@CounterPillow

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free software developer from Switzerland
Websitehttps://fratti.ch
GitHubhttps://github.com/CounterPillow
Pro se lawsuits got me howling
Imagine you're 17 years old. Your mother is currently on trial for sexually abusing an 11 year old boy, the son of a friend of the family. The defence lawyer asks you to write a letter to the judge in which you should genuinely express how much she means to you, and ask for her to receive the minimum sentence. Naturally, you use ChatGPT for this task.
So are the GLib-GObject-CRITICAL ** stderr messages with the ugly additional \n at the end load-bearing or why does everything GNOME/Gtk/GStreamer/etc. have them?
Solemnly stashing away my poop eating bib as my Sheikh texts me that daddy can't make it to the Burj Khalifa tonight because of the drones and missiles

Many people in the free software (or as they like to call it, "open source") space are ecstatic about using proprietary American chat services accessed through a proprietary protocol with a proprietary client, as long as they have a good track record for curbing abuse, keep chat history, and are accessible on mobile and the web.

That is why we have made the decision to move our free software community to Steam Groups-

When I inevitably start writing small sideprojects again, I'll probably publish them on Codeberg and not GitHub.

GitHub feels like a ghost town these days. It's just bots yelling markdown at each other. It's depressing as shit.

Anbernic RG DS (RK3568) can be forced to drop into maskrom USB mode, even if something broken is on the eMMC. Short the two test pads indicated while powering it on, and it'll be forced into maskrom mode.

The recording of my #FOSDEM talk (~25 minutes) on Rockchip mainlining is now available! #linux #uboot

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/KLFW73-no-line-like-mainline-rockchip/

FOSDEM 2026 - No Line Like Mainline: Update On The Fully Mainline Software Stack For Rockchip SoCs

Why was I on a laptop

Did you travel to #FOSDEM by rail this Friday?

No you didn't. Stop lying.