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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • For a while, the windows machine I was using kept randomly becoming unresponsive (both via network, as well as the keyboard+mouse) and I just could not figure out why. Everytime it did, I’d have to force a shutdown by holding the power button until it shutoff, then press it again to start back up. Sometimes this happened while I wasn’t home, so it had to just stay offline until I was.

    I got sick of having to do this; so I replaced the power button with a transistor and a RPI. The PI would ping the server every 5min; if it failed to get a response 3 times in a row, it would trigger the transistor for 10sec, release for 3sec, then press and release again; forcing a poweroff then starting the machine again. It’d also write these events to a log file. I think it was around twice a week ish.

    Never did figure out what the cause of the lockup was; but it stopped when I replaced windows with Debian.









  • Get a grip?

    On the fact that this administration has systematically gutted every government agency that’s designed to help the people in any way, while ransacking the Markets and Federal Reserve to enrich Trumps family and friends?

    Or on the Trump administrations active crusade to destroy, rig, and completely control state run elections; or threaten, jail, and even murder anyone that opposes him?

    Maybe you should get a grip on the fact that sitting behind a desk/podium, wagging your finger, and saying ‘I ordered you not to do that’ ISN’T FUCKING WORKING.

    Your government is in shambles. It only continues to crumble, bit by bit, while the people stand by watching. The courts won’t save you.

    Has he lost some court battles? Sure. But so much more has been done to bring your country to it’s knees, while these cases are slow walked through a system that simply cannot cope with the magnitude of corruption it’s enveloped in.

    The people must act. It’s Americas last hope. The rest of the world is praying you’ll wake up to this reality before it’s too late.



  • You don’t.

    Seprate your work life and your personal life.

    There’s nothing wrong with advocating for FOSS alternatives; but you don’t get to decide what you can or cannot use on work devices, that’s up to your employer. You should not be entering personal info/performing personal tasks on work devices.

    If you’re unwilling to perform work with the tools (software) your employer provides/requires, find a new job. Refusing to do the work or tampering with the equipment provided is a great way to get fired.

    For school; personal laptop. Or again strictly school tasks on their devices.