Recent content by Mercutio

What do you think made the Secretary of the Treasury look like he's going to faint after being pulled out of an interview to speak with Trump, then come back to finish? He starts talking about how he's proud of his kid. Friday evening is the traditional point when release terrible and/or stupid...

What I've seen from Wayland is that it often ignores explicit config files in favor of doing whatever the fuck it wants. That's not endearing behavior for anything running on *nix. In theory, I could sub in my Arc A770 or a Radeon 6700 or 7800 instead of the 5070ti. Or I could put Windows on...

I understand that the next thing will be a full-fat PC that is able to run software meant to run on Windows and supposedly regardless of where that software originates (GoG, Steam whatever). That's a lower bar to clear than building an actual new console. I suspect it'll be higher-spec than the...

I have never, ever seen Wayland "just work" and I would testify to that in court. The original headache was that I have generally used Rustdesk for graphical access cross-platform to stuff where I bother to run a desktop or, you know, Macs. Guess what doesn't work, STILL, with Wayland? But, OK...

Apparently, Windows 11 is getting an Xbox mode soon. It appears to just be a controller-friendly game launcher for Microsoft-first gaming, but even the Xbox people I know really don't play those Xboxy titles they get through their $30/month Game Pass subscriptions on PCs. So congratulations on...

I have two UBNT and two Omada sites. Omada is cheaper, but it's a Chinese company and the US Government keeps telling people not to trust it. Ubiquiti costs more, but has a broader ecosystem that includes things like NAS and PoE cameras. It is also sometimes hard to find someplace that has the...

I've never tried to use a Microtik switch as a router myself; I don't even think I've ever used one of their managed switches with more than 8 ports. I'm sure they CAN, but it would probably take some finagling with the management interface to get it going and that sounds like a PITA. I do...

I don't think your issue is pfSense as such; I've done both pf- and OpnSense installations without running into this. But in your environment, where users regularly switch between wired and wireless, a couple things make sense to check. One of them is that you set your DHCP lease options in...

Brazil's OS-based age verification rules take effect on March 17, 2026. California, New York, Colorado and Illinois have proposals for OS-level age verification. These laws are being framed as protection for children. They WILL pass. There's not a doubt in my mind that age is only the first step...

https://www.mutualaidhub.org/ Two of the places I have found organizations to volunteer with a through my personal doctor, who is a first-generation Mexican-American. Both her Husband, a legal immigrant from the Bahamas (and also another physician) and her sister (an Immigration Attorney...

Great now do RFKjr, Hegseth and fucking Stephen Miller. I see the war with Iran ultimately playing out identically to Iraq. We're going to HAVE to put boots on the ground. Air Power is great for a lot of things, but it doesn't hold land. Eventually we'll get tired of their ability to lob...

Think about all the weird stuff we use that technically has an OS and probably talk to the internet. Copy machines, medical and industrial equipment, routers and switches, IoT gear... how silly is this going to have to be? I am mostly concerned what this does for the state of anonymity online...

Several US States and multiple countries are in the process of trying to force OS vendors to add an age verification tool to their account generation process. This is something that could put the nail in the coffin for Local Accounts on Windows, but moreover, how the hell would niche OSes like...

I remember having scads of desktop systems around a dozen years ago. I realized I needed to stop collecting them about around the time I realized even my low-end systems had 12 threads. I still have more systems sitting around than I use with any regularity, but I'm down to actively using only...

The Consumer Council of Norway posted this on Youtube yesterday and goddammitsofuckingmuch if it doesn't describe our entire world now.