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RL_Dane

@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org

Involuntary time-traveler, recipient of offensive grace. Quasi-technical Linux and FOSS enthusiast. Armchair privacy advocate

Profile pic courtesy NeoFetch.

Header image courtesy of NASA: https://unsplash.com/photos/Q1p7bh3SHj8

My #interests:

#StarWars
#StarTrek
#Linux
#UNIX
#BSD
#OpenBSD
#Bible
#Christianity
#Jesus
#AmateurRadio
#Bash
#Dallas
#Writing
#Poetry
#Space
#KSP
#Tea
#FountainPens
#Journaling
#TabletopRPG
#RetroComputing
#ClassicMac
#uxn

#fedi22

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RL_Dane, to blogging
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Ok, it's time.

Time to start writing my #blogme script.

I WILL STREAMLINE THE #BLOGGING PROCESS.

I will make it as easy and addictive as tooting.

And it will even toot for me when it's done. (Hopefully)

RL_Dane, to random
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The nice thing about buying cheap old in 2024 is that they already come with SSD. XD

Note to self: this would have made a great mini blogpost. XD
I need to write my "blogme" script now!!

RL_Dane,
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@mike805

Ha, my X200 is on its THIRD keyboard:

Keyb 1: Yes, I have weep holes, but that doesn't mean you can VIGOROUSLY wash me under the sink!
Keyb 2: THAT'S NOT HOW YOU REMOVE A KEYCAP!
Keyb 3: Ok, these things are getting harder to source. Better be gentle. 😆

Since I bought a beefy battery for my X260, I might see what the most advanced model it works on is and buy one of those as my general daily-driver Linux box

RL_Dane, (edited ) to random
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Strange behavior with #XOrg #xinput on #NetBSD.

Running "xinput enable 7" (7 is the mouse) causes newlines to be printed to the terminal, EVEN if both STDIN and STDOUT are redirected to /dev/null.

[Oops, wrong URL]

RL_Dane, to android
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FINE. Let's see who you blame now,

RL_Dane, to random
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HOW?!?

See? "Force stop" is GRAYED OUT
Even the CalyxOS battery starts screen agrees. WHAT?! π¢°©°%|%€÷|={\°¢%¢¶`=£=@#@$_#$--@_#!!!!!

RL_Dane,
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@mogwai

I didn't realize other apps could use Firefox as their webview.

I guess the test for that is to see if chromium or some webview component comes out on top of the battery usage meter now.

RL_Dane, to ADHD
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I've got an odd graphical problem and I need the advice of some #GIMP experts.

I use this image as my wallpaper, and I absolutely love it:
https://unsplash.com/photos/purple-and-black-pyramid-wallpaper-k1bO_VTiZSs

BUT when I use i3lock/swaylock, it's off-center which is frustrating in a very #ADHD way (see screenshot)

How would I go about cropping the image to make it centered? I mean, so that the little circular login indicator thingie is centered right on the innermost triangle?

RL_Dane,
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@s3rvant

The problem is that the source image isn't perfectly centered.

RL_Dane,
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@tripplehelix

Oooooooo.....! HANG ON!

NanoRaptor, to random
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In awe of the size of this aesthetic. Absolute unit.

RL_Dane,
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@NanoRaptor

WANT.

NanoRaptor, to random
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The Macintosh Quadra 605 Connection Machine had the prettiest insides of any Apple machine, but was hidden inside the case of a barely upgradeable machine.

It's estimated only nine people ever got to see the CM040's blinkenlights.

RL_Dane,
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@NanoRaptor

How unkind that it doesn't actually exist. 🤤

loops, to TikTok
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Discover, Connect, and Create with Loops

More beta invites will be rolling out this weekend as we prepare for the public beta launch!

#loops #tiktok

RL_Dane,
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@loops

Is it iOS-only? 🥺

RL_Dane, to random
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Watching the element.io Matrix app slowly churn to life on my 12th gen i7, and I have to think to myself,

Was #IRC really all that bad/archaic that we need... <THIS>???

adamsdesk, (edited ) to martialartsmemes
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Departed Humour: User Friendly Defeated

Come along as I travel back in time to 1997 to feature a web comic I call ‘defeated’, that is focused around an Internet service provider company.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/departed-humour-user-friendly-defeated/

RL_Dane,
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@adamsdesk

LOVED #userfriendly

P.S., why are all the social links on your blog to corporate hellsites? 🥺

RL_Dane,
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@adamsdesk

RL_Dane,
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@tripplehelix @adamsdesk

Ah, and now they're gone from mine, as well. :)

RL_Dane,
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@adamsdesk @tripplehelix

Kudos for that!

RL_Dane,
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@adamsdesk @tripplehelix

💗

I mean, maybe put a nice big mastodon logo (and link and email) first, and then the, cough data-pimp websites as a second row-of-shame? ;)

RL_Dane,
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@adamsdesk @tripplehelix

🫰🏼🫶🏼

RL_Dane, (edited ) to random
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Umm... WHAT?

A screenshot of https://f-droid.org/packages/ru.tech.imageresizershrinker/

EDIT: Just for clarity, I'm expressing surprise that an android app would have lossy PNG as an option, not at the idea of pre-compressing a PNG to make it lossy (generally by reducing the number of colors, but also by doing things like pixellating unimportant regions of an image, such as a desktop wallpaper). All techniques I enjoy using, as well.

???

RL_Dane,
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@misterjoshua

I didn't notice any savings this time, but I'll play around with it some more.

#LossyPNG is a hobby of mine (peruse my posts on the hashtag)

RL_Dane,
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@deshipu

Very true!

#LossyPNG is a hobby of mine (peruse my posts on the hashtag)

RL_Dane,
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@jens

lol :D

ActionRetro, to random
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Debian on Sylvania - there are tens of us!

RL_Dane,
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@ActionRetro

Excuse me sir, you're using my profile picture in this image without my permission. 😂

RL_Dane, (edited )
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@ActionRetro

Coming to #VCFSW this year, btw?

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