Posts by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #AVSCaiR2LnkgyBowb2 by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-05-08T18:50:51Z
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@kyle only a sith deals in absolutes
(DIR) Post #AVYRxiJs5xhA6BwUE4 by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-05-11T17:38:36Z
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sometimes i miss simpler days. this is a fresh install of netbsd in a vm. /sbin/init is 36K. there is no desktop environment beyond vanilla x11 with ctwm. by all appearances, this could pass for #retrocomputing.#netbsd #x11
(DIR) Post #AVmiixcPUZmPxTilGK by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-05-18T16:24:36Z
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@lauren another interesting comparison is how they spend a lot of time in German schools talking about the horrors of their past, whereas red states would like to just whitewash the topics they find unpleasant.
(DIR) Post #AWFxMo5edIDOkNN3Uu by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-06-01T18:25:21Z
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@encthenet for b) you can use xxd, no? i think it originally was packaged with vim, so it's pretty widespread...
(DIR) Post #AXNu0Vo4sA3wa9dzc0 by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-07-05T12:47:58Z
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@kyle Tennessee would also be a good choice if you wanted to shoot off some of your own. I remember seeing some huge fireworks shops along the highway in that state...
(DIR) Post #AYj6E01l3RU4Y1s6z2 by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-08-14T16:04:35Z
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@stux just one week ago a trespasser was killed by a train in atlanta: https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/person-hit-by-marta-train-rail-service-suspended-downtown-atlanta-station/FHOB4BGXXZE4VFQTNGF3XRMP4U/
(DIR) Post #AZtmsL2wCTM0P7kGn2 by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-09-18T17:43:00Z
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@fsf When I was in college, the computers 101 class (whatever it was called) had a brief section on ethics. They claimed that It Is Wrong To Copy Software. It's important to educate the "educated"!
(DIR) Post #AZy7AiXYqF7hO2hvs0 by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-09-20T19:49:19Z
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@stefano At my previous job, we lost a lot fewer servers than that in a fire, and it took us from Friday afternoon until Monday morning to recover. We improved our DR plan afterwards, but still, "a few hours"? That is just damn impressive.
(DIR) Post #Aa6MCXvM8aNIXDudhA by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-09-24T19:15:25Z
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@stefano 😆
(DIR) Post #Aa8HfyDBMwtD0WNika by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-09-25T16:58:41Z
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@josephholsten @pkw @stefano #ifdef __APPLE__log_and_exec_reboot_or_halt()#elsedie_you_gravy_sucking_pig_dog()#endif haha!
(DIR) Post #AaxQWdhmOFbJKYWEOO by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-10-20T09:43:34Z
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@stefano our VLAN 666 is called Black hole...
(DIR) Post #AazdNbTezUhrXFr8vg by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-10-21T11:15:24Z
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@mjg59 damn, i found a microsoft signing key...
(DIR) Post #AbOo4lpVWxnWrTPsLg by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-11-02T14:44:28Z
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I've been playing with various PC emulators of the MS-DOS era: DOSBox, bochs, qemu-system-i386, PCem, and 86Box. qemu seems to be the fastest, but I ran into a glitch with it -- didn't track down the bug. They all have their strengths and weaknesses, but overall, I think I like bochs the best. It's given me the fewest problems.#retrocomputing
(DIR) Post #AbZsTFE6QHatXUPBwG by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-11-07T22:51:21Z
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Does Wayland suck?#askfedi #Wayland #X11
(DIR) Post #AbfDobcPR09rtbbL2e by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-11-10T12:48:26Z
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@stefano some people are fickle...
(DIR) Post #AbkKUz6amo2mcUxtK4 by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-11-12T23:56:32Z
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@hn50 I tried most of these recently. The only one that ran comfortably in 64M RAM was TinyCore Linux...
(DIR) Post #AbpgtaPLSYrnTbGwTY by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2023-11-15T13:49:28Z
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I feel like there ought to be an OS with a BSD kernel and a GNU userspace called WildeBSD. Like Debian GNU/kFreeBSD but maybe based on NetBSD...#bsd #gnu
(DIR) Post #AiSiUYtARQejEzpN7w by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2024-05-31T21:05:33Z
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@futurebird I've always wanted to see a kung fu robot programmed to play a laser harp.
(DIR) Post #AikJhcQWHro9aq62LI by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2024-06-09T08:52:23Z
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@stux Actually the gun nuts like to say it's a mental health issue, until the time comes for funding. Then of course there is no money for it.
(DIR) Post #B3gHrrGFHmZJrMz0zY by apgarcia@fosstodon.org
2026-02-25T13:27:14Z
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@rms share the software