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Comment on Book writing self-hosted solutions? in ~tech
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Comment on What is Usenet? in ~comp
sLLiK Link ParentI can't speak to the earliest days, but even as far back as the late 90s, the significant majority of Usenet content was porn and warezI can't speak to the earliest days, but even as far back as the late 90s, the significant majority of Usenet content was porn and warez
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Comment on I want to learn more about linux in ~comp
sLLiK Link ParentArch and other distros were very close to a "one config file" situation for at least most things via the old rc file method, but that approach was ultimately retired in favor of systemd.Arch and other distros were very close to a "one config file" situation for at least most things via the old rc file method, but that approach was ultimately retired in favor of systemd.
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Comment on Best word processor for Ubuntu? in ~comp
sLLiK Link ParentIf you feel you're up for that level of technical acumen, I'd recommend taking it one step further and embrace a combination of tmux and Neovim with some latex plugins. I think you'd find it very...If you feel you're up for that level of technical acumen, I'd recommend taking it one step further and embrace a combination of tmux and Neovim with some latex plugins. I think you'd find it very empowering and lightning fast once you had the hotkeys for those two tools ingrained in your muscle memory.
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Comment on TIL that you can have a "chiptunes" like music play when GRUB (bootloader) loads in ~comp
sLLiK Link ParentFor me, it's almost always been a game that's gone south so badly that Windows can't gracefully recover and pukes blue instead. The other scenario is usually file corruption through fragmentation....For me, it's almost always been a game that's gone south so badly that Windows can't gracefully recover and pukes blue instead. The other scenario is usually file corruption through fragmentation. The corruption creeps around with minimal impact until it eventually eats a driver or critical OS DLL, then kaboom.
I almost never have those problems on Linux. The occasional game might crap itself, but when it does, it never takes the OS with it. I just get to a shell, one way or another, kill the running game, and drive on. If it's so bad that X is locked up, Alt-F6 saves the day. Kill the game, switch back to my X session, relaunch game. :)
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Comment on Any BBS sysops here from back in the day? in ~comp
sLLiK LinkI ran a C-Net 12.0 BBS off of my Commodore 128 back in the mid-80s for a few years. It literally sat on my desk near my bed, and was modestly popular enough that I lost an unreasonable amount of...I ran a C-Net 12.0 BBS off of my Commodore 128 back in the mid-80s for a few years. It literally sat on my desk near my bed, and was modestly popular enough that I lost an unreasonable amount of sleep in that era. I was quite proud of the work I put into it, especially the ASCII art for it. I made some amazing friends, too, a few of which I still have contact with to this day.
Southeast Texas had a whole community built around Commodore, BBSs, and copy parties. The majority of sysops in the region were actually kids and younger adults.
Those were some incredible times to be a nerd. The average person had no idea what we were doing, how we were doing it, or why it felt so worthwhile and engaging to us. Live chat with a sysop while you were dialed in felt like witchcraft. Long-form conversations in the BBS felt very much like the wave of the future (and it was, of course). The BBS games were simplistic, but paved the way for greater things like MUDs, which in turn spawned several game genres of their own.
BBS tech aside, the C64 games were amazing, demos and crack screens produced by hacker groups were astounding, and the chiptunes being cranked out were an awesome foreshadowing of the Amiga tunes to come. There's still a vibrant demoscene community out there to this day. I wish I could rewind time and relive that age of wonder.
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Comment on What are the benefits of using Linux for the less computer competent? in ~comp
sLLiK Link ParentI've had more problems and been left more frustrated by my work-provided M1 than at any point in the last few years on Linux.I've had more problems and been left more frustrated by my work-provided M1 than at any point in the last few years on Linux.
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Comment on What are the benefits of using Linux for the less computer competent? in ~comp
sLLiK Link ParentEven this is changing, thanks to the Steam Deck. Most games that rely on EAC run fine on Linux, now.Even this is changing, thanks to the Steam Deck. Most games that rely on EAC run fine on Linux, now.
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Comment on TIL that you can have a "chiptunes" like music play when GRUB (bootloader) loads in ~comp
sLLiK Link ParentAmigas were the bomb. I still regularly listen to Amiga tunes from old games, intro screens, and demos.Amigas were the bomb. I still regularly listen to Amiga tunes from old games, intro screens, and demos.
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Comment on TIL that you can have a "chiptunes" like music play when GRUB (bootloader) loads in ~comp
sLLiK Link ParentIt does generally happen less for contemporary versions of Windows on contemporary hardware, though the ratio of those crashes compared to my experiences with my Linux gaming rig are still notably...It does generally happen less for contemporary versions of Windows on contemporary hardware, though the ratio of those crashes compared to my experiences with my Linux gaming rig are still notably different.
I've been a rabid fan of the canvas feature since it's introduction. Its capabilities aren't as diverse as solutions like Lucidchart, but it's an exemplary mind mapping tool, simply because it's so fast and easy that rapid prototyping becomes effortless.
+1 for Obsidian. Don't subscribe and it all stays local. Sign up and a copy stays in the cloud, plus the desktop app and mobile app stay synced.