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 No.2015[Reply]

Do you use any programs on your computer on a daily basis? What are they? Do you use anything so much that you instinctively launch it right after turning your PC on? Are you always connected to the Internet?

Personally I use IRC, email and webchats a lot so I have a corner of my room dedicated to an old recycled PC that only runs my clients and a web browser.
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 No.2430

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>>2429
don't leave out the tweet that came with it! I also like these wizards :)

 No.2479

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>Librewolf
>KeepassXC
>Firefox
>Nano
>Weechat
>tmux
>proxmox (if that counts)
>yt-dlp
>jellyfin
>SearxNG
>pihole
>Steam

 No.2482

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>>2015

Pidgin for talking
Schismtracker to make music
Audacious to listen to music
Firefox for browser
VacuumTube to watch youtube (If you don't mind the lack of options, is a great way to watch videos on computers with bad graphics card and little ram)
Soulseek to pirate music too

 No.2484

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Microsoft Edge
Copilot
ChatGPT
Microsoft Teams
Messenger
Gmail
Google

 No.2486

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>>2023
>>2016
I still think that the best way to keep your password is on paper.
I have a small envelope glued on the last page of my diary and there's also one at the end of my calendar.
I keep a password paper in both although I usually only add new passwords on the paper that's in my calendar. I only update the list in my diary every now and then. I doubt I'll lose my calendar since I don't take it out of my home unless I go on vacation, but I misplace it at home sometimes because I'm kind of messy. The system works for me though.
I also have an extra list of passwords that I only use for super old games that don't have saves but instead give you a password so you can go back to where you were, like in top gear for the snes. I put that one up on my wall though, not like it's a problem if anyone sees it.


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 No.2480[Reply]

Hostname ideas for a black PC that will be hosting some VMs? I was thinking of naming it after himeji castle.

 No.2483

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Haruna


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 No.2470[Reply]

hello sushis!!
I wanted to make a thread asking all of you to
recommend some good looking, (WITH SUPPORT FOR
JAPANESE, CHINESE AND CYRILIC CHARACTERS) bitmap
fonts

If you can, drop a link to a ttf file, as it's easier for a noob to install in that way; if you can't do that, refer to a page with instructions or give them yourself

I use Tekuplus as of now. Really easy to install as well; just download, extract
the zip file, and paste all the ttf files onto your .fonts folder in your home
directory (If you're using windows just watch a youtube tutorial)

https://github.com/itouhiro/Tekuplus/releases/tag/v1.1.0
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 No.2475

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This inspired me to look into how ttfs work.

>>2474
Sure, but if you converted the bitmap to a ttf I think it would become curves when you scaled it, because the ttf information is fundamentally stored as curves rather than a bitmap. My guess is that OP's program converts the bitmap font to a ttf font that only retains the original bitmap at one font size; I think that would be the most reasonable way to do it. So it looks right as long as you use a specific font size with it. Thinking on it more it actually seems like a good solution to making old bitmap fonts more compatible with modern programs. The bitmap fonts were only ever intended to be used at a single font size anyways, so it doesn't really matter how they scale.

This is a pretty good description of how ttf works:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/ttch01

 No.2477

>>2470
Coincidental timing, sushi roll. I found these on accident recently:
https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html
^ has otf and tons of multilang glyphs including CJK
Also check these out:
https://files.ax86.net/terminus-ttf/
http://www.dsg4.com/04/extra/bitmap/index.html

P.S. Sushigirl stop banning TOR nodes T_T

 No.2478

>>2475
The history of TrueType and early computer fonts is surprisingly involved and interesting, you can find interesting reading on that topic on the same domain you linked.

>>2477
Good find!

TOR nodes are not getting unbanned any time soon, too much abuse, sadly.

 No.2481

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>>2477
Nice fonts sushi

I installed the GNU unifont and it looks graet

 No.2485

>>2477
you can use vpns !! if one doesn't work try another


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 No.2452[Reply]

Around a week ago, I noticed that my charger was peeled off just by a tiny bit, so i decided to put some tape on it.

Today, i noticed a weird smell coming out of my computer, specifically, from the charger.

When i touch the part with tape on it, BOOM, foarkin SMOKE starts to come out of the darn thing.

Turns out that the heat from the computer, eventually melted the tape i'd put on the peeled part of my charger

I removed the tape, and well, the charger stopped working, and i can't buy a new one (Im poor as dirt) which at the same times means, that i can't use my computer

Please, sushis, share painful experiences like these so that we all can have a laugh
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 No.2466

I decided to clean the laptop keyboard with a vacuum cleaner and destroyed the entire keyboard.

 No.2467

>>2466

Do you have any pictures of how the laptop ended up looking ?

i always clean my keyboard with a humid piece of paper, and i always make sure that NO water enters the components

 No.2468

cleaned my dirty laptop with a damp paper towel
a drop went in a vent hole and i heard a hiss
wouldn't turn on anymore

 No.2469

I tried to add some RAM to a friend’s laptop. After installing it, the machine would turn itself off because one of the cooling fans wasn’t working right. So I decided to open her back up and check. They were connected fine so I thought I’d disconnect and reconnect them to see if that would fix them, but I applied too much force and ended up ripping the cable, forcing me to replace the whole fan too.

