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I second this. Add some red wiggler worms. They will quickly digest it into usable castings for plant food.
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To be fair. I get where they're coming from. Some people simply don't want to take the time to learn the Linux command line nor learn how to utilize the tool, balena etcher.
That said, if one says "Is there a way to simply install a Linux OS", I usually assume said person has at least a passing familiarity with burning an ISO as that is the bare minimum knowledge for starting the Linux installation process.
Hence my assumption that they were familiar with said tools when they asked the question.
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I meant a workstation OS. Or any Linux OS that's not locked to a corporate account and probably filled with spyware.
Yes, though I have not tried to utilize this:
https://github.com/Quill-OS/quill
I don't even understand the first sentence of these instructions. "Mount the device" followed by a bunch of seemingly random letters and characters. Mount it on what? What do I do with these?
These instructions require a very basic understanding of the Linux command line and file system. As does installing a Linux OS without a GUI helper.
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Buy a Kobo EReader.
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Hack the EReader so you don't have to sign up with Walmart.
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Install Calibre.
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Install Kobo Driver Extension for Calibre.
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Use a VPN (I prefer Mullvad), and go to your favorite Book piracy website for epubs.
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Download epub books.
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Connect Kobo device to your PC via USB.
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Use Calibre to upload epub books to Kobo.
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Disconnect Kobo from PC.
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Profit.
z3rOR0ne
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The animation is incredibly stiff. Same poor quality animation from the recent Batman series as well. It's painful to see.
z3rOR0ne
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Professionally. I've been teaching myself Web Dev for the past 4 years and have actually worked at a small start up briefly, but want to work at a small/medium size company at some point.
I can't afford to go back to school, but am familiar with the classic CS curriculum, in part thanks to the resources listed on that website you referenced. Thank you for that.
It's just taking me a long time as while I have a college degree, I have never had a strong background in mathematics, let alone the discrete mathematics generally required by most robust CS curriculum.
That said, I have a great support structure, with many mentors and a solid local and online community. I've even hung out with a few Linux kernel devs, who have graciously given me various pieces of advice on how to proceed learning the basics.
This TCP/IP book is sort of a detour, as I don't see myself utilizing the concepts directly (save for a bit of packet analysis), but I've noticed web developers, at least at the Jr level, tend to only have a surface level knowledge of how HTTP fits into the broader TCP/IP model, and I'd rather that not be the case for myself.
Thanks again for that resource. I've yet to dive deep into a lot of the books on that site, but it's been in my bookmarks for a while now, and I definitely will be getting around to inspecting them more deeply in the near future.
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Been slowly making my way through the TCP/IP Guide. Some of it is pretty outdated, but it's helping me understand a bit more how the Internet works as I continue to teach myself computer science fundamentals and web development.
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I recently listened to a review of the film on the Pod Damn America podcast which expressed somewhat similar sentiments.
I was surprised by the generally poor reviews coming out after hearing this review which praised it for portraying a more sober and somber depiction of mental illness than what audiences had expected.
I have yet to see either the original or this sequel, but I'll admit the more favorable reviews of this sequel make me want to set aside a few hours to give them some attention.
z3rOR0ne
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Let's not mince words. Brett Kavanaugh is first and foremost, before anything else, a Rapist, who happens to be a supreme court justice. Not the other way around.
z3rOR0ne
1w ago
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Librewolf and Duckduckgo Lite.
z3rOR0ne
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If they can keep the ball rolling with solid storytelling, I'm willing to give any show six seasons and a movie's worth of my attention. Any more than that and you're just getting greedy.
