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os2warp · 2 days

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It's cool that a lot of people are making websites that look like websites from the '90s but I wish they would put a little bit more effort into actually making them compatible with browsers from that era.

All you got to do is get rid of all the bloated JavaScript and CSS that doesn't do anything to the website that basic HTML couldn't. Also don't require HTTPS If you're not doing anything on the website that doesn't need secure encryption.

#computer stuff

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andmaybegayer · 3 days

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Espressif is definitely one of the funnier corporations of the 2000's. Domino meme from "we made a cute little AT modem chip and we slipped a tiny undocumented microcontroller in there" to "we dominate an entire sector of the embedded hardware space and we are releasing a 400MHz monster microcontroller" in the space of like, ten years? When did the ESP8266 SDK hit China, 2013-2014?

#computer stuff #espressif

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systemdeez · 2 months

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Kindergarteners will be so proud of themselves for being able to draw a triangle. My GPU can draw tens of thousands of those in a second. You are not special.

#196 #kindergarten #gpu #computer stuff #:3

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damonscomputer · 4 months

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Freehand 70s and 80s computers. The inaccuracy is on purpose (I wanted to be loose w it)

#computer stuff #computer art #old computers #retro computing #70s #80s

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jjeremysstash · 7 months

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Fixing Windows 11 - A Masterpost

Windows 11 is absolute crap for a good bunch of stuff so yeah, have a masterpost with most of the things I've found around to fix it haha (they're not all here because I did stuff around and I don't remember what)

Stopping W11 from making you create an account/setting up your computer without internet (with a way to create gpedit.msc if your version doesn't have it)

Fixing the Taskbar (in case you also don't like the grouped Battery/internet/sound or the way the windows look)(there's more to it, check the settings)

How to move the volume and luminosity pop ups (so you can finally see those sweet sweet subtitles)

In case ModernFlyouts doesn't automatically start up, possible solution

Fixing the Start Menu

How to show all options right away

How to remove Copilot if you have it (I don't, but it might be because I'm in Europe??)

Apparently Copilot is being forced on people so hummm

Other stuff not specifically related to the shit W11 did

Changing the size of the scroll bars

How to fully remove Cortana

Website with tools to fix W10 and W11

#Windows 11 #W11 #Windows #computer stuff #computer

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dogstomp · 4 months

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Dogstomp #3071 - May 29th

Patreon / Discord Server / Itaku / Bluesky

#comic diary #daily comic #comic journal #autobio comics #comics #webcomics #furry #furry art #may 29 2023 #capture card #computer stuff #comic 3071 #slice of life

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coquelicoq · 3 months

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no but speech recognition has gotten freaky good lately...i had captions on for a call in webex the other day and not only were they almost always accurate, they were just as accurate for a person speaking english with a pronounced russian accent as for the native english speakers. just thinking back to ten years ago when both of those things were like. squarely in the realm of science fiction. my college textbooks are already obsolete and honestly have been for a few years now. wild.

#you can say things more complicated than yes or no or numbers to an automated help line and not even have to #repeat yourself. unthinkable #computer stuff

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lemonynesser · 3 months

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kinda curious,

rb for larger sample size

#gui #programming #computers #computer stuff #nerd stuff

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zackbuildit · 4 months

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Bad things about inventing a new low level programming language:

You suffer as you discover for the first time you really, truly, will never understand stack coding

You find out about flags and flag logic by involuntarily being forced to reinvent it in a nigh vain attempt to escape from Yet Another Data Structure

You realize that you still have to make an interpreter and so you cry

Good things about inventing a new programming language:

This list is incomplete, you can help by expanding it.

#programming #coding #computer stuff #programming languages #weevil coding languag #it's 6 bit btw #after weeks we finally got it all to only use 1 stack

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maypop-the-dragon · 3 months

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PSA: Free Software

Reading this may really save your time, privacy, and money! Reblog or share to spread awareness!

Folks often use software that’s expensive and sometimes even inferior because they don’t know there are alternatives. So to those unfamiliar: basically, free and open-source (FOSS) or "libre" software is free to use and anyone can access the original code to make their own version or work on fixing problems.

That does not mean anyone can randomly add a virus and give it to everyone—any respectable libre project has checks in place to make sure changes to the official version are good! Libre software is typically developed by communities who really care about the quality of the software as a goal in itself.

There are libre alternatives to many well-known programs that do everything an average user needs (find out more under the cut!) for free with no DRM, license keys, or subscriptions.

Using libre software when possible is an easy way to fight against and free yourself from corporate greed while actually being more convenient in many cases! If you need an app to do something, perhaps try searching online for things like:

foss [whatever it is]

libre [whatever it is]

open source [whatever it is]

Feel free to recommend more libre software in the tags, replies, comments, or whatever you freaks like to do!

Some Libre Software I Personally Enjoy…

LibreOffice

LibreOffice is an office suite, much like Microsoft Office. It includes equivalents for apps like Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, which can view and edit files created for those apps.

I can't say I've used it much myself yet. I do not personally like using office software except when I have to for school.

OpenShot

OpenShot Video Editor is, as the name suggests, a video editing program. It has industry-standard features like splicing, layering, transitions, and greenscreen.

