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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
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Please follow me at @rl_dane@polymaths.social

This account is now my backup account

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Involuntary time-traveler, recipient of offensive grace. Quasi-technical Linux and FOSS enthusiast. Armchair privacy advocate

Profile pic courtesy NeoFetch.

Header image courtesy of NASA: https://unsplash.com/photos/Q1p7bh3SHj8

My #interests:

#StarWars
#StarTrek
#Linux
#UNIX
#BSD
#OpenBSD
#Bible

#Jesus
#Bash
#Dallas
#Writing
#Poetry
#Space
#KSP
#Tea
#FountainPens

#ClassicMac
#uxn

#fedi22

658 Followers
1010 Following
50 Posts
Joined April 26, 2022
Blog:
https://rldane.space
Codeberg:
https://codeberg.org/rldane
Gemlog:
gemini://tilde.pink/~rldane
Uses:
:linux: :openbsd: :raspberrypi: :gimp: :i3: :signal: :firefox: :libreoffice: :androidalt: :fdroid: :bash: :duckduckgo:
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 25mo ago

What we were promised: Amazing Pocket Computers
What we got: Sucky Pocket TVs

What we were promised: The Information Age
What we got: The Disinformation Age

What we were promised: The Free and Open Web
What we got: Follow us on Meta, X, and Discord, b*tches!

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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 44mo ago
Replying to
@smallsco@oldbytes.space Just FYI, flite (festvox lite, a very basic FOSS speech synthesis program) pronounces SuperBowl and SuperbOwl the same (as super bowl). I don't think it understands camelcase at all, though. ROFL, yeah, it doesn't. It just pronounced ExpertsExchange the way you might think!!
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 23mo ago
Replying to
@paddyduke@mastodon.social This is so exhausting. One of the reasons I just use a terminal browser (w3m) a lot of the time.
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 21mo ago

Please follow me at @rl_dane@polymaths.social

This account is now my backup account.

Oh, reasons:
1) I love the crazy people at polymaths
2) 500 characters per post isn't enough
3) I love being able to post in #Markdown, which vanilla Mastodon doesn't allow.
4) Nothing against fosstodon, kev, or mike. I love *this* community as well. That @joel@fosstodon.org guy, though... ;)

Previously pinned post (I hate to lose anything, lol): @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org

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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 22mo ago
Replying to
@gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafe @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social I'd almost rather have IRIX than Linux, although I never actually *used* IRIX. I just always thought it looked hella cool.
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 22mo ago
Replying to
@sam @sean@social.massalabs.com @praxeology@post.lurk.org Even Apple is an ad company. I've been off of iOS for four years now, and I was utterly shocked to see ads in the iOS App Store on a family member's phone a year or two ago. Pretty shameless!
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 25mo ago
Replying to
@kadei@furry.engineer ....coming to an Ubuntu Pro terminal near you! 😄
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 22mo ago
Replying to
@praxeology@post.lurk.org I kinda liked how notifications worked in classic iOS: A little window would pop up in front of everything, and you could acknowledge or dismiss it, and then it was gone forever. They really were interruptions, and you didn't tend to enable them for too many apps. Now the notification center is just another horrid inbox to go through. XD
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 44mo ago
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@smallsco@oldbytes.space I regret I have but one boost to give to this toot. Very interested to know.
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 21mo ago

* Log into [gurk](https://github.com/boxdot/gurk-rs) for the first time in a couple weeks.

* Notifications absolutely go supercritical

* `this_is_fine_dog.png`

GitHub

GitHub - boxdot/gurk-rs: Signal Messenger client for terminal

Signal Messenger client for terminal. Contribute to boxdot/gurk-rs development by creating an account on GitHub.

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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 45mo ago
Replying to
@touk@smores.town Man, that's crazy. Also, Chicago font lookalike unicode placeholder boxes gives me the double-whammy on feels: Taking me back to the innocent days of 2012 or so, and the *really* innocent days of 1990 or so. :D
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 23mo ago
Replying to
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt But do androids dream of them?!? 😄
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 23mo ago
Replying to
@isibell@cutie.city @paddyduke@mastodon.social 🤣💯👏🏼
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 30mo ago
Replying to
@yurnidiot@mstdn.social Prolly heard a can of tuna being opened 😁
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 24mo ago
Replying to
@dellway @RickiTarr Inflation: now its a pound bullion 😄
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 24mo ago
Replying to
@RickiTarr cc: @ruari
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 26mo ago
Replying to
@stux@mstdn.social Training to be a catstronaut!!!
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 47mo ago
Replying to
@zoran@photog.social @Gargron@mastodon.social @artskorps@piaille.fr Zut alors! Retouter! I love it! I often think of #Boosts as #ReToots, so creating a (semi-)formal french verb form is fantastic!!!
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 21mo ago
Replying to
@mavica_again 💗💗💗
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 21mo ago

