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sturlabragason ,

That wallpaper is cray!

sturlabragason ,

Dude I love you!

sturlabragason ,

Isn’t this just a screengrab from a win98 VM?

sturlabragason ,

Honestly I thoughr about doing it after suggesting that it might have been a VM. Maybe it was someone like me.

sturlabragason ,

https://ipfs.tech/

sturlabragason , (edited )

Can someone link me the Brave privacy violation? I’m a current Brave browser and search user and prefer to stay informed.

sturlabragason ,

Thank you for this. It convinced me to re-evalute my choice of Brave again.

sturlabragason ,

I mostly like your username!

I’ll check out Cromite. 👍

sturlabragason ,

Here is the translation of the Danish text into English:

"Chaos and Confusion" during Exams after Word Update
Ministry warns that Microsoft programs may cause problems for students with Mac computers during written exams.

For several written exams, students with Mac computers have experienced issues with Microsoft Word if they had the latest version of the program installed.

BY
Thomas Prakash
TODAY AT 10:42

High school student Silje Højer Lauritsen was about an hour into her exam on Thursday when her computer started having problems. Suddenly, her Word program began running slowly. The word processing program "froze," and she could not save her answers for the assignment in the marketing subject, where she was explaining companies' value chains.

  • It was really frustrating, especially because you are already so stressed and have so many thoughts during an exam, she says.
    Many of the other students in the exam room at the HHX high school in Risskov, Aarhus Business College, experienced similar problems. Silje Højer Lauritsen estimates nearly half of them did.

Problems at several high schools
IT staff and teachers ran in and out of the room to help the students, and they ended up giving them an extra hour to complete the exam. However, not everyone succeeded.

It was almost as if it wasn't an exam anymore because there was so much chaos and confusion.
SILJE HØJER LAURITSEN, STUDENT, HHX HIGH SCHOOL IN RISSKOV

  • I have a friend who had her assignment deleted because of it, and now she has to take a makeup exam in August, says Silje Højer Lauritsen.

At several other high schools in the country, the same problems have been experienced in recent days.

  • It caused a lot of unrest in the exam situation for the affected students, says Flemming Madsen, IT manager at Aalborg Business College.
    The problem is due to a recent update to Microsoft Word, which can cause the program to run slowly and crash for students with Mac computers.

'Use other programs, or take frequent backups'
The Ministry of Education is aware of the problem and warns educational institutions that there may be issues with the latest version of Word and Excel for Mac users.

  • Users who have updated the programs to the latest version may find that the programs run slowly, freeze, and crash. This means that examinees are delayed in their work, and parts of their answers risk being lost, writes the Danish Agency for Education and Quality and the Danish Agency for IT and Learning in a message to schools.
  • We encourage institutions to inform students about this problem so they can take precautions, such as taking frequent backups or using other similar programs, the recommendation says.
    One solution could be to uninstall the new version and reinstall an earlier version of the program - downgrading Word from version 16.85 to version 16.84.

Help to solve the problem
The Danish Agency for IT and Learning provides guidance on its website on how Mac users can solve the problem and downgrade to an older version of Microsoft Word.

Distracted from the task
The ministry states that it is not responsible for the use of so-called third-party programs used by institutions and students and therefore does not have an overview of how many were affected by the problems.
At the HHX high school in Risskov, Silje Højer Lauritsen felt that the IT problems made an already stressful situation even more stressful.

  • It was almost as if it wasn't an exam anymore because there was so much chaos and confusion, she says.
  • I felt that it took a lot of focus away from my tasks.

Microsoft apologizes
At Microsoft, one of the world's largest IT companies, they regret that the latest update is causing problems.

  • We are aware that there may be issues with the latest version of some of our products for Mac users, reads a written response from Microsoft in Denmark.
  • We apologize for the inconvenience and take the problem very seriously. We are in close contact with our product team, who are working to solve the problem. In the meantime, we encourage all affected users to follow the recommendations to reinstall an earlier version and take frequent backups, says Microsoft.
sturlabragason ,

It seems my (very hated choice) of an Bing independent search engine is paying off; Brave Search.

Before you start telling me the CEO is a fucking dickwad, I know. Most leadership types are.

sturlabragason ,

search.brave.com is independent.

sturlabragason ,

Well I didn't intend for it to come off as to dickish or patronizing, but I guess I can see that now, and for that I am sorry. It might be my toxic personality bleeding trough :D

But you are totally correct, I could have phrased my comment wayyy better.

Also;

I don't really like Brave at all, I don't like Mozilla either. It's more that I am forced to use something that doesn't interrupt my productivity. Frankly I don't like the state of the internet, and especially browsers, one of the the most important aspects of the experience. I'd really prefer to use something that is akin to Linux when it comes to browsers, i.e. not run by a board of ass wipes. Same for my search engine. I'm glad for the parts of it that are modernized-retro, i.e. easily being able to self-host/web-host containerized stuff, add stuff to your RSS feed, Lemmy etc. I'd like a browser that embodies some of that. I host a bunch of stuff on a Ubuntu laptop running Traefik and some containers... Gives me a warm feeling.

sturlabragason ,

brevity is the soul of wit

sturlabragason ,

Dude, you know what this means? We’re best friends now ❤️

sturlabragason ,

You get me ❤️ 😅

What is the most appropriate way of tracking web traffic?

