RE: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/116179259065350454

the situation has not improved

it's refusing to boot off USB bootable install sticks

it really, really just wants me to log in

I _do_ now know that characters _are_ being entered properly into the dialogue because! I realised I could use tabbing to get to a username prompt and check that way.

I later figured out how to make the mouse pointer show up and move around which is convenient but does not solve the key problems

uuuuuuuuuugh past me whyyyyyyyyyyy

#GPD #Pocket2 #lappy #windows #oNoes

[turns on mini-PC not used in two years] [tries usual passwords for such devices] [none of them work]

well

fuck

I can't even be sure the password is being entered correctly because for some reason neither mouse nor touchscreen are working

#oNoes #lappy

jfc it's weird getting a new (2026 January) security update for macOS CATALINA

10.15.8 on the (old) lappy and in th' house I guess :D

thanks, apple

no, actually, for reals, thanks, apple, appreciated, keepin' my 2012 macbook pro goin' another year

#compy #lappy #wtf