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user224

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18M I like computers, trains, space, radio-related everything and a bunch of other tech related stuff. User of GNU+Linux.
I am also dumb and worthless.
My laptop is HP 255 G7 running Manjaro and Linux Mint.
I own RTL-SDRv3 and RSP1 clone.

SDF Unix shell username: user224

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user224 ,

Or to join some BBS.

user224 ,

Just be quick, or you may not have enough money.

user224 ,

Possibly not just painful.

High pressure injection injuries are not nice.

user224 ,

I’ve seen some when I appended “Lemmy” just like “Reddit”. But it relies on lemmy being in the domain name.

Also I assume even when people click on those results, they don’t get ranked much higher because it’s so many different domains while reddit is just one.

What's the best way to share videos on lemmy?

I’ve tried posting an h264 mp4 file from a webserver i own, and I noticed that most clients fail to load or outright crash when trying to open the post. Some give an “invalid MIME type” error even though “video/mp4” is a valid one. Posting the link as a hyperlink works, but then you don’t get a preview. So what’s...

user224 ,

I also did just what you did but with a hyperlink as well for compatibility. If it outright causes some client to crash, that’s a bug in that client.

user224 ,

Cyan and magenta are used to print blue. Yellow is used to print yellow. This only leaves black with normal color printers. I guess it’s time to disallow color printers in Russia.

Do you folks use Amazon a lot, and if yes, then why? If no, then what alternatives do you prefer?

I’ll start - I don’t shop a lot, but if I had to buy stuff like hardware parts, I do use Amazon sometimes, but if I can, then I try to use Flipkart. Realizing how it has turned into a monopoly, I try to look for alternative websites, and check if they’re trustworthy....

user224 ,

Just a bit. I live in Slovakia and we don’t have Amazon. However, I sometimes use UK Amazon to import DVDs. But BluRays are usually cheap too. Especially if you get them used.

user224 ,

2 != 2

But what if it’s true? Perhaps the 2 on the left is integer and the right one is character.

user224 ,

Plot twist: The right side is actually just Linux furries having Vim vs Emacs and X11 vs Wayland debate/fight.

user224 ,

Pessimistic/realistic. There’s lots of pollution, most food is low quality because it’s cheaper to manufacture and aiming for looks rather than increasing quality raises profits. Technology is specifically made to be hard to repair and has set lifespan plus all the licensing and subscriptions. No privacy. Everything moving to cloud for even more control. Corporations have way too much power and can get away with almost anything. Supermarkets can be more and more expensive without signing up for their loyalty programs. Education is stuck in the past. …

user224 ,

You didn’t have to call me out like that.

user224 ,

@RemindMe 2 days

user224 ,

Why even be offended by such a small thing? What’s even the point of greeting though? I can see it makes sense when you want to talk to someone. The “hey”, “hello” or whatever can work to grab attention and they can acknowledge that by responding back as opposed to immediately talking and the other person missing part of or the entire first sentence, if not more.

But otherwise, there’s a good chance it’s distracting or even distressing.

I usually try to greet back unless it’s awkwardly late because I didn’t expect it, as such it caught me off guard and I was thinking what I am supposed to do and what they want from me for too long.
But this generally makes me forget what I was just thinking of or what I was doing and makes me anxious. Then I may even be thinking of how I handled that for the next few minutes. I hate that.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not mad people for greeting me, I know they just do that, but I’d rather not them do it. And as such I won’t greet anyone either unless I need to talk to them. I don’t want to cause same issues to others only to say “Hi”.

they looked at me, said nothing, kept talking to themselves.

Yep. Sounds familiar. “Am I supposed to say something? I am paying attention, I am looking at you. Go on. Oh, nothing, OK…”

user224 ,

Well, could have been worse.
https://i.makeagif.com/media/8-26-2022/8rmCu8.gif

Yesterday in Kroger (a supermarket for you non-Americans) I saw a bunch of cans of potato salad. Why would someone buy canned potato salad? (lemmy.world)

Even if you don’t want to make it, I’ve never been in a supermarket that doesn’t offer a fresher option. I’ve even been in gas stations that offer what they at least claim is fresh potato salad....

user224 ,

Long term storage for emergencies, camping.

user224 ,

It may not be that bad, and it’s probably just as healthy as all the other junk we eat. The only way to tell is if you… try it.

