Just kinda that guy, ya know?

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Cake day: October 1st, 2024

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  • Yeah, I also use a pen tablet for some stuff, and it handles it decently well. One issue I’ve run into with it is that if I turn my monitor off while the tablet is plugged in, there’s like a 50/50 chance the monitor won’t load video unless I turn the tablet on too. It’s funky. Otherwise, getting my RTX4070 up and running wasn’t too hard. It’s a good distro for idiots (me).



  • I recently moved to Fedora KDE Plasma after years on W10, simply because I don’t want to use W11 and its AI bullshit. So far, it’s been a great time, and I haven’t noticed any major performance issues, so I’m happy with it. Having to update everything every few days is pretty novel though, and ‘sudo dnf update -y’ makes me feel like Hackerman, king of all Hackers. I think I like the customization options most though. I get way more control over what happens on my PC than W10 ever gave me, and it’s all wrapped in a very user-friendly GUI. Overall 8.5-9/10.











  • Those outcomes are the explicit reasons they HAVEN’T repealed those programs in the past. Gutted them several times over, turned them into money piles for The Rich, yes, but never, EVER actually tried to repeal them. They’ve campaigned against these programs for DECADES, screaming about how awful they are, how they’ll get rid of them and then everyone will be wealthy, for YEARS!!!

    But they haven’t. As a political scapegoat, they’re too damn useful; they consistently get a major voting bloc motivated and just plain angry enough to head to the polls and knowingly, openly vote against their own interests. But more than that, they know that those same people, the ones frothing at the mouth against the immigrant, the queer, and the minority, are the ones who will suffer most should these programs fail, leading them to direct their anger at those who caused it.

    And so, the programs persist, for should they actually fail, heads will roll…




  • Yeah I’m sure I could do that, find new forks and fix it up, but if the frame really is damaged, I don’t want to take the risk. It’s worth more to me to take the money and run, especially for a VStrom. I DO love the bike, and if I get a chance down the line, I’ll buy another for day-to-day commuting, but for now, I have to move on.