thomholwerda

thomholwerda, 8 days ago to random

Oh lord the BBC website automatically redirects non-UK visitors to bbc.com now instead of allowing you to go to .co.uk. I see a quick glimpse of the milksake before the redirect happens.

The BBC is so embarrassed of the state of the UK they're like "let's not show them the real BBC news".

thomholwerda, 8 days ago to random

Ukraine apparently on the offensive around Charkiv, gaining ground, with the so-called Russian offensive stalled entirely.

There are no words to describe the heroes that make up the Ukrainian military. They deserve a monument in every capital in the free world.

thomholwerda, 9 days ago to random

Streaming has really made video capture cards expensive, huh.

I just want to record a video of the excellent Dell thin client BIOS.

thomholwerda, 9 days ago to random

I'm lying down in front of a tower fan, on the lowest setting, pretending I'm lying next to a private pool in Italy, enjoying a gentle breeze with my eyes closed, holding a fake wodka-martini (I don't drink anymore).

Remarkable how capable the human mind is at convincing myself this is real.

thomholwerda, 9 days ago to random

in case anyone's wondering - im kind of doing my thing where i randomly use platforms i dont like to see if they've gotten any better

i am, as always, perpetually disappointed, like the average woman after seeing her first penis

thomholwerda, 9 days ago to random

Oh you know, just The Verge breathlessly trying to sell you a thing made by a nazi defense contractor who makes autonomous drones.

Stay classy, OpenAI bots.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24170572/modretro-chromatic-game-boy-color-palmer-luckey-price-release-date

thomholwerda, 9 days ago to random

So Chrome/ium on Linux still doesn't support hardware video acceleration?

Why is this trash browser so popular??

thomholwerda, 10 days ago to random

Some Dutch idiot used a waterproof market and scribbled a relatively large "autograph" on a wall in Herculaneum, one of the ancient Roman cities destroyed by the Vesuvian eruption that also destroyed Pompeii.

Thank god the Italian police arrested this waste of genes, and I'm sad to hear fines only go as high as €60k. This should either be a financially ruining fine, or several years of jailtime in Italy, or both. Zero tolerance for fucking idiots destroying irreplicable artefacts.

thomholwerda, 10 days ago to random

This is an absolutely insane request, and I can't believe how many people on Fedi of all places are boosting this.

If you're a journalist or a blogger or whatever and you want to write about this stuff, you don't need fucking permission from anyone to do so. I understand that it might be inconvenient for the project involved, but that's just the reality of developing out in the open.

I am obviously not going to write about this because I don't give a shit, but if you do give a shit... Write about it six ways 'till Sunday and assuming you're not making shit up or lying, don't let anyone attack you for it.

thomholwerda, 12 days ago to random

This is it. This is the workstation case I'm looking for. This is the industrial look I want.

...pricing though. Oof.

https://estore.in-win.com/products/dubili

thomholwerda, 12 days ago to random

Yeah this is entirely Apple's own fault.

https://octodon.social/@fraggle/112537400276586725

thomholwerda, 12 days ago to random

I think I threw up in my mouth a little.

https://blog.kagi.com/what-is-next-for-kagi

thomholwerda, 13 days ago to random

If anybody can point me to a guide that isn't shit, I'll mod my z270 motherboard to upgrade to an "unsupported" 9th gen Intel CPU.

https://hackaday.com/2024/05/31/intels-anti-upgrade-tricks-defeated-with-kapton-tape/

thomholwerda, 13 days ago to firefox

I want only one thing from #firefox and that's better Linux desktop integration.

I would kill for a Qt6 UI instead of their custom stuff. Unrealistic probably, but one may dream.

thomholwerda, 13 days ago to FreeBSD

Can any of you nerds help me get a ThinOS Activation License? ThinOS is Dell's weird version of #FreeBSD.

https://www.osnews.com/story/139840/first-and-possibly-only-look-at-dells-weird-version-of-freebsd-thinos/

thomholwerda, 13 days ago to random

This is what Dell's FreeBSD first-run experience is like. Dell has a product called ThinOS that's FreeBSD with a proprietary GUI on top, used exclusively for some of its thin clients.

I decided to buy one. The installation looks like an automated FreeBSD install, and upon reboot it loads this OOBE.

This is wild.

thomholwerda, 13 days ago to random

I can listen to this accent for hours. You know how they say nobody is 100% straight? This is my few percent not being straight. :flan_tongue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arxOB5u9kaE

thomholwerda, 13 days ago to random

They only just now added black baseball players to the record keeping thing for best stats and all that?

...everywhere you turn, there's new racism to learn about in the US. Every time you think "okay, now I am aware of all institutional, societally rooted racism in the US", like 24 more pop up.

thomholwerda, 14 days ago to random

Opening a desktop folder on Android (Pixel) has an animation for moving the folder name up slightly to fit the folder flyout. It lacks such animation for closing the folder, making the name snap back jarringly.

You will now not unsee this.

Cheers.

thomholwerda, 14 days ago to random

Nobody makes proper workstation PC cases anymore. It's all gamer shit, glass panels, and so, so, so much plastic.

thomholwerda, 15 days ago to random

Google could've made a serious play at laptop and desktop dominance had they optimised Android for desktop use, and integrated Proton and Steam in close cooperation with Valve.

Google always has the right tech and the right people, but broken incentive structures and braindead management. It's sad.

thomholwerda, 15 days ago to random

We're already at war with nazi Russia. Western armchair cowards just haven't accepted it yet.

thomholwerda, 15 days ago to random

I really want a tablet again, and the only tablet that's a valid choice is, of course, the Google #PixelTablet. Does anyone have an unused one lying around they'd like to sell? Pixel Tablets are kind of expensive in Sweden so new is just not an option.

Boosts equals love.

thomholwerda, 16 days ago to random

Any laptop larger than ~10" is a desktop.

Fight me, nerds.

thomholwerda, 17 days ago to random

Rate my homelab. 🥴