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Ariel Millennium Thornton

Ahah. The first `pkg` in my path is /usr/sbin/pkg from base, while the first `pkg-static` is /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static from ports-mgmt/pkg, the two sources got out of sync (ports a higher version number than base), ports-mgmt/portmaster explicitly uses pkg-static, and I never noticed which `pkg` and `pkg-static` I was using outside of that. Yep, that would do it.

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That's a first, and if my futile searches are any indicator, a first ever for anyone.

Everything I use in is installed from ports, not pkg, yet I somehow managed to bork my pkg database so badly that pkg-static keeps randomly removing vital packages like www/firefox and x11/xorg-server while upgrading (and later reinstalling) completely unrelated ports.

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Ariel Millennium Thornton

It's taking me a month of Sundays, but I'm slow-cooking my code into something I like.

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Ariel Millennium Thornton

Do not move fast and break things.

Move purposefully and fix things.

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David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)

It is completely unfair to refer to Microsoft as Microslop, because that implies a small quantity of slop.

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Microslaw Cole: Pile-It

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Ariel Millennium Thornton

@earthshine I agree. Blasting a tracking number loud enough for an Australian road train's computer to pick up the last trailer axle is certainly next-quarter cheaper, but not a real solution.

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Ariel Millennium Thornton

@earthshine A contactless alternative is a set of fixed NFC antennas near the hub and a rotating NFC antenna on the sensor that stays just close enough to talk to at least one of the fixed antennas.

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@earthshine Those are the problems I would focus on engineering a workable solution to, instead of trying to retrofit the need for decent wifi security, removal of functional identity at a distance, and with no need for dealer, mechanic, or user configuration.

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@earthshine I wouldn't. I'd pass the signal from wires in the spinning sensor through rings on the rotor or rim to wires fixed to the frame in order to reach the main computer.

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Ariel Millennium Thornton

Overwide pride flag stripes with words on them feel like the words should be scrolling side to side with '80s cracktro tunes blasting out the speaker.

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cheese :neodog_flag_agender: :neodog_flag_ace: :neocat_flag_transmasc:
...this sounded funnier in my head
also made a textless version
(feel free to use credit not necessary but appreciated)
vaguely inspired by the nonbinary "no binary? no problem" one i saw
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Ariel Millennium Thornton

Some random trivia living rent-free in my head:

The Fisher Price Laugh & Learn Game & Learn Controller knows the Konami code.

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Mina

Pickup time. I'm waiting.

Photo: Tim Walker

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🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)

Here's to all the kids who were born with non-default settings; to all you who put the effort in to figure yourselves out.

You're amazing and deserve to be celebrated.

I'm glad you're here 💝

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Jerry 🦙💝🦙

I feel like whoever is running the phishing op to scam fediverse people out of money may not be that great at their jobs

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Fedi.Tips

⚠️ Scam warning: there are accounts posing as Mastodon admins claiming to offer "rewards" or "payments" or "partnerships".

These are scams. There is no reward or payment schemes on Mastodon. No genuine admin would ever send this kind of post or reply.

If you see scam posts like the ones in the screenshot below, report them by clicking ⋯ on the scam posts and then selecting "report".

#Mastodon

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Daniel Howard 🌻

@kagihq

high impact

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Oasus Plainsview :verified:

I made this in five minutes lmao

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This video thumbnail image passed through my stream. To me, it looks like two cartoon race cars competing with each other over who can make better race car noises with their mouths.

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