im Hubert Manne. Thats H-U-B-E-R-T and I live at 1397 Prince Ave, Athens, GA 30606. My ssn is 123-45-6789
Nothing makes them vote with the party outside of money and the next election. We have far to many politicians who are not willing to not be politicians.
I always want things calm and peacful and boring unfortunately I too live in the worst timeline.
The obvious short term thing to help as much as possible as fast as possible is to allow one to one power credits for home solar and such. Also specifically allow balcony solar systems.
Well the claim is since its being done on your host all good but honestly I don't want it in it. Not just bloat but because it becomes something that is always going to have to keep an eye for if its talking afield. Its getting like windows. Heck I allowed firefox telemetry before but turning it off now.
oh yeah. I did not think about the specifics of the vote. very apropos.
mccain was a sorry example of a rebel when he was not as left as republicans three decades before him and this is such a sorry example of todays mccain. its like. hey they are not totally onboard with bat shit crazy. how independent.
this does not make me happier. I can turn it off but if im going to run a local llm I rather do that as its own piece of software. Its funny because I have mentioned I would like to see a linux operating system using a local llm where its acting a bit like the change from text based to gui based operating systems. I don't want every piece of software operating a local llm to do its job or a part of its job on my computer. Its great I can turn it off but I don't want to be downloading an llm model with every piece of software and just turn it off for my browser and my office suite and anything else im running. Its actually worse with the browser that already has taken over so much of the application space as a kind of universal tool.
im already in survival mode so can't really do anything prep wise. Just trying to keep the lights on as it is. Im basically living off of decades of prep already.
If your talking full degrees im not sure I would have gotten one if I had been ten years younger even after high school. The cost/return is iffy. Certs and associates still seem like they can be worth it and if you can get a free ride well then yeah. I don't think general age matters as much as financial situation.
I could not disagree more. a browser is a local piece of software to me that I use to connect to a variety of servers. It having an ai server its communicating with all the time and with access outside the add on system is not something I want. I have looked at and was not put off by other firefox "controversies" but this one is making it where it is not simply a browser anymore. which is what I want.
That is such a hard question. Youtube is my throwaway repacement type of watch. The thing in the background while I do other things. I mean there are creators who I always like their fare and catching colbert and the occasional snl and last week tonight is nice. Im sure there have been some that at the time I was like. omg. this is hilarious, and I go call my wife over. Thing is its sorta flash in the pants and then I forget.
unfortunately im not steering this ship.
I mean its not out yet. Is this sneak peeks? I sorta get annoyed when "critics" get some sort of early access.
im lazy. I use zorin. Its pros are its easy, stable, and out of box. But its pros can be looked as cons. Well maybe not the easy part but its stable because it uses ubuntu lts which means its not using the latest linux kernel stuff. Then out of box can be looked at as great I have any program I need installed right away or it can be looked at as a bunch of bloat. Either way another thing is its not a gaming distro. If gaming is your thing then either use a gaming distro or you will likely want to dual boot one. Speaking of dual boot I recomend not dual booting windows. If you have an older laptop you upgraded from in the last few years then throw linux on the old one and be amazed at how well it runs and how your older machine seems better than your newer one.
holy fucking shit!
I dunno. Maybe people are more honest and real. I have a story from my youth. A friend and I put in singles ads in the local paper. Whelp I tend to be a pretty honest and straight forward person so my ad said things like I don't really excersise but I like doing active things like walking. With his he was putting his best foot forward which to be honest, to me, was pretty much B Sing. So I got a response and he did not and his response was like. How did you get a response. Your add is like hey im fat and lazy. Now that is certainly not what my ad said but to his mind it was. To admit any basic human frailty was to be the worst possible interpretation anyone can make of it. Basically maga level. Of course I think @hades@feddit.uk has a point that people who are catches, good looks and/or great personality and such, likely have an easier time finding relationships
I have used firefox for a very long time and have taken a lot of "controversy's" with a grain of salt but this feels a bit to much like windows 11 and the you can turn it off is hitting me about the same. I may need to find an alternative but the browser space is not great. Going to likely be the projects that keep up with firefox/chrome but pull out the bs.
