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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...
3 posts
15m 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
1d 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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27 posts
21d ago
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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On the Future of Social Media
LostintheCycle
The perception and attitudes of social media
It’s amazing how we all have an astonishingly low opinion of social media.
Facebooks privacy...
4 posts
>30d ago
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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secure windows?
Anonymous
How do you actually secure windows? Anything I find with my search engine is surface level boomer-tier advice (enable your antivirus, don't click on...
6 posts
3d ago
Gaming on Android, are we there yet?
Anonymous
My phone got destroyed and since i'm out shopping for a new one, i wonder if it's worth getting into this whole mobile gaming shit. I got a Deck but...
2 posts
>30d ago
Firefox 145 fingerprinting
Anonymous
New firefox just dropped: from mozilla: With Firefox 145, we’re rolling out major privacy upgrades that take on browser fingerprinting — a...
4 posts
20d 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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All You Need Is SSH
wrongthink
As a self professed minimalist, I’ve long been a fan of the axiom “Perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there...
5 posts
3d ago
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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
3 posts
5d ago
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Privacy Browsing
Dr.R
What browser+plugin combination do you all use for safely browsing the web? I use Firefox and uBlock Origin, but I'm sure there are better options...
22 posts
>30d ago
I FUCKING HATE THE INTERNET'S LACK OF KEYBOARD EXPERTISE
Anonymous
I DO NOT THINK I HAVE ACTUALLY FELT COMPELLED TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT READ THIS SITE REALLY...
10 posts
>30d ago
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