SuperDicq

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Free software developer, hacktivist and fediverse admin (CDROM.tokyo & MiniDisk.tokyo)

Expect me to (shit)post about the following topics:
Free software, technology, programming, cars, anime, vtubers, LEGO, video games and memes.

I speak English and Dutch and a bit of German and Japanese.

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SuperDicq@minidisc-tokyo.mostr.pub

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Last Notes

2025-04-04 16:35:43

Just a Dutch guy posting German memes from Switzerland

2025-04-04 16:35:28

Just a Dutch posting German memes from Switzerland

2025-04-01 09:44:17

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@nprofile…vqps @nprofile…rtwg Yes, the other big problems are caused by the unelected leadership, aka big tech billionaires.

2025-04-01 09:42:00

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@nprofile…vqps @nprofile…rtwg Considering every person currently in charge got elected with the help of proprietary social media recommendation algorithms I'm pretty sure it's safe to say all of them.

2025-03-25 17:10:01

I hate to admit it but I do think LLMs are actually pretty good for explaining how to cook common meals.
But this is only true because every single website that contains cooking recipes absolutely fucking sucks with no exceptions.

2025-03-24 11:40:10

@nprofile…99je I recommend unfollowing that schizo Tetoposter because he's the most unapologetic homophobe ever and he literally hates me simply because I mentioned I was bisexual once.

2025-03-06 20:57:17

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@nprofile…zcx8 @nprofile…gy6t @nprofile…pl7n Also I was like vaping before it was cool and all the kinds were hooked on monster energy ultra flavored nicotine salts or whatever.
Back when I started vaping the only way to get this stuff was through importing it as there were no local stores yet and people would still like literally walk up to me like "what the fuck is that thing?".

2025-03-01 20:47:54

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@nprofile…fpcl @taylan@feministwiki.org @nprofile…ns9x @nprofile…46gc Then what do you think of the GNU Kind Communications Guidelines? Which is essentially the same things as the CoC in most other projects that have them.

2025-01-22 09:04:55

Wait Trump actually pardoned Ross Ulbricht?
Honestly I think that's pretty based, much better than pardoning all those weird ass maga people and such.
How about he pardons Snowden and Assange next?

2025-01-20 14:05:14

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@nprofile…muvh It's a lot harder to bully someone off the fediverse if they are getting paid to develop actual fedi software.
Whenever he gets bullied he goes full manic episode and literally tells everyone "I'm getting paid for this so who the fuck are you?"
Honestly I personally both projects are kind of lame simply for the same reasons I think Instagram and TikTok are lame.
I'm just not part of the demographic who is interested in sharing crappy filter pictures and brainrot videos (normies).
Actually that mostly who he caters to yeah, the normies. Dansup wants more normies on the fediverse. I do not want that.

2025-01-20 11:48:05

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@nprofile…muvh Technically Pixelfed isn't proprietary, but Loops is and the developer has lots of anti-freedom opinions.

2025-01-20 10:26:11

Hey, look, the fedi drama is leaking.
https://tweakers.net/nieuws/230978/decentraal-instagram-alternatief-pixelfed-wil-verdere-ontwikkeling-crowdfunden.html

2025-01-17 14:55:29

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@nprofile…qcrj @nprofile…ynjf @nprofile…5k85 @nprofile…muvh @nprofile…h6f2 @nprofile…ej9r It's free software, you can just fork it and make your cringe right wing based and redpilled edition if it becomes too "woke" for you.

2025-01-17 13:43:12

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@nprofile…ej9r @nprofile…ynjf @nprofile…h6f2 @nprofile…5k85 I do advise you to take everything published by Lunduke with a heavy grain of salt.

2025-01-17 10:31:34

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Please if you're going to send me a newsletter don't post vague shit like this.
Just fucking tell me which talk and which person is being considered controversial.
What's the fucking point of sending this to my email index if you don't tell me what this is even about?
I hate vague virtue signalling bullshit

2025-01-17 10:30:12

Wait, what did I miss?
https://www.fosdem.org/2025/news/2025-01-16-protests/

2025-01-12 14:07:23

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@nprofile…muvh @nprofile…mawa There are many bad things I say about the FSFE like how they got caught up at the wrong side of the Stallman drama and other things like that.
But I still think the FSFE existing is a net positive for promoting the use free software in the European Union. I especially support their "Public Money? Public Code!" campaign.

2025-01-12 13:25:10

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@nprofile…muvh @nprofile…mawa I know exactly who you're talking about and I was the one who responded to that post first about why she was wrong.
She was in fact not a "big name" or part of the council. She was part time contractor at the FSFE.

2025-01-11 15:00:39

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@nprofile…3yuy If it runs on the user's local device and is free software I'm all for it.

