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10h ago

Conservatives: Libz don't even know what a woman is. Also Conservatives: constantly engage with purely synthetic creations thinking that they are women.
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wjrii @lemmy.world 10h ago
That one's not actually a problem. The flag is always "hoist side forward" to symbolize a no-retreat mentality. We shall ignore Vietnam and Afghanistan, and how that goes in the reign of President "why they no helping me?!?" remains to be seen.

15h ago

The spirit is willing but the body is weak

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wjrii @lemmy.world 15h ago

I believe the correct adjectives are "spongy" and "bruised."

15h ago

‘I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran’: High-ranking US intelligence official resigns | CNN Politics

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wjrii @lemmy.world 15h ago

“This was a lie and is the same tactic the Israelis used to draw us into the disastrous Iraq war that cost our nation the lives of thousands of our best men and women. We cannot make this mistake again.”

I'm pretty sure Dick Cheney and pals needed no particular urging from Israel for that one. If nothing else, it was on its face a complicated issue for Israel that would have left them without a particular desire to spend political capital with the US, though they would have undoubtedly been on board once it kicked off.

Now that said, it certainly does seem strange that any time there is a report of negotiations making progress with Iran or a proxy, this particular Israeli government seems to get stuck in and something violent happens. I think what we have here is an blind and anti-semitic squirrel finding a nut.

17h ago

Time to take a Detour

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wjrii @lemmy.world 17h ago

I mean, it helped that I knew the designer, LOL.

IIRC, there is one single bodge wire in there from where I did compromise the matrix, but I cannot stress how simplistic this PCB design was. It is holes for switches, holes for diodes, holes to string it over to the microcontroller dev board, and traces connecting them all. My second one is slightly more ambitious, allowing a couple of layout choices, Alps or MX, and has a designated spot to solder a specific MCU. That one requires two bodge wires because I screwed up the traces a little. If I do a third, I will know to make sure every trace is assigned to a "subnet" before I tell KiCAD to clean things up.

2d ago

Time to take a Detour

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wjrii @lemmy.world 2d ago

DIY board. I designed a no-stabs matrix-only PCB (the Pi Pico MCU has to serve as the "daughterboard"). It's FRL 1800 and is one of my personal favorites, though I've since replaced the black spacebars with a couple of BOW keys that reflect the hold-tap mapping I set up; I've also changed it from KMK to ZMK.

Anyway, PCB orders usually have a minimum order of 5 pieces, so I snapped the numpad off of one and laser-cut a case of sorts, really just plates and spacers, and got "half-height" switches. My laser can sort of half-assedly dye-sub cheap PBT blanks, so I did a Timex Sinclair design. Later, I added feet, a 3D printed replacement one-piece spacer with a sidewall, and a MagSafe ring so it could be the keyboard for a Chrometab I converted to Debian.

2d ago

Time to take a Detour

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wjrii @lemmy.world 2d ago

Then it's a good thing the gang of four there are all 1.25u!

Which is not to say your decision is anything other than ourageous and unfair. We'll see what the Supreme Chancellor thinks.

2d ago

Time to take a Detour

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wjrii @lemmy.world 2d ago

You rang?

6d ago

Buc-ees Ltd has a better business bureau rating of F and is not BBB accredited. "The company has stated they will not answer complaints forwarded to them by the BBB."

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wjrii @lemmy.world 6d ago

Yes, but they also extract every penny of value from them. Minimum legal time for breaks, no visible tattoos, cell phones turned off, and broad manager discretion about things like having a stool at checkout. Apparently they are very upfront about it in interviews, at least, but they know they're often the highest-paying employer for miles around, and they leverage that to the hilt.

6d ago

Buc-ees Ltd has a better business bureau rating of F and is not BBB accredited. "The company has stated they will not answer complaints forwarded to them by the BBB."

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wjrii @lemmy.world 6d ago

Employees seemed somewhat happy too.

They pay legitimately good wages for the markets they are in. However, they also know they are paying good wages, so they make the employees earn every single penny. I understand that it's more stressful and tiring than an average retail job, but as Don Draper would say, "That's what the money's for!" In reality, it almost certainly depends on the individual managers and whether the store is hitting targets.

