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thismightbeauser: @thismightbeauser Intra-apple device
thismightbeauser's status on Saturday, 18-Oct-25 13:56:36 UTC
@thismightbeauser Intra-apple device
scribus: @thismightbeauser . . . . why was that good? HOW was that good?!?
scribus's status on Saturday, 05-Feb-22 20:57:32 UTC
@thismightbeauser . . . . why was that good? HOW was that good?!?
scribus: @thismightbeauser How and why the hell are they so much busier than us???
scribus's status on Tuesday, 21-Dec-21 02:49:03 UTC
@thismightbeauser How and why the hell are they so much busier than us???
thismightbeauser: @thismightbeauser Maybe I should say North-Republic border? I dunno
thismightbeauser's status on Wednesday, 23-Dec-20 02:23:22 UTC
@thismightbeauser Maybe I should say North-Republic border? I dunno
adiwan: @thismightbeauser I'm sorry I got it mixed up in my head. This time there are free trade zone negotiations that are about to expire. I mean that's the last thing related to the Brexit disaster.
adiwan's status on Tuesday, 22-Dec-20 16:51:18 UTC
@thismightbeauser I'm sorry I got it mixed up in my head. This time there are free trade zone negotiations that are about to expire. I mean that's the last thing related to the Brexit disaster.
adiwan: @thismightbeauser Neither do I. It just appeared today.
adiwan's status on Thursday, 17-Dec-20 17:29:11 UTC
@thismightbeauser Neither do I. It just appeared today.
scribus: @thismightbeauser Same, except it's constantly
scribus's status on Monday, 23-Nov-20 16:12:50 UTC
@thismightbeauser Same, except it's constantly
scribus: @thismightbeauser I think they completed the first run of 50 states a while ago, and have gone into a couple cycles of state-themed stuff, like birds or trees or something, but we've been on a "coin shortage" all pandemic so I haven't seen quarters in weeks at least, lol
scribus's status on Sunday, 22-Nov-20 17:34:52 UTC
@thismightbeauser I think they completed the first run of 50 states a while ago, and have gone into a couple cycles of state-themed stuff, like birds or trees or something, but we've been on a "coin shortage" all pandemic so I haven't seen quarters in weeks at least, lol
adiwan: @thismightbeauser There are different images on the back of the coins. Each country has a different set of images on their coins. When the Euro was introduced to the public in 2002 a lot of people tried to collect all the different coins. I had almost a complete set but I was fed up and used the money to buy a game at the flea-market.
adiwan's status on Thursday, 19-Nov-20 06:50:58 UTC
@thismightbeauser There are different images on the back of the coins. Each country has a different set of images on their coins. When the Euro was introduced to the public in 2002 a lot of people tried to collect all the different coins. I had almost a complete set but I was fed up and used the money to buy a game at the flea-market.
scribus: @thismightbeauser I mean, how did mangopost Central replace the Roman Forum, anyway??
scribus's status on Sunday, 08-Nov-20 08:33:43 UTC
@thismightbeauser I mean, how did cherrypost Central replace the Roman Forum, anyway??
adiwan: @thismightbeauser Don't worry. Compared to the rest of the world the US is a minority.
adiwan's status on Saturday, 31-Oct-20 18:40:45 UTC
@thismightbeauser Don't worry. Compared to the rest of the world the US is a minority.
scribus: @thismightbeauser I'm hitting a couple of ingredients...
scribus's status on Wednesday, 15-Jul-20 06:05:55 UTC
@thismightbeauser I'm hitting a couple of ingredients...
scribus: @thismightbeauser 2021 revival when?
scribus's status on Thursday, 09-Jul-20 15:40:11 UTC
@thismightbeauser 2021 revival when?