Its more why don't I use osx anymore and why did I use windows so long. After osx came out in the new millenium and when the apple warranty was tops I was a total mac person. And yes because it was something that just works out of the box and with the warranty you did not need to worry about anything for at least 3 years. This made the extra cost worth it. It was more out of the box than windows because you could, for example, burn a disc right out of the box. I stopped doing macs when they blamed their magentic cable sheaths coming off as from use and would not cover it (at one point you could come in with a mac with a cracked screen and they would not blink and get it replaced for ya. no questions asked. Although not specifically spelled out it effectively was an accident warranty to.) So with the warranty not being any better than a windows machine the extra cost was no longer worth it. Concurrently mac went down this simplicity path (the iphonification of macs) wereas previous to that they use to extol their power and greater number of ports. Basically my last mac was the last version of the mac book pro that had a dvi slot and lots of ports in general and was large and powerful. Now linux at that point had gotten much better than it used to be in the first decade of the millenium, but yeah. It was not exactly out of box. Zorin os had just started but again was not quite there. In addition much of my work things were windows and I had this sweet solution for computer support with my wife where I got thre laptops that were cheap in a bang for the buck way and it was a nice solution for tech support for my wife. So I was on windows. Also portable apps made windows really easy to update and migrate hosts. Eventually my wife wanted to much of gaming machines to the point we got her a desktop so my tech solution was sorta out the window but there was work and the portable apps thing (I at one point voted for portable apps as the best open source enabler). Zorin had gotten much better (out of box linux distro) and I was aware of it and played with it (along with other things like puppy) but inertia won out. Then windows 11 came along and it was a no go. Especially when I was already aware of a linux distro that was as out of the box as osx and maybe a bit better really (which keep in mind was more out of the box than windows). So I finally said enough is enough and installed zorin on my old laptop. What sucks is app image is so close to what portable apps brings and it has some related projects that have the components of it but just is not packaged nicely all together in a one and done.
THE TRUMP DIAMOND CARD - from colbert
So colbert had a bit and it flashed this url on the screen which actually exists.
Long standing visual bug with layers.
So I have seen this for awhile and had not mentioned something before partially because its not a game stopper and so many things are going on with piefed dev I hated to bother. I kinda expected other people would be seeing it and it would likely get attention and maybe it has but I just have not seen it. Anyway I attached a screenshot showing how the dropdown menus get obscured by the site and its not just obscured because the site under the dropdown seems to have interaction priority. The funny thing is when I click on images and get the larger version like sometimes something like this happens and at other times the pop up image will correctly be in front of everything. Im not sure if its the type of image or what but the effect does not always happen with pop up image. It basically always happens with the drop downs though. I changed to default theme and some other themes and this issue consistantly happens.
just got what appears to be a spam chat, anyone else? - answered.
Got a chat message of nothing but hola. I would add its someone I don't know but being the fediverse that is given. Its an anonymous network and we at best maybe recognize a few usernames. Anywhoo im wondering if its a new spam campaign like the fediverse chick thing or something.
hiking or gadget geeks of the fediverse. Are there umbrella staffs like umbrella canes?
So. I like walking with a staff but I also like having multiple things in one. That got me thinking I would kinda like a light weight umbrella on my staff. Combined with the little end caps that allow it to stand on its own it seems like it could be pretty useful. Even better if it had a metal capped spike at the bottom.
distros with isolated programs?
I had a program sorta freeze up my system without apparently using much resources and its something I have seen a lot in windows and it not happening as much in linux but it does happen. That made me wonder if a system that isolated it more would prevent that. So I guess two questions. Im curious about any distros that isolate the non os programs more and also if anyone knows if this actually would stop what I see happening (my theory is maybe it makes some sort of micro ask for resources that bogs down the system but im not really sure why it happens or for sure which program did it.)
Gun nuts of the fediverse. Do any guns use two magazines at once?
