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I’m a writer, but don’t expect deep, personal shit. I’m a sysadmin who doesn’t like nerds, they’re every bit as willing to be the most vicious and petty of bullies as the people they claim they’re so very different from.

But as individuals, they’re all right.

A lefty who hunts, so not an NRA fan. Done martial arts for years, not one of the MMA clowns.

If I say “free software” I ONLY am speaking of the price.

Blog is now on ActivityPub: bynkiidotcom.wordpress.com@bynkiidotcom.wordpress.com

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Okay, so the new KC airport may be about perfect. The parking garage has accurate open space counts and lights in the ceiling to show you where the empty spaces are.

The bathrooms tell you how many empty stalls they have.

Every seating area has gobs of worming power adapters, including USB-C.

bynkii, to random
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Well I mean walking to England from Kansas City would take a while, and I doubt I’d survive…
https://mastodon.nl/

bynkii, to random
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About to head to London

bynkii, to random
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I was in my 30s when I was diagnosed with ADHD. The difference between:

“Oh, here’s this thing I have, this is why by brain does some fucked-up shit and my definition of object permanence is reeeeeeeally weird sometimes.”

And :

“Welp, guess I’m just a fucking idiot.”

Is massive.
https://ohai.social/@alicemcalicepants/112530980427257371

bynkii, to random
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The set of people railing against subscriptions and the set of people who rage at companies who want you to pay for updates and new features whilst screaming gibberish about “find a different business model” is absolutely a circle.

Also subscriptions? Yeah, that’s the different business model. Enjoy that shit.

bynkii, to random
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People love to make fun of cargo shorts, but when I was walking in almost 90° and high humidity, was I having to carry my empty water bottle in my hands?

I was not. Thigh pockets are amazing.

bynkii, to random
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I would absolutely sue in that instance and use that as precedent.
https://mastodon.world/@jeffowski/112577161522703157

bynkii, to random
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T-shirt: “eat pussy, it’s vegan”

I feel it’s not though.

bynkii, (edited ) to random
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Queuing up for Pride, our float is blasting Warrant, and it’s kind of awesome.

stux, to random
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Just a little reminder that here in Europe, we play the same exact video games as youth from the United States

We do not have (daily) school shootings however

Instead of blaming video games, start looking at the super easy to get weapons on each corner of street problem

Games are not the problem, weapons are 🇺🇸

bynkii,
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@mekkaokereke @stux I own two guns. One is a deer rifle, the cheapest one I could get because diminishing returns and all. $300 for a 6.5mm Creedmor bolt-action from Savage. Good out to about 100m which is where all my deer hunting happens.

The second is about $250, a 9mm pistol, a Hi-point Yeet Cannon. About the cheapest pistol you can get, and honestly, I got it for the name. It’s accurate to maybe…20m

But two of the cheapest guns I could get new was $500 or so.

bynkii, to random
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JFC someone seriously tried to argue that you could have photoshop-level image algorithm coders and workflow people work for 300-1500 a month and I guess they never have to add a new feature or update for OS issues and no one ever needs to interact with a different app…fuck, I get beef with Adobe, I have DECADES and RECEIPTS, but y’all FOSSStans are some of the most deeply unserious pinheads I have ever seen.

bynkii, (edited )
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You’ve gone past Klein bottle, y’all are some deadass headass, high on your own farts motherfuckers. Out here giving yourselves rusty trombones and wondering why y’all’s colons itch every time you blink.

Fuck me running, y’all are just fucking stupid.

bynkii, to random
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What about open source inherently prevents enshittification? Nothing. And don’t give me that “well with the source code” bullshit.

Source is the start. You got a team of people who can write fast, tight, stable image algorithms in the reg, improving and updating? You got people who can build in workflow automation tools that integrate with other apps?
https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/112578131028213724

bynkii,
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Without qualified coders, having the source is like having someone dump all the matierials to build a house in your living room when you don’t know fuck all about construction and don’t have people who do available.

It’s just a pile of useless junk unless you know what to do with it and how to do it.

Source code is not magical, it’s a bag of nails.

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Y’all, you want to replace Adobe, it’s not just the manual parts like image editing and creation. It’s also about production which requires automation.

Look at how you can automate things like Photoshop and InDesign.

Some apps get it, Pixelmator has a really solid scripting implementation.

Adobe finally listened over 20 years ago. Why the fuck would I chose a non-automatable app over one I can automate in a production environment?

dangillmor, (edited ) to random
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You won't find this on the NY Times homepage, but "If Trump Wins" is very much the kind of journalism we need from the most important news organization in America.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/07/us/politics/trump-policy-list-2025.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yE0.HGUJ.n4G0j7au9_es&smid=url-share

If the Times -- and the rest of our news media -- did this kind of thing relentlessly, they'd be doing their jobs.

It's now or never, journalists. You -- and democracy, which makes what you do possible -- are a prime target of the fascists.

(Paywall-free link)

bynkii,
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@dangillmor @deirdresm it’d be nice if the NYT stopped being petty dicks over the president not giving them an exclusive interview.

bynkii, to random
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The magic hardware that will make Windows completely secure!!🙄
https://infosec.exchange/@HoffmanLabs/112577673127762660

bynkii, to random
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At this point, the fact that a cop being busted for any form of sexual assault being “oh yeah, that happens” is tremendously sad.

No one is surprised at any level of misbehavior from cops anymore.

bynkii, to random
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For those of you wanting matter-compliant candelabra bulbs, Wiz makes decent, albeit pricey kit. Integration into Apple Home is tedious (just keep trying every few days, eventually it works)

bynkii, to random
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Microsoft will never do the things they need to to make Windows materially more secure. They’ll just keep slapping more layers on it to look better
https://infosec.exchange/@agreenberg/112576236486342512

bynkii, to random
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This seems cool, but based on what an admittedly fast search found, is there really no way to automate Affinity Publisher beyond basically mail merge?

Someone please tell me this app has a proper automation implementation. https://mastodon.social/@JasonAnthonyGuy/112576510741333419

bynkii, (edited )
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@alwillis sigh. “Why do people keep using Adobe products?”

“Because you can build a complex workflow that’s not completely fucking manual?”

This is the same lesson Adobe learned 24 years ago.

You want me to really be loyal to your product, make it so I can’t replace it with literally any other product. Fuck, I had an entire ID badge creation workflow built around InDesign where the only manual part was finding the picture for the badge. It used the image name to build the name on the badge.

bynkii,
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@alwillis it’s a nice expansion of mail merge, but it’s so basic, and a narrow way to automate

bynkii,
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@alwillis I mean, word can do all of that and even use mail merge data to do QR codes, but tha’s all file-based stuff when you think about it.

bynkii,
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@alwillis yep. People using a product to build business-critical workflows gives you long-term loyal customers who give you money on the reg.

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