Brutkey

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵🍵 :MiraLovesYou:
@rl_dane@polymaths.social

My blog: https://rldane.space/
My scripts: https://codeberg.org/rldane/scripts

#Fediversian since late 2018, full-time #fediholic since early 2022.
First-wave #twexodee.

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Imported profile from fosstodon:

Involuntary time-traveler, recipient of offensive grace. Quasi-technical Linux and FOSS enthusiast. Armchair privacy advocate

Profile pic is my own, copyright me.

Header image courtesy of NASA: https://unsplash.com/photos/Q1p7bh3SHj8

My #interests:

#StarWars
#StarTrek


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Check out my blog! :D
https://rldane.space
My scripts
https://codeberg.org/rldane/scripts
Pronouns
he/him/my good fellow
Politics
justice and mercy
Faith
Christian, but not the angry, cringey, tragically hilariously oblivious kind
My alts:
@rl_dane@alpha.polymaths.social (former alt account, now migrated here), @rl_dane@snac.bsd.cafe (BSD.Cafe #snac server), @rl_dane@pixelfed.social (Pixelfed), @RL_Dane@bookwyrm.social (bookwyrm)
Mood
Snarky, but kind
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵🍵 :MiraLovesYou:
@rl_dane@polymaths.social

Lady at church has a hoodie on that says "I HOPE YOU KNOW HOW LOVED YOU ARE" on the back.

Somebody gets it. 🥹🥹

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵🍵 :MiraLovesYou:
@rl_dane@polymaths.social

#UnpopularOpinion:

#CLI programs do not need to use color.

First of all, there's the sad assumption of a dark theme which I'm never going to be rocking, so just get over it. Cool computers always have/had a light background. This is where I live now. I ain't movin'.

Second of all, there's the dance of having to use -r with less if it uses color or use something like --no-color as a command line flag.

Thirdly, it's honestly just lazy. There's so much you can do to differentiate and grab attention without using color. There's always boldface and italics, but even without those, there's plenty of ways of differentiating things.

I will say though for #TUI applications that need maximum information density, color is very useful.

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵🍵 :MiraLovesYou:
@rl_dane@polymaths.social

Now trying Dread...

#FediverseClient

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵🍵 :MiraLovesYou:
@rl_dane@polymaths.social

Things you don't think about before migrating phones/OSes:
Which notification sounds were I using for what?
Where's the setting for x, y, z, a, b, ...
Why can't I access my USB stick from within Termux?
Why is ssh the only reliable way to get bulk data off my phone?!?
Why doesn't Android just let you mount your phone as mass storage anymore?
Why couldn't I just wait for the weekend? I'm not going to get much sleep. This is SLOW.
Good gravy, HOW MANY APPS do I have?!?

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵🍵 :MiraLovesYou:
@rl_dane@polymaths.social

Loads #Fediverse notifications
@Tusky@mastodon.social whimpers
Phone bursts into flames
Spacetime folds in on itself
I'm playing Pasur with Dave Bowman in the hotel room at the end of time
The unnerving space fetus is keeping score
Captain Picard's 42 palms are simultaneously placed on his forehead
The universe is singing its song to me:
"Oooolwayyyz look on the broight soide of loife....!"

#Hellthreadia

@twizzay@behold.mylegendary.quest, I feel this toot was worthy of you.