Ethan Black @golemwire@librem.one
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I boost a lot of posts, but I have a few things to say every now and then.
I am largely fine with boosting posts from people I disagree with even on significant, dividing issues. I usually don't, however, if they actively advocate for these ideas... so it goes :/
#Christian #coding #HaikuOS #Linux #privacy #FOSS #Fediverse #SmashBros #SSBU #LegendOfZelda
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Time-lapse video of a flight through the eye of Hurricane Florence in September 2018, captured by NOAA's Lockheed WP-3D Orion nicknamed 'Kermit'.
Still lots of great times now that I'm older! But life seems so much more serious now....
I downloaded the Minecraft Volume Beta soundtrack from Bandcamp and have been listening. A Creative Mode song came on and gee, I miss the old times. Me and my brothers would have so much fun.
I feel like if I tried to go back and play Minecraft with them I couldn't bring the good times back.... I had to not know how good I had it in order to have it so good.
If I'm learning calculus for work, and my work is computer programming, then when I need to do calculus I have a computer handy. Some teachers say that you should learn how to do math by hand in case you don't have a calculator, but if I don't have a computer with me when I'm trying to computer program then I have bigger problems than not being able to solve some calculus, right?
Doing some curious reading on 100GB optical discs, 4K/UHD Blu-Ray discs.
Unsurprisingly, many of them were protected by Intel's #SGX, presumably to prevent piracy.
However, you would need an Intel CPU, and some newer Intel CPUs won't even work with these Blu-Rays anymore. And, as usual, people found out how to copy it anyway with some modded drive firmware and the right software.
If you have #DRM -"protected" media, understand that at some point it may be taken from you.
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I'm forced to use Windows 11 for my work computer, and I can't honestly say without looking what my default browser is. I have #Firefox, #Vivaldi, and of course Edge because it's pushed by corporate. I solve most of my problems by just not closing my browser. Ever. Occasionally Windows "helpfully" puts Edge into my taskbar for me and I helpfully delete it as soon as I see it. Still, this is beyond the pale. If Microsoft won't stop doing it, the courts should stop them.
@CM30 Developed by Capcom, fun fact.
@CM30 Opposite for me. My favorites are long-lasting: just Roblox, Minecraft, and Super Smash Bros. come to mind as my long-lasting most favorite videogames.
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This is some impressive research: IOActive researchers figured out how to get root access on a bitcoin ATM, using the same physical access that a regular customer might have (the touch screen).
https://labs.ioactive.com/2024/01/atm-security-owning-bitcoin-atm.html
@briankrebs Wow, that was pretty naive security. Frustrates me more than I find it funny.
@royal We've gotten and sent back an HP printer before. They can be pretty forceful over their users.
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HP does not serve its customers; HP's customers serve it.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/19/hps_ceo_spells_it_out/
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Tears of the Kingdom ending
TotK ending
If your standard is perfection, not only is it an impossible standard but it is one that will leave you disappointed.
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As a science fiction writer, I am professionally irritated by a lot of sf movies. Not only do those writers get paid a *lot* more than I do, they insist on including things like "self-destruct" buttons on the bridges of their starships.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/17/descartes-delenda-est/#self-destruct-sequence-initiated
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The astonishing camouflage of the Indian leafwing butterfly (Kallima paralekta) mimics a dead leaf, complete with veins and a stem.
Video credit: ra_fus/flickr
Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallima_paralekta
@Aslanmane That is interesting. (Not to mention unfortunate.)
Hello there!
I boost a lot of posts, but I have a few things to say every now and then.
I am largely fine with boosting posts from people I disagree with even on significant, dividing issues. I usually don't, however, if they actively advocate for these ideas... so it goes :/
#Christian #coding #HaikuOS #Linux #privacy #FOSS #Fediverse #SmashBros #SSBU #LegendOfZelda
#fedi22
Note: social.librem.one doesn't support DMs
Joined Jul 2022
