Why is privacy a luxury by madame_gaymes in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Probably for the same reasons that healthy food is a luxury. Make it easier and far less tedious to get the shitty end of the stick. Most of the proles will just give up and accept it, especially in a world that seems to put instant gratification at the top of the TODO list over self-reliance and self-respect. In other words, fashion over function.

If they can surveil our conversations and control what we see and hear, then they can advertise shittier foods, which then puts us in the pockets of insurance and pharma once we develop conditions and diseases from said shitty food. Once you're in that loophole, it's already been said by the pharma execs themselves, "healing your customers is a bad business model."

What was Linux like in the 90s by madame_gaymes in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I spent what felt like many moons trying to compile Gentoo when I was a kid. There was only the wiki and a gritty forum for getting answers, nothing in real-time. I didn't have very much knowledge of the kernel or messing with modules, and was certainly lost on getting a desktop environment going even after I got past the kernel part.

It was such an experience, I decided to become a janitor.

ETA: also this guy (not strictly linux, but same vibes)

BSD Daemon

France: How the “war on drugs” is turbo-charging surveillance powers by madame_gaymes in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 15 points 2 days ago

IMO, anything dubbed a "War on ____", especially by officials, is actually about precisely this.

Why do you use the distro you use? by madame_gaymes in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's for deployments and managing many environments/machines from a single CLI interface. You can do all sorts of things like push configs based on labels/groups, gather real-time data/logs, scale up/down. It's great when you have a lot of VPS/VDS/VMs to manage and you're not using a platform's specific management tools.

I mainly use NixOS as a barebones backend, keep it as minimal and hardened as I can, then most of the projects/apps that run are done through something like Docker or k8s. So for me, it's all about managing the underlying servers that provide the tools needed for a project to operate.

The tool itself is undergoing a pretty big redesign at the moment, but you can get the gist of it from the overview in the manual of the commands.

https://hydra.nixos.org/build/115931128/download/1/manual/manual.html#chap-overview

Why do you use the distro you use? by madame_gaymes in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Everything-in-my-life-as-code FTW

Besides everything else you said, I especially love how you can store entire bash scripts in the nix configs, and even populate pieces of said scripts with variables if you so desire.

Also, if you run nixops, it's much easier to work with if your dev system is also running NixOS.

EU OS by madame_gaymes in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 27 points 4 days ago

If you read the linked page:

So far, EU OS is a Proof-of-Concept for the deployment of a Fedora-based Linux operating system with a KDE Plasma desktop environment and bootable container technology in a typical public sector organisation.

Safe and private way to share location with family by madame_gaymes in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Just share the GPS coords using any app that respects your privacy, and send using a messaging app that respects your privacy.

Doesn't matter what the GPS app is really (although I always recommend OrganicMaps), most all of them have a way to copy your current location and also snap to a pasted coordinate.

I am a French person who moved to the United States AMA by madame_gaymes in c/askmeanything@lemmy.ca
I am a French person who moved to the United States AMA by madame_gaymes in c/askmeanything@lemmy.ca
[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 4 points 4 days ago

Is your spot still vacant in France? Can I take it?

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Beats Unraveled: Without You by Lapalux [Bink Beats] (www.youtube.com)
submitted 4 days ago by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/music@lemmy.world
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The original tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrwXN-ZNk-o

MAKE IMPORTING GREAT AGAIN! by madame_gaymes in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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Namnet Va Näääkish - Näääk (2009) [Hip Hop] (www.youtube.com)
submitted 6 days ago by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/music@lemmy.world
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Bored. Give me a good "Living room PC" distro by madame_gaymes in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I think you misunderstood, hence the downvotes.

OP is asking what a good distro is for a media center PC, as in the PC's video output will be connected to the TV's video input. At which point Linux does not give two shits.

Sounds like you thought they wanted to stream/cast via some TV app or something, but that just sounds like a nightmare and I'm not sure that anyone would even want to try to do that. Just run Linux and use the TV as a big monitor, be done with smart TV garbage.

Bored. Give me a good "Living room PC" distro by madame_gaymes in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 9 points 6 days ago

I daily drive NixOS and use it in many other situations. However, I'm also a systems engineer and it's the distro I use for managing all the environments.

I'm sure it was a joke(ish), but definitely not for the light-hearted or fairweather penguins.

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Trying to find an album from The Snake, The Cross, The Crown (programming.dev)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/music@lemmy.world
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On a Carousel of Sound, We Go 'Round was a multi release album + documentary. Mainly after the album as it has some of their best music IMO and early demos. Some of the tunes I can't quite get out of my head and I got a scratch that needs itching!

