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Taffer

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My job? Computer Sisyphus and Meme Historian. I work on #cryptography. I like #videogames and #books.

#fedi22 #python #linux #macos #ffxiv #pygame #python #ultima4 #ultima5 #infosec #security #postquantum #godot

I work for AWS, but I definitely don't speak for them.

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nixCraft, to random
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IBM nearing deal for cloud software provider HashiCorp, source says. IBM is about to ruin one more company. Look what they did with RedHat and CentOS. https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/ibm-nearing-buyout-deal-hashicorp-wsj-reports-2024-04-23/

Taffer,
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@nixCraft IBM is the reason I’m running OpenSUSE on this laptop, Fedora would have been my other choice.

Taffer, to FFXIV
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FFXIV would be much better if Red Mages could wear Amon's Hat. Locking that to archers and dancers is unconscionable.

#ffxiv

nixCraft, (edited ) to random
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Poll: Were you taught how to type on a computer keyboard in school?

Taffer,
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@nixCraft technically it was an electric typewriter, but I took that class specifically for using computers

Taffer, to homeassistant
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This Open Home Foundation thing sounds a bit like one of my "startup ideas that would never get funded"; ideally this will end up being an IoT ecosystem that's open and self-hostable. https://www.openhomefoundation.org/

I initially ignored it because I thought "Home Assistant" was the Apple IoT thing.

#homeassistant #openhomefoundation #iot

Taffer, to random
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Going to try this open source search engine for a bit at work, see how it does: https://clew.se/

#search #clew #noai

Taffer, to HowTo
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New post - Backups https://taffer.ca/posts/2024/backups/

Please back up your files (and a how-to for restic on Linux)!

Taffer, to streaming
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Did Disney+ get popped? They just made me reset my password…

#pwnd #password #streaming #disney

Philsan, to VintageOSes
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Released version 2.5.0 of HATARI, , TT and Falcon computers emulator https://hatari.tuxfamily.org/index.html

Taffer,
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@Philsan I was literally just wondering what a good ST emulator was this morning 👍

Taffer, to random
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I found this really great app for identifying duplicate images, Czkawka: https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka

It does a bunch of other things (finding incorrect file extensions, finding broken files, etc.) and is ridiculously fast.

I wanted to write it down because I can never remember the name (Polish for "hiccup")!

Taffer, to lemmy
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Weird Lemmy thing… I appear to be able to create a post for KDE@lemmy.kde.social, but if I subscribe to it, the sub is pending.

Is my post pending? Is it going to vanish into the ether? Can anyone (ie, bots) post there without subscribing?

I'm on the programming.dev instance if that matters. 🤷

#lemmy

Taffer,
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Oh, apparently my post was killed, I got a notification:

Your post https://programming.dev/post/13016987 has been removed as you do not have enough activity on your account to create image posts in that community

Taffer,
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Taffer, to KDE
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Hey @kde I'm looking for a working Plasma 6 "hello world" plasmoid. I just want a text label, but all the plasmoid things are set up properly, AND it works when you run it with plasmoidviewer.

I've been unsuccessful making one from the plasmoid tutorial: https://develop.kde.org/docs/plasma/widget/

I even installed KDevelop in case it had a project template, nope.

#kde #plasma6 #plasmoid

Taffer, to random
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I can't even get a Plasma 6 "Hello World" Plasmoid to work, so I guess I won't be porting those Rainmeter skins over.

Docs and tutorials are not up to date with the current release.

Taffer, to bitwarden
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So there's an open source implementation of the BitWarden server software: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden

I could self-host the family's password manager… probably don't want to do it on the home NAS. Maybe a tiny cloud server? I think it just needs Docker access, a port, and a little storage.

Taffer, to godot
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Since it's taking me 4,000 years to finish going through the Godot 3 tutorials I bought, and I still haven't gotten to the Godot 4 tutorials I bought on Zenva, I picked up the GameDev.tv bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/software/learn-to-make-games-in-godot-4-gamedevtv-software

Taffer,
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@philipdrobar sounds good, I was wanting to check out GameDev.tv because I’d heard good things 👍

Taffer, to macos
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Why yes, I would love to restart my work laptop because macOS has forgotten how to DNS again, and I can't seem to reset it without a reboot.

With that last detail, I'm going to blame it no the various filters, DNS blockers, etc. provided by IT. At least one of them looked dead (or in distress) this morning.

I wouldn't hate these things so much if they didn't impact productivity so severely. Literally four, just for the network.

#macos #dns #it

Taffer, to ADHD
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Today's ADHD brainworm that won't get out of my skull:

Port/rewrite the Rainmeter "Gadgets" skins as Plasma 6 Plasmoids. Note that I know nothing about either platform.

#adhd #kde #plasma6 #rainmeter

Taffer, (edited ) to random
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You’ll have to zoom in to see, but there’s a very gravid robin nesting in my front porch. 😄#robin #spring #nest #eggsesprecious

slashdot, to random
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Taffer,
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@slashdot you guys are getting perks?!?

november, to FFXIV

Battlecraft leves were fun and I will die on this hill. #ffxiv

Taffer,
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@november except those ones where you have to /beckon the world’s slowest NPC

Taffer, to FFXIV
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Just installed the Dawntrail benchmark using Lutris and the script from this post, works great! https://blooym.dev/blog/ffxiv-dawntrail-benchmark-linux/

h/t to @FibroJedi for the link!

#ffxiv #dawntrail #linux #lutris

Taffer,
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Haven’t gotten this to run full size yet, does very well on my laptop at the default windowed size. 🤷 Borderless claims full size but the window is the same. I’ll try Fullscreen later.

#ffxiv #dawntrail #linux #lutris

Taffer, to FFXIV
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OK, fine, what's the easiest way to install/run the Dawntrail benchmark under Linux? Lutris? Just muck about with Wine? Heroic?

Taffer,
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