Dr. Guillermo Power 
@gpowerf@social.cleverlibre.org
This is my fun social media account, I will post a lot of video game stuff (mostly old or cloud gaming) and some work stuff.
If I post an image with no Alt text it is because the image is just there for decoration and doesn't provide any extra meaning to the toot.
Mi aventura: http://gpowerf.itch.io/8-bit-island
Joined Nov 2022
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Just got myself another thing...
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i am more and more taking the position that we should have forums, and we should have blogs, and nothing in between. "social media" carries inherently poor ergonomics and a lack of clarity of purpose. you're never clearly "publishing" anything when you post on social media, unlike when you post on your own blog or website. you're never clearly "discussing" anything either, because threads aren't actual topics or conversations.
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“Forced to eat crow” is an English idiom meaning the humiliation in admitting being wrong, which has never made sense to me because in fact crows are quite tasty.
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FYI #QOTO services (not the main mastodon instance) will be down for a bit as I am completely reworking the network and services and updating everything.
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So today's #WeirdCarMastodon #NameThatCar is a classic challenge; can you name it from the rear light, plus some bodywork!
A European car with some American DNA it sold in a lot of the "Anglosphere" markets, including the USA.
Please Boost to share and encourage others to have a guess.
Please use a Content Wrapper for guesses so they are hidden in the thread. Good luck.
#ClassicCars #ClassicCarsOfMastodon #OldTimerCars #OldTimersofMastodon #car
I’m not going to lie and say that Linux is perfect and never gives me any trouble. Sometimes I do have to spend some time maintaining and fixing my Linux boxes when something goes wrong or needs updating. But I don’t mind that much, because I enjoy using Linux and learning new things along the way. I prefer fixing Linux boxes over Windows or Macs any day. Maybe it’s because I just don’t like Windows or MacOS very much and I find them frustrating and boring to use. So the idea of having to maintain and fix a box that I don’t like in the first place is more painful than doing it for a box that I love.
PS: I don't use Arch.
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me when I drop off my vehicle at the dealership, get driven home, only to forget my house key while it gets fixed:
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It is time for another unboxing video! Merman @merman1974 unboxes the Limited Edition @evercaderetro Evercade EXP handheld from Blaze.
Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/DNfNC3VWKZ8
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@freemo @gpowerf That would surely expose you to a whole lot more of it, but as i said it's perspective, the way we interact is also different with things. As @gpowerf said there are many variables to take into account.
I think one thing QOTO has going for it, in favor of making things less hostile is that we have more than 1k words to express our opinions, so we are in a much better and more complex environment which allows for a better expression of our beliefs.
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Build your own racecar in Revhead, now with added Steam Deck support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/03/build-your-own-racecar-in-revhead-now-with-added-steam-deck-support/ #Linux #Gaming #SteamDeck
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I saw a developer today.
No company swag hoodie.
No stickers on their laptop.
No mechanical keyboard.
No Windows or macOS.
No ChatGPT or Copilot.
He just sat there. He was typing code away in vim running on Arch Linux and an older ThinkPad, like a psychopath.
I’ve noticed that a common default mode for communication on social networks like #Twitter, #Facebook, #Discord, etc. is to be aggressive towards others. It doesn’t matter how innocent or positive a post is; it could always be met by immediate and relentless aggression from some users. For instance, if someone posts “I really love this game” on one of these platforms, they might get responses that accuse them of having deep character flaws because no normal person could like that game. This kind of behavior is very discouraging and stressful for anyone who wants to share their opinions or interests online. This doesn’t tend to happen on most #Mastodon servers, where the communication is more civil and respectful. If people disagree with something on Mastodon, they either go away quietly or simply point it out politely without insulting or harassing the other person. The world should be more like Mastodon and less like other social networks where aggression is the norm. #socialmedia
I dont have much to opine but this is both a tragic and hugely interesting topic to follow. Schools don’t want the inspections and school have started to actively avoid talking or writing about Ofsted ratings. I’ve always taken the ratings with a massive pinch of salt, but will others do the same now when schools are actively calling for their cancellation as well as seemingly ignoring Ofsted outcomes? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-65055779
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My workmate came back from Japan recently and showed us this, found in a 7eleven there.
It just gets more perplexing the more you look at it.
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This article says the Right to Repair law would make it a requirement for computer hardware and to be reparable for 10 years. Does a #Chromebook with out of support #ChromeOS mean it is broken? Will Google have to increase the support window to 10 years for Euro Chromebooks? https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/22/new_eu_right_to_repair/?td=rt-3a
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And how many clever #Startups did we see that loudly claimed they'd soon launch the Killer #SocialMedia platform?
Only to bitterly fail after a while.
#Fediverse went super slowly in how it emerged. It took years. But these years were needed to get a great #culture between fedizens around the world come about.
All the while #FOSS principles and values drove software development, and with no monetary incentives, the human side was kept within focus while doing so. We're human-scale.
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I thought I should probably see why people like Windows so much. Check out my sweet new Windows machine! (1997 Compaq C140) #WindowsCE #RetroPortables #retrocomputing
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@gpowerf I have seen this happen before in different countries. For example, in Iran social networks like Facebook, Twitter, etc. have been blocked for many years. (As far as I know, Instagram is not blocked.) This does not appear to have stopped anyone from using it. Blocking things on the Internet is just not technically feasiable; you can try, but it's like trying to stop a river with your hands. They can perhaps remove TikTok from Google Play.
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This is my fun social media account, I will post a lot of video game stuff (mostly old or cloud gaming) and some work stuff.
If I post an image with no Alt text it is because the image is just there for decoration and doesn't provide any extra meaning to the toot.
Mi aventura: http://gpowerf.itch.io/8-bit-island
Joined Nov 2022
