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tylerag | 2 years ago | on: The disappointingly ongoing success of WvDial (2009)

> WvDial is a modem dialer and nobody uses modems anymore.

I was using dial up until probably 2007 or 2008, and I was certainly using wvdial with it. The reason I was using wvdial is because it was the only option that actually worked. I think I tried to get Gnome's GUI to work, but was never able to. I think I still have the non-winmodem PCI card too, spent a lot of money (for a teenager) on it.

tylerag | 2 years ago | on: The KDE Free Qt Foundation: 25 Years of Celebration

KDE was created with open source Qt. As in, the developers that wrote KDE used the LGPL version of Qt.

To repeat myself, “Prohibited Combination” shall mean any effort to use, combine, incorporate, link or integrate Licensed Software with any software created with or incorporating Open Source Qt.

tylerag | 2 years ago | on: The KDE Free Qt Foundation: 25 Years of Celebration

I dunno, that isn't terrible.

The terrible part is where if you pay for a commercial license to use it in a proprietary application, you can't stand within 50 feet of the LGPL version.

https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions/:

“Prohibited Combination” shall mean any effort to use, combine, incorporate, link or integrate Licensed Software with any software created with or incorporating Open Source Qt, or use Licensed Software for creation of any such software.

So you can't use KDE to write a program that links against the proprietary QT libraries.

tylerag | 2 years ago | on: Pink Floyd, 'The Wizard of Oz,' and me

I suppose different people appreciate different things about them, but for me, it's just the experience (for lack of a better word). It's the musical equivalent of being in the flow state, and tickles my brain the same way. The crescendo of Echoes or Brain Damage/Eclipse makes me feel the same way as when I find the perfect solution to a problem I've been working on. You can't link to part of a song and say "this is the epitome of Pink Floyd." There are certainly certain segments that are better than others, but to fully appreciate it, you have to have listened to the previous parts of the album. The songs build on themselves.

Some people like the lyrics, I think Roger Waters bloviates too much. Weed certainly makes it more enjoyable, but it isn't necessary.

tylerag | 2 years ago | on: Cities turn to ‘extreme’ water recycling

I didn't post a link because I thought it would be easy to search for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histamine_intolerance https://duckduckgo.com/?q=low+histamine+diet&atb=v376-1&ia=w... https://old.reddit.com/r/HistamineIntolerance/comments/cr9pf... https://www.mastzellaktivierung.info/downloads/foodlist/21_F...

Anecdotally, I've had major digestive issues my entire life. It's particularly frustrating because foods that are supposed to be extremely healthy (low fodmap! gluten free! whole 30!) are still bad for me. Following the last list I posted has actually helped.

Although now that I think about it, the original poster's migraines could be caused by chemicals leaching out of the can liner.

tylerag | 2 years ago | on: On the road to KDE Plasma 6

Just want to say, I switched to KDE (Plasma 5) on Debian testing a month ago, after running Windows 7/10 for the last 10 years. I'm very happy with it. If nothing else, it's so nice to have a desktop UI that's cohesive. I feel like everything is designed to be used by a mouse and not touch, which is OK because it's a desktop. It's also surprisingly refreshing to have scrollbars and buttons be styled the same everywhere.

tylerag | 2 years ago | on: They Used to Be a Big Shot, Now Eagle Is No More

I tried to use it 10 years ago, before AutoCAD bought it. I wasn't very successful, although admittedly I didn't know what I was doing. Today, KiCad is more than capable for anything a hobbyist would work on. Eagle is just an interesting footnote.

tylerag | 2 years ago | on: Grass makes better ethanol than corn does (2008)

I used to mow lawns. We would dump the clippings into a pasture to feed the cows. They absolutely loved it, and would come running when they heard our truck. The rancher told us to stop after one of them died of a weird illness. There's a a lot of nasty shit people spray on their lawns to make them look nice and green.

tylerag | 2 years ago | on: YouTube Is Killing Stories

All of the recommended videos on my front page are wrenching, welding, carpentry, fabrication, or related. For some reason, my recommended shorts are all women with heavy makeup, cleavage, and nice legs. Yeah, you're definitely going to be working on a running engine with that long hair dangling into the fan.
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