If I was going to cosplay as a supervillain I’d do my fucking homework is what I’m saying
So the SpaceX people don’t understand the kardashev scale, gotcha
It's more about getting into new habits. The computers are computering (some more than others).
I'm having a bit of a computer situation. It's all fine, just need to set tons of stuff up from scratch, including masto clients. If we had a conversation and I was unresponsive, that's why. I hope I'm getting there now, but it's probably going to take a bit longer.
I've had really low energy all year. Couldn't get any of the christmas present ideas for my partner done. They were all too much for my limited capacities, or unaffordable. I resolved last minute to make him a mixtape. Did this once before, he loved it, said he'd like another. Still quite the project for what I'm working with energy wise, but I thought I could get it done.
Well it seems my tape recorder is in need of service. Hope it's just the belts, but this is not happening before christmas.
@inherentlee Love your spindle posting! My partner and I just got gifted a bunch of more or less raw wool and fell down the spinning rabbit hole. He's looking for a spinning wheel now and I'm trying to make a spindle. It's fun watching someone have the same hyperfocus :D
I know there's different software and compatibility layers and you should really compile your own shit or whatever. I don't mind a bit of tinkering. I *like* tinkering with my computers. Apparently I don't like it so much I won't consider learning systemd instead.
I think I might have to learn systemd. I don't know if it's good or bad, and honestly I never cared. I don't *like* it. One of the reasons I prefer BSD over Linux. Yes I know there's non-systemd Linux. If I have to tinker endlessly and half the software in linuxland won't run, I'd rather use FreeBSD thank you very much. But then half the software in linuxland won't run, so maybe I try to learn systemd I guess.
One of my coworkers refers to Open Source as “the most incredible thing humanity has ever accomplished.” When he says that, he’s not making a socioeconomic or political statement, nor is he ignoring technical shortcomings. Rather, he is making an observation about how millions of people have created this immense pile of loosely coupled legos that actually all kind of fit together, without any central direction or fiat authority, with the only final arbiter being user adoption.
In fact I think the lesson I took from that is not that computers can’t be friends. It’s that computers aren’t human. I still see a friend in everything, sometimes in computers. I don’t need my friends to talk like a person (there’s plenty of days where I don’t talk like a person). And I definitely don’t make friends with sycophants.
Daniel Spiewak