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@robinince@mastodon.social mad you say? Perhaps bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret...all the best people are!
@stefano@bsd.cafe ooh! In that case... Hello Stefano's customer!
We all here consider Stefano one of the nicest and most trust worthy people on the internet!
He's worth listening to, that is for certain!
EchoesOfTheEye comments - MAYBE SPOILERS!
@paul @joel@fosstodon.org I found another secret room!
It floods quite early on, so got to be quick getting whatever I need done in there.
Also I learned a bit more of how the alarms work. I wonder if a little sneaking around may allow me to get closer to them... That's the next task anyway. But probably tomorrow now.
@rl_dane@polymaths.social why indeed. The mind boggles!
Well, no, it's because they want to ensure they develop for Chrome and then not have to worry about anything else, but still, it's nonsense.
The national healthcare app in the UK warns me every time I open it with a "This app works best when you have the Chrome browser installed" warning - I guess it's not electron, which is good, but still it's annoying (though the app works fine with only firefox installed).
I honestly don't know how AI could possibly replace any professional industry if typically the appropriate response is "I do not believe you are having the problem you say you are".
AI (and they did ask AI too) would have them making registry changes, reinstalling the email client and who knows what else.
Client: "Account X can't send emails"
Me: "Why? Any errors?"
Client: "Send button greyed out"
** they send a screen shot showing a greyed out "Send" button, but the "To" field is empty **
Me: "Have they tried entering an email address for who they're sending the email to?"
** silence **
@rl_dane@polymaths.social I missed the option of this a few times during the first few installs I did... the default is barebones.
So, when installing, take notice of the options available after the installation is successful!
EchoesOfTheEye comments - MAYBE SPOILERS!
@joel@fosstodon.org well... other than my Inception car/hotel lobby experience in the tower (which I'm still laughing about...) I'm making slow progress, but like with Outer Wilds, I'm just enjoying existing and looking around. I've tried a bit of a race with the boats to get around the thing as quickly as possible (I think it's an achievement, but it's also fun!).
So where am I? Well, I've found things like the hull breach and had a good look around in there. Got the idea of what I needed to do and did it in the submerged bell shaped thingy where I was shown more... um, projections? maybe, but I'm not sure what else to do there yet (there's code columns, I don't have the codes yet) but I tried to walk across a bridge and an alarm went off and brought me back.
I've found the rooms with table displays, one showing the status of the supernova, activating the solar sails (watching that happen is great), and moving away from the radius of the supernova (clever!). The other room I think you've found too - the one with the communication with the other craft. I think I know what this is, and why it is broken, judging by the slide reels I've seen, also, I think I know what the submerged bell shaped thing is too after exploring that a bit.
Found two Eye worship places - was one burned down and the other built in secret? and it lead to a certain disagreement between both sides? That's my current theory.
I've only just discovered how to access the tower bottom floor and did the obvious in there (and the inception-like experience). There must be an upstairs to that tower too but either I haven't looked properly or there's another hidden staircase. Only had one loop exploring that so far, so still much to do!
OUTER WILDS ECHOES OF THE EYE JOURNEY SPOILERS
@joel@fosstodon.org @jp@polymaths.social @theTangentSpace@mathstodon.xyz @Sobtanian@mstdn.games
This is about where I am in the game so I'm not going to look at your later posts just yet!
Absolutely amazing DLC though, I'm loving it.
I wanted to post though because I had an interesting (I think) experience while in the dream realm thingy... others may have had it too, but basically I was still in there when the tower toppled over in the real world... and it brought me so much joy when the obvious happened š¤£
@joel@tumfatig.net well... maybe... :-)
But still, I don't think any of us can really see a functional future where everything is run with a monthly subscription to a select few rich white guys in a america, right!? RIGHT?!
@joel@tumfatig.net
#FutureHistory :
the world split into two distinct factions: Those that injected the slop into their veins. and those that decided to remain human.
The humans had a hard time at first, some things did not work as they did before, and others required a great amount of effort to get working. but, with the superior adaptability and creative thinking the human brain is capable of, they succeeded and flourished.
The same cannot be said of the sloperators. Tangled in an incomprehensible mess of unmaintainable code trained on copies unmaintainable code trained on copies unmaintainable code, their systems became dependent on remote, power hungry, systems which after the collapse were irrecoverable. The sloperators perished in the months after the great collapse of March 2027.
@netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org @tfb@bsd.cafe thanks. I will - think I tried it a few years back.
Am I right in thinking it's the one based on the pre-"Quantum" Firefox? Or have I got confused with something else?
@netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org @tfb@bsd.cafe I am aware of that fact, and I appreciate the restriction of custom forks in NetBSD buuuuuut I am drawing my line against Mozilla. I cannot in good conscience use their actual browser - using a custom fork is the way I tell Mozilla I do not appreciate what they have done to Firefox.
I am aware of how this could be perceived as irony, but it is not.
@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt mmmm, alpineBSD you say... That's an interesting concept (I use alpine)
But otherwise...yeah, #NetBSD install weekend around the world!
Web browser package availability in #NetBSD challenge. Go!
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@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net
@librewolf@chaos.social
@Waterfox@mastodon.social
Laptop distributor out-of-the-box support for #NetBSD challenge. Go!
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@tuxedocomputers@mastodontech.de @slimbook@mementomori.social #NetBSD
i really enjoyed today's #PivotToAi episode
I don't necessarily want a longer episode every day, but it is nice to have one now and then. Especially on this particular topic which has caused those-of-us-who-care a massive amount of pain, feelings of being shunned, and ultimately... grief.
Yes, let's shame the arseholes who have lost their ethics to the world ending plagerism machine. Shame them!
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/14/linux-kernel-goes-full-ai-slop-code-hides-chatbot-commits/