RL_Dane

RL_Dane, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Dear @mozilla
Please, please, please put the RSS indicator back in Firefox.

People need to know about this technology which empowers users over greedy, controlling corporations.

Update: As many have pointed out, you can use @thunderbird as an RSS feed reader, and there are many #firefox add-ons to restore the RSS indicator (one of which I'm already using). But my point is that Firefox needs to lean into RSS as an answer to all the crap that is the modern web, and help educate users about it

RL_Dane, 1 month ago to fediverse

#Fediverse #Fedifriends

RL_Dane, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to random

Hey #AskFedi,

Is anyone out there using FOSS for accounting?

I'm struggling with Quickbooks desktop (which you can only get as a subscription now, unless you pay four figures for an enterprise license).

#Xero comes highly recommended to me, but I'm loathe to go "#cloud" for accounting. Very loathe indeed.

#BoostPlease?

Edit: Thanks for all of the feedback so far, updates and clarification following in a reply...

...

RL_Dane, 2 months ago to sweden

My neighbor is flying to #Sweden from #Texas to get some dental work done. The dentist is a relative.

My neighbor is also picking up a new iPhone for them as a thank-you gift (again, they're a relative).

Do the math. Airfare to Sweden plus an iPhone plus the actual cost of the procedure (cash) is less than getting it done in the U.S.

What the frick.

RL_Dane, 1 year ago to random

The flip side of "Linux is great as long as you don't respect your time" is
"Windows is great as long as you don't respect yourself."

RL_Dane, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to fediverse

Dear #Fediverse app devs (including the #mastodon web interface itself): PLEASE stop autocorrecting my #CamelCase'd hashtags into all-lower-case.

That's just silly. You should be autocorrecting lower case to camel case instead! Grab the list of all hashtags with the same letters without regard to case, and if there's a plurality of them with the same capitalization (not counting all-lower-case), suggest that. Duh! ;)

#Accessibility

edit: self-tone-policing. I come across a little too snippy.

RL_Dane, 1 month ago to KDE

My music stopped playing, the phone rang, I answered it.
After speaking for a few minutes, I hung up and the music started up again.

It took me a second to realize that the music wasn't coming from my phone, it was coming from my computer.

#KDEConnect is groovy, y'all. It pauses your music when a phone call comes in. (MPRIS-compatible player required, of course, but even mpv on the command line can do that)

#KDE #Plasma

RL_Dane, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to fediverse

New blog post, everyone!

"Time for a new 'Geek Code'!"
https://rldane.space/time-for-a-new-geek-code.html

This one was inspired by a recent @thelinuxcast video on @tilvids (#PeerTube), so definitely check that out too (linked in the blog).

My #LinuxGeekCode: g4 b6 u2 a1 s1 r6 n3
(short form: lgc: 04621163)

#rlDaneWriting #1000DaysToOffload #NonReligiousPost

What's up, my chorus?
@benjaminhollon @sotolf @joel @pixx

RL_Dane, 18 days ago to random

#Littelfuse (Zilog's parent company) needs to release all the #Z80 specs, schematics, and documentation with an open license. (If they aren't already)

#GoodbyeZ80 😢

RL_Dane, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

New blog post!

"Using cal and plain text to track things"

https://rldane.space/using-cal-and-plain-text-to-track-things.html

#RlDaneWriting
#nonReligiousPost

Where's my chorus at?
@joel @benjaminhollon @sotolf @pixx

P.S. Many thanks to @thelinuxcast and @matthew for the boosts! :ablobcatheart:

RL_Dane, 10 months ago to opensource

Guys, this #FOSS #game is AMAZING!

https://f-droid.org/packages/ardash.lato/

#NotSponsored

RL_Dane, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

How many apps do you have on your phone?

iPhone: Go to Settings > General > About
Android: Go to Settings > Apps, look at "See all ### apps"

#BoostPlease

RL_Dane, 1 month ago to random

Man, the way folks on #fedi can be so casually cruel and hateful towards people they think represent evil things is pretty jarring, and saddening.

Like, I am absolutely not a fan of capitalism, and the words "side hustle" send me scurrying towards the nearest airsickness bag, but I see folks just lashing out and lambasting folks that are even a little bit out of line, ideologically.

Guys,
You're awesome in so many ways, but I really wish you'd not do that.

RL_Dane, 1 year ago to accessibility

I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing this kind of thing.

#accessibility > #usability > #aesthetics

https://home.social/@krishnadraws/110234037184935639

RL_Dane, 2 months ago to random

Stop scrolling for a sec.

You're amazing. Utterly amazing.

Ok, carry on. ^___^

RL_Dane, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to random

Hey #AskFedi,

I'm thinking of writing an article about browsing Web 1.0 in the modern world (i.e., no JS, sometimes no CSS, sometimes no graphics at all).

Do any of you guys use online services* that work well without JS?

Care to share for my post? :D

Y'all are amazing #FediFriends <3

#NoJS #htmLOLfia #TheOldWeb #Web1 #WebOnePointZero

• Things like navigations, movie listings, points of interest, reviews, but anything, really. :D

RL_Dane, 9 months ago to random

When you're on a really high-end machine and using gmail is so slow that it gets your letters out of order when typing them into a search field, something is SERIOUSLY FLARGING BROKEN with the modern web.

#ThanksIHateIt #LetsGoBackToWebTwoPointOh #ThisReallyBites #DeGoogleBeforeItsTooLate

RL_Dane, 1 year ago to random

Imagine a world where...

• Web apps responded just about instantly
• Every action was clearly labeled with no "mystery meat" buttons
• After discovering basic features visually, you can learn to fly through options quickly with a few intuitive keyboard shortcuts

Dream on, because web apps are awful.

#NativeAppsForTheWin

RL_Dane, 1 year ago to random

I just turned sixteen!!

RL_Dane, 2 days ago to ADHD

Someone needs to write an #ADHD videogame called "Dopamine Farming" where you have a stable job and a great life and all of a sudden DONT care about anything in the world and start planning things around the dopamine they will produce so you can get through the day, like, "Time for a haircut! I don't need one that badly, but that's fifteen dopamine points, so I'll take it!"

RL_Dane, 1 day ago to retrocomputing

Gals with a time machine: "OMG you're my grandma! You're so CUUUUUTE as a teenager!"

Dudes with a time machine: "LET'S KILL HITLER!"

Nerds with a time machine: "FINALLY, I can get all the retro hardware I want in near perfect condition for dirt cheap!!!"

cc: @libreivan @ivan, #RetroComputing, #ClassicMac, and #Amiga friends

RL_Dane, 1 day ago to ADHD

#ADHD #TheStruggleIsReal

#LossyPNG

RL_Dane, 14 hours ago to random

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.

alcinnz, 1 month ago to random

I ♥︎ Plain Digital Text - Aleem Shaun:
https://aleemshaun.com/i-heart-plain-digital-text/