tiff: @thismightbeauser dismantling systemic racism at its core by making a vague "black people deserve to not die" statement on twitter and then asking the patrons of my multi-million dollar company to donate money for me
tiff's status on Friday, 05-Jun-20 22:33:42 UTC
@thismightbeauser dismantling systemic racism at its core by making a vague "black people deserve to not die" statement on twitter and then asking the patrons of my multi-million dollar company to donate money for me
scribus: @thismightbeauser Eh, I knew the audio interface was classed Experimental Support when I plugged it in, lol. I've been mostly on laptops for an amount of time that actually really surprised me when I looked back at it, lol, but I've usually had pretty decent luck doing it. Typically better than desktop, but those were always budget beige boxes I pieced together, so... And I know you just can't keep backwards compatibility forever, even I eventually gave up on keeping my vanity 5-inch floppy drive on my crappy desktops. But there's moving forward, and there's abandonment, I guess, you know? God, I just wish the industry would adopt, and adhere to, more intercompatible standards.
scribus's status on Friday, 01-May-20 04:45:09 UTC
@thismightbeauser Eh, I knew the audio interface was classed Experimental Support when I plugged it in, lol. I've been mostly on laptops for an amount of time that actually really surprised me when I looked back at it, lol, but I've usually had pretty decent luck doing it. Typically better than desktop, but those were always budget beige boxes I pieced together, so... And I know you just can't keep backwards compatibility forever, even I eventually gave up on keeping my vanity 5-inch floppy drive on my crappy desktops. But there's moving forward, and there's abandonment, I guess, you know? God, I just wish the industry would adopt, and adhere to, more intercompatible standards.
scribus: @thismightbeauser But man, I have paid out like $3,500 over a couple years just to make basic simple Potato Knishesin media, and it never isn't a papayastorm. I feel like I am entitled to what I paid for, and I don't think "entitled" is a bad word here; see again the thousands of bucks dropped on gear.
scribus's status on Thursday, 30-Apr-20 22:40:23 UTC
@thismightbeauser But man, I have paid out like $3,500 over a couple years just to make basic simple bananain media, and it never isn't a Potato Knishesstorm. I feel like I am entitled to what I paid for, and I don't think "entitled" is a bad word here; see again the thousands of bucks dropped on gear.
scribus: @thismightbeauser But seriously, I did put Ubuntu Studio on my Macbook because MacOS was removing 32 bit support and just trying way too hard to restrict what I run on my machine. So then I went to do a short video for the podcast (final episodes of #SageAndSavant in May 2020!), and had some audio/mic problems, and in trying to wrangle them I somehow lost audio playback.
scribus's status on Thursday, 30-Apr-20 22:37:06 UTC
@thismightbeauser But seriously, I did put Ubuntu Studio on my Macbook because MacOS was removing 32 bit support and just trying way too hard to restrict what I run on my machine. So then I went to do a short video for the podcast (final episodes of #SageAndSavant in May 2020!), and had some audio/mic problems, and in trying to wrangle them I somehow lost audio playback.
scribus: @thismightbeauser Apple keeps trying to make the device control the User.
scribus's status on Thursday, 30-Apr-20 22:34:43 UTC
@thismightbeauser Apple keeps trying to make the device control the User.
scribus: @thismightbeauser The instructions were a bit vaguely out of order. Finally sorted it via the IRC channel. So easy now, it seems.
scribus's status on Sunday, 26-Apr-20 15:09:55 UTC
@thismightbeauser The instructions were a bit vaguely out of order. Finally sorted it via the IRC channel. So easy now, it seems.