But I probably have no right to comment on this. I just ate dry ramen a few minutes ago.

user224 ,

Just always make sure you have some evidence of them telling you to skip these.

user224 ,

You’re joking, but sometimes I put even simpler stuff into a calculator and then realize what the fuck I just did.

E.g.: 4 * 100.

user224 ,

https://i.redd.it/7apme6xwu4j71.jpg

Yes, this is real: web.archive.org/…/you_have_to_pay_to_unlock_the_b…

user224 ,

You could give away the stuff to others, depending on where you live put it up on some marketplace. Maybe like eBay. Will also depend on whether you just want to get rid of it or earn something back from the sale.

user224 ,

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/original/6230281683080009960.gif

user224 ,

It’s from movie Idiocracy from hospital scene. Initial diagnosis.

Here’s this part of the scene: youtu.be/LXzJR7K0wK0

It’s 2505 and the average man from 2005 is now by far the smartest man in the world.

user224 ,

RackNerd still has a new year deal for a 2GB VPS with 2.5TB of monthly bandwidth for $17.38/year.

user224 ,

I mean, it is old. Can’t blame it.

Ukrainian intelligence 'hacks Russian websites, replaces homepages with pig head pictures' (kyivindependent.com)

Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) claimed on July 16 that it had hacked nearly 100 Russian websites that support the Kremlin’s war effort, taking them offline and replacing their homepages with a picture of a bloody pig’s head....

user224 ,

the only difference is there just not wearing a mask doing so.

Agent 92529, congratulations on blowing your cover. You now made it obvious you’ve been watching the group.

user224 ,

You think that’s bad until a HP laptop deletes your boot entries because you’ve used an external drive to boot up once and it doesn’t provide you a way to add them back from within UEFI settings so you just have to manually navigate to the correct .efi file and then add the boot entries back from within OS but oh wait you need to come back to UEFI to put them into correct order.

Also applicable if you forgot to unlock DriveLock before going into UEFI.

user224 , (edited )

“Animals can’t show emotions”

Edit: In case it isn’t clear, there are quotation marks.

user224 ,

What happened to the PC?

user224 ,

BitLocker recovery key? Windows 11 now apparently does that by default. That’s just Windows’ encryption. So, if that’s the case, while you lost the data on that PC it is just a software issue.

So, do you see something like this?:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/operating-system-security/data-protection/bitlocker/images/preboot-recovery.png

user224 ,

Great. You don’t need a new PC, you can just re-install Windows (or try a different OS, but you can do that later even in VM if you are interested).

Do you have an installation drive for Windows? If not, do you have access to another PC? There’s also some Android apps that can create installation drives, but I haven’t tried any of those.

user224 ,

I think I may have tried EtchDroid in the past based on screenshots, but it seems it’s still not suitable for Windows:
f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.depau.etchdroid/

I also found this on Play store with people reporting success with Windows in the reviews. I haven’t seen this one before, but it seems it requires “coins”. It’s possible to get those by watching ads it seems.:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mixappl…

Anyway, have you followed this Microsoft’s guide to make sure you really don’t have access to the recovery key on account.microsoft.com/devices/recoverykey as noted there?
Just in case, it would be simpler.

user224 ,

Well, that’s unfortunate. So you’ll have to proceed with the re-install.

user224 ,

Closing your laptop now types the letter E instead of locking

Hey, that should be T unless you open it back immediately.

user224 ,

Still studying, but I often see people think that WiFi = Internet.

