xthexder

xthexder , 11 months ago to technology in Will the European Cyber Resilience Act Kill Open Source Software?

Hows does the limitation of liability section in basically every open source license factor into this? It seems like you’d be fine as long as you aren’t personally using the code commercially? Or would this new law somehow override the open source license?

xthexder , 11 months ago to programmerhumor in i hate when this happens

There’s a “Bot Account” checkbox in your user profile settings. You should be able to just deselect it, and you’ll be a normal user.

xthexder , 11 months ago to programmerhumor in i hate when this happens

Why is your user flagged as a bot account? You certainly aren’t behaving like a bot.

xthexder , 11 months ago to asklemmy in What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?

Not only that, but every single one of those configurations is solvable in 20 moves or less! www.cube20.org

xthexder , 11 months ago to memes in Heh.

Excuse me, is that a HELICOPTER flying out of the front of that airplane?

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Oh, it’s just behind. All my sense of wonderment is gone now… Still laughed :)

xthexder , 11 months ago to technology in Easy HTTPS for your private networks

Personally I use dnsrobocert with my own domains. I’ve got a few subdomains that point to a Wireguard subnet IP for private network apps (so it resolves to nothing if you’re not on VPN). Having a real valid SSL cert is really nice vs self signing, and it keeps my browser with HTTPS-Everywhere happy.

xthexder , 11 months ago to programmerhumor in open source in progress...

UTF-8 is absolutely magical in how it’s backwards compatible with ASCII. Windows still uses UTF-16 which makes supporting Unicode filenames and stuff a huge pain compared to linux. At least pretty much the entire web is UTF-8.

xthexder , 11 months ago to programmerhumor in open source in progress...

I thought I recognized the original Alt text

I’m very glad this comment is finally obsolete.

xthexder , 11 months ago to programmerhumor in i thought she'd be happy for me

I don’t see how funding education is a bad thing, and I don’t believe the Gates Foundation is intent on controlling things. It’s not like they get any equity for their donations.

I’ll be honest, I had to look up what it even means to be a charter school, since they don’t exist in Canada (except for Alberta apparently). I’m not sure I agree with their weird public/private position for accountability, but I certainly don’t equate donating money to them as wanting control and privatization. Charter schools are also funded by tax dollars anyway.

xthexder , 11 months ago to linux in Advice for a middle-age, moderately pc knowledgeable person to finally switch to or become proficient with Linux?

I second this. It helps that basically every distro is highly customizable, so if you don’t like some default settings or something’s not supported on a specific distro, it’s usually still possible to get it working with some manual tweaking. You don’t want to be spending the time for every application though, so finding a distro that supports most of what you need out of the box is a good suggestion.

xthexder , 11 months ago to programmerhumor in i thought she'd be happy for me

Got any source for that? That’s in pretty stark contrast to what I see him doing now with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

xthexder , 11 months ago to programmerhumor in address

Elliot really is the kind of guy who would have all those numbers memorized and be able instantly recite them.

xthexder , 11 months ago to technology in The Release Date and Key Features of Windows 12 Unveiled

Well, we had Windows 10 for over 5 years before Windows 11. 10 was supposedly the last version they were doing, so it’s a little surprising they’re back to regular major releases now.