Renato Ramonda

@renatoram
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Bearded geek, loudmouth, lover of hats, good food, strange music, games, language, plastic model kits and lots of other stuff.
Blog:https://renatoram.wordpress.com
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Renato RamondaOct 5, 2020

Seen the various warnings about mastodon.social being defederated... I'm unaware of any problems going on because I basically never watch the instance feed, but this is bothersome. I already moved twice for various reasons, this aspect of Mastodon is annoying.

Anyway... Where should I go?
@[email protected] is your instance reliable and pleasant enough?

Renato RamondaOct 1, 2020

Such Wondrous Sights

#NMS #NoMansSky #Origins

Show threadRenato RamondaOct 1, 2020
@isaackuo ow that was dark... but well played.
Renato RamondaOct 1, 2020
Peggy HonigeimerSep 30, 2020
If you hate philosophy then you're like 75% of the way to being a philosopher already, sorry
Show threadRenato RamondaOct 1, 2020

@walfischbucht "sophisticated hinge technology" my shiny backside. 😆

Wait till they discover proper water mixer faucets! (plumbing in the UK and US was a primitive mess... in different ways).

Renato RamondaOct 1, 2020

@walfischbucht "many may dismiss the method as primitive" ...areating your house by opening the windows? "Many" who... Englishmen, Americans?

That's what normal people do outside the Cult of AC and central heating/air.

(not german here, just a filthy Italian)

I'll note... I've seen American friends react in amazement to vasistas capable windows. It was pretty amusing.

Renato RamondaSep 30, 2020

Wheels Within Wheels

#NMS #NoMansSky #Origins

Show threadRenato RamondaSep 26, 2020

@welshpixie heh, definitely not my 5 years old laptop's level 😅

Proton on Steam (and Wine in general) continues to amaze me though... The very fact that I CAN play at all is pretty impressive.

Show threadRenato RamondaSep 25, 2020
@welshpixie ooh I just started a game from scratch after Origins, had not been playing for a while. I think I need a new computer to really let it shine though.
Renato RamondaSep 25, 2020
Glyn MoodySep 25, 2020
EU Still Asking For The Impossible (And The Unnecessary): 'Lawful Access' To Encrypted Material That Doesn't Break Encryption - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200924/03005845370/eu-still-asking-impossible-unnecessary-lawful-access-to-encrypted-material-that-doesnt-break-encryption.shtml will they *never* learn? #encryption
EU Still Asking For The Impossible (And The Unnecessary): 'Lawful Access' To Encrypted Material That Doesn't Break Encryption

A few months ago, Techdirt wrote about a terrible bill in the US that would effectively destroy privacy and security on the Internet by undermining encryption. Sadly, that's nothing new: the authorities have been whining about things "going...