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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Build your own antisocial writing rig with DOS and a USB key⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for that. Unfortunately, unless I’m missing something, it doesn’t solve the work flow issue as my goal is to get my written text into a modern format that works with everything else I use, such as ascii or markdown.

  Word Grinder hits all the marks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Build your own antisocial writing rig with DOS and a USB key⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried this setup for a bit. I liked Word Perfect for Dos but converting files to my linux desktop was a pain and I never found a workflow I liked.

  For undisturbed writing, I use a laptop running a minimal cli only linux install with Word Grinder. Its a modern text mode writer app that stores files in text or markdown.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ideal Business Stack?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  OP listed the apps they want to run and none of that was on their list

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ideal Business Stack?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  A gaming rig is a waste of money because you don’t need a fast gpu on a such a server. You want a boring server box and even better one with built-in “ilo” remote management.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How your showerhead and fridge got roped into the culture wars⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone else agrees they are.

  Really? Can I see the survey you sent everyone but me to determine this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How your showerhead and fridge got roped into the culture wars⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The story is not about a new breakthrough or even Energy tech at all. Its about policy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How your showerhead and fridge got roped into the culture wars⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The common definition of technology is any practical application of scientific priciples.

  So yes, a shower head, a shoe horn, and chopsticks are all technology.

  However, in the context of News and Discussion, Technology typically means Computing, Internet, Electronics, Telecoms, AI, Energy Tech, etc and usually with a focus on new developments, product releases, new breakthroughs, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How your showerhead and fridge got roped into the culture wars⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How is this a technology story?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Make all women yours’: Rape game available online for Australian children⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  welcome to the blocklist

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Open-Source is Just That⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It seems like the author is confusing open source with Open Source. The latter has a formal definition which includes a lot more than simple access to source code.

  I also agree that no one is entittled to free support or enhancements, bugfizes, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify debuts Gen AI ads, programmatic ad buying⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lack of podcasts is a plus for me. Thanks for the suggestion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tinker WriterDeck - Convert any laptop and most chromebooks into a writer deck.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can barely read the site. Light gray text on a bright white background is fucked up for people with even slight vision degradation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify debuts Gen AI ads, programmatic ad buying⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been a Spotify subscriber since 2012 and every year it has gotten worse and worse in term of UX.

  I think this is the year I quit and go back to buying and ripping CDs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you dislike your dependency on Android? To the rescue comes Mobile Linux "PostmarketOS" - Funded via Donations, Focus on Reliabilty for 2025⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry but the pinephone is not great. I have one and its extremely underpowered to the point of uselessness.

  Its like trying to use a 486 to as a current desktop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Pro Tip: Never quote ChatGPT. Use it to find the real source of info and then quote that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to escape from surveillance when watching television?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Plex tracks everything you watch

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to escape from surveillance when watching television?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Over the air broadcasts, DVD and Blurays from thriftshops bought with cash, jelly for your dowloads you get over VPN.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Low-level floppy operations with native floppy controller on older PC with modern Linux distribution⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Its fun and rewarding to figure stuff out and awesome to write it up and share with others.

  I’ve had good results with ufiformat and usb floppies, but indeed only 3.5"

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Low-level floppy operations with native floppy controller on older PC with modern Linux distribution⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice write up! Curious, was this to avoid using a USB floppy drive?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky now has 30 million users.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve come to realize that bluesky already had all lot of what I’m happy to not see on masto. Good that there is a place for it to exist without me.

  That content is also probably what the majority of people like about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is reshaping social media, but advertising isn't off the table⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean labeling their posts accurately to give other the choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is reshaping social media, but advertising isn't off the table⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bluesky is already coming apart. My partner uses it and last night she got a video of a person being shot in her feed. No warning. No label. Just blam!

  Their influx of new users don’t all want to participate in labeling and moderation and they don’t seem to be able to handle it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Publicly routable IPv6 addresses behind CGNAT in home environment using Tailscale and VPS⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think you can do this with routing because IPv6 doesn’t support splitting a /64 into subnets. Might work via virtual bridging over a vpn link. I don’t think tailscale supports layer 2 tunneling so you would need to use something else.