Trying to install Windows on a laptop that had Linux on it (and worked fine), for a nonprofit office that needs Windows, Word + Excel + Powerpoint, and a browser. Bringing it in with Linux was a nonstarter, even on Ubuntu with the various FOSS alternatives as icons on the desktop.
So I have to ask if anyone has advice. I’ve tried Windows 10 and 11 ISOs. It always fails when I do “custom install,” delete partitions, and tell it to install. Secureboot is on & keys reset, TPM on. BIOS is updated.
“This is a self-contained low-power computer with its own display and keyboard that you can program in uLisp, a version of the high-level language Lisp for microcontrollers”
Making software that runs repeatedly or continuously, like CI jobs, more efficient also means less energy. If you’re working on OSS or internal projects at work that you can make similar changes to, please look into it! It’s not exactly #permacomputing but it feels like a tangible computing thing that we all can help with in corporate jobs.
I need to work on an eink display editor/terminal theme that uses font weight, italics, underlining, highlighting, etc. rather than colors for syntax highlighting. #eink
In #solarpunk news, there’s someone locally on our Craigslist selling used 315W solar panels for $80 each. They have 30 of them — that’s 9.4kW! I just don’t have the space to store them, nor a vehicle to move them; and we already filled our roof with solar. I don’t think our tiny urban lot can host more large panels, just some small accessory lights.
Big downside of the new Ozlo sleep wireless earbuds (which were spun off the Bose sleep headphones) is that the iOS app eats battery with background processing for no apparent reason. My Battery app says it user 20% of battery in a day. Likely just needs more optimization?
The hardware is great though, and doesn’t need the app once paired with the phone. Two nights now, I’ve used them, and they very comfortable. Most importantly, they actually get quiet — other sleep headphones are too loud.
@neurovagrant still the first week, and I don’t have it play audio all night long. Might want to find someone who has reviewed them over a longer time period to see how the battery holds up — I think some of the Kickstarter backers have had them for a month or so now.
@rasterweb@grimmy I’ll do some tests with cardboard as well — thanks for that idea! Before I go down the path of modeling a stencil in OpenSCAD or (haven’t learned it yet!) Fusion360
As discussed on hashtag in the last few weeks, but from the other direction: What are the aesthetics of permacomputing as art? Do constraints matter / make it? Is it just nostalgia? Does using more-powerful computers to create promote the extraction/exploitation/wastefulness of their creation? Mulling over.
The most important part of a #guitar practice space is that the chair must be squeaky. I don’t know why; I don’t make the rules. That’s just the way it is.
Re-reading Jeff Tweedy’s How to Write One Song https://openlibrary.org/books/OL30180106M/How_to_Write_One_Song lately, and not only is it fun to hear from one of the musicians that has been in my life for a long time, but I kept coming back to the several times he said if he wrote a song, it was important that he “wasn’t hurting anybody.” And certainly music could be used to hurt. But I think it’s far more important to use it to heal, help others, or share. He’s clearly thought about this and it’s one of his ethical choices in life.
I don’t know why I keep letting myself get pulled into replying to mostly-beginners on the #guitar subreddit, but a lot of people there aren’t patient enough and I am trying to explain things in a non-condescending and thorough way — what I wish other people had done for me when I was starting out. My replies must sometimes help, because I get up votes. Still, I’m tempted to fully block Reddit on my phone.
@mathiasx I stopped posting on reddit last year and try to only post on the Threadiverse now. I occasionally read some reddit posts, but I try not to get sucked into it.