[-] r_deckard@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Didn't someone get Debian running on a Talos II workstation?

Granted, that's tinkering, but getting Debian to a workable state.

[-] r_deckard@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

Gee, it's lucky they didn't start requiring an account for personal use....... Oh, wait.

[-] r_deckard@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

Same in Australia. The libnats (right-leaning) broke the fibre-optic rollout by claiming it would be too expensive, and replaced it in non-metro areas with wireless, claiming 25Mbps was adequate. They didn't mention that slow internet would benefit the Murdoch -owned Foxtel satellite services. And here we are now with internet services worse than some poorer countries.

I chose Starlink because I will never get fibre optic, my only broadband option is geo-synch satellite, with speed and data caps, and 600ms latency.

[-] r_deckard@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago

Underfloor heating is great. Underfloor cooling without some form of dehydration will lead to condensation, moisture, and mould.

[-] r_deckard@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Branagh's Henry V

Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing - it's just a bit of fun, much like the play.

[-] r_deckard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I said "ignite your balls", it's got nothing to do with safety.

[-] r_deckard@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

It's true. But a v-twin motorcycle like a Ducati or Moto Guzzi ignites your balls like no electric motor can.

[-] r_deckard@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Firefox on my raspberry pi grinds the thing to a halt, so I created a shortcut:

systemd-run --scope -p MemoryLimit=500M -p CPUQuota=50% firefox-esr

You say it doesn't top out on memory, so you don't need the -p MemoryLimit=500M parameter. Set your compiler CPUQuota to maybe 80%, or whatever you can work out with trial and error.

[-] r_deckard@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

A pint of guinness.

[-] r_deckard@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago

"canceling annual plans could trigger fees amounting to 50 percent of their remaining subscription cost" You cannot unilaterally change the T&Cs without an option to opt out of the new conditions, but still insist on the old T&C terms. WTF is wrong with Adobe, are they stupid?

[-] r_deckard@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

This is not a new concept. That was a plot line in an episode of an obscure British dystopian-future tv series called "1990" starring Edward Woodward - made in the late 1970s. The general premise was that the public service bureaucracy had taken over and lives were lived according to a great deal of surveillance and oversight.

Prisoners had the "option" of misery pills to shorten their sentences. Designed to reduce the prison population by getting prisoners through their sentences faster.

Quite an interesting show IIRC - I haven't managed to find it while out sailing.

[-] r_deckard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I really enjoyed various communities on usenet. But most of my favouites moved to FB and usenet is now a cesspit of spam. I learned a hell of lot from alt.solar.pv and alt.energy.renewable, and made some great connections via aus.motorcycles. But I wouldn't bother going there today, even in one of the few remaining feeds.

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