Notices by Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)

☕ Coffee always PERKs me up and GROUNDS me.

@cmdrmoto I just discovered they updated my Welcome page. I can let it fade to just the background and clock, the remote still works with Apple music using PlayStation's control convention in this mode. Yay. Solution found.

@requiem @atoponce @alatiera "User" is whomever I let use my computer. I, on the other hand, am sudo. I am the computer's owner, and it shall bow before me, for I am it's god. That is how I feel about my machines with very few exceptions.

@cmdrmoto Even the YouTube and Netflix apps use the button icons for PlayStation, and still feel like I'm in the media player portion of my console. Apple Music - It looks like your Apple TV 100% until a PlayStation notification pops up - and just doesn't match.

@cmdrmoto The weird part is Apple Music is the one app on PS5 that just completely clashes with the PS5 aesthetic. I've never seen an app so blantantly give the middle finger to the system it's on. They didn't just not care, they actively fight the theming. I think Apple considers their theme as important as their logo.

AH! Holy shit! I made the lyrics go away! No idea how I got that control to come up!

And for the record, translucent pills are fucking UGLY!

I have had computers as a special interest in my entire life. I very literally have a computer in arm's reach at all times. I've navigated DOS, DOS Shell, Windows 3.1 through 10, god knows how many Linux distros, Android 2 thorugh 14, Orbis, and even QNX, all without difficulty. How the ACTUAL FUCK am I having to look up how to turn off lyrics on Apple Music?! Why is this UI so dumbed down you just DON'T DO whatever default shit Apple decided I wanted?! HOW IS THIS REALITY?! *RAGE!*

Apple UI is ENFURIATING! Holy fuck! I just want to turn off repeat 1! That's all I want! How the fuck is every button jumping around the lyrics?! I don't want lyrics right now! FUCK OFF WITH THE FUCKING LYRICS, I WANT THE FUCKING PLAYER CONTROLS!!! *RAGE!!!*

@Houl 🫂️

Sometimes my cat pets me in return. 🥰️

@ferricoxide @atoponce @alatiera @travisejones I'm not missing it, I'm actively resisting it. That's why I have Linux computers in the first place.

@finner I dunno, I've never tried something like that. Right now it's wait and see. Though, if I set up any other machines, I'll probably not go with Manjaro for now.

@lumi @grote This is why I put up with constant issues to carry a Linux phone.
Microsoft and Google are the best at convincing me to be patient with #Linux.

@atoponce @alatiera Fuck off with "calm down". "Calm down" is how horrid shit happens. "Calm down" is how "there's no verification" becomes "You need to show ID and allow the gov to see your history before purchasing a computer". MY computer does not need any information about me. It needs to do and run whatever I fucking tell it. *I* decide what info about me my computer has and needs.

@travisejones @alatiera It's likely in place so future software that requires a birthday from the system can retrieve it.

For example, some mature video game with adult elements could ask systemd for the birthday before letting the user play the game.

AFAIK, there are no hooks in place that verify that the supplied birth date matches their birth certificate, government issued ID, etc. So there's nothing stopping you from lying about your age to get around the video game rating.

@atoponce @travisejones @alatiera "letting the user".
Right there is the entire fucking problem. I bought the machine. I am the owner. There is no "let" in this situation. There is only "fuck you, computer does whatever the fuck I tell it to do!". Anyone sticking "let" in to my computer can go fuck all the way off!

@realTuckFrumper Nice AI slop art. The guy with the empty wallet sign looks like he got a wax toilet seal stuck to his face

@grote Eyep. This is why I'm not going to be carrying an Android anymore.
If I wanted to be treated like a fucking idiot, I'd call my mother.

Reminder:
This is crazy! Trump is hurting you!

They are not 'America first', no matter who you are!
NEVER FORGET!

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228 days until the midterm elections.