That said, I will say the chances of a show getting stale, losing talent, or somehow jumping the shark in some other way gets higher the longer it's around, so I understand your trepidation.
omny.fm
As of last week, OpenAI is now worth $157 billion - yet below the hood is a far darker story. In this episode, Ed Zitron explains the cold, hard truth - that OpenAI is a terrible business that burns billions of dollars, and its failure to scale its cloud business tells a dark tale about the wider generative AI industry.
omny.fm
As of last week, OpenAI is now worth $157 billion - yet below the hood is a far darker story. In this episode, Ed Zitron explains the cold, hard truth - that OpenAI is a terrible business that burns billions of dollars, and its failure to scale its cloud business tells a dark tale about the wider generative AI industry.
www.techwontsave.us
Paris Marx is joined by Spencer Ackerman to discuss the past year of Israel's actions in Palestine and the innovations in war technology being used to carry out what the ICJ has deemed a "plausible" genocide in Gaza.
www.techwontsave.us
Paris Marx is joined by Spencer Ackerman to discuss the past year of Israel's actions in Palestine and the innovations in war technology being used to carry out what the ICJ has deemed a "plausible" genocide in Gaza.
www.techwontsave.us
Paris Marx is joined by Spencer Ackerman to discuss the past year of Israel's actions in Palestine and the innovations in war technology being used to carry out what the ICJ has deemed a "plausible" genocide in Gaza.
z3rOR0ne
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Your quadriceps are the largest muscles in your body (the second largest being your lattisimus dorsi). That's why squats are often considered to be the most effective exercise you can do for weight loss and muscle building.
It's understandable that working the largest muscles in your body would cause you to potentially sweat more profusely than working your other muscles, though the amount you sweat is the result of a myriad of factors like genetics and overall health.
z3rOR0ne
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You're welcome! I hope you enjoy it.
And yes , lol, given that the two titles of the podcasts are differentiated by a sole character, I can see how that could be confusing. 😅
That said, I'm subbing to this now. Thanks! 🙂
z3rOR0ne
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I am just looking forward to season 2 next year.
In this episode of Citation Needed, Crypto Skeptic and Software Developer, Molly White, gives a talk at [XOXO Festival](https://xoxofest.com/) where she reminisces about her childhood experiences discovering the World Wide Web for the first time. Through narrating her early days online, Molly highlights how the early web, though flawed, was an exciting new ecosystem where human expressions and connections were made and flourished. She contrasts the web of her childhood with the web of today, which she bemoans as having become a tool used by Tech Giants for extracting data, time, and money from their users, effectively abusing them and contributing to a more isolated, alienating world. Molly White concludes her talk by pointing out how the Tech Giants that have come to dominate our online lives have started to falter under increasing levels of scrutiny as more and more people are becoming aware of how these Tech Giants are exploiting their users in exchange for profit and power. She then outlines how those of us who grew up loving the web can reclaim it for ourselves once more. You can find this podcast presentation as a blog post on the [Citation Needed Website](https://www.citationneeded.news/fighting-for-our-web/).
z3rOR0ne
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Yes DDG Bangs are a great fast way of getting around the web. Works really well with LibRedirect. Here's a Full List of DDG Bangs.
z3rOR0ne
2w ago
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IIRC, other Cloud providers like Digital Ocean and Linode provide S3 storage solutions that have a flat fee for a certain GB amount of storage.
z3rOR0ne
2w ago
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Go back where she came from? She should have snarkily said, "oh, okay," then made to leave only to stay exactly where she was.
I have edited this post down heavily, as I can go (and have gone) on tirades when I see stories like this that deeply upset and anger me, and it always seems to bring out the worst in me. But long story short, I don't consider racists like this man to be human. Fuck them.
To all you overt, unapolagetic racists out there, just fucking die already. Nobody will miss you when you're gone. Do you understand? No one.
z3rOR0ne
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Yep. I've had mine for 6 years and it's still incredible. Luckily compatible sealing rings are still available from 3rd party vendors. Makes great Greek Yogurt, Chicken Soup, and Steel Cut Oats. And of course , it can make so much more.
It sucks that when you make something this good, you're destined to put yourself out of business, meanwhile planned obsolescence works...
z3rOR0ne
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Uh huh. And what other things that you don't actually believe are you willing to say in exchange for money and power? The only consistent behavior Republicans exhibit is their disingenuous statements and actions.
chng.it
If you haven't signed it yet. Please sign the [Save Inside Job Petition](https://chng.it/NXWQ6BZ79z).