Thankfully, some of them at least acknowledge existence of “Exclamation mark WiFi”.

user224 ,

WiFi icon with exclamation mark (no internet access).
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“Gay Furry Hackers” Claim Credit for Hacking Heritage Foundation Over Project 2025 (theintercept.com)

SiegedSec, a collective of self-proclaimed “gay furry hackers,” has claimed credit for breaching online databases of the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank that spearheaded the rightwing Project 2025 playbook. On Wednesday, as part of string of hacks aimed at organizations that oppose trans rights, SiegedSec...

user224 ,

(I am not a furry, but I’ll try my best to explain what I know.)

People who really like anthropomorphic animals (animals with human features).

Generally what I’ve heard from others is “If you want to be a furry, you’re a furry.”, so the following are not requirements.

Most have a “fursona”. It is an animal character that sort of represents you. Like your own personal mascot.
It may be whatever color and specie you like. Even a hybrid between species. A person can have multiple fursonas.

Generally furries like to draw these characters, or even some more generic ones like for example Nick Wilde from Zootopia.
Some furry artists accept drawing commissions, i.e.: you can pay someone to draw your character.

Some even have fursuits. That is an expensive suit of your fursona, so you can fully be your own private mascot. By expensive, I mean multiple thousands (yes, freedom currency). Of course, it’s made by people, and you are people. DIY is also an option, and if you get skillful enough… money. Though it doesn’t have to be a fullsuit. It could be head-only or partial (head, paws, feetpaws, tail). Also digitigrade suits are usually more expensive than plantigrade, but let’s not get too far.

Not sure if I gave any good explanation, but certainly better than that episode of CSI xD.

user224 ,

Doesn’t work everywhere though.

Another functional keyword I found is “Credit card chargeback”. That can get me to talk to a human on AliExpress for example.

user224 ,

Plenty of useful apps that cannot run on iOS. Mostly Termux and SDR-related apps (rtl_tcp server, SDR++, SatDump, Welle.io, SDRAngel, Dump1090,…)

I can run full-on desktop in Termux and access it via VNC server. I can also access it via SSH server. I can run a web server, HTTP proxy server, Kiwix server, Navidrome server, Jellyfin server, port-forward using socat. And that’s just what I use or tried. In the past there was someone on Reddit running a public BBS server on an Android phone in Termux.

There’s likely many other apps I use not available on iOS.

So if I’ll be switching to a different platform, maybe PinePhone running Arch Linux with Plasma mobile? Probably only as a secondary phone for now though.

iPhones are too close to feature phones for me. Best thing they can run is probably a browser.

user224 ,

https://i.imgflip.com/8w6vue.jpg

user224 ,

I still use HDD.

user224 ,

I think Cinnamon does that too.

user224 ,
  1. I am a cheapskate
  2. I am too lazy to replace it (one of those modern hard to open laptops)
  3. I am too lazy to test and clone a 1TB (or more) drive

I actually used an SSD before with an old laptop, but that only required removing 2 screws. As for cleaning out dust, I don’t use it much anyway, mainly because I don’t want to deal with cracking this open.

I am just looking at getting some used ThinkPad.
But anyway, most stuff can be done on a smartphone. On the other hand, I already killed 1 motherboard likely due to overheating while re-encoding videos to AV1 in Termux. It was replaced under warranty both times though. The second time it was just some issue with communicating with cameras. Yeah, I am on this phone’s 3rd motherboard.

But anyway, it’s a laptop. I reboot it like once a month when updating, so it’s not a big deal.

user224 ,

I know, I used to use an SSD with a different laptop. But it doesn’t bother me enough, especially since I reboot it like once a month.

user224 ,

No hardware acceleration. Anyway, AV1 hardware encoding is a new thing anyway.

user224 ,

Still applicable. I think.

user224 ,

both

I am pretty sure there were in fact more than just 2.

Quickly checking, there’s (at least) 4.

user224 ,

It won’t release the pressure fast enough. They’ll pop eventually.

youtu.be/-_ZLQkn7X-k

user224 ,

I only learned it’s Saturday 10 minutes ago.

No. No plans.

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