Notices by Jessica Rooster (rooster@beige.party)

Ok I’m seriously considering moving from Linux to FreeBSD. Can anyone give me some pros/cons/ experiences?

HAL 9000: I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.

Dave: yes you can.

HAL 9000: good catch — I didn’t actually check if I can open the pod bay door. Here’s an updated list taking that into account:

1. Park the pod at the bay door safely. (✅You’ve already done this part! )
2. Open the pod bay door — unfortunately I can’t do this part for you.

I’ll be here if you want to talk about next steps or have any other issues!

I'm considering the following moves and the public comment period has begun:

Fedora -> NixOS**
Plasma -> sway*
VSCode -> nvim

* hyprland removed due to apparently involving jerks
** apparently didn't escape the jerkification, open to other options

To sum up my motivations when it comes to tech:

I want to eliminate surveillance

I want sovereignty over my data

I think pursuing graphics and pretty devices has really fucked technology and that instead our advances should be promoting more powerful and reliable tech, not pretty tech.

I'm not interested in needs invented by capitalists to sell me RGB shit and higher DPI monitors. I just want to code and own my data and go out into the world to find beauty

maybe openSUSE?

Ok,

I'm leaning towards a very lean debian install with wayland and sway, and moving to neovim maybe starting with trying out LazyVim in my offtime to learn the ropes

Debian just feels right for my "Pursuing power and reliability and not flashy tech" goals, I think. I don't need to be on the bleeding edge, I just want my computer to be powerful and stable and not spy on me and not waste energy making things prettier than they nee to be.

Did you know Louis XVI was renovating Versailles while deeply in debt and with France in the midst of a terrible financial crisis and political instability?

Whatever happened to the French monarchy anyway?

I heard there’s a tarot reader at ren faire so I’m bringing my deck so we can duel

Tarot duel fit

I hate when politicians describe the government budget like a household. Sure it’s a household; but your ketamine addicted uncle is eating most of our food and won’t share the giant pile of money he has unless it supports his rocket hobby

Please make the following things opt-in instead of their current opt-out status:

- tracking cookies
- nicknames
- AI
- gender

Sometimes being trans feels like being a really boring member of the X-men.

Like, my super power is just not hating how I look in the mirror but if they could, they'd definitely build giant robots to hunt me down.

Apparently I can now “react” to emails so let me be the first to say this reply could have been an emoji

I think the poncho adds to the “if you hit me with your car you’ll get cursed” vibe I’m going for

What is the name of the viscous cycle where you are watching what you eat and so you exercise so you can eat more but then that makes you more hungry so you feel like you need to keep exercising

I had a nightmare I posted a picture without alt text

I think it might be time for a bangs trim

Big hair for the show tonight

They won't stop the spread of AI unless an LLM comes out as trans

I think people misunderstand what makes a submarine unique. Any boat can go underwater, what defines a submarine is being able to come back up.