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Daily computer programs Anonymous 04/24/22 (Sun) 11:07:39 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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Anonymous 11/10/24 (Sun) 00:03:08 No.2392

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>>2391
That was the preview, I think i have to save by link…

Anonymous 11/26/24 (Tue) 08:57:42 No.2410

>>2015
These are very important:

>gVim
>Soulseek
>Winamp
>CubicExplorer
>Auto Hot Key

Anonymous 01/12/25 (Sun) 14:44:44 No.2429

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I like these wizards.

Anonymous 01/16/25 (Thu) 16:22:13 No.2430

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

Anonymous 04/16/25 (Wed) 20:34:34 No.2479

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

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BITMAP FONTS Anonymous 04/10/25 (Thu) 05:48:06 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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Anonymous 04/10/25 (Thu) 17:10:43 No.2473

>>2472

>how do you put a bitmap font in that format?

I've got no clue, BUTTT, Tekuplus provides ttf files, so maybe they are not actual bitmap or something

Im sorry sushi, i really don't know anything about how fonts work

Anonymous 04/12/25 (Sat) 09:40:30 No.2474

>>2472
Aren't bitmap fonts infinitely scalable by nature, since they don't have anti-aliasing. They just look very clunky and can only scale in discrete steps.

1px → 4px → 9px → 16px …

Anonymous 04/12/25 (Sat) 14:56:36 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

Anonymous 04/16/25 (Wed) 19:10:57 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

Anonymous 04/16/25 (Wed) 19:27:38 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.

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painful stories with computers Anonymous 03/25/25 (Tue) 01:54:22 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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Anonymous 03/28/25 (Fri) 02:18:36 No.2466

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

Anonymous 03/29/25 (Sat) 17:29:24 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

Anonymous 03/29/25 (Sat) 21:59:26 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

Anonymous 03/31/25 (Mon) 10:41:11 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.

Anonymous 04/15/25 (Tue) 03:36:35 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

Anonymous 03/24/25 (Mon) 20:25:54 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.

Anonymous 03/25/25 (Tue) 13:45:31 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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Anonymous 03/18/25 (Tue) 09:24:16 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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Anonymous 03/19/25 (Wed) 17:52:23 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

Anonymous 03/19/25 (Wed) 18:29:55 No.2447

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

>>2446
l33t h4x0r :0

Anonymous 03/19/25 (Wed) 22:55:49 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

Anonymous 03/19/25 (Wed) 23:07:50 No.2449

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

Anonymous 03/20/25 (Thu) 03:57:33 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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Is RPG Maker XP Compatible with the Linux Kernel? Anonymous 03/08/25 (Sat) 10:57:07 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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Anonymous 03/09/25 (Sun) 04:36:57 No.2437

im pretty sure you can run it with wine :)

Anonymous 03/09/25 (Sun) 21:10:07 No.2438

what about https://easyrpg.org/

Anonymous 03/10/25 (Mon) 15:03:49 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…

Anonymous 03/10/25 (Mon) 15:06:57 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/

Anonymous 03/18/25 (Tue) 04:28:08 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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nama3!i4ggqOCXfI 11/21/24 (Thu) 01:18:45 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?

Anonymous 12/30/24 (Mon) 13:17:49 No.2421

Sadly, nothing works these days.

Anonymous 12/30/24 (Mon) 17:57:40 No.2422

grow up namae!!

Anonymous 12/31/24 (Tue) 02:23:17 No.2423

>>2422
nah.

Anonymous 02/16/25 (Sun) 22:43:01 No.2432

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

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BY THE WAY Anonymous 09/27/16 (Tue) 21:04:29 No.227 [Reply]

Battlestation thread!

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Anonymous 01/05/25 (Sun) 04:46:38 No.2424

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>>2402

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

bump!

Anonymous 01/05/25 (Sun) 19:50:00 No.2425

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>>227
Battlestations, yes

Anonymous 01/06/25 (Mon) 17:50:53 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…

Anonymous 01/06/25 (Mon) 18:11:57 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!

Anonymous 01/21/25 (Tue) 21:49:09 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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Personal Websites Anonymous 03/31/18 (Sat) 22:10:16 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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Anonymous 11/17/24 (Sun) 19:48:36 No.2400

>>2394
cool site sushi!

sage Anonymous 11/30/24 (Sat) 19:00:23 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.

Anonymous 12/19/24 (Thu) 16:30:08 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.

Anonymous 12/23/24 (Mon) 23:23:41 No.2420

>>2419
I enjoyed!

Anonymous 01/06/25 (Mon) 23:16:22 No.2428

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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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Ergonomics Thread Anonymous 09/28/24 (Sat) 10:24:28 No.2350 [Reply]

It's no secret that excessive and unergonomic computer use is linked to debilitating health problems like RSI and CTS, sushis. This thread is for discussing good practices and ergonomic tools that can prevent or alleviate these problems.
Do you practice good ergonomics?
Do you use any ergonomically designed equipment? Many people swear by split mechanical keyboards and trackballs, but I've heard mixed reports about them. I have very stupidly been using my laptop keyboard for years and want to get a mechanical keyboard, but I'm not sure if ergonomic ones actually worth the extra cost.
Are there any stretches and finger exercises you've found useful?
Have you ever developed an injury from computer use? What helped your recovery? And if you didn't recover fully, do you do anything to minimise pain at the computer?

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Anonymous 11/25/24 (Mon) 23:52:42 No.2408

>>2404
unrelated but you don't need the https everywhere extension anymore, it's been built into firefox (and chrome) for a few years now

nice setup btw, i like the taskbar too

Anonymous 11/26/24 (Tue) 08:49:19 No.2409

>>2408
I didn't know that lol. Thank you

I install these extension on every browser I use eversince 2016.

Anonymous 11/26/24 (Tue) 21:38:03 No.2411

>>2409
no problem sushi! they actually discontinued the extension a while back too because there's no need for it anymore. i don't think firefox enables https-only mode by default (i could be wrong), but it's in the settings under privacy and security

also worth mentioning:

- privacy badger is kinda useless with ublock origin (as far as i'm aware), since ublock blocks trackers too

- "i don't care about cookies" is also redundant with ublock. if you go to ublock's settings -> filter lists, there's a section for cookie notices. i don't think they're enabled by default but they're there.

also that extension got sold to avast a while ago. there's a community fork called "i still don't care about cookies", but again idk if it's necessary with ublock

- clearurls is also largely redundant with ublock. under filter lists, enable "adguard url tracking protection", and under custom, add this url:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/refs/heads/master/LegitimateURLShortener.txt

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Anonymous 12/13/24 (Fri) 17:27:54 No.2417

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What's a comfy position to read books? I used to like having pdfs up on the PC moniter because the text is nice and large and you can make notes at your desk, but sitting in a chair all day is uncomfy. Laying down and reading is nice but makes me feel sleepy and lethargic and there are no way to make notes.

Anonymous 12/15/24 (Sun) 14:44:12 No.2418

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I had problems with wrist pain for a while, but switching to a trackball fixed it. I used a kensington expert, it's only serviceable, part of the downside of using a trackball is that they're very niche so you're paying a premium for something that is kind of shitty and poorly designed. I like it a lot, though. I play Xonotic with and I do well enough, but I would switch to a regular mouse if I actually wanted to be 31337.
I was starting to have back problems, so I put together a standing desk and it's great. Other than that, switching away from keyboards with numpads on the right kept my shoulder from being bent outwards when using the mouse, or compromising by having the keyboard too far off to the left. I use monitor arms to keep all of my monitors at the correct height.

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