salith @salith@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
Hitman video, but posting for the intro for those who know Team Fortress 2 #tf2 #hitman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeODoP5OLVI
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The 13th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 13th August 2026!
https://survey.gendercensus.com
It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
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So got those working, but when trying to install the linux surface kernel, it reboots to that same error.
It only boots if I turn off secure boot.
Think I'll just go back to Windows 8.1 and just deal with it not being too secure... or do I take it to Windows 10 and strip out a lot of the OS so it works at a better pace?
And yep, FoundryVTT still chugs hard, even just v11 (which is as far back as I would ever work with, thanks Star Wars breaking from v12 onwards).
So, it doesn't detect rotation, so that's a little annoying.
It also doesn't bring up the on-screen keyboard unless I launch the virtual keyboard myself, but I just put an icon for it on the desktop.
Not perfect, but less security issues than Windows 8.1 (it chugged on Windows 10, which is the maximum it can 'officially' go)
The updates didn't work, so onto Cinnamon and that is just working out of the box... no terminals, no sudo's.
Yay!
Out of the box, XFCE doesn't acknowledge me clicking on the touchpad, just moving it around.
Good job I know my keyboard navigation from those old Win95 days.
Letting it update to see if that fixes it, otherwise it's on to Cinnamon.
Well Zorin is a no-go. Their terminal instructions for installing the Surface firmware doesn't work at step 5, and instructions others have said to fix it just caused it to error on boot.
On to Linux Mint XFCE as that was my first choice until I heard about Zorin.
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I need help identifying a vintage connector..
does anyone have an idea what this 12-pin plug is called, or can provide me with a link to the appropriate counterpart (or even have one at hand to sell me)?
This is on a Siemens paper tape reader, ca. 1960, originally meant to be connected to a Gretag Tape Sender.
Boosts appreciated :-)
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Estradiol is very fragile, since it can be taken sublingually. I find this problematic when I travel - when I leave the bare pills in the bottle, they rub against each other, and turn to dust ):
To fix this, I have designed and 3D printed some pill holders that keep the pills from moving around. It also fits it my existing CVS pill bottle :3
To fix this, I have designed and 3D printed some pill holders that keep the pills from moving around. It also fits it my existing CVS pill bottle :3
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FWIW, Mussolini didn't "make the trains run on time." He just ordered the Italian press to write that the trains were running on time.
That's how authoritarianism works. Fascist sympathisers in other countries fell for it.
Found a Surface Pro 6 with 128 SSD for cheaper, so yay me.
Lol they just messaged me as they advertised it as 256 SSD while it actually has a 128 SSD.
So, waiting for the refund so I can go hunting again.
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Spent my childhood optimizing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to fit everything into 640 KB.
Now one browser tab needs 2 GB of RAM so 17 analytics companies can find out I looked at socks.
Saved up enough to buy a second-hand Surface Pro 5 to replace my Pro 3.
Nervous as it was £90, which is a massive amount for me, but if it works then yay. Granted, running Win8.1 on it was actually an okay experience, but once the replacement arrives, I'll be using it as a dedicated Linux machine (Zorin, probably) so I can get used to that.
Hate spending money, though... grew up poor and that's never left me.
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national geographic disabled right click on their website with a "Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited." so i had to download these images and repost them out of spite
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Parents "protecting" their children are a big part of the reason we're in this shit.
Parents tell "white lies" about their own health, and the result is people who'll say "she was fine until yesterday, now she's dead because of doctors!"
They use vague stories instead of the blunt truth about predators, and we get roblox.
They wave away the horrors of Nazism, and we get, well, Nazis.
Children must be protected from bastards, not from the truth.
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Something about a Tesla getting taken out by a train with pride flags makes a good Friday
https://www.reddit.com/r/baltimore/comments/1ugctcc/light_rail_accident/
Joined Aug 2018
