=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── If you want to share what I say but you're afraid of linking yourself to my account, take a screenshot instead. That way there's less of a connection between us. On Windows platforms you can do :windowsxp: + shift + S if I recall correctly. It's been a while since I used a microsoft computer. This is also useful for archival purposes - what if your instance shuts down, or the link between you are your starred posts is severed? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/3055 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── If you're on a Windows computer, first of all why and second of all you can use the WINDOWS key + SHIFT + S to screenshot a part of the screen. this will put it in your copy/paste clipboard, meaning all you have to do is ctrl+V and boom suddenly you are significantly more productive. just don't forget alt text... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/3991 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: pol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ It's election season, so you know what that means! Gotta make sure our │ ║ computer systems are setup with the proper capabilities to record whatever we │ ║ can. │ ║ │ ║ Please ensure that your system has the capability to record it's screen and │ ║ that it has ample storage space to record for a while. It would also help if │ ║ you knew how to edit files such that you can remove the parts where you're │ ║ staring at social media or going to the bathroom or other things that people │ ║ tend to do. │ ║ │ ║ Also, make sure you can take a screenshot of the screen. Sure [printscreen] │ ║ works, but it's much better if you're on windows to switch to Linux. But if │ ║ that's not possible, if you're on windows you can do [WIN]+SHIFT+S I think, │ ║ and then drag the mouse to select a box that you can then CTRL+V into your │ ║ favorite Ms.Paint clone (or is it missus these days?) │ ║ │ ║ Also, make sure you have a microphone that works, and the capability to record │ ║ yourself speaking into it. │ ║ │ ║ Also, if you can, develop ways to stream your screen across the internet. It │ ║ helps. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴──────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/6052 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── @user-1895 I just thought your post was iconic and was made better with the full screenshot so you can share it if you want or keep it on your hard drive to find sometime in the future and be like "oh ha I remember that" I didn't keep the post, I just made it for you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #4 fediverse/965 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-693 I use i3 on my laptop and dwm on my desktop. I feel like I save so much screen real estate when using a tiling window manager. Plus it's much easier to organize things if you want to multitask in one view. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse_boost/6017 --- ◀─╔═══════════════════════════════[BOOST]════════════════════════════════────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Linux admins when they have to use Windows: :/ │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ Windows admins when they have to use Linux: :\ │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────╝─▶ --- #6 messages/181 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── I know you don't want to hear this, but there is a chance that there will come a time where your life depends on your ability to debug a computer without the internet. To set up an SSH server. To install Linux. To program in C. To do something else that I'm not prepared for... If StackOverflow didn't exist because network connectivity has been lost, could you remember syntax? Maybe it's a good idea to set up a local LLM that can answer basic questions about technology. Maybe it's a good idea to set up on your parents computer, just in case you have to hide out there for a couple months. Maybe it's a good idea to download wikipedia, just in case. If I need to use a mac, I'm screwed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/639 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ or like, a window that your window manager could window manage as it pleased. │ ║ I'm thinking of like, i3 or dwm where you have "tiles" instead of "windows" │ ║ you drag around. Really saves on screen real estate, but it lowers the ability │ ║ of your screen to show width. Or height, depending on how you set it up, but │ ║ since monitors tend to be wider than height-er (higher?) they (the users) tend │ ║ to use setups that sacrifice width for visual density. │ ║ │ ║ anyway in such a setup the screen is divided into like, 3rds or 4ths, and each │ ║ window takes up part of it. That way you can reference information from │ ║ multiple sources without having to move anything but your eyes. Really helps │ ║ with keeping it all in your head, because eyes are not reading information │ ║ like a computer - they aren't using a cursor, it's not one bit of text at a │ ║ time. Well, unless you're reading of course. But generally when looking at │ ║ something it's a more parallel experience - shining through and forth from to │ ║ our gods. Wow, cells in the body have an intere │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4147 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── a messaging app where you only had a limited amount of X/Y space to pin sticky notes so you had to delete stuff bit by bit. trick is... you can only delete things that your conversation partner picks. and you have to share the space, so... if one person is overwhelmed or working on other stuff, eventually there comes a ceiling where you can't work together on a project anymore. A tool like this would essentially alert them to this, because you would run out of places to put your produced [work-value but pronounced as "harms/worms" for some reason] plus that way you can say "yep I got that covered" as in, I'll be the next one to post about this. Hence I'm grabbing this post-it and putting it on my board. work work work work okay here's that post-it back, but I added a little more specs to it. Ah but you're out of room, only got 333 characters remaining, here I'll keep it on my board until you're through with whatever it is that you do oh? you want to prioritize me and my productions? okay I'm listening.. