mike

mike, 1 day ago to random

I've been using DuckDuckGo as my main search engine for a while now. Lately, DDG seems to "correct" my searches. A LOT. I don't know if it's just me or if it's a universal thing, but when I type in a search sometimes not only the results aren't what I was looking for, but I see the query itself has been changed to something I didn't actually search for. It's INCREDIBLY frustrating. I just might have to find a new search engine if this keeps up.

mike, 1 day ago to random

My search engine skills are failing me tonight. Does anybody know of a tool that will convert an HTML document into markdown? Linux obviously and CLI would be nice. I want to use it for a script.

mike, 2 days ago to random

Hey @Vivaldi, I don't suppose there's something on the horizon that would let me import a .md file to my Vivaldi notes from a command line? Realizing that's probably pretty niche, but I can think of a LOT that I would do with it.

mike, 9 days ago to random

Coworker1 after successful system update: "I love it when a plan comes together"
Me: I love obscure A-Team quotes.
Coworker2: Oh god, how old is that movie!

collective groans of old people on the call

mike, 9 days ago to random

I get that this is supposedly "stored locally" and encrypted, but I don't trust this even the slightest bit. I don't trust that Microsoft can keep its greedy mitts off that data.

https://fosstodon.org/@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io/112479647452819905

mike, 10 days ago to random

When I was 18 and going to University, I applied for student aid because my parents weren't rich enough to help out. I was denied because I had outstanding debt. From when I was 16 months old. It took a while to get that sorted.

Look. I have kids. Quite a few of them. I love them, and I think they're downright adorable. Regardless, you won't ever see them until they're adults. I talk to them about privacy, and the risks of online life. I think it's important.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/20/1251819597/why-you-should-think-twice-before-posting-that-cute-photo-of-your-kid-online

mike, 14 days ago (edited 14 days ago) to random

When you're washing clothes, do you...

mike, 17 days ago to random

Hey @Vivaldi, what's the chances I could get a "Watch Tab" feature added? Have a configurable periodic reload (already a feature obviously) in the background and just notify either through a simple dot on the tab or a popup (having that a configurable option would be nice) when the page changes?

mike, 21 days ago to random

OK, I'm not the sort that's just philosophically opposed to stuff like this. I think these LLMs have very real uses. Having said that, I'd much rather see something locally run like Ollama than having every inquiry going into the DB of Microsoft, Google, or Amazon. It's bad enough all the tracking they're already doing. This just adds a whole new vector for them to track for even more information on us.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/05/gemini-ai-gnome-shell-extension

mike, 22 days ago to random

I wonder how much more of this type of thing it's going to take before people just raise the Jolly Roger instead.

https://www.androidpolice.com/new-amazon-prime-video-ad-format-incoming/

mike, 24 days ago to random

Is sleeping on the floor good for your back. I'm not a scientist or anything, but I've slept on the floor many times since I first had children, and not once has it ever made my back feel BETTER.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-sleeping-on-the-floor-good-for-your-back/

mike, 24 days ago to random

The last couple days I've had a very weird headache. Most of the time it feels fine, but then I'll get these sudden spikes. They only last a second or two and I'm back to fine.

I blame The Silence. I'm sure it's their fault.

mike, 27 days ago to random

Our corporate password policy just updated requiring our passwords to be minimum 15 characters long. Yea, this is going to end well.

mike, 1 month ago to random

Yes, I'm actually this lazy.

#!/usr/bin/bash

INPUT_FILE=$1

if [ ! -f ${INPUT_FILE} ]
then
echo "File ${INPUT_FILE} doesn't exist. Please try again."
exit 1
fi

cat ${INPUT_FILE} |python3 -m piper --model en_GB-alan-medium --output-raw | aplay -r 22050 -f S16_LE -t raw -

mike, 1 month ago to ubuntu

Any #Ubuntu fans, the latest LTS has officially released!

https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop

mike, 1 month ago to random

My wife unironically asked my eldest last night what he wanted for "first" dinner. I feel like we're raising hobbits.

mike, 1 month ago to random

It's just one of those days...

mike, 1 month ago to random

I installed rustc tonight and proceeded to write HelloWorld.rs. My first ever :rust: program. And it's 13MB. What the hell??

mike, 1 month ago to random

Me favorite question of the morning so far:

Coworker: This automation is supposed to run every Monday. Why did it run today and not yesterday?

Me: Today is Monday.

mike, 1 month ago to random

Early on in dating my future wife, I noticed that even though she's objectively brilliant, she doesn't pay a whole lot of attention to her environment. One of my favorite things to do is randomly buy her flowers and place them somewhere in plain view in the house and see how long it takes her to notice them. We're going on day 3 right now for a bouquet on the kitchen counter. 💐 🤣

mike, 1 month ago to random

It's Friday and I'm not sure how well this whole, "staying awake" thing is working out for me today. Might have to put the whole thing off until tomorrow.

mike, 1 month ago to Vivaldi

Testing the new #Vivaldi 6.7 snapshot. I'm not sure if all these features are public knowledge, so I'm not going to talk too much about it right now, but there are some very cool things coming if all of this stays in the next stable release.

mike, 1 month ago to random

The #Eclipse2024 was pretty cool. Unfortunately we weren't in the path of totality, so this was about the best we got. Still, very cool to watch.

mike, 1 month ago to random

What are you doing right now?

#Eclipse2024

mike, 1 month ago to random

I haven't done a #ScreenShotSunday for a while, so I thought I'd throw up a retro desktop from June of 2020. I don't remember why I took this particular screenshot, but there it is.