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Help us by praetor in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

[-] praetor@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 months ago

Precisely. Someone understands cultural context of words.

If you call a cop a "coward", it means nothing. Because coward is a culturally dead word in an archaic sense. But if you call them a "pussy" then the meaning and cultural power behind the word changes. Medieval knights can be cowards. But cops are pussies.

Also I'm less likely to take political correctness lessons from a dude whose handle is TIMMAY...the retarded kid from South Park. Also a culturally dense word.

Help us by praetor in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

[-] praetor@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 4 months ago

Not at all wrong. I hate to use this word because it denigrates our wonderful lady friends (both bio and of choice), but cops are pussies. Like the ultimate ones. "look at me! I'm a badass cop gonna violate your rights! Back the Blue!" Let's see what my lawyer has to say about your "badassery". I thought so, bitch. Here's a coupon code for Dunkin. Go away.

Why I Left NixOS for Ubuntu by praetor in c/programming@programming.dev

[-] praetor@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 4 months ago

Yes and no. It depends on what your aim is. I LOVE Nix and it runs like a beast on my ZBook. But I'm after reproducible environments I can just blast around on all over the place without a heavy imagining solution. Works great for that.

Does it take some time to setup as a daily driver? Yes. But no more than Arch. But the thing with Nix is if you already have a robust config, it takes less time than Arch to go from zero to stomping out code.

Ubuntu is a great generic distro. But I find Nix gives me oomph. As with everything in this ecosphere...use what works for YOU! 😁

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PraetorTEL Brutaldon Instance Available (brutaldon.praetor.tel)

submitted 1 year ago by praetor@lemmy.sdf.org to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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Howdy! To celebrate the Old Computer Challenge 2023 and to help people stay connected to Mastodon on their retro machines, I've put up an instance of the wonderful, sparse Mastodon client Brutaldon. It's available both via HTTP and HTTPS on any reasonably good browser with basic CSS support (ie; netsurf, older firefox, mozilla). Netscape support is forthcoming.

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PraetorTEL Brutaldon Instance Available! (brutaldon.praetor.tel)

submitted 1 year ago by praetor@lemmy.sdf.org to c/retronet@lemmy.sdf.org

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In celebration of the Old Computer Challenge 2023 and to help people get on the fediverse on their retro computers, I have setup a Brutaldon instance :D Brutaldon is a wonderful Mastadon client that is sparse and viewable using any older browser that supports CSS (ie; netsurf, older firefox). HTTP and HTTPS is available as well. Works well on my SGI Octane2 as you can see, but it should work on any platform with a decent browser. Netscape support forthcoming.

WAI(S)ervers by praetor in c/retronet@lemmy.sdf.org

[-] praetor@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

WAIS is long gone. There are no more servers running having been ran primarily by the now defunct Thinking Machines (they made those big beautiful super computers with all the red lights like in Jurassic Park). There is an open implementation called OpenWAIS, but I can't remember if it includes a WAIS server.