FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

ffun fact: on macos systems with two dvd drives, pressing the eject key will eject one drive, and pressing alt+eject will eject the other. if you have more than two internal dvd drives, though, they'll function fine but if you press the eject key everything crashes and you're made to log in again

TIL you can get a deck of cards where every card is also an RFID beacon. I can only think of evil things to do with this.

https://illuminati-magic.com/products/rfid-deck-playing-cards

I have five screens in front of me right now, across three computers

three of these screens are touch screens.

two of the screens don't have mice, and can only be interacted with by touch

the other two screens can only be interacted with by mouse

I'm not slowly going mad, I promise

This is worth reading. https://blog.silvereagle.dev/a-quick-refresher-on-the-fediverse-meta-blocklists-and-everything-up-to-now

TL;DR - The post explains fediverse drama in which people have been corrupted by their own power and influence on the fediverse. At one point another instance moderator claims that furry.engineer is an alt-right front. *rolling eyes massively at that notion*

This.

it's out of touch thursdays!

‪the pandemic changed me. since then i appreciate the little things in life more than ever. i have the earnest, unwaivering faith in the value of humanity of an anime protagonist‬

i reject accelerationism that doesn't care for human survival, because… have you never felt the chill of a crisp winter morning? have you never stopped in your tracks and been overcome with the beauty of the world? have you never felt pain, love, loss, lust? humanity must survive!

You may be wondering why I'm salty about data privacy in cars all of the sudden:

https://therecord.media/class-action-lawsuit-cars-text-messages-privacy

caught the moon and her girlfriend out on an early morning stroll (Leiden, the Netherlands)

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I watched a video on how to install a specific toilet gasket and YouTube recommended I install the YouTube Kids app.

Good idea, make some kids do plumbing instead of us adults! They've got little hands, I'm sure it'll help them reach all the little parts.

I respect VLC replacing the usual "agree"/"disagree" radio buttons underneath the GPL license, which is just an indication of your rights and not a document you need to mark your acceptance of, with a simple "You are now aware of your rights 😇" label

my new gender is silent film camera op dyke

KARL MARX WAS EXACTLY JUST LIKE ME