Notices by Scott Williams 🐧 (vwbusguy@mastodon.online)

Glad to see #Nintendo is bringing back the classics with the #Switch2.

Is there a way to opt-out of Daylight Savings Time this year? Asking for me.

Alternative headline: Google had trouble selling Gemini so they're making everyone pay for the AI features whether they wanted it or not.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/google-raises-the-price-of-workspace-plans-making-its-ai-features-included-for-free/

Tom's Hardware: MNT Reform Next open-source modular laptop crowdfunder goes live for $1,099

https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/mnt-reform-next-open-source-modular-laptop-crowdfunder-goes-live-for-usd1-099

#ARM #Linux

Sys Admins leave the best Christmas presents.

I lol'd

#meme #crypto

TechCrunch: Google says its new quantum chip indicates that multiple universes exist
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/10/google-says-its-new-quantum-chip-indicates-that-multiple-universes-exist/

@dansup I tried uploading since videos this evening but they all just returned error. I'm guessing this may be related? They ranged from 22-39 seconds and 56-101MB.

@dansup I cut one down to 22 seconds (43.5MB) and it seems to have worked.

It took a couple of cuts but I got another one as well. Seems I might have hit a size limit?

HECK YES! #Fedora #Linux is moving to @forgejo!!!!

https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-moves-towards-forgejo-a-unified-decision/

#git #forgejo #opensource

Know someone who would be a good fit for the #Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCO)?

Fedora is looking for nominations now.

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/extended-nominations-period-for-fesco-closes-thursday-december-5th/139038

#Linux

A Fujitsu Model M clone in front. A Logitech blue switch mechanical keyboard in back. Guess which one is incomparably louder than the other? That's right! The Logitech.

Luckily they both work out of box on Fedora, though the Fujitsu is using a soarer's pre-flashed AT/ST DIN-5 to USB cable. I did get sctool installed and running on Kinoite, by compiling it in toolbox.

#keyboards

I just used a fingerprint reader to auth for sudo.

@dansup Uh oh, was it mine with the solpugid (which is technically not a spider)? If so, my apologies! I was geeking out over it and didn't mean to frighten anyone.

Thomas E. Kurtz, co-creator of #BASIC programming language, dies at 96

https://computerhistory.org/blog/in-memoriam-thomas-e-kurtz-1928-2024/

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/technology/thomas-kurtz-dead.html

#programming #retrocomputing

#Fedora has a mobile spin for running #Linux on tablets such as Lenovo Yoga and Microsoft Surface with KDE Plasma Mobile!

https://fedoraproject.org/spins/kde-mobile

@cwebber A logistical marvel of engineering designed for the sole purpose of distributing cat pictures at scale using everyday things you have lying around the house, like a NetBSD toaster. Moderation here means being careful not to overheat the toaster you are using to serve the cat pictures.

#fediverse

@dansup What I think is happening is that the button for home is getting activated underneath the comment input, so it briefly shows the top video of the home feed when the comment dialog crashes and returns you back to the original video you were trying to comment on.

@dansup I can view threaded comments, but the comments UI unfortunately crashes now with v.8 shortly after attempting to input from keyboard on Android. This bug is a regression from v7.

@dansup @loops What does this mean for people that might want to run their own loops server? What parts/services are necessarily centralized?