I don't like adding new servers to my bouncer (ZNC). It's always a little complicated feeling. But once it's done it's really nice. Just added Rizon to it and I'm idling in the #e-hentai channel now. Maybe will be indefinitely from now on.
Since the old scanlation group I was in is pretty much dead I was able to just change my handle to this one and not feel like I'm abandoning anyone.
welcome to the eternal idling group in irc of which <10 ever speak, with long term idling you eventually get voiced and unless it reconnects you'll keep it(im pretty sure thats how the system works)
I miss old Firefox addons, I know they were insecure, didn't have a permission system, didn't run multi-threaded, etc but man they were comfy. I gave Pale Moon a spin for fun and downloaded some old xpis. Seeing DownThemAll and the OneClick button on the download window was a nice flash of nostalgia. I've mostly moved on and a fair chunk of functionality I used to use has been ported over or replicated but I still miss the old functionality of DTA.
welcome to the eternal idling group in irc of which <10 ever speak, with long term idling you eventually get voiced and unless it reconnects you'll keep it(im pretty sure thats how the system works)
I know that feel.
QUOTE(Scumbini @ Feb 7 2021, 11:11)
I miss old Firefox addons, I know they were insecure, didn't have a permission system, didn't run multi-threaded, etc but man they were comfy. I gave Pale Moon a spin for fun and downloaded some old xpis. Seeing DownThemAll and the OneClick button on the download window was a nice flash of nostalgia. I've mostly moved on and a fair chunk of functionality I used to use has been ported over or replicated but I still miss the old functionality of DTA.
I absolutely do not think the benefits of the current model outweigh the expandability of the old one. I use Seamonkey which still has classic addons but I don't know how for much longer.
I absolutely do not think the benefits of the current model outweigh the expandability of the old one.
I don't either but my hope and/or will for things to revert back has been eroded. I'm just waiting for the day they too become a rebadged Chromium and Google has a complete stranglehold on all web standards further locking everything down.
I absolutely do not think the benefits of the current model outweigh the expandability of the old one.
Expandability is a trojan horse situation that will haunt you. But let's temporarily deviate from expansion that you want, and look at browser feature expansions that website corporations want.
The source of the problem is that the web standards aren't written by an independent committee. Web standards are more of an end result "symptom".
I say "simptom" because the various major website companies such as youtube, google's doubleclick, amazon, new york times, disney, netflix, and apple all have ideas and needs for how customers are to interact with websites. These companies have memberships in consortiums that then make proposals for website language changes. Eventually, these changes become the new defacto standard in how websites are written and how consumers have their privacy legally taken away. These standards dictate how expansions can be written too, because some of this code actually actively prevents come code that users write to expand privacy or usability features of the browser (e.g. Alphapolis website's expansion of your browser to allow it to watch your mouse cursor Focus when you do things in other windows).
So, let's get back to your desire for "Expandability" shall we? The website is able to load software into your browswer to perform the functions that site wants and/or needs. This is expandability at work. Your browser's feature have been expanded to allow them to collect data from your session at their website. So, is expandability good or not? Wouldn't you rather have a browser that cannot be expanded, even temporarily, by a website? Wouldn't you rather have a non-expandable browser that says "NO, you cannot expand me to collect more data from my owner Dragontamer".
You look upon expandability as a good feature. Well, the website considers that a good feature too.
Alexa, stop Alphapolis from looking at my IoT refrigerator contents. "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."
I don't either but my hope and/or will for things to revert back has been eroded. I'm just waiting for the day they too become a rebadged Chromium and Google has a complete stranglehold on all web standards further locking everything down.
No I'm not an optimist why do you ask.
I'm not either. I see it coming, too. I have no faith in the current Mozilla to make good decisions.
QUOTE(Anime Janai @ Feb 7 2021, 18:17)
Expandability is a trojan horse situation that will haunt you.
No it isn't, and no it won't. I wrote my own browser extensions for old Firefox/Seamonkey that are no longer doable on the current framework (even simple things, like a button to automagically toggle an about:config setting from a toolbar, can't be done anymore). Also, you sound like an Apple user/fanboy.
I didn't read the rest of your rant because you're talking about a different kind of expansion than I am, just to be contrarian (browser UI vs in-site javascript). Also you misspelled "symptom."
This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Feb 8 2021, 20:46
As I was looking in an anime at a guy riding on a motorbike behind a girl not knowing where to put his arms/hands, I wondering: are there motorbikes specially adapted to take 1 passenger? (side-car don't count)
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A few days ago, I visited OpenStreetMap and saw the maps of major cities in my state has become more detailed than ever, a significant improvements from the last I checked in 2014, 2016 and 2018. OSM is now a viable alternative to HERE.
Today's turning out to be my "laptop repairs/maintenance day." I currently have my palmrest sitting out with some epoxy curing on it, so I'll be using it without a palmrest for a while. Also I cleaned it out as much as I could and am currently working on just finished reflowing the solder on the DC adapter plug on the docking station (which was loose and unreliable).
Might also order another palmrest later (assuming they are still obtainable new or lightly used at a fair price), since mine is held together with glue in multiple places now. The palmrest is by far the most fragile/brittle/crappy aspect of this machine. You might notice in the pic below that the left hook for the palmrest has broken off on the laptop's housing, too. Not fun to replace that bezel but I have one on order.
