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👋 I'm a nerd, powerlifter, and DIY-er. I learn by doing - or more accurately, by repeatedly doing it wrong until I figure out how to do it right.
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Something that's hitting me now that I've been away from social media for a while: recommendation algorithms were NEVER good. Consciously, I knew that. They make money through ads which means keeping your eyes on the screen, which can mean explicitly pissing you off or upsetting you as much as it can mean "finding posts you might like," if not moreso. But only now is it hitting me, emotionally, how fucking ridiculous it is to avoid watching videos you haven't already seen in case you get weeks and weeks of trash you don't want to see because you dared watch 1 unfamiliar video. What the fuck
💬 11 Replies · 5 Thumbs · 5 months ago
Friends, I have finally done it! I have installed Gentoo on a VM, and it actually boots! It even has a working internet connection! Wooooo! I'm gonna play around with it for a few days to make sure I can actually use it without breaking anything, and then I'm gonna install it on my laptop! :3 I'm very excited
💬 2 Replies · 11 Thumbs · 5 months ago
So, about installing Gentoo: believe it or not, I found a 10 year old laptop sitting in an old drawer, and got distracted troubleshooting an apparent boot issue. I'm thinking there's a problem with the CMOS battery, so I'm going to replace that soon and hope it works! It was a fun excuse to finally try out Puppy Linux, though! :3
💬 1 Reply · 4 Thumbs · 5 months ago
On the agenda for today: attempting to install Gentoo without breaking anything, Round 2. Fight!
💬 2 Replies · 2 Thumbs · 5 months ago
Installed gentoo in a VM and it freezes at boot. That's why I do it in a VM - I always break something the first time!
💬 3 Replies · 2 Thumbs · 5 months ago
I know that the small internet isn't meant to replace the world wide web, but I'm seriously thinking of trying to go without the WWW for a while. I'm just tired of how constantly vigilant you have to be. Currently, the only thing tying me to it is easy access to information, particularly regarding mathematics and programming. But I live within walking distance of a library. So I wonder if it's worthwhile as an experiment.
💬 12 Replies · 11 Thumbs · 5 months ago
Am now pretty convinced that my virtual machines' internet randomly going out is a problem with virtualbox itself. It happens randomly to every OS I've played with, and restarting the virtual machine does nothing, whereas restarting my whole computer often fixes it. Wild
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We did it! I currently have 69 notifications on Station. I am very mature
💬 1 Reply · 8 Thumbs · 5 months ago
Been looking after the neighbor's dog while she went on a trip. She's coming back tomorrow. I've learned that the amount of time I can spend caring for an animal before I become very emotionally attached to them is about 5 days. I'm really gonna miss this dog!
💬 3 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 5 months ago
Anyone have a preferred gemini/gopher client for android? I'm checking out Deedum right now and it works pretty well, though I'm not totally sure how to create/import identities. As far as I can tell it doesn't do gopher, and all the gopher browsers I've found for android aren't being maintained. I'm excited about being able to check Chilly Weather on my phone - my phone's built-in weather widget takes ages to update, and most web based weather sites are bloated to hell. Doing away with that was one of my first goals when I discovered gemini, actually!
💬 7 Replies · 2 Thumbs · 6 months ago
The more time I spend surfing gemini the more it stands out to me how terrible modern web design has become. My classes have some online content that only ever renders on half the screen, regardless of screen size, because EVERYTHING is stuck into an iframe. I can't figure out what it is they're trying to accomplish by doing that. There's so much styling and javascript that it takes as long to load a single page as it would to load a PDF containing the entire course content. It's wild.
💬 4 Replies · 4 Thumbs · 6 months ago
Been thinking that part of why I struggle to find things on the web is that I've trained myself to talk to search engines like I'm asking a person a question instead of looking for specific keywords. Problem is that search engines have been optimized for people doing that, so putting in the effort to do it the "right way" doesn't yield any better results anymore, except in some specific cases. Search operators don't even seem to work anymore.
💬 1 Reply · 2 Thumbs · 6 months ago
Picked up an external HDD yesterday to backup my data while I mess around with my machines, so I'm officially ready to make the switch to using Linux full time!
💬 0 Replies · 6 Thumbs · 6 months ago
My personal trainer has me doing a stretching routine before I sit down at the computer, to help with my neck and shoulder issues (which I have because I spend too much time sitting at the computer). Makes me feel like some kind of action movie hacker, doing warmups before coding.
💬 1 Reply · 3 Thumbs · 6 months ago
Its currently 1am. I had some caffeine and powered through a chapter and a half of coursework, which is a whole chapter more than I intended to do. I'll be paying the price tomorrow, but that's less to do for future me : )
💬 0 Replies · 4 Thumbs · 6 months ago
Have so far managed to convince two of my loved ones to start using pgp encryption. I'm on a roll!
💬 1 Reply · 2 Thumbs · 6 months ago
Worked very hard to get caught up on my classes and then immediately started slacking off again. Gonna be a busy weekend!
💬 0 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 6 months ago
Finally set up pgp email encryption today.
💬 5 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 6 months ago
After two days of almost nonstop studying, I am caught up on all my classes again. Hopefully I can keep it that way
💬 2 Replies · 4 Thumbs · 6 months ago
I enjoy this time of year. The sun doesn't set too early or too late, so I get to go for walks right before sunset. The way the sunlight paints the trees pink is quite pretty.
💬 1 Reply · 5 Thumbs · 6 months ago
Saw the Mario movie today. It was better than I expected it to be. I particularly enjoyed the soundtrack and music choices. Jack Black did a really good job as Bowser, it sounds like he really enjoyed the role. All in all it was quite a fun little film.
💬 1 Reply · 4 Thumbs · 6 months ago
Hello World! I've only recently discovered gemini, but I've been enjoying all the cool things there are to find, like this place, so I decided to sign up! I'm hoping to host my own capsule someday.