Changed my #OpenBSD writing-dedicated box from running #cwm to #i3wm -- I like cwm, but it's still a bit too mousey for my taste.
I also changed all of my fonts (both xterm and i3/i3status) to be bitmapped (the "fixed" font), so everything is looking REALLY crisp.
Maybe I'm getting quite crochety, but at this point, I think I'd much rather have a lower res screen with crisp bitmapped fonts than a crazy high-res screen and vector fonts.
The only thing I'm missing is #emoji. My i3status looks like
cpu 31% | load 0.80 | mem 9% | dsk 13.4% | net Gallifrey 82% | chrg 89% 0.00W | Sun 2024.05.26 06:42 AM
instead of
cpu 05% | 📈 load 0.29 | 28.5% | disk 59.7% | Gallifrey 67% | Sun 2024.05.26 06:42 AM
I tried using #PulseSMS for a little bit today, because I remember liking it back in 2018 when I actually paid for the service.
I downloaded it and disabled its networking access immediately through #CalyxOS' firewall.
Even though it wasn't able to download ads, it still had blank ad banners, pop-up "buy premium!" screens and premium feature teasers like a thumbs-up icon next to the most recently received text with some small text saying something like "Try reactions!" (which sends you to the TRY PREMIUM! page.
This is without any internet access. It's all just hard-coded into the app.
I don't have a problem with these guys charging for their app, or charging a REASONABLE subscription fee for the service (being able to send SMS through any web browser), but man, apps in 2024 are just SO horrid. :'(
The state of SMS in the FOSS world is still pretty bad.
I either have to live with flip-flopping between #AOSP Messages and #QUIK for the features I need, or whack a great deal of my #SMS history in order to reduce the db size so that #Fossify messages can run reasonably well without burning up my battery.
Ok, sorry for complaining. I'm thankful for #FOSS. :D
Official #petition to formally (or at least informally) re-name modern macOS and all derivates (iOS, watchOS, iPadOS, tvOS, bongOS, backscratcherOS, whatever) to "poopBSD."
'MURICAN:
"Yo bro, what're ya runnin' there?"
"💩BSD lol YOLO"
"BOGUS, man! Such cap. You coulda run a REAL BSD, or at least Asahi, poser!"
BRIT:
"Jolly ho, my good man. What have you running there on yon slab of aluminium?" (al-YOU-min-EE-um)
"'s ShiteBSD, innit?" (SHY-te)
"Bad show, dear fellow. Bad show indeed!"
FRANÇAIS/CANADIENNE:
"Salut mon ami, qu'est-ce que c'est sur votre macbook?" (mak-buuk)
"Alors, c'est MerdeBSD, L'incroyable nouveau OS de la Pomme!" (bay-ess-day, oh-ess)
"Crétin!! Imbécile!!!"
What your project's version numbers say about you:
0.19 - Honest, but unsure about yourself. Need some encouragement and community (yeah, this is totally me) 1.2.4 - Rational, decent human being 1.56 - A little less OCD, still quite decent 2024 - HIPSTER 20240405 - Can't be bothered to faff about with those decimals, but at least the version still means something and is precise 1.56.7 - "I serve chaos and destruction. Fear me." 163 - Yeah, I just don't even pretend to care anymore
I think there should be some kind of international standard symbol for mental health that people could print on to buttons and wear them if they need encouragement that day.
This post introduces a new tag to my blog: "Informal post."
It's written in a more informal style than I usually use, and has minimal editing and proofreading. More like #100DaysToOffload style, although I'm not formally counting my 100 posts (yet?)
#MyFirstMac was a Macintosh SE with the original "SuperDrive!" (FDHD - Floppy Disk High Density), a 20MiB miniscribe hard disk that should have died, but never did, and 2MB RAM. Purchased 1989-12-22 (I still remember the date, for some reason)
At some point, my parents upgraded me to 4MiB RAM and an external 105MB Mirror (IIRC) hard disk (which sat under the Mac itself and had the same #SnowWhite design language), and then I was seriously livin' large!
I didn't have another Mac until my 2008 MacBook 4,1 (classic white plastic, Penryn Core 2 Duo, 2 GiB RAM, 60 GiB HDD)
My last Mac (probably forever 😥 was an early 2014 MacBook Air, which I dearly loved, but which sadly died from tea exposure in 2019.
@rl_dane I also randomly stumbled upon this recently. Not sure if it's a great way to move files, but it beats the hassle of setting up SSH keys or a file share if it's just an item or two.