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chainpuncher
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IceWM with Devuan
will post dots tomorrow along with more info about my setup
** what do you use when you're on the internet? **
28 posts
7d ago
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It would take me 10 posts and half the night to detail everything horrible about systemd, freedesktop and everything else the DoD is doing via fronts like Red Hat.
Anonymous
I hope you held on to old systems because you'll need one in the near future to play with compilers at all. They won't be able to access the web (and...
7 posts
6h ago
What Social Media do you use? Has that changed recently?
Anonymous
Do you use the main social medias, Reddit, Facebook, Twitter etc?
Have you found your usage of the platforms to be better or worse lately?
Are...
7 posts
2d ago
Digital Cargo Cult: How Zoomers Ruined Old Internet Nostalgia
rave + wirefaux
>+ wirefaux? Who's this?
A reader of this article, who posted it around several "nostalgia" hivemind circles, only to be met with immense backlash...
111 posts
2d ago
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22 posts
2d ago
Internet loneliness
Anonymous
Staying away from most modern online communities (especially social media, forums and 4chan-style imageboards) feels so good for my mental health....
3 posts
2d ago
Fun programming language facts
Anonymous
C# is the name of a recipe for cakes. "Java" is the name of Algor's pet in Race of the Infants.
7 posts
2d ago
The new Windows 11 run dialog
Anonymous
microsoft has no idea how to implement "special effects"
rather than doing something simple, they try to do something Fancy, and the implementation...
3 posts
2d ago
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8 posts
2d ago
OPENGL PISSES ME THE FUCK OFF WHERE IS THE ERROR
Anonymous
```txt
########## GL ERROR ##########
@ Post render
1280: Invalid enum
```
THE ERROR
WHERE IS THE INVALID ENUM
SHOW THE FUCKING STACK TRACE
I...
3 posts
2d ago
Private Trackers General
/ptg/
>Not sure what private trackers are all about?
A private tracker is an invite-only torrent website. Each member shares common goals: collecting,...
4 posts
2d ago
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Bullmail.sh: Create your own email server
lolcat
I have made an email server setup script. It works for debian & ubungo machines. Hopefully this can save you 3 weeks of your...
17 posts
>30d ago
Modding Minecraft Alpha to make the game enjoyable again
wirefaux
step 1 - add pathfinding
step 2 - make the game harder (as it should be) by making all mobs outpace the player
step 3 - allow mobs to invade bases...
33 posts
10d ago
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fuck the web, embrace the internet
Anonymous
Even a dual core pentium is a supercomputer by 80s standards, that's THE way to look at it
- insert one(1) hdd and use as a backup target (you...
11 posts
6d ago
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Why Your New Computer Feels Slower Than Your Old One
Osaka
>This problem exists on Linux as well, but I'd like to just target this instead as Linux can still happily run on even the shittiest of boxes in the...
12 posts
>30d ago
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Actual problems with linux
Anonymous
I've been daily driving linux for years now and here are the things i can think of:
- awful software distribution, especially for proprietary
-...
81 posts
3d ago
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27 posts
22d ago
>indieweb
Anonymous
>megabytes of anime gif vomit and random prefab javascript widgets that'd bring a pc from the actual geocities era to its knees
>every site made by...
11 posts
3d ago
Stylometry
Anonymous
Preface
Why You Should Be Worried
The Basics
Disguising The Way You Type
Combining What You Have Learned
Before stylometry was...
5 posts
28d ago
They really killed anonymity, huh?
RandomAmerican
One of the saddest things about the modern web is how hard they try to tie everything to your real identity. Gotta verify your phone number. Link...
12 posts
17d ago
How do you plan to survive digital ID and government mandated enshittification?
Anonymous
Well I wrote the rest a few weeks ago and debated posting it in its current state, but now the very first site was named that'll be complying with...
4 posts
4d ago
WinClassic's Windows Modding Delusion: Why You Can't Polish a Turd
wirefaux
## A Sisyphean Task
Scroll through any Windows theming community and you'll find the same tragic pattern: hundreds of users desperately trying to...
15 posts
>30d ago
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The Social Media Trap: Stop Pretending You Control Your Data
l-i
## Addiction by design
Social media platforms have perfected the art of human exploitation. They've created what might be the most efficient...
4 posts
21d ago
Modern internet hate thread
Anonymous
Websites at 90s and 2000s:
-Click link
-That's it
Websites at 2010s and 2020s:
-Click link
-"CLICK LINK TO ACCEPT COOKIES!
-"VERIFY THAT...
19 posts
>30d ago
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