Open post Rhialto @rhialto@oldbytes.space · 5mo ago Replying to @scottmichaud@mastodon.gamedev.place @wakame@tech.lgbt @cwebber@social.coop If only we had reliable fusion energy... ... ... (/s) @scottmichaud@mastodon.gamedev.place @wakame@tech.lgbt @cwebber@social.coop We do have reliable fusion energy... unfortunately we have it in the form of a totally unshielded reactor without any safety controls...
Open post Rhialto @rhialto@oldbytes.space · 7mo ago Replying to @timonus@mastodon.social @wndxlori@ruby.social @deeje@mastodon.social corollary: it annoys me when people continue to call X “Twitter” because X is a dumb name. The company chose the dumb name, let it sound dumb! Don’t try to make it sound better. @timonus@mastodon.social @wndxlori@ruby.social @deeje@mastodon.social There already was something called X, and even its logo is similar: https://x.org so xitter just will have to have another name. x.org
Open post Rhialto @rhialto@oldbytes.space · 7mo ago Replying to @HighlandLawyer@mastodon.social @ajcain @cstross @overeducatedredneck @tilton @a_cubed No, you can still buy 568ml pints of milk; but just to confuse things you can also buy 2 pint (1.136l) cartons of milk and 1 litre cartons of milk @HighlandLawyer I remember seeing (I think it was in the 90s) a sign in an Edinburgh supermarket: New! Metric milk! @ajcain @cstross @overeducatedredneck @tilton @a_cubed
Open post Rhialto @rhialto@oldbytes.space · 9mo ago Replying to @rbanffy@mastodon.social @rhialto I thought it was "LIST". When did CMS get DIR? Is LIST an abbreviation of LISTFILES? @rbanffy I suspect that "DIR" is some kind of EXEC on your CMS system. LISTFILE can be abbreviated to LIST, and I think even as far down as just L.
Open post Rhialto @rhialto@oldbytes.space · 6mo ago Replying to @brauner@mastodon.social Age verification clearly doesn't belong into #systemd. We should have never merged this. Instead this should be incrementally added to the kernel itself. I'm doing my part: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260401-i-hope-someone-believes-this-is-real-04f24e03944e@brauner @brauner This may seem very funny as a joke, but it is actually very stupid. Next thing you know, there will be a legal argument "See, it is totally possible to implement this", and you're stuck with it.
Open post Rhialto @rhialto@oldbytes.space · 6mo ago Replying to @d6@merveilles.town <p>Just heard that the author of xv (John Bradley) has died.</p><p>I never knew John but I have fond memories of using xv back in the day. And it's worth celebrating the excellent web design of the xv homepage (last modified in 2024): <a href="https://xv.trilon.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">xv.trilon.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p> @d6 I still use xv. It is perfect for having a background on my X display which scales and tiles to fill the screen, and changes every 5 minutes.
Open post Rhialto @rhialto@oldbytes.space · 9mo ago Replying to @rbanffy@mastodon.social I finally decided to start my series of "fun things to do with Hercules" with a page on things to do with a VM370ce machine. Suggestions, corrections, and ideas of other fun things to do are more than welcome. The page is at https://github.com/rbanffy/vm370/wiki/fun-with-vm370 @rbanffy LISTFILE is probably a more CMSish way to list your files.
Open post Rhialto @rhialto@oldbytes.space · 9mo ago @hanno @TimPhSchaefers Maybe it is time to make domain pirating illegal... It's not like they are not already among the scum of the internet.