RL_Dane

RL_Dane, 16 days ago to amiga

I have 16 firefox tabs open. On my home computer. For me, that's like 160 for a normal person, maybe 1600, lol.

All #Amiga stuff ;)

RL_Dane, 16 days ago to random

What are my homeys up to ${tzag}?

RL_Dane, 17 days ago to amiga

Hey #Amiga folks,

Anyone have a sample FS-UAE config using a hard disk directory?

I've looked everywhere, and there's nothing that tells you how to actually use/configure it.

RL_Dane, 17 days ago to random

Extended #regexps are great for place names like "Wellesley" where you can not remember if it's Welesley, Welleseley, Wellesselley, Welleslley, or Welesslley to save your dadburn life. ;)

/wel+es+e?l+ey/ !!!

cc: @amin

RL_Dane, 17 days ago to amiga

I find myself missing the #Amiga's "bring up" / "push down" window stacking buttons all of a sudden.

RL_Dane, 17 days ago to ADHD

Well, sleep, you eluded me today.

I'd like to blame my #ADHD hobby/obsession/hyperfocus-du-jour, the #Amiga, but really, it was my bladder. :P

RL_Dane, 17 days ago to til

#TIL that #StarTrek warp scales used pretty simple formulas:

c=wf^3 for TOS (e.g. warp 4 = 4^3 the speed of light
c=wf^(3 1/3) for TNG for warp factors 1-9 (but not beyond 9)

Source: https://yewtu.be/AY3z7nghDNk?si=83bhGNe4kuoCIsp5&t=474

RL_Dane, 17 days ago to random

Strange sensation just now when I plopped down on my couch with my laptop:
I fully expected my cat to jump up on my couch right after me and claim his spot on my lap.

I'm not going to launch into a dirge, but man, I miss my furson. 🥲
Almost seven months now.

RL_Dane, 18 days ago to random

Found another #Dane to follow, lol

@ndanes

Ooh, another one!! @jjannie

cc: @brainofdane

RL_Dane, 19 days ago to random

Argh. Now I have to either use an alternate browser or turn off resist fingerprinting on firefox in order to log into my bank.

The future is so stupid.

RL_Dane, 20 days ago to random

I gave up on using 24-hour time.
I just could never quite get used to it. I was always having to do the math in my head.

RL_Dane, 19 days ago to random

Who's using #Meshtastic? What do you use it for? How's it going?

This looks pretty exciting, like a good sequel to #APRS :D

RL_Dane, 20 days ago to vim

When you're in a web browser and and end an input form with [Esc]:wq

#derp ;) #vi #vim #neovim #nvim

RL_Dane, 20 days ago to random

Me in 1990: "Man, I can't wait until EVERYTHING uses groovy, crisp vector fonts!"
Me in 2024: "Man, I miss how clean-looking bitmapped fonts were."

RL_Dane, 20 days ago to random

Great, the new captcha involves looking for a combination of numbered and dotted 6-sided dice that total to a number given.

Now I'm actually having to THINK to solve captchas.

If they start using differential equations in captchas, I'm sunk.

RL_Dane, 20 days ago to random

I don't know why online git hosts don't ever show SLOC. I get really curious about code complexity in projects and will occasionally clone a repo just to run cloc on it.

https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc

@Codeberg, could that be a feature?

RL_Dane, 20 days ago to random

Once again, once of @joel's boosts/toots is crashing @tut. :P

(The one timestamped 12:12 CST)

RL_Dane, 21 days ago to android

Ok, this is weird:

The stock #Android #AOSP Messaging app lacks tons of features (like SEARCH), but it can send images via MMS very well.

The QUIK app (recent fork of QKSMS) does a great job of searching and even has a limited built-in backup function, but it totally fails at sending images over 300kb, and sometimes at all.

The Fossify messages app (fork of Simple Mobile Tools) does both, BUT it burns through battery crazy fast on my over-sized SMS DB.

Ugh.

Any FOSS SMS app recommendations?

RL_Dane, 23 days ago to random

Man, when it works, #KDEConnect is pretty darn magical.

Especially the SMS integration.

RL_Dane, 24 days ago to random

The number of websites where the "Remember me" checkbox does absolutely nothing is pretty infuriating.

Especially when said website wants to 2FA (SMS, of course) your butt every time you log in.

It could be that some of the privacy protections on my browser is foiling their fingerprinting, but if they're relying on fingerprinting rather than just a cookie to retain a login, they deserve a collective wedgie.

#webshites

RL_Dane, 24 days ago (edited 24 days ago) to random

What in the world is wrong with this machine?

Something as simple as syncthing running, an apt upgrade, or even just doing a dd of a gigabyte from /dev/zero to a junk file can cause the system load to scream up to 10 (quad-core system), and it starts freezing.

Do I have a dodgy SSD???

Update 1: I am using full disk encryption (LUKS)

Update 2: gsmartcontrol output https://bin.benjaminhollon.com/fersimebia

Update 3: I'm going to try copying everything over to a spare SSD later.

RL_Dane, 24 days ago (edited 24 days ago) to random

Would it be odious if I yet again expressed frustration with the (in my opinion) infantile and officious 500-character limit?

Argh.

Ok, that's it. Back to what you were doing.

https://fosstodon.org/
^^^^ I rest my case. XD

RL_Dane, 24 days ago to random

Stopped wearing a #mask everywhere a couple weeks ago after wearing one everywhere (except at home, duh) every day for four years and a little change.

Sometimes it feels weird to not wear one, but that didn't last long. I've adapted to the still-somewhat-dangerous new "normal."

I'll probably miss not wearing a KN95 next February during the cold snap. It really helps keep you warm. ;)

I won't miss anything else about them, other than the fact that I've never had #COVID because of them.

RL_Dane, 24 days ago to ADHD

Oh my… funny moment of #ADHD irony.

I was reading an article about trying to do a daily schedule with an ADHD brain, and while reading that, I wondered what was in the sweetener I was pouring into my tea, and so launched a rabbit trail researching Truvia and erythritol… and five minutes later, I close the terminal I was wikipedia-ing on, only to find the same article I had started with staring at me.

I had completely forgotten what I was doing because…

SCHEDULING BORING

#ermagherd #ADHDbrain

RL_Dane, 24 days ago to random

The Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and a Linux end-user that prefers to use Snaps as their primary package manager/format all walk into a bar...