I hope folks read more than just the title. So im watching a show with a gun exchange and the person has to reload and you can see they are nervous to get the new magazine in so they can fire again and it made me think. Do any guns have two magazine where you can either manually switch to the other magazine or maybe automatically do it when the first one is empty. With the idea that if you need to fire while in the middle of changing out the empty magazine you could. I feel like this seem obvious enough that someone must have tried it. I mean considering the crazy gun things I have seen. Since im not aware of anything I figure if it has been done it had an issue or was just not useful enough to make worth it. So for the folks that are really into guns, especially wierd protoype ones. Has there every been anything like this?
listing out illegal acts of donald
So I like most content this channel has but this paritcular one is big for me as im constantly looking for compilations of all the illegal activities that have become the norm for the us executive branch. This covers just since trump took office this second time and its kinda funny to as in the beginning he has a statement that due to questionable rulings by the supreme court this list includes items that were illegal at the time they were carried out.
Two shooting incidents in Chicago after xmass tree lighting ceremony.
Im going to put two links at the end as I like wgn and abcs coverage the most. The gist is that yesterday night after what is sorta the kickoff to the holiday season in chicago there were two shooting. So the kickoff is the tree lighting ceremony and start of the chris kringle market in daley plaza and started at 6pm. The first one took place near the chicago theater so basically over one block and up two blocks just before 10pm. The second took place about an hour later and was about the same level on dearborn so just a block over and really less than two blocks up from the daily center. Ugh the news was so annoying as it mixed in an unsubstantiated social media post from an alderman and very little about the shooters who seemed to have gotten away despite a fair amount of arrests. Unfortunately this is the kind of violence that chicago has and theoretically is what trump tries to fix with ice even though it has little to do with immigration and much to do with people having a m
Had not looked in the settings in awhile.
A lot of awesome things I configured. One thing though is the don't show things you read. I would love it if it was a check box or something always present in the header. Basically it would be great to have it enabled but you kinda want to be able to simply and quickly disable it if you want to go back and look at something you had looked at earlier without going into settings. EDITED - hey so was thinking about it more and a mark as read in the feed would up how useful the don't show read option is. EDIT2 - so you know I generally don't up or down vote but this feature is useful enough that I realize I can control by upvoting everything that I ironically don't want to see in my feed when I refresh. Its a bit disingenuous but im not sure it matters as the problem with voting are peoples standars are so very different overall.
Moving to linux at home has me using the command line more.
So just to be clear I went with a very lazy move to linux from windows. I was not looking to use my day to day in a unixy type way and wanted something that I can install and go without much muss or fuss. So I went with zorin and yeah I have dropped to the command line for some apt installs or such but bascially it was only as needed. Very minimal. Anyway today Im messing with folders and files and suddenly it hit me. Im on linux I can do a lot of this easier with the command line. I know its stupid but my day to day sorta has a mouse brain guie mode and I sorta forget how much easier it is to do some stuff using syntax. So going forward im going to be bringing up the command line to do the things that are quicker.
EDITED - guys I have used command line for years. before there even was a gui. Im trying to say I grew out of the habit but using linux at home is getting me back into it.
YSK - the crazy questions all jobs on usajobs.gov now ask
One is bonkers but all are slippery slope in how the answers will be used to eliminate canidates (meant to post this last month but sorta forgot):
- How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience.
- In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes.
- How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired.
- How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific example
Just found out about sumduko.
So I hope this is ok but its not a daily game site but this community got me doing suduko some more. From a search I randomly came across https://sudoku.com/killer/hard/ and its fine. Thing is it had this option for killer you could see in the url and I was curious but honestly soduko is challenging enough that I was like. Welllll maybe once im back in the groove with some practice. Anyway I finally clicked on it and I found out it just has an element for using addition and sometimes called sumduko (a name I like a lot better). So far honestly I think easier since you have two ways to find solutions but I like it because I think its nice to practice basic math skills. Like at the store I like to figure price per unit in my head (and because the store likes to mix and match the base units between products). So I feel it eliminates more the the busy work of marking up the puzzle and adds in a bit of basic practice in using simple addition in a fun way. Maybe I will get bored of i
TIL warehouse13 and eureka are in the same universe.
So I watched, I think, all of warehouse 13 a little while ago. Like more than a year but I can't remember how long ago. Pretty sure I got to the end. Been watching eureka lately and woa. Episode with someone from warehouse13. Thing is there may have been a crossover episode in warehouse13 but since I did not know eureka I may not have recognized it.
Its the you get to pick a superpower one. With a twist.
Ok so like a genie comes to you and offers to give you a superpower of your choice. He informs you that everyone on the earth is getting this same deal (EDITED - choice of superpower for them). Also you can't be OP. So no monipulating molecules or total control of history. Its one power but it can be versatile but the more versatile it is the less powerful it will be. So like a good earmark is a straight up offensive power won't make you more lethal than a commonly well equiped soldier. So like cyclops beam could be equivalent to antitank, antiaircraft shoulder things or whatnot. But if you were like the human torch where you can fly, produce and manipulate flame. Well your going to be on the level of a military flame thrower. Power has to be around something though so you can't be like superman with unconnected powers of flight, heat vision, strength, invulnerability. But superstrength and resistance to damage would totally makes sense as part of one thing. As you will see
Feature request - active dropdown like top.
I kinda feel like active should be like top with a drop down. So most active in the last hour, 6 hours, 12hours, day, week, month, year. Seems to me top and active are basically the same but top is more like highest rated and active is like most commented. Both are essentially a metric that changes based on the amount of time taken into account.
Issue with NSFW setting to not blur?
This is just a report as I just saw it once just now but I have a nsfw post that is bluring and I have the settings to not blur NSFW. I went in and changed NSFL to show just in case but the blurring still is happening. I somewhat regularly see nsfw content so its been working for awhile and it is just this one time this morning where it is blurred. This is the post that im talking about https://piefed.social/post/1199178 which keep in mind is nsfw by someones standards (although is a pretty good example of why I like nsfw set to show as my threshold for nsfw is waaaaaayyyy higher than this).
Do batterie exist that work like the balcony solar?
So the big thing with the balcony solar to me is it can be plugged into a standard outlet and it would work without sending electricity downstream to the system somehow. So it seemed to be smart like that. Let me know if I have a misunderstanding here. So I always felt like having batteries would be useful enough without solar as you could (at least in my area) take the hourly electric rate and charge it during non peak times and have it be used during peak hours. This in addition to getting through power outages. So im kinda wondering if there are balcony battery options that would allow for this. Plug it into an outlet and setup when not to charge and when to provide power. Anyone know if this is a thing?
feature request.
I normally do not directly ask for something but boy oh boy I would like topics to appear above communities in the community drop down. Barring that just a drop down that made looking over topics easier.
superman vs FF4 vs thunderbolts.
Ok so the setup is I have not been watching recent media of the last half decade or so but the dog in superman along with some reviews got me thinking about grabbing it once its available digitally. However I recently found out some of my neighbors are geeky and one is into comics as the main thing and they both recommended FF4 (editing this to say that is supposed to be fantastic four and I don't know what I was thinking. fantasctic four 4. lol. sorry. boy would have saved me a lot just to write it properly to begin with) and thunderbolts over superman. They felt superman was alright and the dog was sorta the best part but FF4 and thunderbolts blew them away. So for lemmikins and other members of the federation who have seen all three movies. How do you feel about them or rank them or whatever you think it right but you should have watched all three in their entirety.
Toothbrushes (In the US) don't list what they are made of.
Now this never really bothered me in the past but on hindsight I stick this thing in my mouth just like food so it would be good to know what its composed of. What really got me though is seeing toothbrushes that say whitening or antimicrobial which begs the question. Why is this whitening or antimicrobial? What the heck is in it that is doing this action??? Now that I think of it this might be more than mildly infuriating.