blu.256 @blu256@koyu.space

Just published the article on obsolete technology.

gemini://koyu.space/blu256/obsolete-tech.gmi

#technology #opinion #gemini

This piece of poetry is commonly misattributed to Kurt Vonnegut, and the author actually takes pride of that fact:

https://www.reddit.com/r/quotes/comments/1e6shu/hi_since_its_appeared_here_a_few_times_im_iain/

The original: http://www.iwrotethisforyou.me/2007/08/fur.html

"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place."

– Iain Thomas

The Trinity Desktop Project is having a community mascot contest. If you like TDE and feel confident with your artistic self, why not make a submission? It could be your mascot that winned the contest and became a new emotional driver for the Trinity community!

Send your entries to the devels@trinitydesktop.org mailing list or contact me on Fedi.

The submissions will be uploaded on the Wiki and the voting will take place on the mailing list.

Your entry has to be original and definitely in good taste

Deadline: submissions open till the end of November.

#trinitydesktop #tde #linux #freebsd #design #graphicdesign #mascot #mascots #contest #community

Interacting with a community is difficult, but the PaleMoon guys unfortunately seem to take it to a new level.

#palemoon

Reading through the PaleMoon browser forums... Some guys over there certainly need to keep down the toxicity levels.

"His machine sounds like a good candidate for the scrap heap maybe" is not a valid answer to a user who is interested in maintaining builds of the browser for really old hardware.

I'm using PaleMoon nevertheless because the browser itself is good in pretty much every way.

#palemoon

OpenTTD is cool indeed. Just... wow! Like Simutrans on steroids!

#openttd #videogames #games

Which of the technologies listed below do you consider obsolete?

"If it works, it's obsolete"
-- M. McLuhan

I'm currently writing a small article on this topic (which I'll post on my Gemini capsule) and would like to see the what the general opinion on technology obsolence is.

“How to Leave the Planet

1) Phone NASA. Their phone number is (713) 483-3111. Explain that it’s very important that you get away as soon as possible.

2) If they do not cooperate, phone any friend you may have in the White House—(202) 456-1414—to have a word on your behalf with the guys at NASA.

3) If you don’t have any friends in the White House, phone the Kremlin (ask the overseas operator for 0107-095-295-9051). They don’t have any friends there either (at least, none to speak of), but they do seem to have a little influence, so you may as well try.

4) If that also fails, phone the Pope for guidance. His telephone number is 011-39-6-6982, and I gather his switchboard is infallible.

5) If all these attempts fail, flag down a passing flying saucer and explain that it’s vitally important that you get away before your phone bill arrives.”

― Douglas Adams