pmk

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[–] pmk@piefed.ca 17 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

This week a bird flew into a room I was in, a small one. Ok, they are actually called blue tit, but don't let that distract, it's a nice little bird. Anyway, it couldn't find its way out, so I had to catch it in my hands. I was afraid I was going to hurt it by mistake, because it was trying to break free from my grip, but I managed to carry it back to the open window and it flew away (seemingly) happy. It's the second time this happens, so I started searching online for the correct way to carry a small bird that doesn't want to be carried. I did not find this information, but on a page about pet birds, I found this paragraph: "Spend quality time with your bird in a calm and positive manner. Offer treats, engage in gentle play, and use soft, soothing voices to build trust." I am not a bird of course, but you know what, that doesn't sound too bad! I want that. I showed it to my girlfriend and she gave me a look. We've been arguing a lot lately because she's been emotionally distant and sort of spiraling out of control. I just wish I had a life like that "how to treat your bird" description but mutual. Do you know what I mean?

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I just lost the game.

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Henna Virkunnen is on X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and BlueSky.
But not Mastodon.

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 2 points 1 month ago

That's how we know that GNU tools are genuine, with this lack of polish you know that their real interest is in the code alone. https://www.gnu.org/graphics/package-logos.html

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Is that real? Can one hypothetically actually get them? If so, where?

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 9 points 1 month ago

For some reason this made me think of spaghetti, which is straight until it gets hot and wet, and actually, SpaghettiOS would not be a bad name for a distro. Except for trademark issues etc, but still.

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I see, I thought they were synonyms, english isn't my first language.

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Pen is more like "almost", like in peninsula, almost an island.

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Yes, unfortunately. Everything is better now. We don't even have to generate a new xorg.conf anymore and worry about getting the refresh rate wrong.

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 19 points 1 month ago (4 children)

They might try to stop Linux from booting at all with locked bootloaders.

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Famous last words...

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 4 points 1 month ago

0 money. I already had a pair of bunny ears, improvised a tail from curtain tassel tie-back thing that was already like a fluffy white ball, white clothes.

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