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vwbusguy

@vwbusguy@mastodon.online

Do you use your powers for good or for awesome?

Senior #DevOps Engineer at a major research institution (views/opinions my own) and a severe #Linux and #opensource enthusiast. Also into #retrocomputing, #fountainpens, #Volkswagen, #music, and #cooking. #fedi22

Hoosier currently living in California.

Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/vwbusguy
Firefish: https://easymode.im/@vwbusguy

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jzb, to random
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Someday I will stop typing :wq in other text editors / programs to save and quit my work.

Someday. That day, apparently, is not today.

Quinnypig, to random
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Microsoft: “We’re putting security first.”
Also Microsoft: “Windows now comes with what’s functionally a screen capturing keylogger.”
🤡🤡🤡

internetarchive, to random
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Sorry to say, archive.org is under a ddos attack. The data is not affected, but most services are unavailable.

We are working on it & will post updates in comments.

sjvn, to linux
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AlmaLinux Introduces Engineering Steering Committee to Enhance Community Collaboration https://devops.com/almalinux-introduces-engineering-steering-committee-to-enhance-community-collaboration/by @sjvn

AlmaLinux is working towards being the enterprise for the community and businesses.

sjvn, to random
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And you try to tell the young people of today that ... they won't believe you!

alexseifert, to linux
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Switching to Fedora from Windows full-time on my main PC was one of the best decisions I've ever made.

The_Icarian, to random
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Julie, to ai
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Wow. Yes.

technicaltundra, to random
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I mentioned walls of moss, but I am tragically unable to choose just one picture worth my delight at this short but intensely mossy path. You can breathe the green just looking at the pictures.

Same as the first image, but taken further along the path
Same as the other pictures, but taken further along the path

bagder, to random
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How to verify a release

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/05/23/how-to-verify-a-curl-release/

How we are not the next xz.

verge, to random
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The US government is trying to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24163083/live-nation-ticketmaster-doj-monopoly-lawsuit-break-up

exkclamation, to linux_gaming
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For all you OG out there... looks like the console war is finally over 🤯

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24163176/atari-acquires-intellivision-amico-console

fedora, to fedora
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What has the Fedora COSMIC SIG been up to? Find out at the Fedora 40 Release Party! @ryanabx, the lead of this effort, will give us an update.

Register to join the Fedora 40 Release Party, happening this Fri-Sat, May 24-25: https://fedoramagazine.org/registration-open-fedora-40-release-party-on-may-24-25/

Our friends at @system76 are super invited to join the party! 🥳

jwf,
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@ahoneybun @ryanabx @fedora The full schedule is here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Linux_40_Release_Party_Schedule

frameworkcomputer, to random
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Bluefin/Bazzite are now community supported options for Framework laptops: https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bluefin-bazzite-for-framework-laptops/1820

(Landing page updates at Frame.work coming later)

funnelfiasco, to random
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To the person(s) having fun with my credit card this morning: I suspect trying to pay Canadian Immigration with a fraudulent card won't look good on your visa application.

fedora, to fedora
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Voting is under way for the Fedora 40 election cycle! Please look at the candidates and their responses to questions about serving in the roles they are running for.

Open seats are for the Fedora Council, FESCo, Mindshare Committee, and EPEL Steering Committee.

Voting ends on May 30 at 11:59pm UTC!

➡️ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/elections-voting-is-now-open/

almalinux, to linux
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Today we are excited to announce the AlmaLinux Engineering Steering Committee. https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-05-21-introducing-alesco/

Congrats and thank you to Andrew Lukoshko, Ben Thomas, Cody Robertson, Elkhan Mammadli, @jonathanspw and
@Conan_Kudo for serving as the inaugural ALESCo members.

gamingonlinux, to random
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Google AI just telling people to drink piss. Perfect, no notes.

https://x.com/dril/status/1787041991391584549

vwbusguy, to ChatGPT
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#ChatGPT failed hard on this one.

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johnnydecimal,
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@vwbusguy @daisy

Yeah it's not good at this sort of thing.

Evv1L, to random
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:windowstrash:

Inspired by this:
https://mastodon.online/@vas3k/112463951307461100

bagder, to random
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Remember to take the user survey 2024 - if you can spare a few minutes.

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/05/14/curl-user-survey-2024/

GossiTheDog, to random
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Burn the planet for shareholder value! Woo!!

Microsoft released its 2024 Sustainability Report. Last year, Microsoft's emissions went up 29%, and it used 23% more water, primarily due to "new technologies, including generative AI."

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/05/15/microsoft-environmental-sustainability-report-2024/

frumble, to firefox German
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Setzt "browser.translations.select.enable" unter about:config in 126 auf true, dann bekommt ihr schon jetzt die native selektive Übersetzungsfunktion!

https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/firefox/firefox-126-kann-markierten-text-uebersetzen/

Meyerweb, to random
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Reality is being written by a malfunctioning Markov chain generator.

(Hat tip: @cstross)

Meyerweb,
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Reality continues to be written by a malfunctioning Markov chain generator.

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