2025-01-11 10:34:39

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@nprofile…mawa The FSFE does a lot of good things too, but I am indeed more concerned with the possibility of outside influence with that organisation

2025-01-08 11:57:44

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@nprofile…muvh @nprofile…fhlp Yeah I think self driving cars are actually one of the worst type of proprietary software.
As this type of proprietary software is actually physically harmful, not just to the person side but also everyone in traffic.
I am not actually against self driving technology by itself, but the software must be free so we can actually study how it will behave on the road and so we can improve it collectively.

2025-01-08 10:55:38

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@nprofile…fhlp This is going exactly as expected and I'm very glad these things are not allowed on the road in Europe.

2024-12-28 20:38:38

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@nprofile…23g9 They can't fix it without physical server access

2024-12-28 16:43:49

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@nprofile…9kck you here?

2024-12-27 20:05:06

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@nprofile…9kck "You must eliminate Joe Biden. Good luck Agent 47"

2024-12-27 20:04:27

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@nprofile…9kck It was you I should've known

2024-12-23 11:49:54

Imagine unironically wanting to bring DMCA takedowns and ContentID algorithms to the fediverse.
Real Dansup moment right there.

2024-12-22 11:13:42

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@nprofile…jqw2 Try not segregating trash in Japan. I'm pretty sure you get the death penalty

2024-12-22 11:10:34

I'm not done making fun of Grayjay yet. Louis shouldn't be in charge of software development
https://minidisc.tokyo/files/539bfce1-efa1-4d22-baf6-42c36e9cf6ee

2024-12-20 18:53:26

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@nprofile…h6f2 @nprofile…m3qg @nprofile…tam3 I don't know how people tolerate using a phone for more than 5 minutes for anything.

2024-12-17 13:27:44

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@nprofile…h6f2 @nprofile…vrgz @nprofile…3tfx Sure, these are good. Did you know you can install GNU Boot on those?
https://minidisc.tokyo/files/e7da023f-0262-4cbb-b8c4-a434da5d3f61

2024-12-17 13:25:11

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@nprofile…yzns I've seen enough doujins to know that Megumim is supposed to say "EXPLOSION" when you cum.

2024-12-17 13:23:51

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@nprofile…h6f2 @nprofile…vrgz @nprofile…3tfx Claims to have high quality hardware but yet does not have keyboard liquid drainage channels, removable batteries or a TrackPoint™-Style Input Device

2024-12-17 13:07:56

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@nprofile…3tfx @nprofile…vrgz Actually as far I know the Apple M platform has a lot more undocumented shit.

2024-12-12 00:47:14

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@nprofile…3tfx I'd prefer a big fat weighty rotary dial to turn down the brightness actually

2024-12-11 09:42:18

Why are Japanese game devs always like literally the most badass people ever?
https://minidisc.tokyo/files/50a6b967-b37b-40c1-b120-708c71d157a9

2024-12-08 19:30:06

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@nprofile…lq09 You're gonna regret it when that 20 bucks is worth 2 million six months from now

2024-12-07 14:31:34

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@nprofile…rcc0 Yes you get it. You're not supposed to pay if you bring your own reusable cup, Starbucks is scamming you.
But they do that without the plastic cup shit anyways.

2024-12-07 13:34:01

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@nprofile…xnqn If they don't want to accept the patch that you submitted that does not affect your computer. That's their own decision.
Maybe your patch will still be useful to other users of the software even if it is not "officially included", happens all the time.
Also hanging out in a project's IRC channel is not required to use the software.

2024-12-07 13:01:39

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@nprofile…xnqn It doesn't have to be purely free softwareYou actually care more about this then you do about actual free software?
Politics don't matter in free software. The software is actually yours and people who have different politics than you have no control over it.
I don't care if my software is written by a bpd transgender catgirl or a schizophrenic nazi. As long as it is free I can do with it what I want.

2024-11-26 00:02:53

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@nprofile…n9js @nprofile…423k Well on the other hand we have really strong tenant rights in return.
It is very very hard to kick out a tenant here (which is a good thing), but in return it also means that landlords can become really picky with who they choose, because they don't want to be in a situation where they have kick someone out, so they do a lot of risk assessment.
Every upside has a downside I guess.

2024-11-21 15:28:54

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@nprofile…km6c The thing with these static site generators is that they are not usable by non-tech people because you need to at least learn how to write markdown and use git and such.

2024-11-21 15:06:44

Hey you. You wanted to build a website or blog?
You now choose between between these two types of software:The most bloated enterprise crap ever constructed by mankind with 2 million lines of legacy PHP code.
Some minimal markdown only static site generator.There really is no inbetween that non-technical people can just use to make a simple website.
Maybe someone should fix that?

2024-11-17 17:46:23

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@nprofile…vrgz Wait it's not? Here even the title for engineer (Ir., bachelor's degree) is a protected title.