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4206 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── oops, the file wasn't working before. here's the updated link: https://youtu.be/qeNhQQXvpxQ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/1567 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── I helped make a script that saves the last directory you CD'd to in every shell / terminal. It helps because when I open a new terminal I'm already where I was working last, which means I'm less likely to forget what I was doing. However, it does make my home directory a bit more messy, as I no longer open my computer to that place. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/497 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-346 Nobody will get past the login screen on my computer, but if they do they probably won't know that you need to push alt+p in DWM to start a program. But even if they push "alt+p firefox" they will only have access to my gmail and discord, because those are the only two places I've saved my login information. Most of my data is on my hard disk anyway, so for that they'd have to push alt+enter and then navigate my filesystem to find it. Shouldn't be too hard if you're familiar with Linux. They could always just pull the hard drive and put it into a new computer though. It's not like it's encrypted, because why would I encrypt it? I want to share information, not conceal it! Surely nobody would desire to exploit that vulnerability of mine, that my data should be unencrypted? If you have a copy of Wikipedia then you're 500% more prepared than 90% of humanity so good job _^ Sure would be cool if you put it in the documents folder of every person in your family who solicited tech advice from you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3407 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1218 there's only a password so that if the zip archive is displaced from it's context it's harder to read. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/1246 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-883 hehe if I don't understand how it works it's difficult for me to use things. My Linux friends get so exasperated with me because I'm like "cool script gimme like 2 days to figure it out" and they're like "bro just use these flags" and I'm like "no" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/5962 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── all you need for mouse buttons is alt ctrl and... shift then bind shift to everything that you can. can also bind backspace and delete if you have enough keys ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/6171 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── @user-882 I dunno I just remember having that problem every once in a while and if you search the man page for "sub" it takes like, 16 n pushes to find what you need and it's like... can't you just put the flags and keyboard shortcuts at the beginning?? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘ --- #16 fediverse/4804 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── I love it when wine doesn't work because it "failed to open program.exe" ... okay, can you tell me why it failed? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/379 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── someone should make an application that runs locally and keeps track of every post, comment, picture, etc that you ever made on the internet. Then, if any of them are ever deleted, it notifies you so you can stop using whatever service mishandled the data that you trusted them to safeguard. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/918 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: scary-curse │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ if the government/the nsa/ an organization had your password, they could │ ║ migrate you to another custom instance that was designed to look exactly like │ ║ your old one without telling you. You'd still interact with your peeps the │ ║ same way as before, but this time it'd run through their server. meaning they │ ║ could block certain posts that you were sending, or show others that you │ ║ didn't agree with but had your deepfaked approval. │ ║ │ ║ if something felt off about you, most people would unfriend you. or even │ ║ they'd just block you, so that nobody would remember if you're missing. │ ║ friends and family are a matter of public record, and who goes to clubs these │ ║ days? │ ║ │ ║ churches are a bygone era, and twitch streams are so individualized. libraries │ ║ are nice, but you literally can't talk in there. plus there's only like, one? │ ║ what happened to forest clearings, and tops of waterfalls, what happened to │ ║ our world? I miss the campfires the most, the smell of burnt wood and cooked │ ║ food. I miss the wind in my toes, I miss the │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/1786 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-883 │ ║ │ ║ Yes of course I have : ) │ ║ │ ║ If you've seen my website, you'll know that I'm fond of writing alongside │ ║ visual elements as well. 🥰 │ ║ │ ║ I think that Youtube is only as you describe (clickbait) if you engage with │ ║ their algorithmic features. I primarily use them as a video-hosting service, │ ║ where I put my videos and link to from elsewhere. I hardly see the kinds of │ ║ things you're concerned about, though if ads became unblockable then I might │ ║ begin to resent them a bit more. │ ║ │ ║ You're right when you say that editing videos is harder than text - text is │ ║ probably the easiest medium to work with and refine! I also make silly │ ║ mistakes sometimes hehe... But, well, I'm not trying to argue that video is │ ║ better than text, but rather that they are used for different purposes. And │ ║ video is important for our digital ecosystem. So it makes sense that something │ ║ we all share should be shared, if not collectively then at least through │ ║ protocol-based-interaction, such that anyone might connect in whatever ways │ ║ they wished. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/2252 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: tech-encryption │ └──────────────────────┘ users don't want to have to think about encryption keys. they should be available for them if they need them, in like... a folder or something somewhere, but they don't need to really know that they exist. more friction like that keeps people away from being secure. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ |