The William Clayton Journals – What’s In Them? – Radio Free Mormon
The William Clayton Journals – What’s In Them?Bill (Radio Free Mormon)
Trying to install #Debian on another machine, but #Windows is being stubborn. I accidentally let it boot into Windows 10 and now it's insisting on installing updates before it reboots. Holding the power button to force a shutdown appears to have been disabled somehow.
Fine, whatever. It's not like I have anything else to do tonight.
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I got an entry-level Wacom tablet as an early birthday present. As I was forewarned, it takes a little bit of getting used to.
One of the tips I was given on how to get used to it is to ditch my mouse (trackball, in my case) and just use the tablet as my day-to-day pointing device. The only problem with this strategy is that, outside of when I'm actually drawing, probably 90% of my computer use is keyboard-driven (including the browser (qutebrowser) that I'm using right now).
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Why do the aliens who can blow things up with their minds need this guy's help exactly? Why cant they just take the [strike]dilithium[/strike] variance crystal? #monsterdon
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I mean, I guess it is what it says on the tin. #monsterdon #EndOfTheWorld1977
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It is 12:50 PM and I have just checked off the last item on my to-do list for the day. This is unprecedented.
From Jewish to Mormon and Beyond! RFM: 463 – Radio Free Mormon
From Jewish to Mormon and Beyond! RFM: 463Radio Free Mormon
I don't necessarily know if this holds true everywhere, but at least in my area, #OrganicMaps is really good for planning #cycling routes.
#bicycle
#bicycle
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This probably has something to do with @CyclingGuide (@uxMark can correct me, but I believe they upstream their OSM cycling fixes).
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@flyingsquirrel @CyclingGuide Yes, any fixes we make to OSM data are available to everyone. In general, though, Waterloo Region has an excellent and active OSM community. So @CyclingGuide does benefit from that 😀🚴♀️❤️
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When Was the Book of Mormon Created? – Radio Free Mormon
When Was the Book of Mormon Created?Bill (Radio Free Mormon)
No, you just tried to tab-complete your password. 🙃
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I'm never quite sure what to do when people make the (false) claim that there are no "algorithms" on the fedi/Mastodon. I mostly just ignore it because I don't know how to respond without coming across like a pedantic asshole.
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I'll be pedantic for you. Reverse chronological *is* an algorithm.
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I want to know who's the genius who thought that it was a good idea to put the enter "key" on my on-screen keyboard so close to the make-keyboard-go-away button.
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Picked up a used #bicycle for @Katy Lamothe because the battery on her e-bike is not holding a charge any more. Our car is very small, but it wasn't terribly far so I had her drop me off for the pick-up and I just rode it home while she took the car back.
I am in much worse shape than I expected. We'll be working on that this summer though.
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I love it when people decide to just light every single one of my spoons on fire first thing in the morning, especially when they're probably oblivious to the fact that they've just done so.
I got three identical pitchers from the dollar store for making cold brew coffee. Recently one of them broke, so I picked up a replacement from the dollar store yesterday. This morning I noticed that the new one is slightly different.
This does not bother me at all.
Church Historian Apologizes: RFM: 461 – Radio Free Mormon
Church Historian Apologizes: RFM: 461Radio Free Mormon
Broke the #bicycle out for the first time this summer. I got this thing second-hand from Facebook marketplace a couple years back and never really had it serviced. I know I probably should.
Anyhow, the brakes were feeling kind of off, so I decided to have a look at them to see if it was a simple enough problem that I could fix myself. I don't know the first thing about bike repair, but after a few moments of following cables and using my eyes and brain, I was able to determine that whoever last did the brakes on this thing knew even less about what they were doing than I did.
Long story short, my rear brakes actually work now—though I should probably have someone who knows what they're doing have a look at it. I just lack the funds to do so at present.
Also, bike repair is less scary than I originally thought.
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Mine was built from parts found on a day out scavenging around.. it works and has never cost me a penny.. build them from what you find
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Had to do a purge of the stuff in my bag. I was in denial about it, but it was starting to throw my shoulder out. Nothing in it was that heavy, but the cumulative weight was getting excessive.
