Mastodawn

Ok, this is a dangerous question, but I still have to ask. For all you fellow #Linux users I'm looking to replace my console text editor. I am not and will not be an emacs user and I'm not a fan of vi/vim. I used nano, but really disliked it. I really enjoy tilde for the most part (though I do wish it didn't actually take over mouse selection to such an extent that I can't copy/paste from outside the terminal in a GUI) but tilde seems to be dead. The dev seems to be MIA and the packages no longer work. We can still manually build it (though it's not static and you can't move the source files after building or it quits working) but I assume eventually that's going to stop working.

Is there an editor kind of modernish like tilde but, you know, not dead and not emacs-based and a TUI?

atomicangel Feb 27

RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/115991705165860760

There is legal precedent for this. A circuit court had determined that biometrics are a thing you have, akin to a urine sample, whereas a password is something you know and would need a warrant for.

Obviously abusing the letter of the law is wrong. That said, I want to remind everyone to look up how to trigger requiring a password/passcode on your device in the event you are stopped or going through a checkpoint.

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atomicangel Feb 12

@marcoarment @atpfm @marcoarment @atpfm
@caseyliss

Thanks Casey for being the voice of reason!

Another thought: GNUStep was a port (I think) of the NextSTEP framework using Objective-C and today right now I can grab a Linux distro that can run the OG Chess program that still lives on in macOS.

Marco, no. No. Not Android. Ugh. No. They’d be better off trying to run on Solaris. Google is the devil and are locking down Android to the detriment of the ecosystem.

Also @siracusa on ChromeOS you can enable the Linux terminal now and get access to some parts of the underlying system. It’s not a full Linux experience, but if I remember right you can containerize applications.

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atomicangel Feb 12

@marcoarment @atpfm

Instead we would do research. The same level of research we do for making choices on cars. Deep dives into "What processor, what chipset, what Wifi card?" etc.

Anyways. Loved hearing about different possibilities, some of which I would have loved to have tried (SunOS/Solaris) when I was teen but I didn't know or couldn't afford it.

Brief aside: I did try loading Illumos on my Framework 13, no dice because it's kernel isn't suited for newer hardware. Kind of a shame that Solaris and derivatives will likely fade quietly into the night.

atomicangel Feb 12

@marcoarment
@atpfm

#ATP #linux #bsd #unix

I think in an alternate timeline where Apple didn't exist any longer, BSD/*nix OS's would have had a different outcome. I want to believe it would have been better, for sure.

I will also say: Linux is good right now. Yes, you need to pay attention to hardware choices. Yes, not every program is 1-to-1 with it's counterparts. But even for power users that do lots of coding, it works well. I have access to Firefox, Google Chrome (not just Chromium), VS Code, Discord, etc etc.

So to say it has a lot of the same issues is IMO incorrect because people such as ourselves wouldn't just grab a system off the shelf and then hope Linux works. 1/2

atomicangel Jan 31

kim_harding ✅Jan 26

Goodbye to the idea that solar panels “die” after 25 years. A new study says the warranty does not mark the end, and real-world performance can last for decades
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/goodbye-to-the-idea-that-solar-panels-die-after-25-years-a-new-study-says-the-warranty-does-not-mark-the-end-and-real-world-performance-can-last-for-decades/26007/

Read original research paper here https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/el/d4el00040d

Goodbye to the idea that solar panels “die” after 25 years. A new study says the warranty does not mark the end, and real-world performance can last for decades

Solar panels are usually sold with 25 to 30 years of performance promises. But what happens after that, when the warranty language is long gone and you are

ECOticias.com

atomicangel Jan 25

Heidi Li Feldman Jan 25

Statement from Alex Pretti’s parents. Alex was murdered this morning by ICE/CBP agents in Minneapolis this morning as he was documenting their occupation of the city.

atomicangel Jan 25

Jan 24

I just watched the video.
The one from the person with a pink coat.

This was a murder.
Executed by violent thugs.
There was no justifiable reason for it.

This needs to be stopped.
Now.

#AlexPretti #USpol #Fascism

atomicangel Jan 23

Jan 23

Good luck today Minnesota.
We are with you 💚

#USpol #ICEout #ICEOutForGood #Jan23

atomicangel Dec 26

Feedtunes Dec 25

With today being Christmas, here is your annual reminder to be nice to newbies in your spaces.

There is going to be a very sudden influx of people who are just getting into the spaces you occupy because they got a gift that acts as their gateway into that activity. Maybe you're into photography and someone just bought them their first ever camera body, or you're into music and someone bought them their first guitar, or you're an audiophile and someone bought them their first really nice headphones, or you're big into TTRPGs and someone just bought them their first ever core rulebook.

Whatever the specific activity and gift, these people are going to have no idea what they're doing, they're going to ask a lot of obvious questions, they're going to make a lot of rookie mistakes, and there's going to be a lot of them.

I cannot stress this enough: BE NICE TO THEM.

Few things will ruin someone's enjoyment of something faster than trying to join its community and getting such a rude first impression that their conclusion is "People who like this are kind of assholes. I don't think I want to do this if it's going to involve getting yelled at." Craigslist and eBay and FB Marketplace will be filled with mint condition gifts being resold to attest to this in the coming months.

You were there at the very first step once. Be the person for them that you wish you had back then. (Or if you were lucky enough, the person you did have who fostered your love of it!) Make this something they'll love just as much as you do, not something they'll want to sell and get away from as soon as possible.

Be the reason this Christmas starts a lifelong passion for them, not the reason they decide to abandon something that they would've loved because people made them feel bad for needing a helping hand.