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garra 13h ago

TGamay Apr 1

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garra 1d ago

I stand corrected: Dark mode automatically switching back to light mode feels worse. :D

garra 2d ago

Does anyone in or around Hamburg have a spare M.2 mainboard screw? Or an idea where I could get one? (I have spacers!)

I know it's a bit of a stretch, but Amazon and Deutsche Post are now at > 1 week delivery time. That's.. a bit long.

garra 3d ago

About to take the leap into Linux for my home workstation. Got an extra drive and everything.

After being happy with Ubuntu Sway Remix on my work laptop – its opinionated choices introduced me to a lot of new software and concepts – I would go for Arch next. Except maybe in the form of CachyOS, to get an easier start.

Now here's the real downside: I'll have to dual boot. Some of my audio hardware relies on proprietary Windows drivers. It gets worse: I want to keep my current Windows 10 installation intact, and I cannot physically unplug the drive. It's an NVMe that's mounted under an arguably oversized CPU cooler. Bonus points for having the Linux drive mounted/available in Windows and vice versa.

If my experience with Linux so far has told me one thing, it's that boot loaders are very fickle and dangerous to mess with.

Is there any way to actually do what I want to do without risking complete data loss?

#linuxgaming #archlinux #dualboot #grub #windows10

garra 5d ago

Nina Kalinina 5d ago

Today I was reminded that old online chats offered context awareness for the people online: you knew you won't be a bother to a friend who has a smiley flower as a status; and you knew you might not be getting a quick reply from someone who's Away.

Today I don't even know if my friends are online or not. The messenger apps make the assumption that everyone is online, and if not, they will receive a push notification, and will reply to you as soon as possible. But this assumption is barely true. I bet it makes lives harder, especially for ND people

(Edited for a pixel-perfect screenshot)

garra 6d ago

There are few regular feelings in the world that I hate more than lying awake until the birds are singing. It's once a week now, at least.

Today is going to be a very uphill day.

garra Jun 29

Neil Brown Jun 29

Sometimes, I receive questions which leave both me, and the person asking, bamboozled.

> Your website loads so quickly! What CDN do you use?

There is no CDN. It is just really small and simple, mostly text.

> Sure, but is that Cloudflare, or...?

None. It is a tiny website, just a few kilobytes per page, on a tiny server, at my home, connected to the Internet via my ISP, Andrews & Arnold.

> But are you / they in the cloud?

No. The webserver is in Newbury, in my garage.

> Neil, please can you pass my questions to your technical person? I don't think you understand, your website cannot be in your home. It must be in the cloud or have a CDN.

*Neil puts on glasses and false nose and moustache*

garra Jun 26