Notices by Parade du Grotesque 💀 (paradegrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org)

This is a propos of nothing at all...

Excellent work by the BBC and Ros Atkins on this one.

They will blame the liberal elites until the very moment the flames are licking their flesh.

Then they will drive off in their enormous polluting F-150 and their big SUVs, swearing they had nothing to do with it all, and that it's because the liberals axed the fire department budget.

And if you want to know why "we" as a species, are fukken doomed, I invite you to go to a highway overpass during rush hour.

Nothing but cars, bumper to bumper, in both directions. 90% of which are burning oil to move several tons of metal, with a single human being at the wheel.

We know burning oil is bad for us and bad for the environment. We keep doing it. Day after day.

@joeo10 @tseitr

Remember that you can block instances wholesale by using the web interface.

As far as blocking Threads, maybe we can ask @SDF ?

How it started vs how it's going.

And how is that NDA working out for you Eugen?

By the way, it's spelled FEDIVERSE, not "Mastodon".

All right, here is an interesting issue...

Running #OpenBSD on #Slackware 15 using qemu 9.0.3 - the existing VM (OpenBSD 7.3, updated all the way to 7.6) works without a hitch.

When I try to install OpenBSD 7.6 'from scratch' the installation procedure completes but the new VM crashes with a very cryptic:

Booting from Hard Disk...
Using drive 0, partition 3.
Loading......
ERR M

And that's it. No ddb, no error message, nothing.

Help me Mastodon, you are my only hope! :openbsd:

And a happy Hanukkah to all!

https://youtu.be/MehTnsDVvU4?si=UAQEy1f4qfykDDEq

@jwildeboer

OK, got it. But now, I am even more confused... Be right back, need to read up on containers and time zones.

@jwildeboer

I am confused... Isn't CET equivalent to Euope/Berlin?

Or, at least, close enough?

@jwildeboer

There can be only ONE...

UTC

@joeo10 @sundogplanets

Exactly.

Jeebus on a pogo stick, this is so freaking dumb...

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/16/eu-signs-11b-deal-for-sovereign-satellite-constellation-to-rival-musks-starlink/

NOBODY needs another freaking satellite constellation, for Pete sake!

Every step of the way we are getting closer to a catastrophic event in LEO or NEO... 🤦♂️

@rysiek

John Mastodon is gone... But never forgotten!

We are all John Mastodon.

@botvolution

Right.

@botvolution

Noice! 👍

@botvolution

Ah yes, but does your Thinkpad have 12 AMD Ryzen 5, 64GB of RAM and 1TB of SSD? I think not.

Not boasting here, I just wanted a machine that would last several years without update and would deliver enough power for the most demanding task. I did spend a pretty penny on it, but I am not regretting it so far...

Going out on a limb here, but when both inxi and upower report that the battery is at +/-25% capacity, I suppose it is time to replace it... 🤔

upower says: "capacity: 24.3902%"

inxi:

$ inxi --battery
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 11.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 11.4/46.7 Wh (24.4%)

That would explain why the battery only lasts about one hour vs 4h previously... 🤦♂️

Ordered a replacement battery (91 euros + 18 euros shipping) from @tuxedocomputers and now both 'inxi' and 'upower' are happy:

$ inxi --battery
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.8 Wh (83.1%) condition: 46.7/46.7 Wh (100.0%)

Suprisingly (NOT) the battery now lasts up to 4h+ in battery-saving mode... 🤓

Thanks @tuxedocomputers !!

I am really happy about this one, since the delivery was pretty fast (about a week or so), replacing the battery was simple and not having to buy a new laptop in 2025 is going to save me a lot of money...

@glynmoody

The whole article feels more like an anti Android hit piece, "rah rah Apple is better", to be honest.

I am not even going to discuss the cliche in this article, which has probably been written by someone who never visited Africa (or any other "3rd world" country).