6d ago

Lets give killer drones to the AI, what could go wrong?

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wjrii @lemmy.world 6d ago

"For the warfighter." I suppose there's a certain clarity of assholery, but jesus, the marketing direct to Hegseth and Trump's 80s rom-com bully personas is nauseating.

Also, while it's always been hypocritical to soft-pedal what the most powerful military on the planet is for, the mere act of opening yourself up to accusations of hypocrisy moves the discussion to a place that culturally asserts some level of civilian control, which also implies some limit to the barbarity. People are inherently assholes and will seek the bottom; lowering the bar in advance just encourages even worse behavior.

7d ago

The Grim Reaper Patch Circulating Among Guards at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

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wjrii @lemmy.world 7d ago

It may have been "designed" by this guy, who seems to be from San Antonio. He seems like a peach among peaches.

Visibly upset, Martinez told Prokopas that he previously worked for the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office in Texas. He said he had just been discharged from Critical Response Strategies, the private contractor that provides security at the detention center, after a physical altercation with another guard inside the facility.

EDIT TO ADD: In Texas, Sheriff's offices in big counties like Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant, Travis, and Harris aren't even regular day-to-day cops. They run the jail and serve process if the constables don't have the manpower.

7d ago

Sorry Wales, you're SOL

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wjrii @lemmy.world 7d ago

What are you talking about? It's clearly already there! It's all over the thing!

1w ago

Meirl

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wjrii @lemmy.world 1w ago

I particularly did this when I was in the UK or Japan, but that's more because I have no faith that I will remember to pick the correct way.

1w ago

What is your oldest living presence on the World Wide Web?

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wjrii @lemmy.world 1w ago

I was around almost at the beginning of Eternal September. In December of 1994, I posted to a newsgroup that google eventually archived on the web. Beyond that, my eBay account predates y2k. The first purchase I recall was a parallel port ethernet adapter so I could use Arachne for DOS on my 386SLC33 laptop in the university library. I mailed out a money order and hoped this "buying shit on the internet" thing wasn't going to be a scam.

2w ago

I was on social media before web browsers existed. I am Legion.

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wjrii @lemmy.world 2w ago

I'm not trapped in here with you. You're trapped in here with me!

2w ago

TIL that Craig Bartlett, the creator of the PBS Kids animated series "Dinosaur Train", also created the classic Nickelodeon cartoon "Hey Arnold!" (Which actually originated from Sesame Street)

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wjrii @lemmy.world 2w ago

I liked the way they'd introduce non-dinosaurs (and sneakily, the main pterosaur family are not technically dinosaurs either) from the fossil record, like the giant snake. There were definitely WAY worse things that I sat through, but PBS kids of that era had a ton of good shows (and now too? I dunno because it doesn't have Hatsune Miku and friends so therefore my daughter doesn't care). She actually still has an "Odd Squad" lore book in her backpack.

2w ago

Safe way to update Keychron mechanical keyboard firmware?

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wjrii @lemmy.world 2w ago

I'm not sure if it's close enough to work without mucking about, but I understand the Keychron Launcher is just a fork of VIA, which has an Electron app that basically containerizes the web app and makes it easier to have the right permissions.

I'd also suggest that if you're not looking for any new features or having any issues or just an incorrigible tinkerer (guilty of this one myself), just leave the firmware be. As mentioned elsewhere though, if it's QMK, the Linux QMK environment should have all the commands you need to flash the board.

2w ago

Safe way to update Keychron mechanical keyboard firmware?

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wjrii @lemmy.world 2w ago

This. The QMK environment flashing tools are generic and bundled for convenience, so they will work fine even with firmware files that aren't QMK at all, so long as they're for your keyboard or chipset. I use them to flash Soarer's style firmwares on Tuxedo OS.

2w ago

TIL that Craig Bartlett, the creator of the PBS Kids animated series "Dinosaur Train", also created the classic Nickelodeon cartoon "Hey Arnold!" (Which actually originated from Sesame Street)

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wjrii @lemmy.world 2w ago

Matt Groening is his former brother-in-law. Dinosaur Train was in the rotation when mine was little. It's not a top-tier "parents will notice the layers" one, but it's very tolerable and a good show for the littles.

2w ago

How we are brought into this world

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