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The joys of running #proprietaryGarbage expecting an FHS environment and whatever other shenanigans on :nixos: #NixOS...
If anyone has any idea how to get the CEWE Fotobuch software to behave on NixOS, be my guest:

Getting CEWE Fotobuch to launch
I am struggling hard to get CEWE Fotobuch (a proprietary software to layout and order printed photo albums) to run on NixOS. Yes, it’s “proprietary garbage” as Tony would put it, please no discussions whether it’s good to use it or not. 🙂 It can be downloaded from this landing page, or the tarball directly from here. Apparently, there is only this one tarball link, which always points to the latest version, there are no stable links to old versions as confirmed in this thr...

Series B, Episode 05 - Pressure Point
AVON: Frankly, I don't see how you can do it without me. Your strongest enemies are going to be the defence computers. I am the only one qualified to tackle them.
BLAKE: Yes, that had occurred to me. You better start getting kitted up. Do you want to tell me why?
https://blake.torpidit…

Very tempted to collect a list of (publicly or otherwise funded) news outlets without paywalls, to be able to browse news feeds without getting stuck all the time.
Suggestions what to add? Geographically diverse preferably.
(Yes, I do pay for commercial media but not all of them.)

I imagine these posts are going to trigger the usual Reply Chorus of
“ugh, those Democrats, they’re the worst”
“they [Democrats] are all the same”
“they [politicians] are all the same”
…and, like, yes, I get it, and yes, all politicians are products of the electoral system that drives their behavior…
…and also “Democrats” includes Ilhan Omar getting ready to punch some fashy scrub in the face and Senators actually to kneecap DHS funding, and that is behavior I want to reward.

Series A, Episode 04 - Time Squad
JENNA: Gan, the aliens have linked their ship to our power source. I'm getting a very heavy power loss. I'll have to disconnect. You'll be all right, won't you?
GAN: [Nods] Yes.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/104/454 B7B6

Good Morning #Canada
Are you still looking for that perfect Christmas gift? Years ago I found myself shopping for my wife's Christmas present on December 23rd. Never again. For those of you still shopping it's inevitable that you're going to be standing in front of the Gift Card rack and mentally convincing yourself that the recipient will love a full gas tank or a Timmies coffee and donut. Canadians will buy close to $12 billion in Gift Cards in 2025, with a lot of that in the next 5 days. Recent changes to legislation have made it illegal to charge processing or activation fees on cards purchased with cash and there is no expiry date. That last point is important because companies are betting that a certain percentage of cards are never redeemed and it's estimated that approximately 40% of all cards are never used. I personally like getting a gift card as it allows me to choose something I want, and I always thank the gifter once I've used it.
#CanadaIsAwesome #GiftCards
YES, I love giving and receiving Gift Cards
NO, I'm not happy when I have to buy or get a Gift Card

Chicago is getting a place for sickos
#fedifc

A: "I don't understand how you're so relaxed when you don't hear from the kids. Everyone in my family is like, 'msg me right when you get home!'"
me: "Ah, [13yo] is fine. He went home and is 100% watching videos when he's not supposed to be, hoping we forgot about him so that he can get away w/ as much screen time as he can. If he were stuck on the subway or something, he'd have messaged. Actually, I'd be more worried if he DID message.&qu…

Dropped in the new 9800X3D today, as well as the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE. Booted up, and it posted, phew. Set the RAM Expo profile again and rebooted, logged in to desktop and started checking stuff. Launched The Last Caretaker and opened up MangoHud. 90C??! "Yo wtf is up with these temps.. OH SHIT" *shutdown*
Yes, yes I had done the thing everyone does at least once. As I was getting everything set up and pulling out the old parts and such, I looked at the new …

Morning all! Heading out to run a workshop on emotions and emotional regulation this morning. One of my favourite topics.
Then *finally* getting to see the physio about my nagging back pain. And yes, emotions are relevant there too! 🤣

👀Great, hopeful review on one avenue to increase #crop yield 🌿🧪.
Context - we'll need 35-50% more food globally by 2050 but there are few signs that we're getting there. Yes, many issues in this space.
But photosynthesis is now one of the plant metabolic pathways where we have really good understanding, sufficient to see meaningful improvements of yield in the field, in #rice, #potato, #soybean. This is detailed in the review ➡️ #PlantSci #FoodSecurity