I have my personal blog, made with Hugo and hosted on GitHub pages. Initially I did not turn on any kind of web tracking / web analytics, because I do not like tracking at all. But I want to make my blog better and to achieve it, I need a feedback loop about traffic. For example, what are the most popular publications, or how...

sturlabragason ,

I use Ackee, it’s awesome!

https://ackee.electerious.com/

“Self-hosted, Node.js based analytics tool for those who care about privacy. Ackee runs on your own server, analyzes the traffic of your websites and provides useful statistics in a minimal interface.”

sturlabragason ,

Yeah but who the fuck figured it out and how? Sounds to me like those fellows did their homework?

sturlabragason ,

Wanted to say that actually Hobbits have quite large feet, but as it turns out that was just something in the movies, and nowhere alluded to in the books.

https://www.thegamer.com/weird-things-hobbit-anatomy-lord-of-the-rings/

But yeah, too bad about your, you know…

sturlabragason ,

I built my own, it doesnt do what you ask, but it does what I want 🙂

https://sturlabragason.github.io/blog/2023/06/15/Curated-News.html

sturlabragason ,

I like your comment, it’s honest and accurately describes how a lot of my views are formed.

The Sign (lemmy.stuart.fun)

For context, in case you don't have kids (therefor you probably don't watch Bluey), the family in the car (the Heelers) was selling their house to move for a job but ultimately, the dad (Bandit) decided staying at their house with family was more important. As a final act of demonstration, he lifts the for-sale sign out of the...

sturlabragason , (edited )

Better start prepping the opentofu arguments for the enterprises we’re collectively involved with.

sturlabragason ,

Congratulations, you’ve described me perfectly! 🥲 (except for the anarchist part, cought up with that about 6 mon ago)

sturlabragason ,

The answer actually did surprise me!

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-are-you-an-anarchist-the-answer-may-surprise-you

sturlabragason ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cf348924-a6c0-4278-abd2-5fce93a615bd.jpeg

sturlabragason ,

What are they doing this time and what should I have me and my boys switch to?

sturlabragason ,

Safereddit is https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib

sturlabragason ,

I know, but this game is fucking awesome!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3480/Peggle_Deluxe/

How should I do backups?

I have a server running Debian with 24 TB of storage. I would ideally like to back up all of it, though much of it is torrents, so only the ones with low seeders really need backed up. I know about the 321 rule but it sounds like it would be expensive. What do you do for backups? Also if anyone uses tape drives for backups I am...

sturlabragason ,

Shit I’ve never heard of Hetzner but their pricing makes de-Googling all my decades of family photos a viable option! Thanks!

sturlabragason ,

Same.

I’m switching everthing over to federated, self-hosted, decentralized, open source…

It’s a brave new old school world!

sturlabragason , (edited )

5 ml of Benadryl 1 hour before bed might knock you out?

Edit: My comment was not all that well thought out. I just recently observed my kid sleep instantly once the cough medicine kicked in. As others have pointed out, don't use it consistently, could cause dementia and is super dangerous in high doses.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4592307/

Do drugs responsibly kids!

sturlabragason ,

Here are some privacy focused alternatives (only for android 😕): https://pluja.github.io/awesome-privacy/#menstrual-cycle-trackers

sturlabragason ,

Anyone have a non paywalled or more info on the subject? All signs point towards an impending global war and I’d like to be as prepared as possible.

sturlabragason ,

I like ProtonPass. It’s nice.

sturlabragason ,

I'd like to know more about the specifics involved. I've migrated my whole suite over to Proton and just want to know the specifics here. Guess I won't know until Proton decides to frame their answer in a blogpost.

sturlabragason ,

❤️👆🔥

sturlabragason ,

Now this is fucking awesome! Trying this tonight!

sturlabragason ,

Holy shit!

It's this : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9fa9lVwHHqg&pp=ygUQQWkgZHJvbmVzIGtpbGxlcg%3D%3D

What do you guys do when you want to run unmaintained programs? (lemmy.world)

I recently wanted to run tegaki, and my experience is pretty much summed up by the meme. I consider myself fairly tech-savvy, but I just couldn't figure out how to compile it. So I just gave up, downloaded the .exe and put it into a fresh wine prefix. After installing CJK fonts, everything ran fine. Now I'm trying to get gpaint...

sturlabragason ,

That's what DistroBox is for: https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox

sturlabragason ,

I love this sentence ❤️

Had chatgpt poem it up:

In the shadowed halls of gold and greed,
Where Mammon reigns, his creed they heed,
A whisper winds, a somber song,
Of hearts lost to the worldly throng.

Beholden to Mammon and his devout,
Souls bartered in a faithless rout,
Chained to desires, ever unfulfilled,
In halls of opulence, unjustly built.

Their eyes, like hollow stars, gleam bright,
Yet void of warmth, devoid of light,
For in their quest for fleeting gain,
They've traded joy for endless pain.

The nightingale, she weeps in woe,
For those who wander, lost below,
In labyrinths of gold they roam,
Yet farther still from heart and home.

And I, a ghost among these halls,
Echo Poe’s lament, his somber calls,
For in this realm where shadows play,
The soul’s true worth is cast away.

So heed this tale, this mournful verse,
Lest you become Mammon's curse,
For wealth unbound by love or grace,
Leads but to a darkened place.

And there, in silence, you might find,
The truest wealth – a peaceful mind,
Unchained from Mammon, finally free,
To embrace life's deeper mystery.

sturlabragason , (edited )

Because I'm too lazy to do my own research; does someone have actual good experience with something else?

I'm using Brave search and it's good for most things if I add an extra keyword, but not good for local results.

Thanks in advance for all the Brave downvotes.

sturlabragason ,

Yeah but those are just privacy protective Bing results, right?

https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/

sturlabragason ,

https://signal.org/ ?

I love it and have gotten everyone to want to use it?

sturlabragason ,

Keep hitting CTRL+R until you find it and you can hit CTRL+S to scroll forward if you went past it 👌

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