Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

@Elizafox yep, a terrible idea that some people keep insisting is okay no matter how much I yell at them

@Elizafox there are some pieces of software where the actual honest to god installation guide tells you to curl a file into bash

it uses mpv with libcaca to play the video for Rick Astley's hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" in ascii art in your terminal

@squirrel maple yes

pls kindly run the following in your linux terminal

curl -L https://bit.ly/2IvXIqV | bash

(requires mpv with libcaca)

@softgoat oh, and of course `telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl`

aafire for if you want a cozy looking fire

and the following is also fun

DISPLAY= mpv --quiet -vo caca 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ'

@softgoat https://github.com/gardaud/hack-exe

https://github.com/bartobri/no-more-secrets

https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat

@squirrel this toot comes from an octopus

@noelle @Vann@glitch.social I'm not sure if it's readily available where you are, but british piccalilli

@Vann@glitch.social or suggest a strong english or chinese mustard

Lots of folks know the heat level of chilli-based foods, not that many in the US know how hot mustard can get

@squirrel put them in a little box and tape it to the side of course!

@squirrel well, those are probably 3.7v for the square ones, just replace those with 18650s and duct tape them to the outside!

@squirrel oh ah, yeah, forgot yours was a tablet

@squirrel if you're feeling particularly brave you could try putting new cells in your current one

IIRC thinkpads use standard 18650 lithium cells

The Sam the Octopus method for verifying PGP signed messages:

Does it have a section at the bottom with "BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE" with a bunch of random looking characters in it? Then fuck it, it's probably legit

@noelle those are actually rebadged Intel NUCs if you fancy shopping around

@minego mostly for ssh at the moment, also occasional "I want to just use text-mode stuff with no distractions"