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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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fbievan, to random
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dwelling in the virtual world of cyberpunk 2077...

RL_Dane,
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@fbievan

Have fun... 2024 is cyberpunk enough for me already. XD

RL_Dane, to random
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The most underrated GUI of all time.

https://botsin.space/@lexknowssystems/112447901463000044

jbzfn, to linux
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👀 PowerPC 40x Processor Support To Be Dropped From The Linux Kernel
— @phoronix

"Back in 2020 was a proposal for dropping PowerPC 40x support from the Linux kernel given that the code was orphaned for a long time with no apparent users. The PowerPC 40x processors were found in thin clients, set-top boxes, and other devices during the 90's. Finally now it looks like that the PowerPC 40x removal is set to happen"

https://www.phoronix.com/news/PowerPC-40x-Removal-Patches

RL_Dane,
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@jbzfn @phoronix

be like, that's ok, we still love the i386 and 68k, let alone older PPC chips!

joel, to Miyoo
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Fediverse people that I've somehow influenced into buying a so far:

5

Or is the number bigger I wonder :blobcatderpy:

RL_Dane,
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@joel

What's the screen size, BTW?

RL_Dane,
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@joel

Miiiiight be a touch small for my eyes.

Can you give me width/height whenever you have a ruler handy?

Or does someone know how to do the math on that (assuming 4:3 screen aspect ratio?)

RL_Dane,
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@joel

I did the math, it's 2.8" x 2.1", assuming an aspect ratio of 4:3 and a screen diameter of 3.5"

Assuming a resolution of 640x480 (PSX), that's 228.6 ppi, or 114.3 for older consoles' emulation (320x240).

I'll do a mockup on my laptop and see if I can see the details ok. XD

RL_Dane,
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@joel @dm

Hmm, it's doable, but it feels kinda teensy to me.

RL_Dane,
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@joel

Ooo, nice!

Square screen, though?

nixCraft, to random
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🤣

RL_Dane,
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@nixCraft

🤣🤣🤣🤣

SolusSpider, to random
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I just cried sopping big tears watching the end of the penultimate episode of Young Sheldon.

RL_Dane,
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@SolusSpider

Seems like a neat show

RL_Dane,
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@SolusSpider

I've only seen little bits of it.

I'm really interested in his parents' faith journey story arc.

I'll have to stream it sometime.

BrideOfLinux, to random
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Google "strikes back" eh? Getting a little melodramatic, are we not?: Google strikes back at OpenAI with “Project Astra” AI agent prototype https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/05/google-strikes-back-at-openai-with-project-astra-ai-agent-prototype/

RL_Dane,
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@BrideOfLinux

"Clash of the Douchebags" 😝

joel, (edited ) to Miyoo
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    RL_Dane,
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    @joel

    What's the most recent device it can emulate?

    RL_Dane,
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    @joel

    Oh, that's neat! What about the FOSS alternative, TIC-80?

    RL_Dane,
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    @joel N64?

    RL_Dane,
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    @joel

    Ooooooooooo!

    RL_Dane,
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    @joel

    Ah, ok. Still, there are some sweet PSX games.

    Takes me back to the PSOne I had in 2001-2 with its 5" optional LCD, which I also used as a TV 😝

    BrideOfLinux, to random
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    Cory Doctorow weighs in (I wonder how many people get the historical reference in the headline): Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/big-tech-eu-drop-dead

    RL_Dane,
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    @BrideOfLinux

    I'm afraid I'm not getting the reference, but I'm very curious. :D

    RL_Dane,
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    @BrideOfLinux

    Wow, ok. Just a wee bit before my time. 😁

    SolusSpider, to linux
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    This old dog has learned a new trick keyboarding for .
    There are many types of Apostrophe, & even the descriptions are confusing.
    In the screenshot we see that the apostrophe on your keyboard is coded as U+0027, but the note says that U+2019 is preferred for apostrophe.
    On my system running , to type U+2019 I use the Compose key:
    <Multi_key> <greater> <apostrophe> : "?" U2019 # RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
    Mine is set to Right Alt on my US Keyboard.

    RL_Dane,
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    @SolusSpider

    I remember when one of the touted features of good word processors was called "smart quotes" where straight quotes ('…' and "…") were automatically replaced with curved quotes (‘…’ and “…”)

    RL_Dane,
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    @SolusSpider

    Pretty sure I can cook up some kind of sed script to auto-correct straight quotes to curly in text files if that would be helpful.

    Actually, that would be a trivial and perfect use of sed.

    RL_Dane,
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    @SolusSpider @royal

    Thank God for Unicode.

    I remember needing special software and special fonts to display other languages, especially right-to-left languages

    Nickiquote, to random
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    Airport design is my passion.

    RL_Dane,
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    @Nickiquote

    That's like a physical manifestation of,
    "Want to contact us? Check out our Facebook and Discord!" 🙄

    RL_Dane, to debian
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    @amin, have you gotten scli to work in ?

    I gave up because pipx refuses to install urwid, and I think Debian's version is drumroll way too old. ;)
    I wish pipx just had scli. There's an scli package in PyPI, but it's literally an empty placeholder for nothing.
    Infuriating.

    RL_Dane, to random
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    apologists are the equivalent of "it works on my box."

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