I've only made one video with it so far, but I'm already very happy with it. I had already paid for a video editor (Cyberlink PowerDirector Pro), but I needed to reinstall it and I didn't remember how. Out of desperation, I searched up "FOSS video editor" and I'm so glad I did. There's no launcher, there's no promotion of other apps and asset packs—it's just a video editor with a normal installer.

GIMP

GNU Image Manipulation Program is an image editor, much like Photoshop. Originally created for Linux but also available for Windows and MacOS, it provides plenty of functionality for editing images. It is a bit unintuitive to learn at first, though.

I've used it to create and modify images for years, including logos, really bad traceover art, and Minecraft textures. It doesn't have certain advanced tech like AI paint-in, but it has served my purposes well and it might just work for yours!

(Be sure to go to Windows > Dockable Dialogs > Colors. I have no idea why that's not enabled by default.)

Audacity

Audacity is an audio editing program. It can record, load, splice, and layer audio files and apply effects to them.

Audacity is another program I've used for a long time. It is not designed to compose music, but it is great for podcasts, simple edits, and loading legacy MS Paint to hear cool noises.

7-Zip

7-Zip is a file manager and archive tool. It supports many archive types including ZIP, RAR, TAR, and its own format, 7Z. It can view and modify the contents of archives, encrypt and decrypt archives, and all that good stuff.

Personally, I use 7-Zip to look inside JAR files for Minecraft reasons. I must admit that its UI is ugly.

Firefox

Firefox is an internet browser, much like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or Safari. While browsers are free, many of them include tracking or other anti-consumer practices. For example, Google plans to release an update to Chromium (the base that most browsers are built from these days) that makes ad blockers less effective by removing the APIs they currently rely on.

Aside from fighting monopolies, benefits include: support for animated themes (the one in the picture is Purple Night Theme), good ad blockers forever, an (albeit hidden) compact UI option (available on about:config), and a cute fox icon.

uBlock Origin

As far as I know, uBlock Origin is one of the best ad blockers there is.

I was on a sketchy website with my brother, and he was using Opera GX's ad blocker. Much of the time when he clicked on anything, it would take us to a random sponsored page. I suggested that he try uBlock Origin, and with uBlock Origin, that didn't happen anymore.

Linux

Linux is a kernel, but the term is often used to refer to operating systems (much like Windows or MacOS) built on it. There are many different Linux-based operating systems (or "distros") to choose from, but apps made for Linux usually work on most popular distros. You can also use many normally Windows-only apps on Linux through compatibility layers like WINE.

I don't have all four of these, so the images are from Wikipedia. I tried to show a variety of Linux distros made for different kinds of users.

If you want to replace your operating system, I recommend being very careful because you can end up breaking things. Many computer manufacturers don't care about supporting Linux, meaning that things may not work (Nvidia graphic cards notoriously have issues on Linux, for example).

Personally, I tried installing Pop!_OS on a laptop, and the sound output mysteriously doesn't work. I may try switching to Arch Linux, since it is extremely customizable and I might be able to experiment until I find a configuration where the audio works.

Many Linux distros offer "Live USB" functionality, which works as both a demo and an installer. You should thoroughly test your distro on a Live USB session before you actually install it to be absolutely sure that everything works. Even if it seems fine, you should probably look into dual-booting with your existing operating system, just in case you need it for some reason.

Happy computering!

#196 #psa #foss #open source #tech #software #apps #computer stuff #I really hope Tumblr doesn't block this for having links or something. Someone mentioned that being a possibility and now I'm worried.#please reblog #2024-01-26

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perplexingluciddreams · 3 months

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A while ago I try to switch to Firefox instead of Chrome, because people say it is better (don't understand the reason though). But then I ended up switch back almost straight away because it is too different and hard to use and understand. New and different things is hard.

My technology and computer and Internet skills is rather low, and took me a long time to learn what I know now. I feel like it is impossible for me to learn new things at this age now.

I want to know more about computer things and be able to do it myself. But every time I try to find information and learn things I cannot understand it at all, too complex language and new words that I don't know, and nobody explain the simple stuff first.

All explanations of things I find, always assume the basics is "common knowledge" or "common sense". Which I just don't have. I need to learn every single thing from scratch (with everything I ever learn). Nothing is "automatic knowledge" for me.

Also apparently there is weird video delay thing on non-Chrome browsers now??? I don't even understand what that is but how do I fix it, if I do try again to switch to Firefox? Because people say that Chrome is bad and getting worse.

I just want to understand. Especially because I am complete nonverbal and use AAC device to communicate - I want to be able to know how my "voice" works!

But it is so overwhelming, I don't even know where to start.

#words from my head #autism #autistic #technology #computer stuff #firefox #chrome #web browsers #help?#nonverbal #nonspeaking

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andmaybegayer · 9 days

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anyone else seeing weird mysterious failures on Tumblr

#tumblr meta #computer stuff

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systemdeez · 3 months

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If you think about it your personal computer is just a polycule where your CPU doms all the other parts. And that's the poast.

#computer stuff #computer science #hornypost #hornyposting #196 #r/196 #r196