despotic_machine

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[–] despotic_machine 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Awesome. I never used the Altair, but a friends father had one which we were not allowed to go near. A couple years later we did manage to get access to an IMSAI 8080 running IMDOS. Not long after, the TRS-80 came out, and became the foundational experience that got me hooked on computers, and was the reason I spent a lot of time lurking around Radio Shacks, haha.

Then my school bought three 4k TRS-80 Model III units, where I learned to make my own double sided floppies and write code.

Those were good times, indeed, compared to today. I don't really relate to most of the modern tech world, despite having been an eager witness to the forefront of it throughout my youth. There's no allure left for me in this techno-fascist reality we now inhabit. These days, I spend much of my free time growing vegetables and planting trees instead, which takes the edge off the frustration and disappointment. I like to think of myself as my own meta-assembler within the framework of ecology.

[–] despotic_machine 3 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Without addressing anything you have put here (sorry), I think this addresses the big picture:

“Capitalism’s grow-or-die imperative stands radically at odds with ecology’s imperative of interdependence and limit. The two imperatives can no longer coexist with each other; nor can any society founded on the myth that they can be reconciled hope to survive. Either we will establish an ecological society or society will go under for everyone, irrespective of his or her status.” – Ursula K. Le Guin

[–] despotic_machine 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not only that, but the effects are really only going to be noticeable on very large partitions/devices, like terabyte+ size. The typical thumb drive scenario will see no recognizable improvement in load speed. It's still a nice improvement, don't get me wrong, but it's not a change that translates to any real-world improvement for most user cases.

[–] despotic_machine 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

This is a kernel driver, and yes, kernel updates are independent of distribution development, although distributions are typically built around certain kernel branches. Debian (stable) is relatively conservative, and doesn't offer the latest, cutting edge kernel, but will eventually include a kernel with this driver available.

This probably won't have much impact for most use cases, though.

[–] despotic_machine 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If you are using a computer, I recommend installing the script manager Violent Monkey as a browser add-on and adding Lemmy Universal Link Switcher to it to manage Lemmy links.

[–] despotic_machine 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

DNS über HTTPS (DoH) for the win.

[–] despotic_machine 4 points 2 weeks ago

A nail gun can shoot finish nails that are extremely thin, where the head is barely even visible on the other side, and can be covered up with just a dab of wax so that they vanish completely.

[–] despotic_machine 4 points 3 weeks ago

Kapitalismus im Endstadium, halt.

[–] despotic_machine 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

As per your other, previous post - I think you need to reinstall the broken packages so they can be configured properly.

[–] despotic_machine 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

List all installed kernels:

dpkg -l | grep linux-image | awk '{print$2}'

Remove certain kernels:

sudo apt remove --purge linux-image-XXX

where XXX is the kernel version you wish to remove, as printed above. Repeat as needed until all unwanted kernels have been removed.

Then update grub:

sudo update-grub2

And reboot:

sudo reboot

[–] despotic_machine 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Many, many years ago I received a few emails from an SEO marketing company trying to get me to buy a .com domain from them. They framed it as a wholesome, good Christian option for me buy from their religiously oriented company that used to be run-of-the-mill domain speculators, but had found Jesus and changed their ways, and that by buying my own organizations name with the TLD they already owned (what luck!), no domain squatters would be able to swoop in like demons from hell and confuse or steal my customers. And as a bonus, with God's ® blessing (which they obviously had), we would all prosper together. They even mentioned some kind of 80% success rate in their rambling (relevant below).

It was a mix of cult-like religious drivel and used car salesman level marketing gibberish. But it was clear they were serious. For further clarification below, the name of the company and their dogma made reference to the holy trinity, and their emails were chock-full of business/religious text that rambled on about how the Christian faith was the only religion that had such a uniquely powerful religious combo behind it, so we could count on business success by going with them.

I ignored the first few attempts, then responded so:

Hello Gary, As you requested I am not hesitating in getting back to you.

Let me make clear, we have absolutely no interest in any .com domain you may have purchased speculatively, nor are we interested in receiving any further unrequested solicitation from you, your company, or any agents of any religious deities you may have talked yourself into believing in or aligned yourself with, for profit or otherwise.

To be quite frank, Gary, your website and your company are wholly unappetizing and morally reprehensible to us.

If you had even bothered looking at the domain in question you would see it is not commercial nor is it about branding or marketing anything. Branding is for cattle, for sheeple, for business creeps with 80% success rates...But I digress, Gary.

Let the domain squatters have it (the domainless are still without domains). We love, respect, and wholeheartedly support squatters. They wouldn't spam us like some two-bit 'Domain Name Acquisition Specialists' claiming to possess some kind of blessed miracle domain acquisition software that guarantees profitable results, amen.

Give us a break, Gary. What are you gonna promise next, some kind of transubstantiation? I never even got the pony I asked both Santa and your God for repeated throughout my brainwashed childhood. Too late now, Gary. As you can see, I am jaded - decidedly atheist, maybe even a little satanic in your books.

Being the moral and ethical company that we are sure you have become since you stopped your wicked speculating ways, our advice to you is: Go blow smoke up someone else's arse, Gary.

Your Beliefs: Profit

Your Goals: Profit

Your Vision: Profit

Your God: Profit

Thank you for the chuckle, Gary.

******.org

Bonus Material

As for your concept that the Tripod represents the trinity; and that this is a Christian concept:

In Indian religion there is the Trinitarian group of Brahma, Vishna, and Shiva; in Egyptian religion there is the group of Kneph, Phthas, and Osiris. In Phoenicia the trinity of gods were Ulomus, Ulosuros, and Eliun. In Greece they were Zeus, Poseidon, and Aidoneus. In Rome they were Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto. In Babylonia and Assyria they were Anos, lllinos, and Aos. Among Celtic nations they were called Kriosan, Biosena, and Siva, and in Germanic nations they were called Thor, Wodan, and Fricco. Trinities of gods existed in other cultures as well, including, but not limited to, those of Siberia, Persia, Japan, Scandinavia, and Mexico.

In fact, the trinity is not even mentioned in the Bible, not in the Old Testament, nor in the New Testament.

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