Daniel @daniel@campduffel.social

@retiredguru@social.linux.pizza Yeah, you should just copy the raw iso and not rip them. The quality is better and you get the neat menu art too. That's what I would do if I did it again.

@retiredguru@social.linux.pizza Not sure how you're going about it, but I wish I had just copied my disks. Storage is cheap. At the time I re-encoded my collection, space was a consideration and the videos aren't very good quality. I didn't think I would care, but as tvs have gotten larger, it matters.

@ajroach42 You might want to follow me. I found you through @kelbot

My friend and neighbor just died rather unexpectedly. She is survived by her husband, kids and grandkids. She was so very full of life it seemed, a real go getter. She is a sister in Christ and was finishing building a house to retire in. So many unfinished plans. Our lives are but a vapor, don't assume there's a tomorrow.

@ajroach42 Still keeping up with your thoughts on the MDC. One of the neat things about space travel, if we ever get around to doing it much, will be that it will force our hand to develop computers like this. Because of the distances and possible time dilation, things will have to be built to REALLY last and be backwards compatible. If a company started making products like this, I'm sure there would be a big market and it could change computing for the better.

@lmorchard @kelbot
This is awesome. I recognize 3 of them.
https://youtu.be/9UHp-4CW8jM?t=90

One man's take on the data we have on the Dominion voting machines.

https://fraudspotters.com/statistics-about-dominion-election-fraud

US citizens should stand together when it comes to the integrity of the voting process. We really are slaves without it. People who didn't bother to understand technology gave so much power to the corporate tech giants and, as a result, we are headed into a future where everything is controlled and there is no freedom. Let's not do the same with voting.

@ajroach42 The reason I strongly consider them is mostly the community and their prevalence. I think I'll be able to find one in 50 years.

@ajroach42 I think one significant goalpost was reached when peripherals got better than human senses could discern. Another was the maturity of software RAID systems. Yet another, was the plateauing of audio/video codecs. One of the biggest hurdles for me is the reliance of smart phones to capture recordings. They are too convenient and have amazing quality. Getting the iPhone to talk to Linux is always a PITA. If Linux smartphones take off, I have a hard time figuring out what else I need.

@ajroach42 I've been reading through your goal of a multi-decade computer and it echos a lot of thoughts I've had. I'm building a house this spring and want to put in a whole home system that will hopefully be as future-proof as reasonably possible. It is a hard goal. My gut tells me that you're a little on the primitive end with your use cases, but not by much. I think things got good enough around 2010 on the hardware/software end. Any reason you would shy away from Raspberry Pi?

@lo My wife is the only girl and has 5 brothers. They're good guys, but I don't think she has what you have. Enjoy them! It would have been nice to have had a sister.

@Floppy We didn't do it for the lockdown, but here in the US we all went outside and howled like wolves at 8pm daily to show support for healthcare workers.

@Floppy What was the doorstep thing?

@kelbot Still, it is nice to look at.

@kelbot That is nerdgasm material. Good work! It doesn't work in tty console does it?

@lo What do you use for a wine opener? Was going to get something nicer than the old design, but reviews say most everything falls apart within a year or two.

@MaryMamuzich

@lo The wild pigs are actually pretty good to eat, but it depends a bit on what they are eating.I think when people working at the slaughterhouses got covid, they killed off a lot of livestock for some $ reasons and pork hasn't been around as much since.

Just cooked red wheat berries for the first time. It is crazy how good they are, yet how uncommon it is to eat them in US. I've never had wheat berries and I prefer them to rice.

1 part(volume) berries to 3 parts water, add a little salt, 35 min high pressure instant pot. Drain, add a little Yum Yum sauce and turmeric. Not bad.