Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town
- Future new account
- @joepie91@slightly.tech
- Matrix
- @joepie91:pixie.town
- Pronouns
- they/them, he/him, whatever, it's not like I have any idea either 🙃
In the process of moving to @joepie91. This account will stay active for the foreseeable future! But please also follow the other one.
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
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- DMs are open.
- Flirting welcome, but be explicit if you want something out of it!
- The devil doesn't need an advocate; no combative arguing in my mentions.
Sometimes horny on main (behind CW), very much into kink (bondage, freeuse, CNC, and other stuff), and believe it or not, very much a submissive bottom :p
My spoons are limited, so I may not always have the energy to respond to messages.
Strong views about abolishing oppression, hierarchy, agency, and self-governance - but I also trust people by default and give them room to grow, unless they give me reason not to. That all also applies to technology and how it's built.
Joined Aug 2019
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"checking that organic chemistry is possible in this universe..."
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the configure script on its way to check the value of the cosmological constant, vacuum magnetic permeability, and the mass of the electron
@james Hmmm. I vaguely recall Scribus having something for this, but I don't think I've ever used it. May be worth looking into, to see if it's good enough?
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Need a recommendation please.
My mother uses Paint Shop Pro 8 (from the mid-2000s) to print greetings cards. There are print templates on there, which she fills with artwork she has made and uses them to print onto cards to prepare for Christmas or when she has art fairs coming up.
My parents' laptop runs on Windows 10, and recently it has been offered a free upgrade to Windows 11, which a) has failed because the laptop is too old and b) they don't want anyway.
I don't know if they are thinking of transferring to Linux, but if they do, does anyone know of any similar software that's easy for someone non-technical to learn?
I doubt they're thinking of getting a new laptop, just a new OS on it.
Hashtag list:
#recommendation #PaintShopPro #software #Windows #Linux #DesktopPublishing #AskFedi
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PSA: Firefox 139 Nightly has a new feature: AI-summarized link previews. It requires opt-in currently.
When Firefox fetches the preview, it does so with the X-Firefox-AI header set to 1.
Use this knowledge as you see fit.
matrix spam, transphobia
Unsurprisingly, the widespread spam attacks on Matrix are being carried out by a bunch of transphobes.
Not really news to anyone who's in queer communities on Matrix, it's long been a suspicion that these attacks are by the same people who were harassing queer communities, but now I've seen enough to be certain about it.
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This aged... https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/09/14/software-is-a-long-con/
...not at all.
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Anyone who is blind, or who has worked with the blind, knows how expensive our technology can be. This couldn't be more true with relation to braille displays. Even the cheapest costs at least $799, and it's already behind the newest in that line, at $899. This is the Orbit Reader 20 and 20+. Now, a student in India wants to change that by creating a display that is truly affordable (under $50)! Please pass this on, so that we can give him greater recognition within the blind community. Even if it costs a bit more than he initially suspected it would, there is no excuse for the $2,000 to $5,000 average price of such technology when cheaper alternatives can be designed! He is determined to bring this to market, so let's help him do it and show our appreciation for his hard work on this life-changing project!
forbes.com/sites/kevinanderton…
#access #ACB #accessibility #affordability #blind #braille #BrailleDisplays #children #education #employment #independence #India #learning #NFB #ocr #parent #reading #science #school #students #teachers #technology #work #writing
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Hey plural friends how who have hallucinations how do differentiate your hallucinations to potentially head mates? Also any ocd plural systems and how it works for yall? I’m starting to question if I’m plural but it’s hard to differentiate some this works in my mind.
@eniko (Some additional context is that I'm picky about keyboards; I get frustrated by most cheap wireless rubberdome keyboards, and use a mechanical keyboard on my desktop. So "the keyboard on this device is fine" is high praise from me, even if it's definitely no high-end keyboard :p)
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My wife and I started up a small press! We're focusing on hopepunk novellas for adults, and today I've written a bit about how and why we're doing that.
https://joshsutphin.com/blog/introducing-shiraki-press.html
Also, submissions are now open!
re: Contains Amazon DE links
@eniko @flxtr It essentially has an accelerometer and estimates where you're "pointing" at the screen by observing the movements of the device in 3D space. You'd use it kind of like a Wiimote but without a receiver.
(The estimation is surprisingly good but I've found them to be jittery and not really suitable for anything more precise than a TV-style interface with big buttons)
@eniko So this is the one I got: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005800775381.html
And even though it's definitely a cheap and similar device, I've found that one to be of surprisingly good quality.
I've not had it for long so it's possible that it'll get worse over time, but as I recognize neither the 'bad keys' problem nor the 'bad connection' problem (and the touchpad is fine, albeit small), I suspect this one may be different in some way?
fediverse chick
@domo A couple of folks on Reddit have tracked down the source of the photos, and iirc concluded that it's likely intended as a harassment campaign
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@joepie91 Applies to way more than just open source, tbh. Be an incompetent government and enjoy people infighting because the only thing they can do is argue to the death about how to solve the issue, cos no one has agency to solve issues.
One of my least favourite dynamics in open-source is when mismanagement by project leaders results in brokenness for years that frustrates contributors, and because the contributors do not have the agency over the process necessary to fix those issues, tension starts building and they start lashing out and attacking each other instead
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Remember, when the internet gets disbanded, don't blame Hasbro Interactive. They had nothing to do with it.
From the back of my Master of Orion II disc.
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yo, man. word on the street is that there's a nasty sickness spreading through town that makes you talk like a character from a late 2000s racing game. you can kick it to the curb if you win three races... but i doubt you got a chance in that lame ass ride of yours. i've added the qualifier to your T-Mobile GPS. see you in my rear view mirror, dog.
- Future new account
- @joepie91@slightly.tech
- Matrix
- @joepie91:pixie.town
- Pronouns
- they/them, he/him, whatever, it's not like I have any idea either 🙃
In the process of moving to @joepie91. This account will stay active for the foreseeable future! But please also follow the other one.
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
- No alt text (request) = no boost.
- Boosts OK for all boostable posts.
- DMs are open.
- Flirting welcome, but be explicit if you want something out of it!
- The devil doesn't need an advocate; no combative arguing in my mentions.
Sometimes horny on main (behind CW), very much into kink (bondage, freeuse, CNC, and other stuff), and believe it or not, very much a submissive bottom :p
My spoons are limited, so I may not always have the energy to respond to messages.
Strong views about abolishing oppression, hierarchy, agency, and self-governance - but I also trust people by default and give them room to grow, unless they give me reason not to. That all also applies to technology and how it's built.
Joined Aug 2019
