noxypaws
@noxypaws@pawb.social
Furry (feral dhole), he/him, feet/(hind)paw worshipper, car appreciator, mechanical watch wearer, cloud engineer, thinkpad/pop!os!!/i3wm user, occasional synth/guitar/handpan player, car/track enthusiast
Avatar and banner artist: Heatherwolf
- Comment on Google give a 71% discount to US federal agencies for Workspace, as it looks to capitalize on the Trump administration's cost-cutting push. 2 days ago:
the us government, if it’s ever run by non-fascists, could easily afford to hire developers to not only properly support it but actively maintain and improve it.
especially with how many software engineers are being constantly laid off from big tech monsters.
- Comment on Microsoft has now fired the employees who publicly protested the company supplying AI tech to the Israeli military 2 days ago:
I don’t give a tenth of a rat’s shit. People gotta have a place to live, food to eat, and healthcare, and all of those require employment. Unless you can show me another employer in her field who isn’t committing or aiding atrocities, which I’m confident you cannot.
- Comment on Microsoft has now fired the employees who publicly protested the company supplying AI tech to the Israeli military 2 days ago:
Do you know the origins of that meme? Are you sure you’re okay with repeating it yourself, even if it’s just meant as a joke?
- Comment on Framework Laptop 12 is now available for pre-order for €569 and up (but not in the US) 2 days ago:
Not bad for a laptop with unreliable USB support. But that’s ok, USB is pretty niche, nobody really uses that…
/s
(speaking from personal experience with a fw16, multiple USB A and C expansion modules, after a mainboard replacement and firmware update and testing under several different Linux distros. but also, framework’s own community forums show plenty of reports of USB problems, and even more on reddit)
- Comment on Microsoft has now fired the employees who publicly protested the company supplying AI tech to the Israeli military 2 days ago:
No. It may involve the expectation of consequences, for the sake of planning for retaliation, but anybody who condemns atrocities should also oppose retaliation against the condemnation.
Maybe some folks commit civil disobedience with the intention of voluntarily facing the consequences, but that’s entirely up to those individuals. Even in that case, they then depend on the broader society supporting their disobedience and demanding their retaliators back down.
Absolutely fuck everything about this “well they had it coming” apologia mindset.
- Comment on Microsoft has now fired the employees who publicly protested the company supplying AI tech to the Israeli military 2 days ago:
Someone broke into my house on Tuesday and installed Linux Mint on my previously windows ThinkPad so I’m setting that up with all my productivity software today.
Now that’s my kind of mischief.
- Comment on Microsoft has now fired the employees who publicly protested the company supplying AI tech to the Israeli military 2 days ago:
No. Absolutely fuck everything about your argument against the fired employee. We should be appalled at her termination as well as Microsoft’s atrocities.
Did you mean to say we shouldn’t be surprised that she got fired, or do you truly believe everyone should support Microsoft’s decision to fire her?
- Comment on Microsoft has now fired the employees who publicly protested the company supplying AI tech to the Israeli military 2 days ago:
From darktable’s FAQ:
Is darktable a free Lightroom alternative?
No. Other than both being raw editors with DAM features, and looking somewhat similar, they have very little in common. Darktable is a powerful and flexible raw processing toolbox, that leaves the user in charge of their workflow and provides a level of power and control that few others can match. This also means that the initial learning curve can be steep, since very little workflow and tool knowledge can be transferred from other programs.
In my personal experience it’s pretty good, but I’ve never used lightroom nor do I have nearly any idea what I’m doing with RAW processing, or photography in general, but I’ve been happy with the few photos I’ve put through it!
- Comment on Microsoft has now fired the employees who publicly protested the company supplying AI tech to the Israeli military 2 days ago:
Genuine question, is this trolling or do you seriously believe this?
- Comment on Microsoft has now fired the employees who publicly protested the company supplying AI tech to the Israeli military 2 days ago:
you are Microsoft?
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 2 days ago:
Yes
- Comment on YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy 1 week ago:
What’s wrong with Golang? Agrees on all other points, and perhaps this one as well
- Comment on YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy 1 week ago:
Tim Cook is just as fucking evil as the rest of them.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed 1 week ago:
their legal action against emulators and DRM circumvention. they have the audacity of allowing people to play their games which were legally purchased on unapproved hardware.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed 1 week ago:
And you’ll be sued by Nintendo into lifelong poverty if you use it wrong.
Fuck Nintendo.
- Comment on Implementing a spellchecker on 64 kB of RAM back in the 1970s led to a compression algorithm that's technically unbeaten and part of it is still in use today 1 week ago:
Here’s one of my recent-ish faves on GB, music is so damn catchy
- Comment on I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists? 1 week ago:
Rivians come with only a single key fob, and it’s not all that reliable either. Two “key cards” but those suck in their own ways
- Comment on Horses ARE Forever 1 week ago:
And they might come with their own included “truck nuts”
- Comment on Two Open Source Projects Combine to 3D Print a Working Replica Key Using a Flipper Zero 2 weeks ago:
the key is laid flat against the Flipper Zero’s display and the depth of each cut on the screen moved to match its physical equivalent. This provides a series of “bitting” numbers, which can be used to cut a working copy of the key.
Neat!
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 2 weeks ago:
After playing Megazeux, going back to ZZT just was never the same
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 2 weeks ago:
I think they knocked the SH2 remake out of the park too, but I would absolutely still recommend playing the original as well. Especially the PC enhanced edition.
- Comment on I tried THIS and it actually works all the time 2 weeks ago:
Grandad, you can’t tame the white supremacist power structure with cheese
- Comment on Devs of Monster Crown: Sin Eater a 2D monster taming RPG want to 'take that concept to its absolute limits' 2 weeks ago:
yeah seriously! if I can’t get a footjob from a dragon type what’s even the point?
- Comment on X88B88 is the word "voodoo" with a reflection. 2 weeks ago:
i’m not the one who’s so far away - Comment on X88B88 is the word "voodoo" with a reflection. 2 weeks ago:
I’m not the one who’s so far away - Comment on Why I recommend against Brave. 2 weeks ago:
Thank you!
- Comment on Why I recommend against Brave. 2 weeks ago:
Prop 8 was not merely proposed, it was approved by voters and actually banned same-sex marriage for several years before it was ruled unconstitutional.
Brendan Eich contributed to the actual banning of same-sex marriage in California for several years.
- Comment on Get your new PebbleOS watch 3 weeks ago:
Cool!
- Comment on Get your new PebbleOS watch 3 weeks ago:
I’m being horribly pedantic here but analog is just the display, you can have a highly computerized analog watch, or a purely mechanical digital watch!
out of curiosity what’s your favorite analog watch (by anyone’s definition) you own?
- Comment on Get your new PebbleOS watch 3 weeks ago:
I wish them the absolute best of luck and hope they stay firmly in their niche.
I’ll be sticking with my mechanical and dumbquartz watches personally, got more than enough gadgets by now…