inv.nadeko.net
In this video on Technology and Teleology, Video Essayist, Sophie From Mars, weaves a compelling argument that the Tech industry as a whole relies on an intrinsic teleological relationship with the products they produce. She further elucidates that this relationship has been utilized by Capitalists to consolidate power and isolate individuals from each other and their relationship with our own ecosystems, resulting in powerlessness, loneliness, and ecological devastation. She concludes this essay by postulating on how community building activities and discussions as well as revolutionary actions such as protests can break these collective fetters, improve our ecological habitats, and incrementally achieve freedom.
yewtu.be
I went to the same art school Thomas Kinkade did, and he even came to speak at my school a handful of times while I was there. Even back then I hated his work so much I knew I would never like the man, so I never went to his talks and tried my best to avoid even looking at his works. I am so glad to hear that Robert Evans decided to cover Thomas Kinkade on Behind The Bastards. Fuck Thomas Kinkade. Thank all that is good he's dead. Yet another grave to add to the bucket lists of graves to defile.
I'm part of a small group of Jr Self Taught Web Developers who were recently brainstorming ideas for a Group Project App we could put together and actually create a user base. I offered up the suggestion of a podcast application which would have the major feature of being akin to [YouTube Sponsor Block](https://sponsor.ajay.app/), but specifically for podcast episodes. Essentially, a user contributed database of timestamps for podcast episodes where the mention of cutting to sponsored ads or mentions of sponsorships would be marked so they could be edited out of the episode and then the user could also download said episode where ads are cut out of the final audio file. My idea was shot down due to fears of possibly infringing on copyright and we ended up with going with another idea. I'm certainly not upset, and am actually excited with the project idea we did choose, but it did get me wondering about whether this idea actually could have legal implications. I know specifically with YouTube there appears to be a sort of legal loophole that prevents Google from suing projects like [invidious](https://invidious.io/), [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp), and [YouTube Sponsor Block](https://sponsor.ajay.app/), but am unaware of the specific details as to how this works. Thusly, I just wanted to ask if anyone has any insights into whether this project idea would incur any legal infractions from the likes of IheartRadio and other media platforms? To be clear, I'm not seeking legal advice here, and I'll be taking any responses with a grain of salt, but I just wanted to see if anyone knows anything on this subject and the legal concerns raised. I very much dislike being advertised to and podcasts are one of the last bastions of media where advertisements still come up regularly and I'd love to make this application for those who are frustrated with how often they have to skip through sponsor mentions. Thanks in advance.
www.theguardian.com
The late-night talkshow host John Oliver has offered to pay Clarence Thomas $1m annually – as well as give him a $2m tour bus – if the Republican judge resigns from the US supreme court. Oliver made the proposal on Sunday’s episode of his HBO show Last Week Tonight, saying the supreme court justice had 30 days to accept or it would expire. The British-born, progressive comedian’s offer came after a steady drumbeat of media investigations in the previous several months established that Thomas failed to disclose that political benefactors bought him lavish vacation travel and real estate for his mother. Thomas also failed to disclose – as required – that he allowed school fees for a family member to be paid off and had been provided a loan to buy a luxury motor coach, all after openly complaining about the need to raise supreme court justices’ salaries. As a result, Thomas’s impartiality came into question after he sided with the contentious ruling that eliminated the federal abortion rights once provided by the Roe v Wade case. He also recently listened to arguments over whether Donald Trump can be removed from states’ ballots in the presidential election after the former president’s supporters – whom he told to “fight like hell” – staged the January 6 attack at the US Capitol in Washington DC. Thomas resisted pressure to recuse himself from matters pertaining to the Capitol attack, even though his wife, Ginni Thomas, is a conservative political activist who has endorsed false claims from Trump and his supporters that the 2020 election he lost to Joe Biden was stolen from him – which in turn fueled January 6. Oliver alluded to all of those circumstances as he extended his lucrative offer to Thomas, saying: “Lot on your plate right now, from stripping away women’s rights to hearing January 6 cases … and you deserve a break, you know, away from the meanness of Washington. So you can be surrounded by the regular folks whose lives you made demonstrably worse for decades.” The host suggested that Thomas could upgrade his “favorite mode of travel” by signing a contract requiring him to step down from the supreme court in exchange