HowToPhil (Phillip R)

I am as I have always been, I am always changing.

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2024-09-19 23:09:17

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@npub1aka…zzz2 Also, you can have it as a serial status screen https://palmorb.sourceforge.net/

2024-09-17 12:05:33

#pagerCodes
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/152/800/551/989/437/original/4f0a32542e479215.png

2024-09-14 22:14:12

* Shows up *
"Why... Why do you have a pry bar?"
"You said you needed me to open up your box..."
"...Damn it, Phil!"

2024-09-09 01:12:29

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@npub18p3…03wh * Similar to "when you forget that the Penguin Mints in your pocket are not Altoids

2024-09-02 22:23:32

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@npub1q63…uucj I have a GoType and it is/was amazing :)

2024-08-03 22:48:56

* Google's backup of your data is NOT your backup of your data.
* Apple's backup of your data is NOT your backup of your data.
* "The Cloud's" backup of your data is NOT your backup of your data.
* Your digital backup of your data on your hardware IS your backup.
* Your backup of your data in your analog system IS your backup.
* Your copy of your data that you have full control over IS your backup.

2024-07-29 01:07:42

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@npub1200…aqy2 Like, a solid Casio F-84w or a "fashion watch" that would work better if broken?

2024-07-02 23:33:37

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@npub1ywy…cksd Overpowered ethernet

2024-06-11 03:22:32

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@npub1200…aqy2 You should make a video essay about this

2024-05-23 00:58:22

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@npub1200…aqy2
* insert required "Why are you pointing a camera at me now?" joke here *

2024-05-23 00:55:08

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@npub1200…aqy2 Photos of strange trash might actually be interesting

2024-05-05 18:24:22

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@npub1200…aqy2 Safe for the moment then :)

2024-05-05 18:23:48

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@npub1200…aqy2 Wearing anything with publically visible branding?

2024-04-30 19:12:34

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@npub1gfd…7gg6 FFS no.

2024-04-03 13:32:54

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@npub1r4m…unz9 The random guy playing with it is "the system"

2024-04-02 15:57:42

* xz backdoor. Only affects unstable builds *
Uninitiated: LINUX IS DOOMED FOREVER!!! FOSS IS DEAD!!!
Old Sys Admins: This is why unstable builds exist. To catch these things. This is the system in place doing its fucking job :)

2024-03-28 04:51:58

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@npub1200…aqy2 Yeah, though many choose to ignore it, fantasy and reality are different things.
Many also don't get that "sex play" is also just that, play

2024-03-28 04:36:36

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@npub1200…aqy2 Never been too into "stern dad" types but to each their own

2024-03-28 04:34:05

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@npub1200…aqy2 There's a good chance I just had a crush...
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/171/445/554/715/427/original/3f12e836cafb7c7a.png

2024-03-28 04:24:15

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@npub1200…aqy2 I liked the Morlocks in the 90s but is has been a minute since I watched the show...

2024-03-27 22:18:55

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@npub19lt…qfjk It's been a while since I had the problem... "failed to disable mouse" looks interesting since mouse activity often wakes up a computer in sleep mode...

2024-03-27 21:53:31

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@npub19lt…qfjk Hmm... What happens when you press the little button that lets the laptop know the screen is down with your finger?
Anything interesting in dmesg after 'systemctl suspend' fails?

2024-03-27 21:20:57

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@npub19lt…qfjk Did you at some point disable the screen blank screensaver either in whatever screensaver configuration tool you use or the power savings settings tool you use?

2024-03-20 12:43:46

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@npub16u7…uend
I've felt for a long time that the "you have to post every hour or Google will de-index you" thing has ruined blogging.
"Freshness" often has nothing to do with the quality of a piece of media

2024-03-11 13:51:43

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@npub1200…aqy2 My "theory" about the "wires in the moon landing photos" is as follows:
A) We know promotional photos were taken to get people excited and make the moon landing happen.
B) We know interns worked at NASA
C) Interns are handed files to collate all the time...
D) One or more interns probably shuffled in some promotional photos by mistake.
E) NASA can't admit this ever

2024-03-10 02:19:17

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@npub1gfd…7gg6 Life is in the undernet. The telnet/ssh BBSes and the little home-box servers running odd game servers

2024-03-05 00:56:34

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@npub1200…aqy2 This is the first I've heard of them which means they should exit "style" in about 5 business days

2024-02-22 02:16:48

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@npub1nn8…8sed
The word is "need"

2024-01-25 05:03:55

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@npub1200…aqy2 Check thrift stores for wool coats, sometimes they are even at free stores

2024-01-23 21:33:04

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@npub1sk4…d83s My middle name is an inconceivable gift granted by the creatures of the void

2024-01-18 22:09:49

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@npub1gfd…7gg6 Questioning if you know anything at all is the first step to becoming a master

2024-01-10 18:49:56

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@npub1ede…nsaa
Heavy traffic is both blessing and curse

2024-01-08 10:51:59

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@npub15th…6nvx We must work with things as they are and towards how they should be

2023-12-25 03:05:48

No one ever left #TheMatrix. The "real world" was just another section of The Matrix designed to offer the "illusion of choice"

2023-12-23 00:32:59

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@npub1200…aqy2 youtube-dl will let you do that... not saying you should... but you could

2023-12-22 17:06:33

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@npub1200…aqy2 I am not popcultured, so I hadn't noticed

2023-12-18 18:29:10

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@npub1200…aqy2
"If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by." ~Sun Tzu

2023-12-17 19:55:41

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@npub1200…aqy2 How is your money?

