billwashere, billwashere@lemmy.world

You are 100% right. They will pass all of this and it will suck for a large majority of us. I’m not suggesting it will all be unenforceable (although a large part might be). I’m venting that these people in charge are seeing an opportunity to control and limit much of what has gotten away from being easily surveilled in the first place.

This is no different than the half a dozen various legislative “solutions” to keeping children online safe.

• CDA (1996)
• COPA (1998)
• DOPA (2006)
• COPPA 2.0 (2022)
• KOSA (2022-24)

The common thread is it’s never really about children or keeping anyone “safe”. It’s about controlling people and information. Previously there were lots opposition from various tech industries and infighting but this seems to be gaining traction which scares the crap out of me. The obvious technical limitations, first amendment violations, and giant loopholes from the internet being a global thing are still there but it doesn’t seem to matter.

There is so much shit they haven’t thought of trying to ram this through it isn’t funny. Not a one of these dumb motherfuckers has any clue how tech works or what kind of headaches this is going to bring to the tech industry. It’s all feel good politics meant to look good but not actually do any good whatsoever, so theater like most of it already (see TSA). There will be so many loopholes in ways to get around it, it will be less than useless.

Also flux and the appropriate solder make a huge difference.

Was he? Or did brain damage turn him republican? Because it seems like there is something mentally wrong with most republicans.

I totally understand your frustration. It was a bit of bait and switch. I don’t like relying on a tool being hosted either because if Keychron goes away, it’s electronic waste at that point. I had a Steele series Apex keyboard that I loved. The per key RGB configuration was awesome. But their proprietary Mac software was buggy at best and often a pain in the ass to get what I wanted. I eventually gave up on them and switched to more open keyboards.

Honestly I’m not sure why they chose to have the configuration tool online. Seems like something they have to maintain long term which seems kinda dumb. Most of the QMK keyboards are VIA/Vial compatible which can be locally configured.

But after configuring my keyboard, I haven’t touched it. So in your analogy I had to solder the wire once and it’s been stable.

I personally chose Keychron (I have three) because they are excellent quality and have Mac keys by default. I love Macs but damn the keyboards just suck. I have several other keyboards in a drawer that were based on QMK or circuit python (KMK) but they required sourcing cases, keys, switches, etc none of which I had to do with my keychron, well unless I wanted to.

Really? I just read a a bit about your process and I’d watch an entire YouTube video of the whole process.

But I’m a sucker for fixing things. It’s one of the things I get the most joy from in life.

Which seems totally congruent with a lot of religious people since they like being marketed and lied to.

I was totally thinking Vance had raped the Pope from the title… and then had to check for an onion.

Nope not any duller at all.

Yeah … hard agree. Getting an old rusted piece of equipment working again and then have it function to do a job you needed to do is about the furthest from dull you could get.

I don’t keep up with him much but it’s not surprising. He looks like he isn’t told no very often and likely doesn’t handle it well when he is.

Define “mean to her staff”. I’m not being cantankerous, I just haven’t kept up with her much. I remember thinking she was up and coming a while back.

I don’t need more proof.

Yeah this isn’t entirely true. Many of their keyboard are QMK/Vial which don’t require internet connectivity. I’ve compiled several firmwares and written code for various RGB animations with internet connectivity (well after the initial “git clone” of the software).

What kinda Jeffrey Dahmer bullshit is this?

Serious question: how can anything step related be incest? I thought an incestuous relationship required blood relation.

Yeah the crossover window here is small… gotta agree.

I wish I could upvote this 100 times because you hit the nail on the head.

Damn I wish we could get the prompt he used to generate this. Doctor my ass…

So here’s the thing, if he thought this was a doctor, the Christian’s should be just as upset for being so clueless as to what this was supposed to represent. I’m an atheist and an even tell who this is supposed to be.

My last 20 photos: Screws I needed from Lowe’s, picture of a wood project I’m working on, the wiring for my kids guitar (wanted the pickups replaced), some AI rendering of me in a suit, several memes, and some cool plants from a nursery down the road.

Very incriminating stuff.