Jo Jerrica Decker @Jo@social.diskseven.com

#introductions

Heyo, I'm Jo. I'm a 30-something BSc Computer Science who just happens to be one of them trans (She/Her, btw).

I get (rightfully tbh) angry about the sorry state of today's software, construct things in meatspace (mostly containers and boxes) and dig into game files for fun and profit. Mostly just fun. I also like old computers and consoles. 💻

I also run this little patch of land that is my own personal Masto instance. It's not open for registration, I'm afraid.

There's some gems in that list.
Linus Tech Tips being Canadian,
Logitech being Swiss.

Also, imagine being shocked that Civvie11, a YouTuber who depicts a radioactive white supremacist mouse as an antagonist in his videos, would support BLM.

Holy crap, One Angry Gamer has gone off the fucking deep end:

https://twitter.com/TechConnectify/status/1267840371146608642

I see the Daily Heil is claiming that one metre is enough social distance now.

No other paper seems to be shrieking this.

Mum: *trying to carry several multipacks of chocolate biscuits downstairs with her bare hands*

Me: "There's an empty tub behind you that you can use to carry them down."

Mum: *picks it up* "Could use a good wash before I do."

Me: "You're putting double-wrapped packets into it, you can wash it later."

Neenster, more like Nonce-ster, amirite?

Oh great, Lee fucking Rigby is trending.

Can you all guess why?

I think my mum just emptied out a whole Farmfoods store today.

Alternatively: buy external drives and bust them out of their cases.

I could probably get them second-hand but I think I can hear the shrieking at that idea from far away.

TFW a 4TB 2.5-inch hard drive costs as much as an 8TB 3.5-inch drive.

Apparently Sony decided to delay an announcement thing in light of the current chaos, the Capital G Gamers are throwing a tantrum and some of the complaints are "Nooooo! I wanted a break from everything right now!"

The utter fucking ignorance to the overbearing matter aside, There's a billion other things you could be doing to take your mind off shit.

You would think that drive bay adapters to put 2.5 inch hard drives into a floppy bay would by a lot easier to find. :\

So, found out the hard way that this comp has only too SATA sockets, which is less than ideal. Fortunately, I fished out a PCI SATA card that wasn't in use and it fits. I don't have a small backplate handy, though, but it seems secure enough to do without for the time being.

Huh. There's a new Perry Mason series.