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social

They need to add the alternate green/orange CGA palette 😛

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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 24mo ago
Replying to
@justine@bsd.cafe @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk I can see the account, but not the toot.
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 45mo ago
Replying to
@nertzy@ruby.social lol "Eetsa me, Mario! Eetsa time to update your OS! Let's-a go! Hoo hoo!" @touk@smores.town
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 25mo ago
Replying to
@engravecavedave I was just thinking that if the evolution had continued on where we were with the Moto Q and/or Blackberry, it would be a much happier place for all, and not to have gone down awful iPhone lane.
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 25mo ago
Replying to
@misterjoshua The quintessential truth of our age: weaponized dopamine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 25mo ago
Replying to
@misterjoshua RELATABLE 🤣
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 31mo ago
Replying to
@carlschwan@floss.social I'm excited to try Plasma 6... next summer when it appears in @debian@framapiaf.org 😂 Where's my #Debian posse at? Haha
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 46mo ago
Replying to
@polpo@bitbang.social I like it plenty! 😂 The SE/30 and IIci were my grail machines.
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 47mo ago
Replying to

@teirersias@mastodon.social @Gargron@mastodon.social

@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org @Gargron I will retoot this.

Re-tooting because you said #retoot X-D

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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 44mo ago
Replying to
@laramar@sigmoid.social Oh, that's neat! Yeah, I understand you have to read a LOT of random text to get a decent sample set of all possible phonemes. I used to love playing with Macintalk on the classic Macs. Always thought it had a slight Indian accent ;)
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 44mo ago
Replying to
@andwhyisit@ohai.social LOL... That's a VERY dedicated prankster! @smallsco@oldbytes.space
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 46mo ago
Replying to
@TrisResists@mstdn.social LOL could you imagine being stuck in a tin can with that guy for a couple years?? And then in a little shelter on Mars forever? Sounds like a recipe for Jonestown in space.
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 53mo ago
Replying to
@jppelt@fosstodon.org @vwbusguy@mastodon.online @edebill@wandering.shop @notawizard@mastodon.social ... When I saw an interview with Nathan Tardif on youtube recently, I was blown away to see that he was only in his latter 40s, clean-cut and well-kempt. From the way he talks on his youtube channel (and his actual voice), I was really honestly expecting a sixty-something grizzly mountain man.
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 53mo ago
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@jppelt@fosstodon.org @vwbusguy@mastodon.online @edebill@wandering.shop @notawizard@mastodon.social Well, being a cantankerous libertarian selling ink is one thing, being a cantankerous libertarian selling ink with racist imagery is another. I can believe that he didn't intend it, but the sad part is people do a lot of nasty stuff without intending it. The true motives of the heart are not easily revealed, and not hardly at all if you're unwilling. ...
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 53mo ago
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@jppelt@fosstodon.org @vwbusguy@mastodon.online @edebill@wandering.shop @notawizard@mastodon.social As far as I know, no. Not 'shopped. If it had been cartoony horns, I would've believed it was innocent: who hasn't drawn horns and/or a mustache on a picture of someone you don't like? But this, this is hideous.
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 21mo ago
Replying to
@41de1771a0318a3d9b9af9ff1a0c3c7b906867ca6d4e5d4335a8bf960b1d3243 @41de1771a0318a3d9b9af9ff1a0c3c7b906867ca6d4e5d4335a8bf960b1d3243 @rl_dane@polymaths.social You got it!
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 47mo ago
Replying to
@PavelASamsonov@mastodon.social THE WORLD IS NOT READY FOR THIS KNOWLEDGE!!!!
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 47mo ago
Replying to
@gianni@disobey.net @thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social Do they actually sell Office without a sub? It's getting so hard to buy *any* proprietary stuff without a subscription anymore. :(
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 53mo ago
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@edebill@wandering.shop @vwbusguy@mastodon.online @notawizard@mastodon.social I hadn't come across anything he said that was racist, care to elucidate?
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 53mo ago
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@vwbusguy@mastodon.online @edebill@wandering.shop @notawizard@mastodon.social I did some more reading up on this. I wasn't really convinced until I saw a picture of the actual label. The horns drawn on Bernanke weren't cartoon horns, they were pretty awful, bestial-looking horns. Yeah. Man. :(
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 23mo ago
Replying to
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social, I think you've started a religion or something 🤣 @foo@fosstodon.org
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 42mo ago
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@bbbhltz@fosstodon.org Will they really honor it, though? @alcinnz@floss.social
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 44mo ago
Replying to
@SwiftOnSecurity@infosec.exchange The Bechdel Password Strength Test, of course! GENIUS!!
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 22mo ago
Replying to
@prahou@merveilles.town Whoa.... Deep!
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 53mo ago
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@edebill@wandering.shop @vwbusguy@mastodon.online @notawizard@mastodon.social DANG. That's sad.
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 28mo ago
Replying to
@scy@chaos.social jwz's snark is my spirit animal 😄
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 44mo ago
Replying to
@laramar@sigmoid.social No way! That's too cool 😁 I've used it a little, although I can't find a list of phones/diphones/phonemes to use with it anywhere. I had been using mimic, which is a *little* more natural-sounduing, but I couldn't find it in #OpenBSD ports at that moment, and since that was the box I was on right then, I went with the next best thing. Flite doesn't sound too bad, it's just way too quiet. How do you select a voice? There's not much in the way of online help.
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: @RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
· 37mo ago
Replying to
@Luisa_Donato@hachyderm.io FANTASTIC @TerryHancock@realsocial.life
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