[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

He was Zoltan from Dude, Where's my Car. Plus, he hosted Talk Soup. My pop culture knowledge peaked 25 years ago, so that's all that I can contribute.

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I've been using a Flint 2 for the better part of a year. No complaints. I was used to a decent Asus router and replaced it when it went end-of-life because the OpenWRT firmware for the ASUS device wasn't feature-complete.

I installed vanilla OpenWRT as soon as I took the Flint 2 of the box and I ran into no major issues. I only need to focus on home use with wired and wireless clients, plus a network printer. The web interface works as advertised, as has the command line interface to the extent that I've played around with it. Once I dealt with the basic setup, I've been able to forget that it's there other than to install new updates when they become available. Whenever I feel like it, I'll see about installing some services like router-level vpn or network adblocking. Not a priority yet, plus I like doing clean installs when I update the router firmware.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

If your showerthought is true, then what do you suppose that I have been doing while shuffling aimlessly through life since the invention of paperback books and smartphones, eh? Living like a pig? How dare you.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

With a circle you actually get the lowest possible ratio of friend-fringe to total friend-area, when compared to alternative 2-D friendship n-gons.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

It depends on what you're looking for. If size and weight aren't a concern, Unicomp is making slightly modernized Model M keyboards in the US and you can order directly from their website.

I have a Classic and an EnduraPro, both of which work just fine and could be used as a hammer if necessary.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Thanks! Your post is how I got a head start on this!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Mercator k55k knives can be had for less than $50 on Amazon. Many Opinels are available on Amazon for under $20. Great knives if they're what you're looking for.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I'm lucky I manually ran a few jobs before I started using rsync in scripts. When I didn't think things through, I saw the output in real-time. After that, I got very careful about testing any scripts and accounting for minor changes in setup.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

For me, it was getting a handle on rsync for a better method of updating backup drives. I was tired of pushing incremental changes manually, but I decided to do a bit of extra reading before making the leap. Learning about the -n option for testing prior to a sync has saved me more headaches than I'd care to enumerate. There's a big difference between changing a handful of files and copying several TB of files into the wrong subfolder!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I've never tried anything beyond DOS or the SNES/Genesis era, honestly.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

In my household it differs from person to person. My preference is Trebuchet white-on-black. I don't know why, but the words just melt into my brain.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Neat! That could be very useful for everything that works well within the limitations of vnc.

Edit: I've tried this out! I loosely followed the guide on a Kindle Fire and I'm much more impressed with the results than I thought I would be. No Libreoffice in the default repository, but I'm impressed with the responsiveness while running Abiword in XFCE4. Initial impression is that the app selection is hit or miss relative to running full-bore linux on a desktop computer, but I'm still experimenting. Firefox installs and I was surprised to see that youtube videos were playable to an extent. Much less laggy than trying to run vnc between two separate devices. I'll probably keep this setup if for no other reason than to have a desktop version of firefox on my tablet.

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