mortimer

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[–] mortimer@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago

They did. And they're called Zionists. The idea? Gaza: a more fenced off open air concentration camp approach, where you can ban world media coverage and commit genocide without anyone really knowing the full extent of the horror.

[–] mortimer@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Elon's fuckery of 'The platform formely known as Twitter' is the gift that keeps giving.

Here's my suggestion for a new company motto:

"X: It's Twitter but it's Shitter."

[–] mortimer@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Similar to yourself, I switched to Mint about 9 months ago - initially on dual boot before ditching Windows altogether (the Windows updates kept fucking everything up). For the one piece of software that I missed on Windows 10 (Fugawi Digital Maps) I simply created a Windows 7 VM, that doesn't connect to the internet, and installed it on there. In fact, it has made me realise just how crap 10 was in comparison to 7. Linux has been a pleasure. Not only has it made computers interesting to me again, but I've learned a shitload along the way. It's nice to have a computer do what I want it to, rather than the other way around.

[–] mortimer@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Once again, the US and its spoilt brat Israel revealling how they are the biggest threat to any form of world peace. Land of the free? More like land of the ZioNazi lobby.

[–] mortimer@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Gaffer tape will sort it. Trust me, I've fixed all kinds of shit with gaffer tape.

[–] mortimer@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I like it better broken. It's more abstract.

[–] mortimer@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

It only needs to work once.

[–] mortimer@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

So glad I recently removed Windows from my former dual boot system completely. Was sick of getting errors during Linux boot up after running Windows for that one piece of software I couldn't get to work in Wine or Bottles. The culprit I assumed was Windows updates, which I attempted to disable through the registry on several occasions. It would work for a short period and then Microsoft, in all their wisdom, would just reenable updates because clearly they know better than I what I want my system to do. The last time it happened was the final straw for me when I wanted to boot into Windows briefly only to be left waiting half an hour for Windows to apply updates on shutdown. Pissed me off so much I killed the power mid-update, booted up a live partition tool and wiped Windows off my system completely (updating the grub to remove dual boot). That's when I discovered that not properly shutting down Windows would mark my other drives dirty and make them read only. To fix this I ended up having to insert Windows installation media and pretend like I wanted to reinstall Windows 10 again. Once it got to the stage when it was about to write to the drive I cancelled the installation and rebooted back into Linux. Voilà! Could write to my drives again. To hell with Windows. I'd rather live without that one piece of software and have my system do what I want it to do rather than it second guess me and disregard my instructions. This whole automatic update thing really boiled my piss. At least with Linux I can choose to apply updates when it's convenient for me to do so.

[–] mortimer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Don't know if this fits your criteria, but I've been using Gruble a lot recently. You can personalise the look and language in the settings, plus it's open source.

[–] mortimer@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

The only thing Biden could push is a zimmer frame.

[–] mortimer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

So, these “far-left activists” according to Truss “intimidate people and suppress free speech”. By doing what exactly? Speaking freely? Isn't activism such as this an example of free speech? No surprise there that she supports Donald Trump. Just another smug, privileged little shit that lives in the Upside-Down. 45 days to crash the economy is pretty impressive. And despite such a piss-poor performance, she is entitled to all the financial perks that come with being a former Prime Minister (perks that are quite substantial incidentally). The sheer bare-faced audacity of this turd utterly astounds me.

 

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OverTheWire - Wargames (overthewire.org)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by mortimer@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world
 

Having recently returned to Linux after a twenty year hiatus, I'm currently enjoying OverTheWire as a good terminal refresher.

OverTheWire offers various wargames that let you practice and test your skills in security concepts. You can join the chat, visit the game pages, and connect to each game using SSH on different ports.

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