A snippet of the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JITMmtQdtCk

I had an offline copy of the album long ago ripped from a CD I got at one of their shows, but now it seems I can't find it anywhere. Tried all the streaming services, bandcamp, torrents, etc. but it's nowhere to be found that I've run across so far. I can get to all the other albums and EPs, but not this one.

It was released on Equal Vision Records, so I have to imagine it's somewhere out there... but it's not even on the record studio's page! I can find a few different ways to watch/rent/buy the documentary by itself, but the music still eludes me.

Anybody out there happen to have this album or know where I can get a hold of it?

edit: soulseek to the rescue!

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Creator of HaveIBeenPwned Data Breach Site Falls for Phishing Email (www.pcmag.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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However, the hacker behind the phishing attack appears to have only stolen the email addresses of those who subscribed to Troy Hunt's blog, rather than Haveibeenpwned.com.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59634371

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The Deadly Syndrome - I Hope I Become a Ghost (2009) (youtu.be)
submitted 1 month ago by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/music@lemmy.world
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If you haven't seen the movie this was written for, do check it out!

World's Greatest Dad - A very dark comedy starring the late Robin Williams.

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La Ciencia Simple [Live on KEXP] (youtu.be)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/music@lemmy.world
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KEXP in Mexico City has had some pretty phenomenal bands in recent months!

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Glass Beams - Mahal EP (2024) [Live Performance] (youtu.be)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/music@lemmy.world
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I love their face masks.

Also, if you're curious about this sort of thing, the guitar and bass are made by Maton (Australian).

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Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple (1999) (youtu.be)
submitted 1 month ago by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/music@lemmy.world
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From the (Ukrainian) frontman, Eugene Hutz:

"It's one of the very few songs I wrote for a girl. I just moved in with my girlfriend in New York. We had a neighbour: an old woman who was always dressed in purple head to toe. She was clearly bonkers. So whenever my girlfriend and I had an argument and she would start screaming at me, I would say: you might as well start wearing purple now."

source: https://archive.is/pQRd

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Anderson.Paak - 6 Summers (2018) (youtu.be)
submitted 1 month ago by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/music@lemmy.world
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Who is daily driving the Steam Deck? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 month ago by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/steamdeckpirates@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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In the interest of grabbing data points to plan for some tools for you all, I'm curious what the ratio of users are around here.

How many of y'all are strictly Game mode users, and how many of y'all use it like a laptop?

A lot of what I do on the Deck requires Desktop mode, mainly to get at a terminal and to configure Steam for pirated games. However, that doesn't mean I couldn't devise a tool that launches from Game mode to do the same things.

I suspect the latter is going to end up being something that I need to build to be the most useful to a wider audience, but for being pirates I'm sure most of you have entered Desktop mode numerous times for one reason or another.

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FitGirl Downloader (programming.dev)
submitted 1 month ago by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/steamdeckpirates@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Just found this place, I dig it! I do gamedev on my Steam Deck, and I'm also a systems engineer. I have a repository of all sorts of Arch based things for pirates that are somewhat specific to Steam Deck ('cause Valve does some weird shit in the name of convenience, but I get it, people don't buy this machine to be a laptop like I did).

Any who, now that I've found this place I may put together more of my scripts into an easier to digest format and throw it up on Codeberg or something.

For now, I'll point you all towards a tool that I found on GitHub. I have a fork that I wrapped with a bash script to make life easier when it comes to grabbing FitGirl repacks. I've made a Pull Request to get it merged into the original repository, but my fork will probably be kept up to date more frequently (I don't know the original maintainer).

My Fork: https://github.com/madamegaymes/Fucking-Fast-Multi-Downloader

Original tool: https://github.com/JOY6IX9INE/Fucking-Fast-Multi-Downloader

My PR: https://github.com/JOY6IX9INE/Fucking-Fast-Multi-Downloader/pull/2

What does the tool do?

  1. You give it a FitGirl game URL (or several URLs)
  2. It scrapes all the fuckingfast direct download links
  3. Passes all that to python to download each part automatically

It probably isn't bug-free, I made these tweaks for myself and just today decided to try to get it merged into the original tool. I have ideas on how to make the tool much, much easier to use, so feel free to let me know if you run into issues!

The README should have the details, but I can add more if something is not clear. I'm not sure what the average level of tech savvy is in this community yet.

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Eyedea & Abilities - Reintroducing (2003) (youtu.be)
submitted 1 month ago by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/music@lemmy.world
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We lost Eyedea too soon. RIP.

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