Notices by Mike Stone (mike@fosstodon.org), page 2

@gm Yep, no luck.

Well, my #Fedora box is officially toast. Power browned out and it went off, and now it just doesn't turn back on. Everything on it was backed up, so no data loss and the machine itself was at least 8 years old, so I'm not going to be spending a lot of time trying to replace parts. Still, I was using it and it was perfectly fine for what it was doing, so losing it is pretty annoying.

@killyourfm Can confirm! I was just in Vegas a couple weeks ago. I had the "pleasure" of being present for the hottest day in Vegas's recorded history! Would not recommend!

It's now 9:15 in the morning, and it's 100 degrees F outside.Yay Arizona.

Am I the only one that thinks it would be really nice if @libreoffice had an option to Save As markdown? I'm legitimately surprised that's not already a feature.

#Libreoffice

What's the oldest computer you have in ACTIVE use. It doesn't have to be every day, but not something that's sitting in a drawer you haven't turned on for a decade. Something you use. For me, it's a Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 1, which originally was released in 2012. I'm currently running #Zorin 16.1 :zorin: on it, and it's perfectly capable of most of my everyday tasks.

One of the features I love about Mastodon that doesn't get much attention is one that is in your face every day, and that's the chronological stream. If I refresh my browser, I can still find the post I was looking at. It's not been moved off to some seemingly random place based on some unknown algorithm, assuming you can find it at all. It's such a simple thing, but it really makes my experience with Mastodon that much better.

I don't currently own a @frameworkcomputer, but it's stuff like this that's making it feel like I will sooner rather than later. The ability to just change the laptop hardware configuration after the fact is unmatched by literally anybody.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2366669/framworks-laptop-16-is-now-even-more-moddable.html

Yes, I'm actually this lazy.

#!/usr/bin/bash

INPUT_FILE=$1

if [ ! -f ${INPUT_FILE} ]
then
echo "File ${INPUT_FILE} doesn't exist. Please try again."
exit 1
fi

cat ${INPUT_FILE} |python3 -m piper --model en_GB-alan-medium --output-raw | aplay -r 22050 -f S16_LE -t raw -

@MobileOak It's a call to the piper tts engine that converts the provided file (should be text) to audio. The shell script that code is from is called read2me on my system, so I just type read2me file.txt and it reads the file out loud.

What are you doing right now?

#Eclipse2024

Maybe I'm just late to the party, but I only just now noticed that Feedly has a "Share to Mastodon" option built into the web UI.

I hope everybody is having a good Sunday.

#DaylightSavingTime

That time already?

#DustStorm

We appreciate everybody's patience over the last couple days regarding the spam wave the Fediverse has been experiencing. Positively, none of the spam has originated from Fosstodon. Negatively, that means we have very little ability to block it beyond suspending the accounts when they appear and notifying remote admins. Many instances have been very proactive, and we thank them for that. Also, thank you for all the reports you've been sending. They let both us and remote admins act more quickly.

Is it over the top to remind everybody right in middle of a discussion about DR servers that you're going to be on vacation on Monday and including a 😏 at the end?

I'm forced to use Windows 11 for my work computer, and I can't honestly say without looking what my default browser is. I have #Firefox, #Vivaldi, and of course Edge because it's pushed by corporate. I solve most of my problems by just not closing my browser. Ever. Occasionally Windows "helpfully" puts Edge into my taskbar for me and I helpfully delete it as soon as I see it. Still, this is beyond the pale. If Microsoft won't stop doing it, the courts should stop them.

https://www.osnews.com/story/138410/platform-tilt-documenting-the-uneven-playing-field-for-an-independent-browser-like-firefox/

@eris That sounds like something I'm going to see sometime soon. If not pron then BSODs or something.

Some of the doors in the refrigerator section of my local grocery store have been replaced with screens showing the product inside (redundant) and literal ads.

Also, there's a voice assistant coming.

@Mundon That's really good actually! My wife and I have been married now for 15 years, and she corrects me almost every time I say something to her. No, it doesn't matter what language I use.