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Captain Aggravated

@ captain_aggravated @sh.itjust.works

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Linux gamer, retired aviator, profanity enthusiast

  • GIMP rebranding as WLBR?

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  • GTK fully expands to GNU's Not Unix Image Manipulation Tool Kit.

  • GIMP rebranding as WLBR?

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  • It's not open source unless the package name is a scabby dumpster fire.

  • If there was a baby boom, does that mean there will be a death boom

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  • One can only hope.

  • Only men and women of culture can understand

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  • Tally marks versus uppest case E.

  • Anybody know of an ebook reader that actually works?

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  • "This app may collect location, personal info and 4 others"

    What could an e-reader app need with my location?

  • Anybody know of an ebook reader that actually works?

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  • I hope that's not true, as badly made as Calibre seems to be.

  • Framework says it's selling more Linux laptops than Windows as new Laptop 13 Pro sells out first 7 batches

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  • It's been so long that I've gamed on Windows that I'll have to take your word for it.

  • Anybody know of an ebook reader that actually works?

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  • I think I'm going to do that. Now to find conversion software that will do the job since Calibre seems to choke on these. Pandoc maybe?

  • “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!)

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  • So it's Stadia, again?

  • Discomfort with modern technology shapes Gen Z's desire to live in the past

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  • I'm a mid-millennial, born in the late 80's. I've seen all of the 90's.

    If I was going into temporal witness protection, going back in time to keep me safe from the mob I ratted out...would I want to live in 1995?

    2005 is an easier sell. I graduated high school that year, and a LOT changed in those ten years. Would I want to go back to 1995?

  • Discomfort with modern technology shapes Gen Z's desire to live in the past

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  • Nnnnnn...that line "I say 'your civilization' because when we started thinking for you it became 'our civilization' which is really what this is all about" hits different in 2026. In 1999 it came across as generic movie villain drivel, now it's headline news.

  • Framework says it's selling more Linux laptops than Windows as new Laptop 13 Pro sells out first 7 batches

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  • The grapuh of Linux suitability as a function of user skill is a U. At the bottom of user skill, you've got your aunt who needs a Chrome bootloader. Linux is perfect for them, maybe better than Windows.

    As you get into the middle, you get into "I just need to use Photoshop" or "I just want to play Valorant". It's gotten to where software that doesn't run on Linux is a deliberate choice, but they're still out there. Gaming has been easing up in large part due to Valve, so the middle of the U has been rising, but it's still a big dip.

    At the top end you've got the computer science types developing all these internet and AI based systems almost all of which run on Linux servers in the back end. Linux dominates literally every computing platform except desktops.

  • Tinder takes action against AI profiles by making users scan eyes for “proof of humanity”

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  • Proof of humanity on Tinder. That'll be the day.

  • Anybody know of an ebook reader that actually works?

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  • I got a bunch of woodworking books off Humble Bundle, the example above is Taunton Press' Complete Illustrated Guide To Table Saws. I'm comfortable with you having that book, not sure I'm comfortable distributing copies.

  • Anybody know of an ebook reader that actually works?

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  • Calibre doesn't render these files correctly. It opens up, for a split second the first page is rendered, then the left half of the background of the first page disappears, so I get a thin white rectangle with text that runs off of it, and then no other pages render.

    I think the books I'm working with...they're similar in format to cookbooks or textbooks? A lot of pictures, diagrams, graphical elements, with text set over them, this sort of thing:

    Probably needs to be a PDF?

  • Anybody know of an ebook reader that actually works?

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  • The closest I can find is "Readest." That renders the books as close as I can find, so the books aren't "corrupt." Badly authored? Likely, but the data is intact. Main problem with "Readest" is it's made for Gnome so it's UI is insipid. No joy at all on mobile. I think I need to print these things to PDF?

  • You know nazi has a definition and it isn't "people who oppose tankies".

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  • Have you ever noticed how everyone going slower than you on the highway is an idiot and everyone going faster than you is a maniac?

  • Mermaid

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  • ...that's why she uses clam shells.

  • Nothing is funnier than The Onion taking over Infowars and making rainbow merchandise.

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  • The most perfectly cast part in all of cinema.

  • Free eBooks @sh.itjust.works
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    Anybody know of an ebook reader that actually works?

  • Dullsters @dullsters.net
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    I tried cleaning my drains and it didn't work

  • Woodworking @lemmy.ca
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    Spring Community Check In

  • Woodworking @lemmy.ca
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    Pillar Nightstand

  • Off My Chest @lemmy.world
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    I heard a retiree's house burned down, and liked it.

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
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    Does Prusas textured sheet...work at all?

  • Linux @lemmy.world
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    DNF must stand for Does Not Finish

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
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    Counterintuitively, I did this to eliminate the need for supports

  • Woodworking @lemmy.ca
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    HOLIDAY GIFT PROJECT CONTEST THREAD

  • Dullsters @dullsters.net
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    I have overhauled my backup system

  • Linux @lemmy.world
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    How do you log out of a SMB share in Dolphin?

  • Linux @lemmy.world
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    I installed a sound card in my Fedora box. In 2025.

  • Dullsters @dullsters.net
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    I ate leftover soup for dinner.

  • cats @sh.itjust.works
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    Humans can't purr and cats can't laugh

  • Dullsters @dullsters.net
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    I fixed my beard trimmer

  • Dullsters @dullsters.net
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    Took my ham radio out of my truck

  • Dullsters @dullsters.net
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    My microwave has a nag feature

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Science nerds of Lemmy: Is there an upper limit on the volume of a "confined gas"?

  • Woodworking @lemmy.ca
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    I toolboxed.

  • Woodworking @lemmy.ca
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    A case for my grandfather's flag and medals