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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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Longplay_Games, to random
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This right here is why I consider Ubuntu the "microsoft of Linux"
Ubuntu is a terrible excuse for a server OS, and ads have no place in tools like apt. Literally taking an upstream tool from Debian and adding ads to it.

RL_Dane,
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@Longplay_Games

Regardless of any amount of insistence to the contrary, is becoming enshittified. They just have a little bit of self-awareness -- that's the only reason why it isn't more extreme.

ruari, to random
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I quite like the shiny metal and black combo on watches it seems. I just switched over from the one on the right to the one on the left and while they are very different watches there are also some similarities. 😉

Silver tone analog style watch with a black, backwards running face and a black leather strap with white stitching.

RL_Dane,
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@ruari

Are these more aliexpress finds?

Longplay_Games, to random
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In light of the Creative Commons deciding that AI scraping/training is "fair use" I think I'm going to just repost @Jess_Alter's post on this:
https://ko-fi.com/post/LLMs-and-the-Theft-of-Intellectual-Property-C0C0UOKT8

I think it covers it.
Especially when you look at the fields of writing and art being clearcut right now by AI-wielding corps.

Rather than having our back, Creative Commons is siding with the likes of Disney, Meta, and Google.

RL_Dane,
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@Longplay_Games @Jess_Alter

Is someone going to fork CC?

Like, CC-BY-SA-Except-AI-Go-Take-A-Hike? ;)

RL_Dane, to random
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I just typed "2004" instead of "2024" on a web form.

Oh gee.

@amin, I regret to inform you that you have been reverted to a baby.

The decades, they just slip by me, I tells ya.

RL_Dane, to android
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You can say "simple pleasures" or "easily amused," but getting updates to my apps always makes me smile.

dm, to random
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Well, my handles Cyberpunk 2077 extremely well. And Fallout 4...and Fortnite....and Call of Duty....

RL_Dane,
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@dm

Integrated graphics?

light, to random
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I can't express how great it is that we still have text based web browsers, they can be life savior when shit happens and for whatever reason Xorg can't start up, because they can be used on the TTY too.
Today I have this exact scenario when I had no other way to look up what could be my problem. I'm glad I have at least one of them installed on my systems.

RL_Dane,
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@light

I default to text-based browsers like w3m and links on slower machines. It's so nice to just get the info I need without having to wade through megabytes of crappy JS.

itsfoss, (edited ) to linux
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Well, don't hold back! 🐧

RL_Dane,
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@itsfoss

I'm a solid MEH.

It's NOT a terrible init system at all.

Having all of userspace under a single banner run by some arrogant microsnot employee?
Count me out.

Also, repeat after me: Millions of lines of unaudited code. Running the entire internet.
Yay.

But yeah, I use it. Again, not a bad init system, TBH, I just don't like the tacit aspirations of world-userspace-domination.

tulpa, to random
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The advantage of a relatively simple system like is that you have a good chance to understand it.

The advantage of a turnkey system like Fedora, Ubuntu, or Debian, is that you can get away without understanding it.

RL_Dane,
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@tulpa

Well put.

RL_Dane,
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@tulpa

Although I haven't had to understand much of , TBH

RL_Dane, to unpopularopinion
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: Iron Man 2 was the best Iron Man movie. XD

amin, to veloren
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Had fun playing today with @RL_Dane, @jp, @ivan, and @joel today! :D

Ivan, Joel, JP, and me in a hut around a different fire, prepping to go beat up a tarantula.

RL_Dane,
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@amin @jp @ivan @joel

That was a lot of fun, even with my potato 3rd gen integrated intel graphics ;)

RL_Dane,
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@amin @jp @ivan @joel

(For those wondering, I'm the Elf: "Legolamb" ;)

I wanted to use my dwarf persona, but I heard it's better to have ranged attack in this game.

Tutanota, to random
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🫶🔒

What's your favorite emoji?

RL_Dane,
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@Tutanota

💗

raiderrobert, to random
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Give me bad advice.

RL_Dane,
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@raiderrobert

Use JavaScript for everything.
Test your products only in the fastest computers available.
Put Facebook trackers in all your apps so you can make a few extra pennies.
Financially support all political parties, no matter how vile, because you want to make sure you come out on top.

sen, to markdown
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How many of you write #Markdown stuff on your #android phone regardless of how often?

How important is it to visually see the styling of Markdown elements while writing?

RL_Dane,
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@sen

Happy to help! :)

NanoRaptor, to random
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Overheard today someone referring to the cybertruck as an Elon P76 and it just tickled my slightly obscure Australian motoring history gland.

RL_Dane,
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@dheadshot @NanoRaptor

I hate the fact that American vehicles are becoming as heavy, dangerous, as wasteful as they were in the 70s. We've come full circle... to garbage.

RL_Dane, to random
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Dear God... trying to type into the chat field on major financial website on a 12th Gen i7 and it's like watching the text appear in slow motion.

LET'S JUST BURN THE WEB DOWN AND START A NEW ONE.

RL_Dane,
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@phf

Let's force all commercial crap onto a separate network :)

RL_Dane,
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@Longplay_Games @phf

The closest thing to this right now (other than informally non-commercial spaces like Gemini) is Amateur Radio, where it's illegal to transact commerce or to advertise.

1dalm, to apple
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After watching the decidedly poorly thought out #Apple iPad commercial, I kind of suspect it was a set up. It's so bad, it looks intentionally bad.

Like some business guy thought up the idea and told his creative people to do it. His creative people told him it was a bad idea and the guy made them do it anyway, so they said "We are totally going to make that jerk regret this!"

RL_Dane,
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@1dalm

I dunno, I'd hate to underestimate just how far the Cupertino crowd has their heads up their own butts.

RL_Dane,
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@1dalm

Ugh. Infamy sells. Great.

Reminds me of that awful "What's a computer?" ad.

joel, (edited ) to ps1graphics
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Today's #blogpost is quite a #nostalgic one. Do you remember your first experience with #emulation? I do, and here's the story!

https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/first-contact-with-emulation

Day 42 of #100DaysToOffload and day 10 of #WeblogPoMo2024

#gaming #blogging

cc: @amin @RL_Dane @sotolf @jp @thedoctor @ivan @orbitalmartian @btp

RL_Dane,
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@joel @amin @sotolf @jp @thedoctor @ivan @orbitalmartian @btp

Fun read!

I can't remember my first experience with emulation, but I remember hearing about software for early macs that would let you run DOS without any extra hardware, and that sounded like total magic to me.

My first emulator was probably something like NESticle, but I can't remember.

RL_Dane, to random
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Holy crap, the iPad Pro costs as much as a macbook?! Goodness gracious.

RL_Dane,
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@nando161

You should blog your experiences :)

dm, to random
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So much for getting work done today

RL_Dane,
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@dm

What're the things around the webcam?

Looks like a couple sliding switches and some kind of sensor.

ncdominie, to random
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xkcd 2347: cathedral edition.

RL_Dane,
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@ncdominie

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