Thankfully lenovo made some basic "hardware maintenance manuals" for how to take the thing apart that also contain part numbers, so finding what I needed to buy was pretty easy, even if Lenovo itself no longer sells the parts. Also, a convenient thing is that the X201 is more desirable than the X200, but the palmrest I actually want is the X200 version (without a touchpad; I hate touchpads) so I don't pay that extra $10-15. I actually have an intact palmrest for this that has the touchpad on it, but I removed it the moment I could because I hate its even being there under my palm, even if disabled.
Not really what I woke up wanting to do but I'm glad I'm getting things done.
Typing this on it without a palmrest now. For some reason, every year or so I have to re-seat my WLAN card or it'll start randomly giving me a flood of errors on the console about reset failures and DMA failures, so I decided to do that while I had it opened up, too (even though it hadn't started doing it yet). Since that's the only issue I've had with this atheros card (not the original card my laptop came with), I'm happy to do it once in a while for otherwise trouble-free service. it'd be nice to not have to, though, so I don't have to risk snapping old plastic tabs when removing the palmrest to access it. This time I also cleaned off the card edge on the WLAN card just to see if it helps or something.
Remember when Microsoft used to code things deliberately shit to try to stop the competition. Good times.
You mean they stopped at some point? I am forced to use MS teams on linux, and it breaks every few weeks because the protocol did change. No release notes, no announcement, nothing; the only way is to wait for it to break and then repackage a new version from the latest .deb that needs to be downloaded manually.
You mean they stopped at some point? I am forced to use MS teams on linux, and it breaks every few weeks because the protocol did change. No release notes, no announcement, nothing; the only way is to wait for it to break and then repackage a new version from the latest .deb that needs to be downloaded manually.
IMO, nearly anything in electron is deliberately shit just on account of how huge the overhead is (and also the fact that electron doesn't work on a few CPU architectures due to V8). That and .net is still a garbage heap. Doesn't help that no one seems to actually know or care what is or isn't part of ".NET core." I see people who claim that their WinForms programs are ".NET Core" despite not actually being buildable with the .NET core target except on windows hosts. I've even seen programs that used to compile and run from Linux hosts that now no longer can be built except for on windows because they have developers attempting to transition to ".NET core." No matter how often I point out that WinForms is not part of core, they just don't listen. Oh, and asp.net is utterly busted, too.
And Mono actually used to work on big-endian architectures, at least until they started incorporating Microsoft's Roslyn code into it.
Still waiting on this big one, too, since far too many programs are still being written in WPF all while MS allegedly cares about portability and the "community" suddenly. [github.com] https://github.com/dotnet/wpf/issues/48
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I really hope Corsair keeps a seperate RMA warranty from their retail one, and the power supply sitting on my front step isn't just the one I sent them with a note. They can't meet retailer demands, and most stuff on their own website is out of stock. I do need to make a bracket it to mount it without tapping holes in it and voiding the warranty, but that shouldn't be too hard.
I should setup a znc on my rpi like I bought it for, especially now that I'm IRCing across multiple machines more.
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You mean they stopped at some point? I am forced to use MS teams on linux, and it breaks every few weeks because the protocol did change. No release notes, no announcement, nothing; the only way is to wait for it to break and then repackage a new version from the latest .deb that needs to be downloaded manually.
also seems that while teams should work under firefox(its just webrtc) they outright block it and tell you to use chrome/edge. or so I've seen people complain about while I'm still fortunate enough to not be dealing with teams. at this point, whoevers still using microsoft product is either stuck with them or will put up with anything, seems they can get away with whatever terrible things they want without backlash.
QUOTE(Wayward_Vagabond @ Feb 9 2021, 20:29)
I do need to make a bracket it to mount it without tapping holes in it and voiding the warranty, but that shouldn't be too hard.
in other tech related activities, depending on how much of a scam the listing was, I got a wrt1900ACS in the mail for a mere 50 bux, which will hopefully ensure my enjoyment of openwrt for the next decade. despite convincing arguments for the mini pcie slots in the AC models people wanted at least upwards of 70 for those, and I'm a sucker for useless higher numbers in the specs(300 whole MHz above the clock of the AC)
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I really hope Corsair keeps a seperate RMA warranty from their retail one, and the power supply sitting on my front step isn't just the one I sent them with a note. They can't meet retailer demands, and most stuff on their own website is out of stock. I do need to make a bracket it to mount it without tapping holes in it and voiding the warranty, but that shouldn't be too hard.
I should setup a znc on my rpi like I bought it for, especially now that I'm IRCing across multiple machines more.
Do it. Also, erector sets are great. I used them to mount a floppy drive in my old machine.
Anyone know a way to make windows photoshop use a key besides 'alt' for the alternative tool functions (alt+click to zoom out with magnifier for instance)? Alt is mapped for moving windows around in my window manager and I'd really rather not change that. Oh yeah, I got Photoshop CS6 going in Wine btw.
This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Feb 9 2021, 22:26
The latest rechargeable tests are in for both AA Lithium Ion rechargeable AA cells. The 2nd half of the video has the 2 year test on NiMH AA cells first tested in the videos above. AA lithium-ion and NiMH batteries tested
Bizarre Result: The Eneloop AA NiMH battery lasted the longest and beat all the chinese-made Lithiium-ion batteries at keeping the fan running. It lasted 22 minutes longer than the best chinese-made Li-Ion cell.
Bizarre Result: The Eneloop AA NiMH battery lasted the longest and beat all the chinese-made Lithiium-ion batteries at keeping the fan running. It lasted 22 minutes longer than the best chinese-made Li-Ion cell.
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