Hard decisions had to be made.
Purging *any* possesions needs to be done on a regular basis for a myriad of reasons. It is a cleansing process.
@a.k.a. low-profile It's not that I'm getting rid of anything—apart from the dried out disposable lens wipes I found in the bottom of tje bag. It's about not carrying them on my person at all times.
I don't get rid of things easily, but on the flip side, I don't acquire things easily either.
The Forensic Autopsy of Mormon Apologetics – Radio Free Mormon
The Forensic Autopsy of Mormon ApologeticsBill (Radio Free Mormon)
So, is there a free or very inexpensive alternative to Let's Encrypt? It's one of the last US-based services I'm dependent on.
The mere service of creating certificates isn't an issue - you can do that yourself. I did before Let's Encrypt existed.
The problem is that you need to use a service that is authorized by an authority trusted by major browsers - and all of the major browsers have strong US ties. So even if you could replace Let's Encrypt as such with a service that, in itself, isn't US-based, it wouldn't really solve the problem of being dependent on US-based entities.
Had to replace my glucose monitor because it turns out that they expire (who knew?)
Anyhow, I officially hate the new one. It's clunkier, has a worse interface (everything is pictographs instead of text), requires more blood, is slower, and the first reading I got from it was very decidedly wrong (presumably because I hadn't applied enough blood). It said 3.2 mmol/L. I'm pretty sure I'd be, if not dead, at least feeling a little off at that reading. Did a second test (with more blood) and got a more reasonable result.
“Reckless Ben” Gets Silenced! RFM: 461 – Radio Free Mormon
“Reckless Ben” Gets Silenced! RFM: 461Radio Free Mormon
Life pro tip: when charging your devices, it is helpful to ensure that both ends of the charge cable are connected.
In other news: I guess I'm using my spare earbuds today.
Aaaaand my #ADHD meds are back ordered... so that's fun.
Damn it!
I heard my alarm, silenced it, acknowkedged what it was for, and then proceeded to not take my pills. 🤬
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There's literally one damn place in this whole classroom they could possibly be hiding, but let's search in the opposite direction, because reasons. #monsterdon
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Do these things even have value as military weapons if they can't determine who they're supposed to kill? #monsterdon
Hey fedi,
I want to do some experimentation with #sixels. What's the simplest graphics format that I can export from #krita that I can then write a tool to convert into the sixel format?
My naïve guess would be bitmap, but knowing the formats of that era, I'm willing to bet there are at least a half dozen different incompatible .bmp formats.
So yeah, I was right about the technical debt present in .bmp, but all is not yet lost. I have a solution.
It turns out that GIMP supports exporting to the QOI format, which is actually pretty reasonable. It's an extra step, but hey, whatever works.
"You know that #ADHD meds are addictive, right? They're basically speed!" 🤡
Listen... if I were in danger of getting addicted, I wouldn't need daily reminders to keep me from forgetting to take them. 🤦♂️
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Previous person I dated didn't believe ADHD was a real thing. I hope she got the ADHD diagnosis and medication she obviously needed.
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Has literally anyone at literally any point ever offered a logically-sound rationale for said nonsense?
Because I am f***ing baffled as to how it became popular to say “your disorder in particular is fake” about ADHD of all things.
I don't have it myself, but as far as I can tell, it's a neurological disorder like any other, and I don't see anybody sounding off about epilepsy or Parkinson's being fake.
@argv_minus_one I suspect people are uninformed about most things that don't affect them, and many things that do. That's my best explanation. They once heard someone say something and that's all they know about that thing.
@argv_minus_one another part is that some neurological disorders aren't obvious and people don't believe what they don't perceive.
@ARGVMI~1.PIF @Shae Erisson I think it just stems from neurotypicals not being able to comprehend the notion that other people's minds work differently from their own. I don't have this issue so much because I've spent my life surrounded by neurotypicals, so I see this fact first hand every day.
Because they fail to grasp this concept, they're led to the conclusion that we're lazy and/or simply lack willpower, and it's our fault for not just "buckling down". Sadly, they end up inadvertently gaslighting us as a result. I've had to work very hard to try to reverse this conditioning.
