what does it look like to work in dysfunctional IT? How about retrocomputing or video games?
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Last Notes npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1yzk…myaz there were military versions of this system. In USAF, a hardened version of this ran a messaging system for the Minuteman II. I worked on that system in my first enlistment. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1sh4…32nx strangely sounds like a new Pokemon evolution ;o) npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 Every time I see a sliding-glass door or other big hole in a wall, I'm like "I definitely do NOT want a big 48 square-foot HOLE in the side of my house" npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 Look storing credentials in PLAIN TEXT is never good, and Signal should feel bad for giving bullshit excuses and not securing their desktop applications This should NEVER have happened in an application that supposedly cared about security. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 The opposite of "pro" is "con" npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 you can estimate how long anyone has been on the internet by looking at saved pictures npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 Oh almost forgot... npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1q5l…ywp3 yes! I have gripes about the military and my time there, but using "20240420" as the date is not one of those. ;o) npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 I guess I should offer up an apology today on behalf of Americans who use MM/DD to those who use DD/MM npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 >Craft Computing shows off Threadripper that only YouTube influencers and above can even think about justifying buying. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1vlh…f6as I definitely approve! I got Colors on sale since I have Origins from a previous sale ;o) npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1lxk…8x93 you may as well have asked what color he wants that group; he's clearly unprepared ;o) npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 GA, specifically MTG's district, deserves an ACTUAL leader instead of some dipshit who attacks judges for doing their job and applying law properly against their fascist sugar daddies (and also showing dick pics at meetings). npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 "AI innovation machine" npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1sua…szrk ooh, at least most of the Mega Man stuff can be played on the Steam Deck! npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 >Humble Bundle Capcom bundle. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1sua…szrk much better than that, I don't feel like I've been tied to the back of a car and dragged down the street every day npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 still not convinced that bluesky is a thing I actually need npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 god dammit scroll bars are there for a REASON npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1te6…zc4l wow, your system has a working MONITOR! Like mine used to. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1scj…pdxj I QUIT npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1vlh…f6as probably the same people who then couldn't decide what size a "jumbo" frame should be. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 Oh fun fact: npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1wst…ez75 yes, because those who apparently own the "property" sure aren't going to make things easy to preserve! ;o) npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1w78…efqy also, how do people watch YouTube on a streaming box and tolerate ads? npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 we really need to bring back the concept of blinkenlights on computers. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1e2p…aqmc @npub1vvu…pj6u I have the previous thelio to this one which I got earlier this year, with the case without the I/O on the top. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1q5l…ywp3 yeah, for me personally, I just used a free alternative because the most advanced thing I was doing was scaling an image while keeping its aspect ratio. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 >Adobe has only YEARLY plan. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 Jeez... I typed "pr#6" at a shell prompt to try to reboot my troublesome laptop that I had to reinstall GRUB on npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1wst…ez75 and some wonder why I like sticking with the system-managed packages and still run X. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1u3f…nne2 @npub1jv7…mncm given my experience with Sony when they made laptops, this could be a deal-breaker. For the VAIO FX215 I had, it had a BIOS bug, but Sony only fixed it in another model that just happened to be compatible. I had to work all this out by myself just so the trackpad would stop locking the machine up because Sony's support was crap! npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 ASUS buys Intel NUC business. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 So let me get this straight npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 you know what's scary? npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 >Static site generator "outputs plain HTML by default". npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1zpu…qh6x "ZZ Top" is the mean for this chart npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1m26…2jhh here's what happens when senior 6502 programmer is also junior Pascal programmer. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 So I got a Sharepoint error npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 So I got a Sharepoint error npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1l3g…vu48 car dealership networks knew that arbitration was bullshit, and worked to make sure they WERE NOT subject to it npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 Dear Okta (and everyone else in the MFA space): npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1zpu…qh6x thats fine; they probably stiffed whoever erected that anyway npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 There is supposedly an "American" cuisine. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub1j43…jvze and even when crypto isn't scam-adjacent, it's tainted by the same outfits running traditional finance. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 So there's rumblings that merchants are going to start passing on merchant fees to customers who use credit (and possibly debit) cards.[email protected] /110714864815066079 npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 Working from home is an act of reclamation. I shed not one single tear for the end of the abuse that going to an office enables (paying for each day's travel, constant interruptions, terrible work environments designed by executives who don't feel the pain of these environments, etc.)[email protected] /110712456514615065 npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub13w6…479m the corporate intent is for this thing to be a smart card (so it'll use the smart card/PIV part of the Yubikey) npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 Jeez this Yubikey 5C Nano is about as small (and thus about as lose-able) as microSD card npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 Oh COME ON APPLE npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 @npub13w6…479m hmm... maybe it's best for me to stay with the one I have, then. It's taken all sorts of snags from the shower curtain, and it works fine and doesn't leak. npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 At the beginning of the pandemic, I bought a bidet that went between the bowl and my toilet seat. It's worked great and is the best purchase I made (no more buying toilet paper!) npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 #[0] yep, I think that's the one npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 There's this ambient noise in DOOM that sounds like something oozing and draining npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 #[0] no wonder I wasn't very good at being a creator. I didn't have the will to be manipulative npub17rx9qzhxy2zsslewu9v9fh5gzt4d44nclc5shjgu2rvkuewu7gsqufngry yakkoj 🦊 wait...