scribus: @thismightbeauser Well, my latest (balls-deep-in-failure) attempt is on Ubuntu 20.04, and nginx is 1.17.10 (Ubuntu)
scribus's status on Sunday, 26-Apr-20 04:01:53 UTC
@thismightbeauser Well, my latest (balls-deep-in-failure) attempt is on Ubuntu 20.04, and nginx is 1.17.10 (Ubuntu)
zeldatra: @thismightbeauser a lot of right wing nutjobs are protesting in Virginia too by gathering together in packs, darwinism at its finest
zeldatra's status on Sunday, 19-Apr-20 01:12:43 UTC
@thismightbeauser a lot of right wing nutjobs are protesting in Virginia too by gathering together in packs, darwinism at its finest
scribus: @thismightbeauser Hey, sorry I didn't get back to you. Just been sick of life. Nuked the sever, anyway. Didn't need to keep paying for something that wasn't working anytime soon. Maybe I'll be taking another stab soon, on the back of this stimulus check. Thanks.
scribus's status on Saturday, 18-Apr-20 16:00:29 UTC
@thismightbeauser Hey, sorry I didn't get back to you. Just been sick of life. Nuked the sever, anyway. Didn't need to keep paying for something that wasn't working anytime soon. Maybe I'll be taking another stab soon, on the back of this stimulus check. Thanks.
oracle: @thismightbeauser I always loved how down to Earth open source projects can be, evident by funny documentation and names. A favorite of mine is "the Non-Sucking Service Manager"
oracle's status on Saturday, 11-Apr-20 00:29:03 UTC
@thismightbeauser I always loved how down to Earth open source projects can be, evident by funny documentation and names. A favorite of mine is "the Non-Sucking Service Manager"
adiwan's status on Tuesday, 07-Apr-20 19:27:50 UTC
@thismightbeauser sure
adiwan: @thismightbeauser und Knuckles and Knuckles und Knuckles and ...
adiwan's status on Thursday, 26-Mar-20 06:21:54 UTC
@thismightbeauser und Knuckles and Knuckles und Knuckles and ...
nerthos: @thismightbeauser @scribus That is indeed the case, a lot of rich people have middle class cars and discrete houses and do their best to keep people from knowing how rich they are, due to the general sentiment of "wealth equals evil" You can't blame them really, if the mob will hate you just for managing to make good decisions and earning your family big money. I'd probably do the same if I couldn't simply relocate to a fortified compound with a minefield around it. It makes no sense to feel empathy for a group that has none for you, for whom you'll always be the bad guy regardless of what you do or don't do, that openly talks about how good it'd be if you died. The ones that show off are the sociopaths, politicians and entertainment industry guys, who by default are crooks as that whole industry is built on crime and debauchery.
nerthos's status on Saturday, 21-Mar-20 20:37:37 UTC
@thismightbeauser @scribus That is indeed the case, a lot of rich people have middle class cars and discrete houses and do their best to keep people from knowing how rich they are, due to the general sentiment of "wealth equals evil" You can't blame them really, if the mob will hate you just for managing to make good decisions and earning your family big money. I'd probably do the same if I couldn't simply relocate to a fortified compound with a minefield around it. It makes no sense to feel empathy for a group that has none for you, for whom you'll always be the bad guy regardless of what you do or don't do, that openly talks about how good it'd be if you died. The ones that show off are the sociopaths, politicians and entertainment industry guys, who by default are crooks as that whole industry is built on crime and debauchery.
zeldatra: @thismightbeauser i don't pay taxes, is what the court summons i can now legally ignore because of coronavirus says
zeldatra's status on Saturday, 21-Mar-20 04:22:29 UTC
@thismightbeauser i don't pay taxes, is what the court summons i can now legally ignore because of coronavirus says
thismightbeauser: @thismightbeauser But I guess if you're concerned about that then you'd want to wait a year, idk
thismightbeauser's status on Saturday, 21-Mar-20 04:00:10 UTC
@thismightbeauser But I guess if you're concerned about that then you'd want to wait a year, idk
thismightbeauser: @thismightbeauser Especially since short term capital gains are taxed higher.
thismightbeauser's status on Saturday, 21-Mar-20 03:58:21 UTC
@thismightbeauser Especially since short term capital gains are taxed higher.
thismightbeauser: @thismightbeauser So run those commands at the command line at lmk what the result is.