2023-10-04 02:45:34

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@npub1200…aqy2 Like data groups. If you flip a coin, it is no head-tail-head-tail-head-tail. Instead, there are groups of heads and groups of tails evening out to 50/50 over time.
You're in a string of "bad data points" and will be in a string of "good data points" again at some point.

2023-09-27 15:58:09

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@npub1200…aqy2
I have never heard of the show... but to be fair, I am not pop-cultured.

2023-09-27 15:49:08

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@npub1200…aqy2 Is it a show run by Barney Stinson?

2023-09-26 00:01:28

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@npub1200…aqy2
Mean-Girl-Me: "Oh, don't worry about that. We were bored with you way before estrogen."

2023-09-25 17:53:32

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@npub1200…aqy2
Is it the one with pelicans serving gourmet meals on boats precariously balanced atop stone trees?

2023-09-20 01:22:41

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@npub1200…aqy2
Here's a fun game: Pretend EVERY band is a Boston cover band and act as if it's just "true and clearly so"

2023-09-19 08:22:19

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@npub1200…aqy2 I'm in the first half of "An Outsider's Guide To Humans" right now

2023-09-19 08:05:24

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@npub1200…aqy2 I am often asked if I'm "on the spectrum" and I usually answer "I have never been diagnosed. Never been to a shrink either."
What you've said about bosses makes so much sense, it seems like I should have already known... but I'm left thinking "Wait... if I'd known, that process would have been a lot less frustrating."

2023-09-19 07:56:17

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@npub1200…aqy2
This feels like it just cleared up some things for me that might take some processing when I'm more awake

2023-09-17 20:18:00

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@npub1tps…9rmt
Generational wealth built on the work-profits their ancestors stole from the people working for them by not paying enough or not paying at all...

2023-09-11 23:28:09

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@npub1200…aqy2
Is it because you finally realized she's just Clayface pretending to be her after having escaped from a Batman universe?

2023-09-04 23:26:04

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@npub1200…aqy2 I am also repeat-listening this song lately

2023-08-30 23:26:21

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@npub1gfd…7gg6 I love options and while FreeBSD is not my favorite option, I am glad it exists

2023-08-29 12:08:55

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@npub1sk4…d83s In the Roger Rabbit books, Eddie Valiant's sister is married to toon dog.

2023-08-23 23:21:17

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@npub1nn8…8sed
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2023-08-19 00:11:43

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@npub1evl…yenf Woot! :) One of my rules is "Always state the obvious, in case it's not"

2023-08-18 23:57:29

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@npub1evl…yenf
Muting keywords helps a lot with stuff you'd rather never see: https://mastodon.social/@howtophil/110765670793788129

2023-08-18 20:36:10

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@npub1200…aqy2 Someone tried to ban me from saying panties once. I said, "Sweetie. I've won panties. I can say panties if I want."

2023-07-29 00:17:05

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@npub1200…aqy2 "phubbing" sounds like some kind of clothes-on "sex act"

2023-07-03 11:38:56

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@npub1gfd…7gg6 Unpaid intern deciding to do arts and crafts because it's not like they're getting paid anyway?

2023-06-27 21:41:58

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@npub1200…aqy2 Wear a shirt with The Penguin on it
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/618/352/974/029/289/original/75f36518fe90a3ad.png

2023-06-27 01:53:51

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@npub1200…aqy2 I had to google both...

2023-06-26 17:50:13

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@npub1rp6…wzqe The oldest thing I can find is this "1952 IBM Card Programmed Calculator" thing (military)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPDL6Zaird4

2023-06-06 01:45:36

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@npub1200…aqy2 I know, I'm just pointing out some scatter-shot you've got going in case you didn't notice it

2023-06-06 01:38:00

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@npub1200…aqy2 I understand the point here... but there are a lot of First Nations people that are gonna look at this and be like "Yes, actually. Every single star."

2023-05-25 23:11:35

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@npub1200…aqy2 @npub1406…ap3g @npub1lg0…fz6t I'm a bisexual commie so... lol

2023-05-24 01:21:29

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@npub1200…aqy2 I will probably have to look it up. I have seen people talk about it online but shelved it as "uninteresting"
Now, the chatter reaching a point where I should probably know what it is...