 No.2476

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Bought 200$ in MOCA (Coax based Ethernet) for there to be a crimp in the wall. After buying weird rj45s I finally found a female connector, all in all I paid 350 or so dollars for gigabit in my room in the end

Help old people with computers for fun. I know this lady who's Parkinson's/arthritis/whatever was so advanced she couldn't double click the home button on the iPad fast enough. I recommended she buy an android at that point. Everyone I know recommends apple devices for their simplicity but they can do better in the accessibility department. Windows is probably the best with the key delay feature which helps when obasan wants to type on her Compaq like she's dialing a toll free nunber


 No.2451[Reply]

I hope nobody kills me for making this thread just to share a video. The documentary is called For-Profit (Creative) Software, and it covers how business models in creative software, particularly 3D programs, have become increasingly predatory. To surprise of absolutely nobody who has ever tried 3D as a hobby and run into Autodesk’s website. It’s essentially a depressing look at how things went wrong for artists, showing how monopolies hurt consumers. Or Blender Foundation's psyop.

 No.2457

thanks for sharing, there was a thread for interesting youtube vids somewhere on this board but ill check it out


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 No.2443[Reply]

How do you make your devices more connected? Are there any sushis with home media server set up? How would you make it, how does the usual use case look like? Do you have any uncommon devices or cool software to support your work, gaming or anime consumption?
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 No.2446

i use this USB memory stick to transfer files betweeen computers it's like a floppy disk except it stores a lot more data

 No.2447

>>2445
It worked like a charm! And was much faster to setup than Plex. Amazing. Thank you!

>>2446
l33t h4x0r :0

 No.2448

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The spirit of juche is a strong motivation. You need buy in of most of the household for a media server, it needs updated and maintained. I run immich and a comics server. Check out awesome-selfhosted on GitHub for stuff that's ready made for self maintenance

 No.2449

>>2447
No problem sushi, glad to help :D

 No.2450

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>>2446
I do this, but using my phone. All my devices are logged into Discord, so I can just send any files to my alt account and then download it from the text history from the other device.


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 No.2433[Reply]

I had ideas of jumping ship from Windows to Linux Mint Debian Edition due to being annoyed with Microsoft's decisions lately. The problem is that I want to make games using RPG Maker XP, and even though I tried searching through the web (that's a lie I'm just lazy…), I was not satisfied. So, do you think that it's possible to use RPG Maker using Linux or is it not possible? Thanks!
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 No.2437

im pretty sure you can run it with wine :)

 No.2438

what about https://easyrpg.org/

 No.2440

>>2438
Oh, thanks! Though I wanted RPG Maker XP, that's good enough, since beggars aren't choosers, LOL!!!

But… the EasyRPG Editor is not released yet…

 No.2441

And it seems there "is" a way, based on this link: https://gdu.one/forums/topic/4804-tutorialrpgmaker-xp-and-vx-for-linux-users/

 No.2442

>>2433
Does it work in a VM? why not test it in virtualbox and then you should be able to run it virtualized on LM


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 No.2401[Reply]

there's an issue with (https://cock.li), ive had to switch over to (https://fedora.email) and (https://pissmail.com) are there any alternative sites with shitposty domains that function?

 No.2421

Sadly, nothing works these days.

 No.2422

grow up namae!!

 No.2423

>>2422
nah.

 No.2432

got myself a fedora mail but I'm afraid it'll just disappear one day


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 No.227[Reply]

Battlestation thread!
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 No.2424

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>>2402

It's very clean and minimalistic; do you find it comfy?

bump!

 No.2425

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>>227
Battlestations, yes

 No.2426

>>2424
thank you sushi, it is very comfy and i wish i could just sit there till the end of times. pictured setup is also the messiest it ever have been but i thought it looked cool. i need my workspace minimal and symmetrical! otherwise it makes me a little uneasy…

 No.2427

>>727
I realize this post is from 2017, but the more I looked at the post, the more impressed i became. Very pretty setup!

 No.2431

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updated pic of my bst, the other tv i had was far too big so i traded it for a better sized tv, so i could put it beside me.


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 No.846[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

I was thinking it would be nice if we had a thread for sharing our own websites/homepages. Woah, here's one now! Show me your netspace sushi!

Here's mine. It's a complete mess, but I like it. It's kind of new well, technically it's existed for a little while, but I only started working on it recently, so it's missing a lot of things, and there are a few links that 404. Though it's hosted on neocities, it's only slighty Lain themed.
https://birdcom.neocities.org/
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 No.2400

>>2394
cool site sushi!

 No.2416

I was thinking about making a website, and I had started making the content for it firstly because I think the content of my website would be much more important. It would be mostly about my favorite video games and the things I thought randomly about it, like shower thought kinds of things. Even if I never end up making the website, it's great to put into words things that I love about games or my own theories on games that I love. I'd have to play them again to remember what the hell I was thinking about, but I also type these things out nowadays.

 No.2419

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https://maerk.xyz/

You'll enjoy my website if you like Japanese arcade machines, square photos, and 2D blonde girls with big boobs.

 No.2420

>>2419
I enjoyed!

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>>1003
The Wired will never die, sushi. I'm new here and I will always seek refuge in these cozy pockets of the web


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