BagOfHeavyStones
@BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social
- Comment on Besides mod logs, is there a better way for the Fediverse to keep track of malicious actors, such as Kiwi farms members and genocide deniers? 5 hours ago:
I think PieFed gives reputation warning icons for entities it thinks are statistically bad actors.
- Comment on KDE targets Windows 10 'exiles' claiming 'your computer is toast' 1 day ago:
I remember years ago there was a copy of Linux that you could install on a Windows drive and it'd run even though it was on the NTFS drive.
One of the big challenges for migration is presumably having to take all your data off your C drive blow it away, install Linux then put all your files back. A version that would happily reside on NTFS and just give Windows the heave-ho might be an easier option for n00bs.
- Comment on True Wireless Power is FINALLY here (building a TRULY wire-free desk setup) 1 day ago:
If it's on solar / battery, then meh. 10 watts is pretty modest.
- Comment on Lemmy,Mbin, piefed, what even are those? 2 days ago:
If a hury like a Huey from Short Circuit 1, but with an accent?
- Comment on Does anyone use a phone without a protective case? 2 days ago:
.. And now on the PWA the username it shows is my new one, and all comments visible. I think Interstellar needs more work.
- Comment on Does anyone use a phone without a protective case? 2 days ago:
Just trying interstellar on PieFed. Says 119 comments but only see four. Also not sure what profile name it'll use as I have two on one email address.
No case. Dropped and cracked my screen after 15 months. Ordered a new screen on mobilehq and will install next week. I prefer the lightness and the soft back of my g84.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
Sleep Planking ftw?
- Comment on Bee Aware! 6 days ago:
Eddie Izzard - Covered in Bees!
- Comment on minor tomfoolery 🛻💨🎶 1 week ago:
You're probably right. Unicode things are usually hollow.
- Comment on minor tomfoolery 🛻💨🎶 1 week ago:
I wonder if it's just a unicode character that was replacing a weird accent mark instead of a '
- Comment on Error Window goes brrrrrrrr 2 weeks ago:
When you won Solitaire, Windows would do this to the cards deliberately.
- Comment on Feddit.org officially announces they will ban criticism of Israel and pro-Palestinian posts and comments. 2 weeks ago:
I did that already. Can't read z German and the apps don't translate yet.
- Comment on End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending 2 weeks ago:
Funny that Debian and Fedora were the only two distros that worked on my laptop. (dual GPU, others booted to black screen after install.) Debian hasn't grenaded itself yet :)
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
From Australia, I'm gonna need a decent boat and a lot of days. Or a plane.
- Comment on Is there an android device that is both phone and music player? 2 months ago:
On my Motorola a long press of volume up skips to next track. There's also some trick where your tap on the back of the phone and that's play / pause but I rarely use that
- Comment on YSK that a new internet/account bypass during Windows 11 installs already exists. Here is a 7 step guide. 2 months ago:
(Just checking if this federates.)
- Comment on LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs | The free open-source Microsoft Office alternative is being downloaded by nearly 1 million users a week 2 months ago:
Many of them work the same. Fill down etc. Not sure about more obscure ones.
- Comment on Microsoft's many Outlooks are confusing users and employees 2 months ago:
Sounds like you need a virtual machine for each Teams account!
- Comment on Microsoft's many Outlooks are confusing users and employees 2 months ago:
Bring back Outlook Express!