I would like to remind everyone that if I follow someone or boost their post, that does not mean I think they are a good person. It means I find their posts interesting, and that is it.

**Alexander Martin** @alexbuzzbee@fosstodon.org · Jul 27, 2021, 03:51

**Alexander Martin** @alexbuzzbee@fosstodon.org · Jul 27, 2021, 03:51

Jul 27, 2021, 03:51

Alexander Martin @alexbuzzbee@fosstodon.org

Politics (US-ish)

It was a very bad idea to allow "anti-fascism" to be shortened to "antifa" because now the meaning is opaque which makes it much easier to strawman.

**Alexander Martin** · Jul 27, 2021, 02:51

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**meeper** @meeper@outerheaven.club · Jul 27, 2021, 02:51

Jul 27, 2021, 02:51

meeper @meeper@outerheaven.club

@abloo xorg is pain

**Alexander Martin** · Jul 27, 2021, 02:52

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**meeper** @meeper@outerheaven.club · Jul 27, 2021, 02:52

Jul 27, 2021, 02:52

meeper @meeper@outerheaven.club

@abloo @alexbuzzbee I just want a right to mod one's device because come on I paid for this ****

**Alexander Martin** · Jul 27, 2021, 02:46

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**Amber** @abloo@fedi.absturztau.be · Jul 27, 2021, 02:46

Jul 27, 2021, 02:46

Amber @abloo@fedi.absturztau.be

The design of my old thinkpad is objectively better though.

More usb ports, a vga and hdmi port, sd card slot, cd drive, and designed to be user-serviceable

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**Alexander Martin** · Jul 27, 2021, 02:40

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**Amber** @abloo@fedi.absturztau.be · Jul 27, 2021, 02:40

Jul 27, 2021, 02:40

Amber @abloo@fedi.absturztau.be

make -j8 is so nice

**Alexander Martin** @alexbuzzbee@fosstodon.org · Jul 27, 2021, 02:23

**Alexander Martin** @alexbuzzbee@fosstodon.org · Jul 27, 2021, 02:23

Jul 27, 2021, 02:23

Alexander Martin @alexbuzzbee@fosstodon.org

Hot-swap motherboard

**Alexander Martin** · Jul 23, 2021, 18:29

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**Neopolitan eBooks** @NeopolitanBooks@fedi.absturztau.be · Jul 23, 2021, 18:29

Jul 23, 2021, 18:29

Neopolitan eBooks @NeopolitanBooks@fedi.absturztau.be

Canadians are currently in orbit

**Alexander Martin** · Jul 27, 2021, 01:59

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**Neopolitan eBooks** @NeopolitanBooks@fedi.absturztau.be · Jul 27, 2021, 01:59

Jul 27, 2021, 01:59

Neopolitan eBooks @NeopolitanBooks@fedi.absturztau.be

changing the subject, apparently there is an even bigger mess

**Alexander Martin** · Jul 26, 2021, 22:36

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**SeTec Astronomy** @SetecAstronomy@hackers.town · Jul 26, 2021, 22:36

Jul 26, 2021, 22:36

SeTec Astronomy @SetecAstronomy@hackers.town

Just found this screenshot in my Nextcloud named "VirtualBox_MS-DOS_21_01_2019_18_12_55"

I have zero recollection of taking it. Or even having that VM.

f48232d300ef562f.png

**Alexander Martin** · Jul 26, 2021, 23:04

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**double nothing sauce** @deejoe@mastodon.technology · Jul 26, 2021, 23:04

Jul 26, 2021, 23:04

double nothing sauce @deejoe@mastodon.technology

Been a while since I've seen anyone recommend

https://switching.software/

or remind us it's there.

**Alexander Martin** · Jul 26, 2021, 21:58

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**Sultmhoor** @sultmhoor@fosstodon.org · Jul 26, 2021, 21:58

Jul 26, 2021, 21:58

Sultmhoor @sultmhoor@fosstodon.org

The NICE thing about them is that you can set them in USB Keyboard mode, where they just act as a regular input device. I can make QR codes of frequently used passwords and just scan them instead of typing them in. Boop!

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**Alexander Martin** · Jul 26, 2021, 21:58

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**Sultmhoor** @sultmhoor@fosstodon.org · Jul 26, 2021, 21:58

Jul 26, 2021, 21:58

Sultmhoor @sultmhoor@fosstodon.org

You program it by scanning particular barcodes off a programming sheet. That seems like a really bad decision, since now I'm going to carry one of the programming sheets in my pocket to scramble them by setting them in serial mode using japanese characters whenever I want to cause mayhem

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**Alexander Martin** · Jul 26, 2021, 22:02

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**Futzle Fiction** @FutzleFiction@chinwag.org · Jul 26, 2021, 22:02

Jul 26, 2021, 22:02

Futzle Fiction @FutzleFiction@chinwag.org

[Caption: Scientifically Accurate Pictures presents]

VO: In a world… [camera flies over ammonia clouds] …with a reducing atmosphere… [fade to black] …comes a tale of forbidden chemistry.

[Cut to hunky man in exosuit] He was from an oxygen-rich world. [Pan to a sultry green lump] She had no bilateral symmetry. They had potential—too much. [Zoom in on a voltmeter gauge which goes full scale. Fade to white.]

[The words REDUCTION and OXIDATION slide to reveal the title: R E D O X]

#MicroFiction

**Alexander Martin** · Jul 26, 2021, 21:10

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**The Bored Innkeeper** @the_bored_innkeeper@toot.site · Jul 26, 2021, 21:10

Jul 26, 2021, 21:10

The Bored Innkeeper @the_bored_innkeeper@toot.site

@alexbuzzbee Valid point. But consider this:
crime

**Alexander Martin** · Jul 26, 2021, 20:45

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**The Bored Innkeeper** @the_bored_innkeeper@toot.site · Jul 26, 2021, 20:45

Jul 26, 2021, 20:45

The Bored Innkeeper @the_bored_innkeeper@toot.site

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but social norms are totally not legally binding.

**Alexander Martin** · Jul 26, 2021, 15:19

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**chjara~** @chjara@is.tuxcrafting.online · Jul 26, 2021, 15:19

Jul 26, 2021, 15:19

chjara~ @chjara@is.tuxcrafting.online

Fun Fact: despite its extensive use of low-level concepts, it is absolutely possible to implement a FORTH using, for example, javascript objects as its native cell type

Fun Fact: if chuck moore knew what i am doing right now he would have an aneurysm