ElectricMuscleFish

@Hweird
21 Followers
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35 Posts
I guess I'm just an average Gen X old guy now. I was a weirdo way before it was cool.
Python and C++Hobbyist, not a pro
LinuxEnthusiast
MusicianGuitar and bass
ElectronicsRetired from but still interested in
ElectricMuscleFish18h ago
Show threadKottonKrown18h ago
Using Manjaro and Artix. Both are really great. Artix is a healthy systemd-free distro, so I’m slowly migrating everything to it. Manjaro just works, is stable, reliable, updates never break my system, their tools are very handy (Pamac GUI is the best software manager I’ve used in 21 years of Linux, with Synaptic). I only installed Manjaro once 7 years ago, and ever since I’ve had that install copied on several partitions with success and reliability. The day I move away from systemd entirely (it’s a matter of when, not if), I’ll regret Manjaro deeply. Artix is pretty damn good though, so I’m also looking forward to it.
Show threadElectricMuscleFish18h ago
@far_university1990 @anzo lol
ElectricMuscleFish18h ago
Show threadfar_university199018h ago

less is more.

alias less=more
ElectricMuscleFish18h ago
Well I'm now jobless again. I contacted a local organization that helps out people with various ailments and disabilities; I'm finally at that point. Hopefully they can find me a job I can actually do. Even if the pay sucks (which it no doubt will) it'll be something.
#job #work #disability #stressed #depressed #alone #lonely
ElectricMuscleFish18h ago
Alex23h ago
Fuck #ChatControl and #agecheck.
ElectricMuscleFish18h ago
Maikel 🇪🇺 🇪🇸19h ago

Are we done now with this?

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/historic-chat-control-vote-in-the-eu-parliament-meps-vote-to-end-untargeted-mass-scanning-of-private-chats/

#chatcontrol

Historic Chat Control Vote in the EU Parliament: MEPs Vote to End Untargeted Mass Scanning of Private Chats

In a sensational turn of events in the fight against Chat Control, a majority in the European Parliament voted today to end the untargeted mass scanning of private communications. In doing so, the Parliament firmly rejected the error-prone and unconstitutional surveillance practices of recent years.

Patrick Breyer
ElectricMuscleFish18h ago
WIST Quotations18h ago

A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

O man! as a citizen thou hast lived, and conversed in this great city the world. Whether just for so many years, or no, what is it unto thee? Thou hast lived (thou mayest be sure) as long as the laws and orders of the city required; which may be the common comfort of all.
 
[Ἄνθρωπε, ἐπολιτεύσω ἐν τῇ μεγάλῃ ταύτῃ πόλει: τί σοι διαφέρει, εἰ πέντε ἔτεσιν ἢ τρισί; τὸ γὰρ κατὰ τοὺς νόμους ἴσον ἑκάστῳ.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 12, ch. 36 (12.36) (AD 161-180) [tr. Casaubon (1634), 12.27]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/8280…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #marcusaureliusmeditations #death #destiny #equality #existence #life #lifespan #living #mortality #naturalcourse #nature #purpose

Marcus Aurelius - Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 12, ch. 36 (12.36) (AD 161-180) [tr. Casaubon (1634), 12.27] | WIST Quotations

O man! as a citizen thou hast lived, and conversed in this great city the world. Whether just for so many years, or no, what is it unto thee? Thou hast lived (thou mayest be sure) as long as the laws and orders of the city required; which may be…

WIST Quotations
Show threadElectricMuscleFish18h ago
@readit @bookstodon I don't remember the title, but the first book I really went back to over and over was a book in my school's library about our solar system. I was around ten when I first checked it out. I checked it out so much that my mom went out and bought a copy for me. My first favorite whose title I actually remember is "The Gunslinger" by Stephen King. I got it at a local bookstore when I was around eleven.
ElectricMuscleFish19h ago
Readit Club1d ago

Do you remember your first favorite book?

My first real favorite: the fairy-tale The Golden Ball.
Today I looked up the author and discovered he’s still alive: a scholar, professor, and author of academic works on totalitarianism, information policy, and hybrid wars. I may never read those. But I will absolutely reread the first book I ever loved.

There’s something very moving about smart, busy, serious people who still choose to write for children.

@bookstodon
#bookstodon #books #writers

ElectricMuscleFish1d ago
I'm losing my job today. I missed another day over a severe migraine; the migraine messed up my sleep so I haven't had any tonight. I gave it my best shot, I just can't pick up and put down seventy pound hunks of metal every 2-3 minutes for 8-10 hours a day any more.