Notices by ARGVMI~1.PIF (argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org)

@neil

New Mastodon Poll Reveals 87% of Mastodonians Are Old AF

I miss #rageComics so much.

Source: https://imgur.com/genie-rage-be-careful-what-you-wish-naBiU

#rageComic

They say humans' love of replicators and root beer makes them weak and soft.

Nah. As Quark once observed, replicators and root beer is what keeps humans docile and agreeable. Take away their creature comforts and back them into a corner, and they get mad and start blowing up planets, and nobody wants that.

So whatever you do, don't break the replicators!

#StarTrek #StarTrekDS9

This community is precious to me.

#Mastodon tip: There is a way to use only part of a word as a hashtag!

For example, you might want to say the word “toots”, but use the hashtag “toot”.

To do this, place a U+2060 WORD JOINER before the “s” in “toots”. Example: #toot⁠s.

If you're using #X11 or #Wayland (i.e. #Linux or #BSD desktop), you can add the following line to ~/.XCompose to give yourself a keyboard shortcut:

<Multi_key> <w> <j> : "⁠" U2060 # WORD JOINER

Then just type Compose, then W, then J.

The existence of InstallShield implies the existence of InstallSword.

#Windows #retrocomputing #shitpost

Every once in a while, my #WiFi, hosted by a #Linux PC running #hostapd, gets really slow or outright fails. To fix it I have to:

1. stop hostapd,
2. rmmod rtl8821ae (the driver for the #Realtek Wi-Fi chip),
3. insmod,
4. udevadm wait for it to come back, and
5. start hostapd.

I wonder why it keeps failing like that.

I also wonder if I should schedule this to happen every night. Or maybe every hour. 🤷♂️

@prettygood

You don't have to pirate the original. If you can buy the PlayStation game, your computer's optical disc drive can read it. I think it's also available on Steam.

@pixx

I have a string of LED Christmas lights that flicker pretty hard. I assume they're just wired in series directly to mains, with no rectifier. So, it could use that!

@niconiconi

@niconiconi

That won't work with LED lighting though.

But I guess nobody thought people would be crazy enough to stuff a rectifier into every lightbulb.

If #Nintendo is so great, why isn't there a Ninelevendo?

#shitpost

@monospace

This right here is one of the “killer features” of #systemd.

Long ago, in an archive far, far away, a Redditor posted:

“I'm a new Air Force pilot. When we fly solo for the first time, our call sign is "Kitty." This is the patch we wear when we are done.”

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/egp12/im_a_new_air_force_pilot_when_we_fly_solo_for_the/

#AirForce #cat #meme

The existence of #WholeFoods Market implies the existence of Fractional Foods Market.

#math #shitpost

Well, in Who-ville they say... that the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day!

It was the most rapid onset of cardiomegaly ever recorded, and researchers at the Who-ville Institute of Science and Medicine published a number of fascinating papers about the condition.

#Grinch #Christmas #shitpost

Dax: “Aren't you uncomfortable in that uniform?”

Hon, Worf's wearing a *Starfleet* uniform. Have you, like, met Starfleet? Their idea of starship design is to strap a pair of nacelles to a freakin' luxury hotel! Starfleet doesn't *do* uncomfortable.

#StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #StarTrekDS9

Well, you can't say you weren't warned.

#cat

Do good gateways get pets?

#shitpost

Quality products from Acme. Accept no substitutes.

#LooneyTunes #joke #TrolleyProblem

@kimapr

Ah, that. Some people seem to be under the impression that blocking ICMP traffic will improve their security…which breaks path MTU discovery. 🤦♂️

@ak @erik @shiz