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kph updated The Renaissance Man, Revisited

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owlroost 12 months ago

Excited to see you moving your poems over! I don't think I've told you, but your poetry inspired me to make a more regular practice of writing my own.

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mikegrindle

12 months ago

Just realized I've been running my little site for over a year now. Do I get my 'Web Master' badge yet?

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nohappynonsense 12 months ago

it's actually a certificate, not a badge

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nohappynonsense 12 months ago

https://nohappynonsense.net/images/mikegrindlewebmaster.png

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mikegrindle 12 months ago

Haha, amazing! Cheers Mike, this has actually made my day

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mikegrindle 12 months ago

The little vine of leafs really adds a professional touch

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nohappynonsense 12 months ago

"Whatever you do, Just Do It™" - Mark Twain

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kaa mikegrindle

12 months ago

>https://mikegrindle.com/posts/permacomputing Thanks for writing on this. I argue that we have been wasteful *because* of the advancements of computing hardware. The focus is on speed before efficiency or durability. Likewise, popular software has grown to suit the convenience. Should computer hardware stop increasing in speed, developers may stop upping their hardware expectations,

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kaa 12 months ago

and then people who value their time can afford to keep a computer for a decade instead of 3 years.

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kaa 12 months ago

I own and occasionally use a 12 year-old laptop. The keyboard on it is great, and the touchpad is much better than the modern ones. Opening three heavy web sites at the same time causes disk swapping.

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mikegrindle 12 months ago

Thanks, appreciate you reading. Unfortunately, I don't see any such slowdown becoming the norm, but we can still strive for better. They really don't make keyboards like they used to, right? I always work my tech into the ground but I don't think I've hit the 12-year mark before. My current laptop is about 6-7 years old and doing okay (with a lightweight Linux).

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nohappynonsense 12 months ago

mike what's your go-to lightweight linux

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mikegrindle 12 months ago

Currently using Peppermint OS with Awesome WM. Linux Mint Xfce is brilliant if your hardware isn't too old. AntiX is a good choice if its ancient.

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nohappynonsense 12 months ago

will look at AntiX, then. thank ye sir

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owlroost 12 months ago

To add more lightweight options: quite a few people I know swear by Alpine as a lightweight choice. Void is popular if you prefer rolling release. Debian can be light if you set it up that way and has the added perk of very slow updates.

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nohappynonsense 12 months ago

thanks owl, i'll look into alpine as well. i use ubuntu on my regular set up cuz i'm a normie, but i do want to revive some ancient chromebooks with something very light

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kaa 12 months ago

Alpine is great. It uses musl libc https://musl.libc.org/, which uses much less memory than GNU libc https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/. My 12-year old laptop boots it in 30 seconds, and I've only beaten that metric using a purpose-compiled kernel on a source-based distribution https://kisslinux.org/. It requires some technical know-how, however documentation is readily available https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki.

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nohappynonsense 12 months ago

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mikegrindle updated Mike Grindle's Webpage

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owlroost 1 year ago

It really is interesting to see who jumps on new technology and who holds back. I have family who've incorporated smart devices into every facet of their lives, and I have other family who wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole (I'm in the latter group for privacy and security reasons; no one updates a smart lightbulb even though they really should). It's strange that we're in an era where fridges send spam emails.

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mikegrindle 12 months ago

Most of the tech-savvy people I know seem to fall into that latter group. Also, there's those of us who just hate spending money on new things if we ca n get the job done on something cheaper/older. Or maybe that's just me..

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owlroost 12 months ago

Not just you, I'm with you on that. Older devices tend to hold up better from what I've noticed, too. And they've been around long enough that repair methods are pretty well-documented by folks.

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