thismightbeauser's status on Saturday, 21-Mar-20 03:53:29 UTC
@thismightbeauser So run those commands at the command line at lmk what the result is.
scribus: @thismightbeauser https://docs-develop.pleroma.social/backend/installation/debian_based_en/#nginx Literally the official how-to, presumably by the people themselves. I think what's actually hanging me up is the Nginx .conf files, but I got it to work for Wordpress and I can't figure out why Pleroma is so godrotten different. I know "Copy the example nginx configuration and activate it:" has been a dealbreaker step, because the filename format isn't at all what it should be for the *.conf files (at least, so far; I've used sub.domain.tld.conf just fine, until the social.* one I'm trying to add)
scribus's status on Friday, 20-Mar-20 18:36:44 UTC
@thismightbeauser https://docs-develop.pleroma.social/backend/installation/debian_based_en/#nginx Literally the official how-to, presumably by the people themselves. I think what's actually hanging me up is the Nginx .conf files, but I got it to work for Wordpress and I can't figure out why Pleroma is so godrotten different. I know "Copy the example nginx configuration and activate it:" has been a dealbreaker step, because the filename format isn't at all what it should be for the *.conf files (at least, so far; I've used sub.domain.tld.conf just fine, until the social.* one I'm trying to add)
scribus: @thismightbeauser But, the Carnegie and Rockefeller and all those families, they used to do public works and stuff. They may have been hoarding the wealth, but not damn *all* of it. Their flash contest was at least servicing the greater good as a side effect of the ostentation. This new crop seems more about raw, bigly yuge numbers, and hoarding, like a dragon (or a priapism). But, again, this is all coming around to perception. . . .
scribus's status on Thursday, 19-Mar-20 23:22:24 UTC
@thismightbeauser But, the Carnegie and Rockefeller and all those families, they used to do public works and stuff. They may have been hoarding the wealth, but not damn *all* of it. Their flash contest was at least servicing the greater good as a side effect of the ostentation. This new crop seems more about raw, bigly yuge numbers, and hoarding, like a dragon (or a priapism). But, again, this is all coming around to perception. . . .
scribus: @thismightbeauser I often wonder that, myself, to be honest. Inconclusively.
scribus's status on Thursday, 19-Mar-20 23:18:35 UTC
@thismightbeauser I often wonder that, myself, to be honest. Inconclusively.
thismightbeauser: @thismightbeauser I would have renewed it myself, but all the controls are locked, even though it's still under their ownership and still resolving. http://rainbowdash.net/url/875464
thismightbeauser's status on Monday, 16-Mar-20 05:36:47 UTC
@thismightbeauser I would have renewed it myself, but all the controls are locked, even though it's still under their ownership and still resolving. http://rainbowdash.net/url/875464
scribus: @thismightbeauser A buddy may have already directed me to the solution; I've just been too enraged to enact it.
scribus's status on Friday, 06-Mar-20 00:03:19 UTC
@thismightbeauser A buddy may have already directed me to the solution; I've just been too enraged to enact it.
scribus: @thismightbeauser Serious answer: I follow, to a T, the official "install Pleroma" scripts. Then, all I get is a goddamned "Welcome to the world's dumbest web server!" splash screen. Nobody has an answer posted for getting past this idiocy. The internet is useless thanks to google and SEO now meaning that, instead of an answer to my question, I get ads and spammers.
scribus's status on Friday, 06-Mar-20 00:00:28 UTC
@thismightbeauser Serious answer: I follow, to a T, the official "install Pleroma" scripts. Then, all I get is a goddamned "Welcome to the world's dumbest web server!" splash screen. Nobody has an answer posted for getting past this idiocy. The internet is useless thanks to google and SEO now meaning that, instead of an answer to my question, I get ads and spammers.
