rose

rose, 25 days ago to random

holy shit. they actually called it "reply guy". seeing the Torment Nexus and copying it for profit is one thing, but seeing a reply guy and being like "I can monetize that" is a whole new type of evil.

rose, 11 months ago to random

Apple's top specification apple computer costs $12K. With a payment plan, that's less than
rent.

I propose the new company motto:

Apple, still better than your landlord 🤷‍♀️

rose, 11 months ago to random

walks out on stage in a casual business outfit

The future is here. A new technology future we continue to advance every day.

walk three feet to the left

We support the innovation that will make things change. It's like magic

walks back to were I was

Today, we are changing everything.

emphatic hand movement

Introducing, decade old thinkpads running archlinux. Starting at $35 this will revolutionize how we live.

...

And that's not all. Starting today you can get a decade old laptop and install linux yourself directly from a dumpster in your neighborhood.

crowd goes wild

rose, 10 months ago to random

"Organizer of ‘park in’ protest wants drivers to block bus and bike lanes on Division"

"Philbrick believes the PBOT is leading a 'war on cars'"

🙄

https://bikeportland.org/2023/06/26/organizer-of-park-in-protest-wants-drivers-to-block-bus-and-bike-lanes-on-division-376519

rose, 7 months ago to random

the proletariat want bread

rose, 11 months ago to random

welp, getting fedora up and running on there was a breeze. It seems to work perfectly. With the custom kernel the hardware works 100%.

Keyboard attaches -> keyboard works; keyboard detatches -> tablet mode (with auto-rotate); full touch controls; pen works and is beautiful to use in krita; close the keyboard cover and it sleeps instantly; open the keyboard cover and it wakes instantly.

Only issue (which I knew going in) is that the battery life on this thing sucks. It's like 3-5 hours screen on time. I'm mostly going to use it in places where I can plug it in, and I'm doing some testing of drain while suspended.

Otherwise, would recommend the Surface Pro 6 as a cheap linux tablet.

rose, 3 months ago to portland

wow, wweek was never super left leaning, but I didn't expect them to take such a hard right turn in the past few years.

Today they have an article that argues #Portland should abolish the bottle deposit bill because it's a way for poor people and those suffering from drug addiction to get money. The article is very concerned that a drug addict may be able to get $5 a day by recycling.

rose, 2 months ago to random

no, you're crying at the opening of the Snufkin game that literally opens with Sigur Ros. WTF!? How is this game real? 😭

rose, 1 year ago to random

this is the most "water is wet" headline I've seen in awhile

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2023/05/more-of-portland-areas-homeless-people-staying-in-shelters-thanks-to-more-available-beds.html

rose, 11 months ago to random

🐱 📰
👔

I need to get an electronic repair heat gun

rose, 11 months ago to random

doom scrolling becomes harder to do every day another shitty corporation realizes it's not profitable to them

rose, 11 months ago to random

Starbucks workers are striking across the country due to being forced to remove all symbols of LGBTQ+ pride in the stores. Don't cross the picket line.

https://sbworkersunited.org/strike-with-pride

rose, 10 months ago to random

OK, I did too much research, and I think this might actually make a fun video or stream.

There is no published information online on if it is actually possible to reset the R52 BIOS password. Some claim it's impossible. :lmao_raccoon: with a physical attack, of course it is possible.

There appears to be some hacking group that made shifty tools to do it in old forum posts, but some say they are scammers and others say the people accusing them are scammers who are jealous, because the hacking group won't sell the tools to them. (cont)

rose, 10 months ago to random

I watch a lot of electronics project videos, and I'm always surprised by the amount of flux people use. I think when I learned we had flux core solder for the most part, though we did sparingly use a tiny dot of flux here and there (especially when fixing bridges).

A ton of the videos just soak the entire PCB in flux, and I don't get it. Did I learn learn the wrong way? Did techniques change?

rose, 10 months ago to random

why are Lemmy and Kbin not called "Feddit"

rose, 1 day ago to random

I'm going to toss my 2 cents in the linux suggestion fountain:

If you are moving to linux for the first time, my current recommendation is a Fedora Atomic Desktop spin from ublue. They do updates for you automatically, have great hardware support, and they are really hard to break.

If you want a more Windows like interface: https://getaurora.dev/

If you want a more Mac like interface: https://projectbluefin.io/

If you want it for a gaming system: https://bazzite.gg/

rose, 10 months ago to random

how to federate a toot

rose, 2 days ago to random

I think we might finally get movement on seriously addressing plastic waste.

They found microplastics in human testes. They disrupt endocrine receptors and reduce sperm count.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/21/health/microplastics-testicles-study-wellness/index.html

rose, 10 months ago to random

I'm not a fan of cis people asking for people to introduce themselves with pronouns at the start of meetings. It's not that this practice is bad, but because the cis facilitators who do this don't back it up.

You have a responsibility as a facilitator, if you request pronouns, to call other cis people out if they weaponize this to be hateful/dismissive.

rose, 10 months ago to random

Something I've been loving on the Steam Deck is CRPGs. Some of the newer ones (like Disco Elysium) have controller support, but many of the classics don't.

Right now, I'm playing Knights of the Old Republic, and it 's fine with the Steam Deck's touchpad and a few mapped keyboard buttons.

When I see things like, "Steam Deck doesn't support all games unlike the <random Windows handheld> supports everything", or "the trackpads are useless", I just don't understand how I could play things like KotOR on any other handheld.

rose, 8 months ago to random

why do the keep releasing gaming handheld PCs with Windows? The Steam Deck proved out that it's a poor option, and that you can make a custom linux OS that's way better. But they just keep releasing with Windows and spending all of the dev team trying to hack on bad Windows apps to make it kind of usable (maybe).

rose, 8 months ago to random

This is very particular to the US, and might not make sense in a global framing.

I've been organizing with my union for about a few years, and an official capacity for about six months. For all the things that hold more mainstream labor union back I do definitely see radicalization potential that I don't see in a lot of other organizing. For example, I don't think organizing within the Democratic party (a la the DSA) or even umbrella "left" coalition groups. A small group of radicals in a mainstream labor union could shift power and stances at at least a state level if not nationally.

I'm not the type that believes in a state compromised of labor syndicates, but with how lines are drawn in US politics, I think labor organizing might make a lot more sense for many. Which is more likely to happen: your local DSA member gains political power sufficient to make lasting change, the rainbow coalition usurps power, or the decision makers in labor power are switched such that they are primed for things like general strikes?

(cont)

rose, 11 months ago to random

"Remember, hacking is more than just a crime. It's a survival trait."
-- Razor

#NeedsToBeASticker

rose, 2 months ago to random

listening to music on an iPod for the first time in at least a decade

rose, 10 months ago to random

everyone: rose you need to do things

me: I am doing something

everyone: watching hundreds of hours of Three-Body doesn't count