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computersandblues

@computersandblues@post.lurk.org

I am a software developer interested in the weird and surprising bits of it, the stuff that sometimes brings everything to a halt or helps you out. More generally, I'm interested in how we construct, convey and care for communal spaces. Maps, architecture, language, and many other things. Always antifascist.

I appreciate if you interact with me before you follow me.

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computersandblues, to random
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eu: usb-c should be the universal charger for electronic devices, no matter the manufacturer.

people: nice.

eu: you should also get replacement parts for your devices for a long time and at a reasonable cost.

people: cool! keep 'em coming!

eu: and we want to scan all of your private messages.

people:

artistsandhackers, to random
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Some web reading hacks:

  1. replace medium.com/article-name with scribe.rip/article-name and it removes all ads/nags/pop-ups (open source software)

  2. replace reddit.com/r/subreddit-name with teddit.net/r/subbreddit-name to get plain UI, privacy-enhanced alternative open source frontend for reddit.

any others?

computersandblues,
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@artistsandhackers there's libredirect, which does this for a wide range of services: https://libredirect.github.io/

computersandblues, to random
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happy 1700000000 to all who celebrate🎈

computersandblues, to random
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soooo in order to install an os of my choice on my current xiaomi phone, i had to register with xiaomi, give them my e-mail address and phone number, prove that i have a phone with that number multiple times and finally install windows in a virtual machine, where i narrowly avoided having all of my activity tracked and sent to advertisers.

do any decent android phones at the moment come unlocked?

computersandblues, to random
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compostable functions

computersandblues, to forth
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this sounds like the second good reason to take a closer look at i've found within a week:

"I'm starting a series of articles that aims to hand-hold my former self, a regular web developer, into the rabbit hole leading to the wonderful world of low level programming. Hopefully, I can hand-hold you too.

The general goal is to broaden your perspectives on the subject of computing. I intend do to that through story arcs leading, step by step, to some nice and shiny objective. I also intend to work into a gimmick where in each episode, I get to tell one corny joke."

http://tumbleforth.hardcoded.net/

computersandblues, to random
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i like the kind of computing that allows me to make errors. livecoding, repls, git, zfs, time machine

computersandblues, to random
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hot take: "listen to the science" is hard because deciding which sciences, and doing good science, and telling good science from bad science is hard

computersandblues, to random
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"1966 different people have been doing math by hand for 3 days, completing the first mathematical painting (shader) ever made with human brain power alone, rather than by a machine!"

https://humanshader.com/

computersandblues, (edited ) to random
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hello fediverse, i made something. you can use https://arnes.space/things/looptober-2023/merveilles.town.xspf to generate an xspf playlist of all of this year's posts as merveilles.town sees them. replace the instance name with another one if you like and use the playlist in your favorite music player. vlc works just fine, i'm sure there are others, too!

it shows the person's name and a link to the original post, so you can interact with it through your favorite web interface.

feel free let me know if you find this helpful, or if you have any questions. loop on!

computersandblues, to random
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is there a good command-line extractor for linux that supports different file formats, does the obvious thing without me having to remember too many flags and supports encrypted archives?

computersandblues, to random
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i like the https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/ firefox addon, but i see so many dead instances across different services. like, when i want to watch a video i regularly have to "switch instances" four times before it loads. is there some way to improve this?

computersandblues, to berlin
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question for the folk: is there any kind of regular exchange going on between people who are in one of the many public gardens? would be nice to share experiences and learn from each other

computersandblues, to internet
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i know that people brought up the story of google supporting xmpp in google talk for just as long as it suited them in the current discussion. what i didn't see brought up: facebook chat actually supported xmpp as well (… for just as long as it suited them). the reasoning behind it was to "integrate it everywhere", i.e. make it harder to avoid it.

https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2010/02/10/integrating-facebook-chat-everywhere/

computersandblues, to random
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exciting!