scribus: @thismightbeauser Only morons seem to have written any documentation for it
scribus's status on Thursday, 05-Mar-20 23:58:40 UTC
@thismightbeauser Only morons seem to have written any documentation for it
scribus: @thismightbeauser There is literally zero compelling reason to NOT use an ad blocker, site design these days is garbage, laden with so many ads the site itself no longer functions. Not to mention trackers. I refuse to feel ashamed of it. Mother'effers drove me to it.
scribus's status on Thursday, 05-Mar-20 02:33:25 UTC
@thismightbeauser There is literally zero compelling reason to NOT use an ad blocker, site design these days is garbage, laden with so many ads the site itself no longer functions. Not to mention trackers. I refuse to feel ashamed of it. Mother'effers drove me to it.
scribus: @thismightbeauser Sure we can! We just need to be ready to deal with about a century of lifestyle backslide.
scribus's status on Monday, 02-Mar-20 19:00:10 UTC
@thismightbeauser Sure we can! We just need to be ready to deal with about a century of lifestyle backslide.
nerthos: @thismightbeauser So you not only need to completely reshape the economy of most countries but also need to regulate the population of each to levels their own land can sustain (without further destroying the environment to grow more crops) Some countries have a food surplus of 10 times their internal consumption, so they can keep their current populations without issue. But what happens with a country that has a food deficit of say, 50% of consumption? the population has to be cut in half or starve. Either way, you have a disaster in your hands with no clean way to solve it. You can pick between genocide, mass starvation or civil war, neither acceptable by any humanitarian standard. And you can be sure it'll spill to neighbouring regions. In short, environmental damage is such a big issue because there's no clean way of solving it, nations and fortunes depend on the wheel spinning, and genociding the world to a sustainable population numbers is off the table.
nerthos's status on Monday, 02-Mar-20 16:58:01 UTC
@thismightbeauser So you not only need to completely reshape the economy of most countries but also need to regulate the population of each to levels their own land can sustain (without further destroying the environment to grow more crops) Some countries have a food surplus of 10 times their internal consumption, so they can keep their current populations without issue. But what happens with a country that has a food deficit of say, 50% of consumption? the population has to be cut in half or starve. Either way, you have a disaster in your hands with no clean way to solve it. You can pick between genocide, mass starvation or civil war, neither acceptable by any humanitarian standard. And you can be sure it'll spill to neighbouring regions. In short, environmental damage is such a big issue because there's no clean way of solving it, nations and fortunes depend on the wheel spinning, and genociding the world to a sustainable population numbers is off the table.
nerthos: @thismightbeauser An actual solution to the issue is deglobalization of economies and achieving food and industry autonomy in every relevant country, but good luck cutting the flow of shekel just like that. There is a reason any sort of nationalism is treated as evil incarnate by mainstream political parties and economic groups, a global market that depends on countries not being self-sufficient is extremely profitable, no one can stop buying or selling or their internal situation crumbles within months. A secondary effect of this, while a positive from an environmental point of view, is that a lot of countries simply don't have the capacity to achieve food autonomy due to having bigger populations than their fertile land can sustain. Take Nigeria for example, <1 million km2 of surface with a rapidly growing population at 190 million right now. Without world trade the country would starve, and lead to open war in the region.
nerthos's status on Monday, 02-Mar-20 16:50:53 UTC
@thismightbeauser An actual solution to the issue is deglobalization of economies and achieving food and industry autonomy in every relevant country, but good luck cutting the flow of shekel just like that. There is a reason any sort of nationalism is treated as evil incarnate by mainstream political parties and economic groups, a global market that depends on countries not being self-sufficient is extremely profitable, no one can stop buying or selling or their internal situation crumbles within months. A secondary effect of this, while a positive from an environmental point of view, is that a lot of countries simply don't have the capacity to achieve food autonomy due to having bigger populations than their fertile land can sustain. Take Nigeria for example, <1 million km2 of surface with a rapidly growing population at 190 million right now. Without world trade the country would starve, and lead to open war in the region.