for $1m annually from Oliver along with the tour bus, which is outfitted with a king-sized bed, a fireplace and four televisions. Oliver joked that Thomas possibly feared that making such a trade might attract negative judgment from one of his top benefactors: the Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow, who was reported to have maintained a private collection of Nazi memorabilia that included a pair of paintings by Adolf Hitler. But Oliver said: “That’s the beauty of friendship, Clarence. If they’re real friends, they’ll love you no matter what your job is. So I guess this might be the perfect way to find out who your real friends actually are. “So that’s the offer – $1m a year, Clarence. And a brand new condo on wheels. And all you have to do … is sign the contract and get the fuck off the supreme court,” Oliver remarked. “The clock starts now – 30 days, Clarence. Let’s do this!” The yearly salary for supreme court justices – whose appointments are for life – is $298,500. Neither Thomas nor the supreme court immediately commented publicly on Oliver’s offer. Oliver acknowledged he could end up going on “standup tours … for years” to be able to afford paying Thomas’s retirement if the justice accepts the proposal. The arch-conservative is the longest-serving member of a supreme court dominated 6-3 by rightwingers. Thomas has been there since his 1991 confirmation, which was marked by testimony from Anita Hill, who accused him of sexual harassment while he supervised her in two separate jobs, at the US Department of Education and at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
I'm a career transitioner looking to get a higher paying job working as a Web Developer. I've been self teaching for a bit over 3.5 years now and am currently working part time at a very small start up while still working on my own personal projects and slowly researching and studying CS topics. I have been networking, mainly online and some locally. I also have been trying desperately to get away from mainstream social media platforms (left instagram, left reddit). But I find myself being highly encouraged by those within my network to keep my LinkedIn profile maintained and regularly post as a part of appealing to recruiters. I dislike the LinkedIn platform and what I perceive to be toxic positivity that proliferates on there. I also have reservations on hosting all my code on Github, but that seems to be what everyone defaults to for showcasing their portfolio. I generally want to use alternatives to FAANG products whenever possible, and even though it's not in the acronym, I include Microsoft in this list. I'd like to move away from using Microsoft products (LinkedIn) and their acquired platforms (Github) without nuking my potential career prospects. This is more asking about long term advice as I believe as a new developer, this may not be possible (?). Nevertheless, I'm seeking any advice on how to still advance my career in tech while staying off of these major platforms. Thanks in advance for any advice. TLDR; New web developer wants advice on how to continue to advance career without use of major media platforms, specifically LinkedIn, but also Github.
Pretty much in the title. Maybe you wouldn't even use it, but would like to simply see it exist for the sake of having a federated alternative. For me, it'd be the following: - LinkedIn - Meetup - Tiktok I am on the first two, but would prefer a federated alternative. I'm not on Tiktok, but would like to see a federated alternative. I'll admit these might not be a good idea. But as a thought experiment, I'd be curious about the community weigh in on what you all think this might look like.
Pretty much in the title. Maybe you wouldn't even use it, but would like to simply see it exist for the sake of having a federated alternative. For me, it'd be the following: - LinkedIn - Meetup - Tiktok I am on the first two, but would prefer a federated alternative. I'm not on Tiktok, but would like to see a federated alternative. I'll admit these might not be a good idea. But as a thought experiment, I'd be curious about the community weigh in on what you all think this might look like.
Right To Repair Advocate Louis Rossman recently announced the release of FUTO, a Text To Speech App that respects your privacy. After having played around with FUTO on my GrapheneOS Pixel, I can honestly say it's nice to have. Using the Openboards Keyboard, I'll admit that the one thing I missed about Gboards was its text to speech capability, but I refused to use it because it logs everything said into it. IMHO, the team that developed FUTO have created something truly special here, and I'd recommend anyone to at least try it out. There is a one time $10 payment, but the developers have basically made this more like an opt in donation, as you can just click 'I Already Paid' and utilize the app regardless of whether you paid or not. If you try FUTO out, and like it, maybe throw them a few bucks. [Here](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=UCGaKvZpJYc) is an invidious link of Rossman talking about FUTO and its features.
[Data | Philosophy Tube](https://invidious.kavin.rocks/watch?v=fCUTX1jurJ4) I found this vid from a few years back on Philosophy Tube's Channel. Every argument about Data Privacy I've ever heard or had is here. Kind of a depressing ending though.