Midnight Wolf

You vastly overestimate boomers-era individuals (and really the entire general population). Beyond turning things on and ‘everything magically works’, most know fuck all about tech.

I know that if I croak tomorrow, while my ex partners and a couple friends would be able to piece together things, 1) they’d have to be informed that I’m dead, 2) they’d have to be asked to help with my different hosts, and 3) they’d need to remember where I physically put the password in case of emergency to access the main host (with all of the family’s important shit, like all of it). Assuming they got those three things done, they would have to convey to the ex/friend how to access the main node, and then figure out my password manager master password, and the mfa (multiple options), or assume it’s inaccessible and use the physical password to retrieve the data and restore… on an OS none of them has ever used before.

Assuming all that is doable, after the restore is to maintain the system and the containers, perpetually, as well as continue paying for the domains so they can access the services hosted on the nodes, and continue paying for my vps and the backup storage strategy (two different companies on two different continents alongside the local copy).

As I have literally almost died before (I was supposed to have died, according to doctors who saved me), I have tried to make this hypothetical situation easy, and still it would astonish me if they get past like step #2.

Me, on a plane: sits

The person next to me: so you’re disabled eh? Tell me all about it so I can explain to you how it’s the government’s fault, and then indirectly blame you for not working with partial blindness, one good arm and leg

Or

The person next to me: I couldn’t help but notice the stickers on your luggage and laptop, with the gay flag and the paw prints, I can help you find Jesus again

Or

The people awaiting boarding when I hug and kiss my partner[1] goodbye and cry: is he, uh, you know, is your friend not coming with you?

Me: stewardess, I’m gonna need a new seat

Yeah, sure, ‘good’…

Whoop whoop! D-d-d-d-DotA!

Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA

Xfire’s corpse in the corner: …

Look at this guy, running a headless workstation

That’s why the icon is spinning 😎

Other than a ‘technically true’ sales pitch regarding the gpu capabilities during a store product research/buying experience 2 decades ago where I gave my dad the green light for an hp prebuilt with a nV 7300, I’ve never purchased or owned their products, and after going on a deep dive of the downright evil shit that Intel has done followed by the same for nV, I’ve only used Intel when it was the only option, and refuse to entertain any notion of nV components. Whenever I get asked for suggestions for components for builds and upgrades, blue and green are off the table.

I’ve been using ATi since the 9600 (mobility), and AMD starting with the Athlon X2. I don’t care if their products aren’t as performant, or if they are less power efficient, or whatever else. AMD has only crossed me once, by promising a long term for TR4 and then only delivering for 2 generations (both of which I own cpus for). The prices are reasonable, the performance is as-expected for the cost and market segment, they don’t charge fees for their variable refresh rate tech or anything else, they support (almost all) platforms for many years. The only thing I could ask more of them is that they give me products for free and make me CEO.

AMD would have to be found of child labor and mobster tactics for me to look at blue or green with anything other than absolute disgust.

Debian these nuts xd gottem

WSL be like

Instructions unclear, came to rapture propaganda

Okay grandpa, let’s get you back to the retirement home and get you your pills. I know, I know, things were better when you were young, mmmhm… change is bad, sure, sure…

I have a pinephone, it was $200. It is also hot garbage, with the performance of a 56k modem with the software cohesion of liquid shite with sprinkles.

And I knew going in that it was bad. But it was so much worse. I tried using it as my main phone for a few days, and jesus it was pain. From programs not scaling, UI elements being inaccessible, the phone locking up, the lock screen freaking out, the camera not working, the fact that it only ‘works’ on 1/3 carriers in the US, I don’t think I ever got hotspot functionality working, then I threw it in a drawer for a few months, tried it again, manjaro’s package manager freaked out and corrupted itself (and some other stuff, it’s been a few years), and the only way to fix it without going insane and restoring file-by-file was to reinstall from scratch… which required setting up the distro from inside another system.

Jesus fucking christ, what a shitshow. And I’ve been using Linux off and on for just about 20 years now for desktops, 10 years for servers.

‘you get what you pay for’ couldn’t be any more true here. For a niche device, it can be good or it can be cheap. If it is both, it is using economies of scale, and thus is not niche. And let me tell you, every single phone that is running ‘full’/‘desktop’ Linux, I assure you, is a niche product.

[citation needed], my family all runs pixels and my father is still on the pixel 6, so nearing 4.5y of daily use. Other family members get my previous models (7 Pro, 8 Pro) when I upgrade, so they are getting phones that have been used heavily every day for at least a year before I upgrade. I haven’t heard any complaints from any of them regarding battery charge/duration. I upgrade whenever I am interested in the new model, or when their device goes EoL for security updates, then pass it on.

Last issue we had regarding hardware was the nexus 5X dying, and that was because LG fucked up during manufacturing… again…

Same thing but flipped: I have never understood the appeal of fat-fingering the screen and vaguely rolling over the keys of a word so software can take a wild guess at wtf you are trying to say. “byrpkugs”? Ah yes, buttplugs, clearly.

My first phone was a bar slider qwerty dumbphone, followed by a bar slider qwerty running android 2.1, if I remember right. The phones were both garbage but the physical keys were fucking fantastic.

I’m disabled now and so only have the use of one hand, otherwise I’d be all over phones like this. Shit, even though this is not ideal for me, I’m still like 🤔

Just a data point, but I’ve been using wireless charging since the… Nexus 6? Maybe the 6p. And I’ve owned most of the nexus/pixel phones, including the 6 Pro. Never had issues with wireless charging, even when actively using the phone. It would warm up a bit from the constant use, but it would still fill the battery. It’s my primary way to charge, I only use the cable if I need the phone next to me (streaming twitch at my desk, watching Netflix in bed…) and the battery is low. As soon as I’m done/back home, it goes straight to the wireless charger. Get a text, grab the phone, reply, back it goes.

You might have a fault somewhere :/

Cases that support magsafe/pixelsnap/qi2.3 (I think) can add the magnetic feature to a non-mag qi phone.

While it’s rarely by default (I actually don’t know any that do by default but), it is usually a simple checkbox during the installation. And a provided password, of course.

It’s the alternative to the other thing, duh!