viking

viking, 4 days ago to random

I have a gaming computer that runs Windows 10. Unfortunately, there are still games I want to play that only work on Windows. I refuse to upgrade to Windows 11.

When Windows 10 support runs out, I'm not sure what I'll do, gaming wise. The AI stuff that Microsoft is coming out with makes me never want to use newer Windows versions ever again.

viking, 9 days ago to programming

I have a newfound enormous appreciation for curl's ability to re-use connections in combination with the curl multi interface. Lightning fast way to make craploads of HTTPS requests!

#curl #programming

viking, 3 months ago to linux

I switched a router from DD-WRT to FreshTomato. So far I'm impressed.

#networking #linux

viking, 5 months ago to macos

1. Apple releases MacOS update
2. Notification bubble asks when I want to update, now or later
3. Fuck off I'm busy right now, click 'X'
4. System password dialog comes up a couple hours later with another notification bubble that says "MacOS update will be installed later"
5. Fuck off I'm busy right now, click 'X' on the dialog AND the bubble
6. Apple sends a drone to my house to threaten me until I capitulate

#macos

viking, 5 months ago to linux

TIL that Windows doesn't discover samba shares on Linux via NETBIOS anymore. It requires running a Web Service Discovery host daemon.

https://github.com/christgau/wsdd

#linux #samba

viking, 6 months ago to javascript

Auto-mute Hulu in a web browser during commercials by running this in the developer console:

setInterval(() => {
if (document.querySelector('.AdUnitView__adBarContainer') !== null) {
let mute = document.querySelector('[aria-label="MUTE"]');
if (mute) {
mute.click();
}
}
else {
let unmute = document.querySelector('[aria-label="UNMUTE"]');
if (unmute) {
unmute.click();
}
}
}, 1000);

#javascript

viking, 8 months ago to unity

Unity enshittification has commenced. How sad. #unity #gaming

viking, 8 months ago to fediverse

Beehaw is considering other alternatives to Lemmy due to its immaturity as software and their attempts at improvements being blocked/ignored by Lemmy developers. That feels ominous to me.

It seems like Lemmy is not close to being a practical Reddit alternative. To be fair, Reddit's enshittification forced a lot on Lemmy all at once. It didn't have a chance to grow organically.

https://beehaw.org/post/7776438

#lemmy #beehaw

viking, 11 months ago to internet

There's a Reddit boycott planned in reaction to their very high API price hikes with very little warning. It's a 48 hour period starting on June 12. Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps!

https://old.reddit.com/r/Save3rdPartyApps/comments/13yh0jf/dont_let_reddit_kill_3rd_party_apps/

#reddit