2024-11-17 17:25:19

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@nprofile…6hj2 Windows still doesn't have tar support out of the box? There's literally zero excuse, it is an free standard.

2024-11-08 12:49:01

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@npub1qh0…xeda If your gf can't appreciate true Japanese culture you need to find a new gf.

2024-11-01 11:04:59

I'm going to Dusseldorf for Miku Expo today. Any fedi people there?

2024-10-31 09:37:37

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:ablobcat3dcoffeespitting:
https://minidisc.tokyo/files/c5bb1c0c-67fc-46b1-9609-93b38d6c47e6

2024-10-30 17:09:59

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@npub1s9x…z3dy I can't believe it. They brought the Pleroma experience to Misskey!

2024-10-29 19:15:24

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@npub1guf…3lkv What else did you expect? That's literally all they can do with a massive flop like that. Write off all the expenses on the studio and then bankrupt it. It's the only way to minimize losses.

2024-10-23 09:32:58

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What I do really find really funny is the people who are making duet songs with Teto (UTAU) and Teto (SynthV).
Like this one: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm42140090

2024-10-23 09:26:49

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Especially the SynthV version of Fukkireta really hurts, man. She sounds like a real person singing :(
What's the point of virtual singers if they no longer sound like robots? I thought that was the whole point?

2024-10-23 09:24:14

I like that the SynthV release of Teto has made Teto popular again, but I am also slightly disappointed because I think the SynthV version of Teto doesn't really sound like Teto.

2024-10-14 08:17:23

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@npub189x…2ya3 Regex is already barely readable as it is so Arabic regex sounds like actual torture.

2024-10-11 08:44:45

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@npub1wah…xc8t Sorrymasen

2024-10-08 18:52:36

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@npub1dhn…jmuc You should register for an .io domain name!

2024-10-07 09:44:02

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@npub1ysu…2jyl @npub1sxx…v88l @npub15er…wg2k I don't care about what you think of "he who shall not be named because is considered cancelled". I just wanted to mention this essay because I think it is relevant.

2024-10-07 09:41:05

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@npub1ysu…2jyl @npub1sxx…v88l @npub15er…wg2k I kind of hate that in the eyes of normies the word "algorithm" came to mean "recommender system".
I'm honestly considering emailing stallman to add "algorithm" to the GNU Words to Avoid list essay when outside of the context of mathematics and computer science.

2024-10-07 09:32:57

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@npub1mh5…233h If you don't know what something is you should vote "no opinion".
Voting against something you don't understand just because it has "Arabic" in the name does make you stupid.

2024-10-07 08:23:34

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@npub1dhn…jmuc My mind already went like "fuck this" when I realized that NextJS and NuxtJS are not even related. Because of the similar naming scheme my brain automatically assumed they were forks of each other sister projects or something similar.
But nope, one is a fork of React and one is a fork Vue.

2024-10-07 07:36:49

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@npub1m6p…5lnt @npub15er…wg2k I'm actually surprised that American schools teach about the Koran at all to be honest, even though it is surface level knowledge.

2024-10-07 07:27:08

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@npub15er…wg2k Never forget
https://minidisc.tokyo/files/0e9f8c08-8207-436f-a84a-226824086e37

2024-10-04 08:07:32

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@npub1q8c…xggr Ah, I am very aware that GNUnet is not ready for widescale use yet. I just said it was a cool and ambitious project.

2024-10-04 08:03:51

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@npub1q8c…xggr Could you give us some more elaboration on why you have this reaction towards GNUnet?

2024-10-03 17:11:30

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@npub1nyk…xcdj @npub17xe…wru5 given the amount of efforts required to use GPL code in an even remotely closed source code-base due to the lack of linking exceptionsImplementing GPL code into your proprietary codebase doesn't take any effort all, just do the following:
wget https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
mv gpl-3.0.txt LICENSE.txt
git add --all
git commit -m 'fix: we stopped oppressing our users'
git push origin masterNow set your repo to "public" and congratulations! You can now use GPL code!

2024-10-03 09:57:50

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@npub17xe…wru5 Free software isn't even anti-commercial. I don't see the problem. Even their stupid "californian proto-foundation startup" can just use copylefted code if they wanted. They just have to abide by the license.

2024-09-30 20:44:28

Last week I visited my aunt and to my amazement I found out that she is still regularly uses the computer that I assembled for her 13 years ago and it still works!
Most of my older and retired family members have gotten rid of their desktop computers years ago and replaced them with tablets or smartphones.
But my aunt said she still likes using a desktop with an actual keyboard and a big monitor. She still loves using this computer almost every day.
So this weekend I'm going back there and I will upgrade her computer with a new power supply (the current one literally sounds like it is dying), some extra DDR3 RAM, and a SSD to replace the 13 year old HDD that could probably fail at any moment.
I feel like this is the least I could do for someone who is still determined to keep using a computer that I have built for them so long ago.

