Ethan Black @golemwire@librem.one

@TheAlexHernandez Ohmygosh does everything have to 'collect data'!?

@ozone89 @NanoRaptor That was a thing, at least in one instance. There was an upgrade for a certain old computer where you would stack a chip to get support for both uppercase & lowercase letters instead of just one of them (uppercase probably).

@Gargron
@fdroidorg I was thinking about why this post showed up in my timeline. Did you boost your own reply? Then I remembered that if someone I follow replies to someone else I follow, I see the post. Now I've learned something new about that #Mastodon design decision: it is a good way to broudcast something to a particular group, without making *all* your followers have to see it. And all while staying algorithm-free. Cool!

@feditips
@FediGarden Neat! Wondering – when you (and others, for that matter) don't permit homophobia, are you not permitting the *fear* of it (phobia)? Or are you not allowing people to say they believe homosexuality is wrong? Or is it the hate of homosexuals that is the thing being forbidden.

Just have to vent a bit. The #GoogleMaps app has the most frustrating interface I have ever used.

It makes no sense at all. What kind of #UI paradigm is it using!? The back button doesn't even always take you back! The whole interface keeps on assuming what I want and getting in the way.

@mike This is definitely the sort of mistake I would make.

@randulo I want the Twitter trolls to stay over there :)

@PetabyteStudios Oh

@mike Do I hit Favorite or not....

@Av1 @survey They are aggressive for sure.

@Big_Diggity We don't talk about its battery life 🫡

@Big_Diggity It has great specs.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (a desktop CPU!). 8-core 16-thread, and 32MB L3 cache. Max clock speed is 4.4GHz.
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile. 6GB VRAM.
RAM: 32GB, 3200MHz, dual-channel.
Good I/O, too 😉

@Big_Diggity It's all too easy!

Got a new laptop — a #System76 #ServalWS! This lap-top desktop has been one of my dream machines for a while, and I didn't think I'd ever get my hands on one (yet alone see one!).

I got it from #Ebay, and I've had it for almost a month now. I really like it.s

@Big_Diggity Rule of thumb: if you can't point to where your data is physically stored, you don't own it.

@Av1 @survey Thank you for the suggestion :) I don't think it is ethical to block ads though. Whether you like a service or not, it *is* how the "free service" is "free", and I like being able to use services without paying them outright.

However -- I use a cross-site tracker blocker, and if that results in a website's ads being blocked... well, they never had the right to cross-site track me in the first place!

I like this song. (And a lot of #MegaMan music.)

#music