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Just had a (very brief) power outage, but despite the modem rebooting, all my TCP connections seem to have remained intact. Wireguard is kind of cool.
when teaching I describe TCP as a shared dream between two computers.
I also teach how to keep coffee shop Wi-Fi fair when one person is trying to steal all the bandwidth.
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@Katy Lamothe and I went out for a walk in a little wooded area near the apartment, because... you know... health. We were immediately eaten by mosquitos, so we pulled the plug and came home with an emotional support pizza.
This was kind of the antithesis of what we were going for, but hey, I get to eat pizza. Thus, I'm going to call it a win.
Reading @SDF.ORG's
BBOARD and the read new posts command is now scanning the REQUESTS board. Time to make a coffee, I guess.
Glad to see that my country has decided on a soverign snake oil policy. We can't be dependent on foreign nations for our snake oil supply!
pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases…
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@Jonathan Lamothe fuckfuckfuckfuck this is catestrophic! This is really bad. This holy fuck. Holy fuck. This press release is a doomsday scenario.
what the fuck
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Now that we've replaced our (long overdue) mattress, it's only served to reinforce what trash our pillows are.
Damn it. 🤬
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Reading up on Sixels.
My god, some of the stuff hardware/software engineers came up with in the 80s was elegant AF.
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@fedops 💙💛 The intended use case was for being able to use graphics over an SSH connection from my mobile (Android) devices. I'm currently using Termux. The options there are... sparse.
Interesting article on the whole phenomonon of AI replacing human workers:
cbc.ca/news/world/ai-agents-te…
I loved the marketing spin from an AI company that said:
She outworks everyone. And she’ll never ask for a raise
What this really means:
We don't have to ask for a raise. We'll just wait 'till you're dependent on our product and then jack up the price because you won't be able to do anything about it at that point.
If it weren't for all the people who are going to lose thir jobs over this nonsense, it'd be amusing to watch.
@Darcy Casselman Yup. That's more or less it. I'm just waiting for the inevitable massive price hike when these AI companies decide that maybe they should stop just lighting so much money on fire.
LDS Church Membership Tanks! – Radio Free Mormon
LDS Church Membership Tanks!Bill (Radio Free Mormon)
So, I've struggled with restless leg syndrome for years. It always happens when I'm getting tired, and, frustratingly, makes it difficult to sleep. I thought it was something I'd just have to live with. It turns out, sleeping with a weighted blanket makes a huge difference.
Maybe that can help soneone else.
Also, it turns out I just really like the feeling of sleeping under a weighted blanket.
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I experienced restless leg for #LongCovid and can imagine, so I'm glad you found something that makes a huge difference! I'll keep it in mind if RLS comes back or if other friends mention it.
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • •Jonathan Lamothe
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • •Welp, I've hit a snag. The installer doesn't seem to be talking to to the wifi card. The laptop has no ethernet port. I have a USB to ethernet adapter, but the laptop has only one USB-A port (and a USB micro port, weirdly?). The USB port is occupied by the flash drive with the installer. I've tried using a USB hub to make more ports available, but then the system can't see the flash drive.
I'm at a loss.
#Debian
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • •HankB
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •Luckily I've not had to deal with this situation, but I am aware of two work-arounds.
1. Best may be to include the driver you need - if you can determine what it is - on the install media.
2. Next best is to perform a minimal install to get a bootable system and then use the USB/Eth adapter to find, download and install the WiFi driver. (This will rule out the 'netinst' media.)
'lsusb' and 'lspci' should help to ID the WiFi module. Or documentation for the laptop may help.
HTH,
Matthew Skala
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •Does the flash drive need to remain inserted after the installer boots? Quite often they don't.
And something else to consider, which I've found useful in similar situations in the past, would be a "live" USB key rather than an "installer" one. Often those are able to get to the point where you can remove the USB key, and then have enough of a system to pursue other install methods.
Window Maker Live
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •See dmotte.github.io/misc/knowledg… for details.
debian-boot-to-ram - dmotte/misc
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •Try to find the real boot, not Zindozs one in UEFI