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After researching this stuff I will be watching Kaidan with interest and may eventually test it with Cheogram / JMP

ahh okay, I’m already using a newer version, so my acceptance of the Gnomification is “priced in” so to speak.

I did however put in a calendar event repeating every 6 months to check in on Kaidan and see how they’re doing, and once it’s far enough along, I’ll switch and start contributing bug reports and such.

Dino was Gnomed from the very start. Probably not the greatest choice for anyone who dislikes Gnome UX, the problem is there aren’t a lot of fully baked alternatives.

I ruffled feathers of Gnome cultists when I ranted about Pinta getting Gnomed. Severe UX enshittification of a formerly decent app.

Oh god dammit. Which version did this happen in?

Unfortunately for Linux it seems the non-GTK alternatives are either not as far along, or run in the browser.

Gajim is a daily driver for me, Kaidan isn’t far enough along, and Dino is even more Gnomed from the get-go.

Also there are some good 5825U boxes out there, but it’s still more oomph than you need for seeding.

I don’t know how to do this on AMD boxes but there are tools out there to adjust CPU power limits without undervolting, it uses the chip’s built-in ability to throttle itself. I’ve had to do the reverse on a Dell which limits itself to 0.8GHz on any non-genuine™ power adapter, but in that case I limited the (Intel) CPU’s PL2 (long-term power limit) to 25W rather than its spec 35W to save power. It thus keeps itself throttled below 25W consumption by the CPU.

I’m sorry I can’t be more helpful with names of tools to try, but I just packed up all my gear to head across town, I’ll try to come back and drop some URLs later. I have a little 5750GE box so I’m interested in whatever the solution turns out to be.

Israel’s military on Thursday said it was dropping charges against five soldiers accused of beating and sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an alleged assault partially caught on camera.

[…] The now-dismissed indictment against the soldiers accused them of an assault that included dragging a Palestinian prisoner along the floor, stepping on him, tasering him, and sexually assaulting him by stabbing him in the rectum. The Palestinian was taken to an Israeli hospital with fractured ribs and a perforated rectum that required surgery before he was returned to the prison.

[…] In its Thursday decision dismissing the case, the military’s top legal officers said the charges against the soldiers were being dropped because the video did not show abuse violent enough to merit a criminal conviction and had been improperly leaked to the media.

And, of course:

Netanyahu welcomed the decision, saying that “the state of Israel must pursue its enemies, not its heroic fighters.”

It also needs to be less of a hot UX mess to increase uptake.

To be fair, it’s better than it used to be. But still not good.

But apart from a 40 per cent rise in the price of oil since February 28, global markets have been remarkably calm since the US and Israel attacked Iran,

welp https://hell.twtr.plus/notice/B44CrRiKx4maNBKE6a

Not exactly tiny but look at https://github.com/UniversalMediaServer/UniversalMediaServer/

Fuck Samsung’s bloatware delivery mechanism, I just want a deep-dive documentary on the material science behind these types of glass

I managed to figure out how to bypass the cert verification in dbconfig-mysql (named on the tin as dbconfig-common) and got my appliance set up!

1. apt install dbconfig-mysql before installing the PhpMyAdmin package

2. In /usr/share/dbconfig-common/internal/dbc-mysql, in both sections where temporary my.cnf is defined, set ssl-verify-server-cert = off right below the port = line.

3. to install PhpMyAdmin, run DEBIAN_PRIORITY=low apt install phpmyadmin and follow the prompts

4. In /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php add the following line directly under $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = $dbserver;:

   $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl'] = true;
   $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_verify'] = false;
   

This is why I say it can’t be reformed.

But shitlibs from .world wanna argue. Which is kind of a microcosm of why we are where we are in this country.

Thanks, but I really dislike adminer’s UI, although granted I’ve been using a fairly old version.

How about open source pluggable algos which can be optionally marked shareable between users and selected from a list sortable by number of “installs”

So like a user could define an algorithm to select posts, and then mark it shared, and other users could see it in a directory and try it out themselves, and optionally clone and hack on it, release a new version, etc.

As far as how the post selection algos could be defined, I’m thinking of something similar to the boolean query syntax in the Quod Libet music player, but one could also implement a more code-like syntax.

(I’m aware this is a huge ask, but I’ve had this idea for 8 years since my first Mastodon account, and have been too busy being oppressed by life to do anything about it.)

The eight senators were Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Dick Durbin of Illinois, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Angus King of Maine, Jacky Rosen of Nevada, and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, but Levin said many more centrist lawmakers were likely “in on the play.”

On **MSNBC Monday, Shaheen acknowledged that Schumer was “kept informed” of the eight senators’ negotiations with the GOP regarding reopening the government.

[…]

“The coordinated nature of this—none [of the lawmakers who voted yes] are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate [minority] leader to stop it,”

(emphasis added)

The only path to effective opposition in the United States is through the destruction of the Democrat party. It can’t be reformed.

it’s stress-induced capitulation.

Bold of you to take these assholes at their word.

They did this on purpose with malice aforethought to scuttle the fight for even a little consideration for healthcare costs drowning the 99%.

The Democrat party works for the donor class, exactly like their friends in the GOP. It couldn’t be any clearer.