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Taco Dave @dave

So then I tried make .desktop files as shortcuts for the thing I am trying, but initially I had no luck whatsoever. I was very confused why, and it turns out that the format supports Type=Link but Fedora and/or #Gnome do not support that format, so you instead have to make a launcher for xdg-open that specifies your website URL as the thing to open, and handle all the things like making the file executable and allow launching.

2/?

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merlin / alex glow @alexglow

Question from @jacobcoffin , who's building a reference base for #solarpunk writers (wiki.slrpnk.net/writing:start):

In terms of longevity & repairability, does it make sense to lean more on through-soldered boards (vs. SMT) for simpler machines/appliances, and where does that cut off practicality-wise?
* Edit: When designing *new* things!

[I apparently have tons of thoughts that boil down to "it depends"; would love more perspectives!]

// #hardware #repair #electronics

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Robert Partridge @zero

After a 9 month break from social media, I've finally set up my own mastodon instance without anything catching on fire - so I guess I live here now.

Expect tech content, homelab experiments, and updates on building a hosting platform from scratch because apparently I dislike free time.

#tech #homelab

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hollyrious 💗💎 @holly

yeah so the legion go s is incredible

it just handles everything I throw at it without a single question and the screen is mind blowingly pretty

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Michael Horne @recantha

I'm up at 4am with the dog again...
Had an interesting dream triggered by a friend of mine who I met accidentally at a garden centre today. Makes me want to do... research. But it's a bit bloody early for that!

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hobbs @hobbs

anyone have strong opinions on the #hyperkin #retron consoles? our little nintenclone finally bit the dust and I'd like something with HDMI. I'd read they just dump the ROM and do software #emulation but I dunno if that bothers me if it runs smooth.

there was also another box that had firmware on github that you could also put on the hyperkin?

just looking for options to play my #nes carts with HDMI but the extra system support seemed nice.

boosts appreciated!

#retrogaming #nintendo

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Rimu @rimu

New: Automaticlly turn remote fediverse links into local links

One of the long-standing issues we have in/on the fediverse is that when I have a link in my post that goes to another post on my instance, people on other instances will click that link and be taken to MY instance, where they can’t comment, don’t have an account, aren’t logged in, etc and they will try to log in using their login credentials for their home instance then wonder why it doesn’t work.

When someone links to https://lemmy.world/post/39832275 and I’m on piefed.social I want to see https://piefed.social/c/news/p/1544770/national-parks-ordered-to-check-gift-shops-for-dei-type-items not the copy on lemmy.world!

As of PieFed v1.4, links like that will automatically be converted to link to the local copy of the post, where ‘local’ is whatever is local for the reader. See the linked video where I demonstrate this in action.

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Jamie Teh @jcsteh

Of all the questionable things about AI, I'm starting to think its biggest crime is simply the staggering amount of resources it has pointlessly drawn away from other, more important work and the way it has corrupted even organisations that were previously doing great work in some misguided, race-to-the-bottom belief that this is actually the most important thing for humankind.

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crouton @crouton

@eunews billionaires should be abolished and their wealth redistributed on a global scale. Billionaires are policy failures that should not exist.

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tvler @tvler

One year of StreetPass today!! Here's an abridged list of everything that's gone down

- Initial Chrome-only spaghetti code extension
- 🦊 Firefox
- Beautiful new icon by @andycarolan
- 🧭 Safari
- Export data
- Open profiles in your own Mastodon instance
- Updated the mastodon codebase itself to start returning avatars in webfinger responses
- Display usernames & avatars
- Editing features: Reset & Hide functionality

Available at streetpass.social ❤️

#streetpass

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Tofu Golem @tofugolem

If you do not live in North America, it might be hard to grasp just how large and powerful moose are. Hopefully, this video will help.

There are two herbivores that grizzly bears will sometimes run away from. The other is bison.

Edit: possible AI video

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acb @acb

Borland TurboVision (the PC text mode windowing UI used in Turbo Pascal/C++) has been open-sourced and updated to work seamlessly on Linux and with Unicode:

github.com/magiblot/tvision

It’s all in C++, though if someone hasn’t wrapped it in bindings for Python/Rust/&c. yet, surely they will

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Max Leibman @maxleibman

Did I accomplish everything on my list this week? No.

But did I prioritize well and make sure the few things that got done were the most important ones? Also no.

But did I at least make a solid effort I can proud of, even if I did not succeed? Again, no.

#productivity #goals #friday

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Vaida Ona @vaida

So, I’m a #scientist, but I’m also Lithuanian, which means on Christmas Eve Eve I make tiny poppy bread loaves for the spirits, like some pagan sleeper agent. The loaves are small because spirits are insubstantial and have a hard time interacting with matter and they come because the veil is thin right after solstice. You eat them with poppy milk like supernatural captain crunch. Happy holidays!

A baking sheet full of chickpea-sized poppy cookies
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Aaron Parsons @aaronp

Dear Employer,

Thank you for your rejection. Unfortunately due to the high volume of rejections I have received, I have been unable to accept yours. As a result, I must inform you that I will see you on Monday for my first shift.

Good luck rejecting candidates in the future.

With kind regards