computersandblues, to NixOS
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i love / for static types with compile time checks on my whole system, auto-generated docs, rollbacks and so much more, but it happens all the time that i want to try out some new language or look at some interesting graphics framework and i bump into some rough edge and everything spirals out of control and i end up reading about maven build process internals and the java native interface or something like that and that makes me sad

selfsame, to random
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actually a Windows 'compost bin' that slowly scrambles files into random bits

computersandblues,
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@selfsame useful to build other files from

18+ computersandblues, (edited ) to random
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i'm traveling through saxon and bohemian switzerland in the restaurant coach of an electrified train. the menu is decent and the landscape is beautiful! good things can be really simple

computersandblues, (edited )
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and when we get rid of cops and movement from a to b is established as a matter of course for everyone it will be even more beautiful

marieverdeil, to linux
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my #iphone6 smashed on the floor. touchscreen is slowly degrading; some letters impossible to type; and some buttons impossible to click...
Starting to think i have reached my limit... (cc @limitesnumeriques )

What phone should i get to install #linux #eos (e/OS/) #lineageos ? Looking for an ethical alternative. #lowtech

computersandblues,
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@marieverdeil i'd look for something like a oneplus 6 or oneplus 6t. you should be able to find it used for an ok price, it has quite decent hardware, and was / is widely used, so there's a bit of momentum around it regarding driver support and stuff like that.

also, it's common to need to ask for vendor-approval to unlock your phone when installing other operating systems. this can get icky and annoying for various reasons. that's not the case with these models, you can just unlock it yourself.

leitmedium, to random German
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Habe nach dem Weggang von Jack Dorsey von BlueSky das erste Mal bewusst vom dezentralen Social Network gelesen. Ich bin ja immer neugierig auf neue Protokolle und Plattformen, aber Nostr scheint sich extrem in der Crypto/FreedomOfSpeech-Ecke zu positionieren und es ist da gar nicht zu erwarten, dass es angenehme Ecken gibt, oder sehe ich das falsch?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostr
https://nostr.com/

computersandblues,
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@leitmedium meinem eindruck nach zieht es vor allem rechtslibertäre an, "censorship resistance" und proof of work scheinen dafür ein relativ zuverlässiges rezept zu sein

freebliss, to random German
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Wirtschaftskammer Wien erfragt in ihrer aktuellen Unternehmerumfrage: "Sind Sie für oder gegen den Bau des Lobautunnels?". Hm, wo genau liegt nochmal die Relevanz und Kompetenz in dieser Frage bei der WKW? Braucht man jetzt wieder wirtschaftliche Laienmeinungen zur Verkehrsplanung weil einem die wissenschaftlichen Verkehrs- und Umweltgutachten nicht schmecken? Seufz.

computersandblues,
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@freebliss das schema ist ja leider irgendwie gängig, egal ob in wien, hamburg oder in berlin in der friedrichstraße: gefragt werden besitzerinnen von (meist luxuriösem) einzelhandel, und es wird dann aus deren perspektive folgerichtig konservativ lamentiert, dass große autos nun einmal platz zum stehen und fahren brauchen, und dass ihnen also die schneisen in die innenstadt freigehalten werden müssen. würde mich freuen, wenn nicht-kommerzielle stadtnutzung mindestens so viel platz bekäme (abgesehen davon, dass sich reiche individualistinnen vermutlich auch davon überzeugen ließen, den öpnv zu nehmen, um in grünere innenstädte zu kommen)

computersandblues, (edited ) to berlin
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hi ! does anyone have one of those cpb heat mats for display repair for me to borrow?

computersandblues, (edited ) to random
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found in prague

computersandblues, to random
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oh this is neat! a quine-clock http://aem1k.com/qlock/

computersandblues, to random
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's fixed my screen! it appeared very dim, to the point of barely showing anything. somehow a plug loosened, so wiggling and pulling and shoving the right cable i was able to repair it.

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