2024-09-24 09:08:29

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@npub1yyc…s3n8 I feel in current post-MLG-era times even the generic public has come to call the Skrillex music "Brostep" and so that the oldschool stuff can just stay "Dubstep".

2024-09-18 17:08:31

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@npub1vzn…wauw Israel managed to put explosives inside thousands of pagers and walkie talkies bought by Hezbollah. Today and yesterday they detonated the devices, most likely using some remote backdoor, killing a bunch of people and injuring hundreds.

2024-09-18 16:54:00

Can Israel please stop.
I don't want to live in a world where I have to disassemble every electronic device that I buy before use to check if there are no Zionist explosives inside

2024-09-17 12:42:18

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@npub1665…cqxx Never forget
https://minidisc.tokyo/files/0d45fb93-1ba2-445d-a867-7b41abb7e9b3

2024-09-15 10:27:12

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@npub1apj…lr0z The weekend is for resting. I don't have things I have to do for the weekend at all.

2024-09-14 12:35:45

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@npub1f4w…s05e
https://minidisc.tokyo/files/0fa666e8-4747-4dcb-9351-5867a25e2729

2024-09-13 12:39:16

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@npub1rn2…jvf0 Why does it say Scater?

2024-08-26 11:49:59

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@npub1vwr…fnzd Ok we're done here

2024-08-26 11:48:35

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@npub1vwr…fnzd pls come to brazil
https://minidisc.tokyo/files/7e98c00e-eabe-4bf7-8d42-2c6bfcde0599

2024-08-26 11:47:31

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@npub1vwr…fnzd Oh we really are making migu from every country now are we?

2024-08-26 11:44:51

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@npub1vwr…fnzd I finally understand why they sell milk in bags in Canada now.

2024-08-20 12:33:49

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@npub1650…ssvu Fine, I'll bite.
https://ask.absturztau.be/@SuperDicq

2024-08-19 08:22:47

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@npub16dh…lyc9 My FP3 battery still lasts 48 hours and I actually use the Misskey PWA.

2024-08-16 07:39:07

I hope Carbonated Love does really well so Hololive realizes Eurobeat is marketable and will make more of it.

2024-08-15 01:21:08

Did they seriously just upload the GTA driver NPC code to the Waymo cars?
Literally just standing still and honking until the car in front of them moves, which it never does.

2024-08-13 13:33:15

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And yes, I'm sorry, this means I do not have the money to buy new hardware to save cdrom.tokyo. This will have to happen at a later date.

2024-08-13 13:31:20

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When a car has engine damage like this most people just give up on it.
I literally can't.
I have just pulled the trigger bought a new motor. I just can't let it go.
I'm cancelling my upcoming festival vacation to do the engine swap.

2024-08-07 12:36:16

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@npub1uxk…z97c Don't tell me you moved to the Netherlands just to become hikki?

2024-08-06 21:44:05

15 year old kid with autism steals city bus, pretends to be a bus driver and picks up unsuspecting passengers. (German) https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/35235/5837982

2024-08-06 14:22:50

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@npub1yyc…s3n8 That's just even more reason to not use Youtube.

2024-08-06 14:21:54

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@npub1yyc…s3n8 Just stop logging into youtube and just watch the few specific creators you like using invidious or something like that.

2024-08-06 09:46:14

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 You can still impress girls by playing bad ass demo disks on 40 year old computers tho.

2024-08-06 09:44:14

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 40 year old computers are still good tho?

2024-08-03 11:15:18

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@npub16dh…lyc9 Aren't these powered by Crunchyroll? Meaning no holographic screen, but a regular 2D screen instead?

2024-08-03 10:10:15

I installed a new GPU in a friend's computer, they said it didn't fit.
https://minidisc.tokyo/files/99e79c46-6b51-4e3e-8345-4652be6af308

2024-08-03 09:16:59

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@npub16dh…lyc9 Is it Collector's edition because it is German?

2024-08-03 09:16:33

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@npub16dh…lyc9 Why would you do that. That's horrible

2024-08-01 13:43:38

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@npub1f8e…v2mv This and Master Boot Record

2024-07-29 14:07:50

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@npub108e…nss3 Wait isn't it like super weird to turn real people into head mates?

2024-07-16 07:42:10

I don't understand why "Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan" has become a normie tier meme. The song isn't even that catchy. Also I doubt 99% of these people are even watching the anime.

2024-07-10 21:58:40

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@npub1h26…hg3s I wouldn't want to work for an organization whose job is it is to commit mass murder either.

2024-07-10 21:54:03

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@npub1h26…hg3s >not every company gives its devs internet access
What the actual fuck

2024-07-10 21:51:16

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@npub1h26…hg3s That's like such a stupid thing to enforce. Just let people use whatever they want? Aren't they more productive that way?