winnie the Pooh...

tayledras, to random
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Another year, another reminder on the difference between Armed Forces Day, Veterans Day, and Memorial Day.

Saying "thank you for your service" to living service members and veterans on Memorial Day is polite, but completely misses the reason for the holiday and our remembrance.

tk, to random
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. @glitter is a real bruiser.

She bruises herself several times every day! :ablobfoxhyper:

tayledras,
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@glitter @tk

Thanks. x3

We had three Shetland Sheepdogs. Our oldest passed, now we have the two.

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