Amikke @Amikke@qoto.org

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I have broken my windows in a unique way: I'm using a high-DPI display, but my menu size and some other metrics are set wrong.

This happened for reasons. But since Windows 10 removed the Appearances control panel, you can't fix it.

what if I use a ported Windows 8 appearances control panel? THAT'S HOW I BROKE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE

I don't know how we expect to deal with e-mail fraud when we keep insisting on unworkable solutions like "make sure you don't click scary links", while at the same time sending security reviews from external services nobody has heard of with links to third party services.

It's clear that "not sending employees to third party services they have never heard of" is a lost cause, so security needs to STOP suggesting that and instead start figuring out how to deal with it.

Someone here asked for tips from ADHD or AuDHD people who used to be messy but have become more tidy.

This me! My tips are:

1) The perfect is the enemy of the good. Learn to "half ass" cleaning and tidying. A little bit of tidying of most important places is better than doing nothing because I can't face cleaning my entire space perfectly.

2) Audiobooks and podcasts (or music if you prefer) while doing routine boring tasks like washing dishes or putting away clothes.

3) Lean into the autistic love for routine and optimisation, challenging myself to design the most efficient way to do a task and then doing it exactly the same way each time (so soothing!)

4) A to do list on an app to remind me of routine tasks.

5) No harsh self talk. Self compassion is essential.

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic
#ActuallyAdhd

Standing offer: got a fix for a Linux kernel issue and don't want to engage with LKML? Convince me that it probably makes sense and I'll deal with the bullshit for you

Can developers please stop with these completely useless homepages for your project, I came to your website to know more about your project, I don't need the entire screen to be taken up by some fancy CSS you've put together unless your project is somehow related to fancy effects. Save that for your blog.

PSA: If you want to help 86Box emulation accuracy, the project is seeking dumps of ISA plug-and-play cards' PnP ROMs to facilitate more accurate emulation. Here's how you can dump your retro rig's PnP ROMs easily:

1. Download https://github.com/86Box/probing-tools/releases/download/2024-02-06/probing-tools-2024-02-06.zip
2. Put isapnp/ISAPNP.EXE on your retro PC
3. Run ISAPNP.EXE on the retro PC (if you have many ISA cards, consider running it many times as to cover them all)
4. Respond to this Fediverse message with a ZIP file containing the output .BIN files!

Sound Blaster and ESS Audiodrive dumps are particularly sought after by the project (including duplicates - a few undocumented revisions have been spotted this way), but any and all dumps will be useful long-term! Thank you!

Inspired by Google's move to remove @organicmaps from the Playstore without warning, I finally decided to move my > 3,000 Google Maps saved places to Organic Maps. To facilitate doing this for others' benefit, I made a quick webpage to convert your Google Maps GeoJSON data to GPX and KMZ files that render well in Organic Maps.

https://rudokemper.github.io/google-maps-places-to-organic-maps/

I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as iOS, is in fact, EU/iOS, or as I've recently taken to calling it, EU plus iOS. iOS is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another component of a fully functioning EU/iOS system made useful by European Union regulations forcing the ability to offer alternative app stores, browser choice, more control over default apps…

RT: https://mastodon.social/users/stroughtonsmith/statuses/113680389699110430