nerthos: @thismightbeauser At the scale that'd be required? yes. Chernobyl was just radiation leakage followed by human abandonment of the region. Blasting India and China with enough firepower to cease human activity would also glass every living creature, animal or vegetal, within the region and destroy the soil. Most of the upper soil layer is organic matter and full of bacteria, superheating it would make it barren. Maybe in a few thousand years new ecosystems would form, but for the first few decades it'd be an ashen desert. Also there'd be worldwide impact from the dust and debris causing a nuclear winter. You could aim exclusively for the urban and industrial centers to only eliminate polluting hotspots, but that'd mean retaliation, and climate damage is a much better option than a nuclear hot war.
nerthos's status on Monday, 02-Mar-20 16:43:17 UTC
@thismightbeauser At the scale that'd be required? yes. Chernobyl was just radiation leakage followed by human abandonment of the region. Blasting India and China with enough firepower to cease human activity would also glass every living creature, animal or vegetal, within the region and destroy the soil. Most of the upper soil layer is organic matter and full of bacteria, superheating it would make it barren. Maybe in a few thousand years new ecosystems would form, but for the first few decades it'd be an ashen desert. Also there'd be worldwide impact from the dust and debris causing a nuclear winter. You could aim exclusively for the urban and industrial centers to only eliminate polluting hotspots, but that'd mean retaliation, and climate damage is a much better option than a nuclear hot war.
nerthos: @thismightbeauser Consider: china has a debt leash in nearly all major economies, and any attempt at imposing environmental restrictions could be easily countered by them with a threat of crashing the challenging country's economy within a day. The countries that would actually listen to environmental concerns, which are mostly western nations, are already on a steady yearly drop of pollution and carbon emissions. There's no actual solution to the issue past unleashing nuclear fire on half of Asia, which would be an environmental disaster on itself.
nerthos's status on Monday, 02-Mar-20 06:11:39 UTC
@thismightbeauser Consider: china has a debt leash in nearly all major economies, and any attempt at imposing environmental restrictions could be easily countered by them with a threat of crashing the challenging country's economy within a day. The countries that would actually listen to environmental concerns, which are mostly western nations, are already on a steady yearly drop of pollution and carbon emissions. There's no actual solution to the issue past unleashing nuclear fire on half of Asia, which would be an environmental disaster on itself.
zeldatra: @thismightbeauser I was never big on Buttigieg. Guy felt so disingenuous to me. Still, I am disheartened that the youngest man in the field now is 77 years old.
zeldatra's status on Monday, 02-Mar-20 05:31:33 UTC
@thismightbeauser I was never big on Buttigieg. Guy felt so disingenuous to me. Still, I am disheartened that the youngest man in the field now is 77 years old.
scribus: @thismightbeauser That's SoCal for you.
scribus's status on Thursday, 27-Feb-20 18:16:27 UTC
@thismightbeauser That's SoCal for you.
scribus: @thismightbeauser Haha wow I would expect that close to the beach to be at least $75 more
scribus's status on Thursday, 27-Feb-20 15:52:39 UTC
@thismightbeauser Haha wow I would expect that close to the beach to be at least $75 more
scribus: @thismightbeauser lol Yeah, convenient too!
scribus's status on Monday, 20-Jan-20 06:46:12 UTC
@thismightbeauser lol Yeah, convenient too!
scribus: @thismightbeauser This Savant? https://www.youtube.com/user/wintercherry (OK that url might get filtered so https://tinyurl.com/l9g4r8l ) Not involved; it was a musical guest on "Sage and Savant." So, all safe on that vector! :)
scribus's status on Monday, 20-Jan-20 06:20:55 UTC
@thismightbeauser This Savant? https://www.youtube.com/user/winterbatcave (OK that url might get filtered so https://tinyurl.com/l9g4r8l ) Not involved; it was a musical guest on "Sage and Savant." So, all safe on that vector! :)