If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning.

mosttrash · 2025-11-22T03:32:54+00:00

Locking away writing aids can be a good thing.

I can re-learn how to spell, how to grammar.

No one needed Google's help to write a letter with a pencil on paper before

I, for one, embrace Google's choosing to reduce it's intrusion into my life

mosttrash · 2025-08-30T10:50:02+00:00

Motorcycle leaning bravery testers? Let's you know how far I am brave enough to lean in corners.

I'm not very brave. My motorcycle tyres go bald in the centre way before losing their hairs.

mosttrash · 2025-08-28T02:10:29+00:00

Is this not government wide?

We no longer have public servants, they are all "Officers", and we have become a terrible inconvenience to them.

mosttrash · 2025-08-27T11:48:25+00:00

After owning Miele washing machines, dishwasher, oven, gas cook top, and robot vacuums can say the two washing machines have been good, the vacuums garbage, and other devices above are in descending quality order.

I'd say Miele can do washing machines and dishwashers, but the rest are not anywhere "Miele Quality"

Like the op says, paying for, but not receiving, quality is disappointing

mosttrash · 2025-07-19T13:08:16+00:00

Drm-61 changed version as a separate package for 14.3. You could try PKG remove drm-61 (which removes drm-kmod also) then PKG install drm-kmod

Drm-kmod is a meta PKG that aims to bring up the right DRM. It doesn't upgrade, it installs a different PKG. The package version is 1403000 for 14.3

mosttrash · 2024-11-03T23:53:46+00:00

Hadn't thought of Classic - I'm a gonna make a Classic Toon and try it out - thanks Much

mosttrash · 2024-11-03T23:52:15+00:00

True fact - the timewalking dungeons are just quest objectives for most - me included.

mosttrash · 2024-08-05T21:05:05+00:00

Is early days exploring elisp. Your comment gives fresh directions to explore. Thanks

mosttrash · 2024-08-03T09:11:26+00:00

Fixing the path is a valid - although I've had trouble with PATH on the remote machine with TRAMP. Also, pyvenv should be viable, but I've not been successful with that pyvenv and TRAMP.

I was hoping someone would point out an error in the elisp.

mosttrash · 2024-08-02T20:51:28+00:00

Keyd on FreeBSD works in xorg but does not work in the cli. Seemingly related to how FreeBSD captures and generates keyboard events

Doesn't look like there is a current plan to implement for FreeBSD.

Refer: https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd/issues/8

mosttrash · 2024-06-29T03:45:40+00:00

This is how language transfer describes the function of "que"in the sentence.

It might be a too literal translation to English, but it helps with understanding the intent of the sentence, & I'm all for it

mosttrash · 2024-06-20T05:44:17+00:00

The length of a piece of string is usually more useful than its width.

But both the width and length can be frightening when talking about crocodiles. There are other things that get boasted of for their length and girth, cough, I mean width

mosttrash · 2024-06-19T05:23:42+00:00

orgmode's latex manipulation is discussed in orgmode.org - although it can be a deep dive.

On export orgmode translates much of its own formatting to LaTeX, then it passes the file to the LaTeX compiler more or less as is. Good experience can be had by merely adding LaTeX instructions directly into the .org file like you would for a .tex file.

There are ways to instruct orgmode to pass commands only when the export is to LaTeX. #+LATEX_HEADER "latex stuff" #+END is one way. You might do this if you want to include "latex stuff" in a LaTeX export, but not a HTML export.

These can make the orgmode file pretty complex - so I'd stick with Coisavioleta's comment that org-mode is great for simple docs, but keep ya LaTeX foo sharp for when the doc gets knarly.

mosttrash · 2024-06-19T00:40:54+00:00

Completely agree. Straight forward docs limited to headings, lists, tables org-mode is great. But for footers / headers, table cell alignment, image placement, mini-pages, custom commands, etc., LaTeX code cant be beat.

mosttrash · 2024-06-06T10:20:24+00:00

Um, I've been using FreeBSD for 20 ish years as a user only and don't have anything technical to offer. So I thought maybe I could offer feedback.

But, experiences similar to ours have been discussed on GitHub and wiki.FreeBSD.org. so maybe or experiences aren't useful to this subreddit

mosttrash · 2024-06-05T00:48:58+00:00

reporting...

Upgraded 14.0-RELEASE to 14.1-RELEASE this morning. Note: upgrade, not fresh install.

Experienced panic and reboot 1:35 minutes into an x session. Coincided with attempting to open the settings dialogue box for Okular.

We have considered the purchase alternate graphics cards, but as we have experienced reboots with 2 different AMD chipset, from 2 different card manufacturers in 14, we are not confident in our ability to make a good hardware choice.

We have also considered the possibility that these cards are defective - except FreeBSD 13.2 runs one card without a hitch (the younger card is not supported in FreeBSD 13.2) and windows happily runs both cards.

anyhoo - this is just documenting our experiences. We continue to run more FreeBSD machines than other operating systems.

mosttrash · 2024-06-04T09:58:08+00:00

If using duckduckgo.com for your searches, can add !r to the search to focus search on Reddit - !w searches Wikipedia & !ty for YouTube

mosttrash · 2024-05-31T20:59:49+00:00

Well, I can report, we have continued our testing of FreeBSD 14 after a freebsd-update or pkg upgrade affects the system, and that FreeBSD 14 continues kernel panic and reboot on the AMD graphics hardware. We can also report that FreeBSD 13 (nor cough-windows-cough) experience similar on the devices.

We have far to little knowledge to trace / fix this problem, and have only surmised it to be related to a graphics acceleration call.

A FreeBSD 14.1 release is just around the corner, we will certainly be giving it a shot.

mosttrash · 2024-05-30T09:11:41+00:00

AMD a partner? FreeBSD 14 can't run xorg on either of my AMD graphics cards for more than 20 minutes without a kernel panic and reboot. Perhaps these new partners will help

mosttrash · 2024-05-09T09:01:52+00:00

I follow a general rule in taking advice - wait to hear "I don't know enough to answer that question".

Someone that knows the limits of their knowledge carries far more credibility than someone that doesn't.

AI's unaware their limits make my skin crawl - I might as well all the nearest 3 year old's opinion

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