"It's been the most heartbreaking experience of my life," [noted douchebag from the Change My Mind meme] Crowder said, "But in today's legal system, my beliefs don't matter. In Texas, divorce is permitted when one party wants it, period."

And there we see the mask fall away. An abusive (read the article) douchebag literally wants to hold his spouse in matrimonial jail until he finds someone else he wants to show off in public.

Now, the way the Texas legislature works is that the literally-insane people who write the GOP platform put it in, then someone will write this stupid bill, a few other someones will co-sponsor it, all of them will wave it in front of their donors and the megachurches where they're TOTALLY DEFINITELY NOT campaigning. However, and this is at this point the only reason this state functions at all, the leg is only scheduled to meet one summer every other year, and they have to keep the lights on (though sometimes they flicker...), and they have to come up with some some half-assed response to whatever completely predictable disaster killed a bunch of Texans since they last met.

AND THEN the particular bullshit that the governor and the oddly powerful lieutenant governor want to cram down everyone's throats bubbles to the top of the list and takes up all the remaining oxygen in the room, and any special sessions will be called to bully the leg into passing it. Meanwhile, this even stupider bill exists, but was assigned an agenda number somewhere in the low 100s or beyond, and nothing actually happens, and 90% of these hypocrites breathe a sigh of relief because none of them WANTED to vote for it, but almost all of them would if it actually hit the floor.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/technology/p/1309636/texas-slams-on-the-brakes-for-1800-data-centers-power-grid-requirements-are-5-times-high

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1309635/texas-slams-on-the-brakes-for-1800-data-centers-power-grid-requirements-are-5-times-high

...[T]he two-time darts world champion then made it clear how highly he rates his own achievements. "The way I win my matches, perform, and win titles, I'm probably the best there is."

Littler was considerably more critical of Yamal. The Barca star has already won the World Cup with Spain and is considered one of the greatest talents in world football.

But for Littler, that's not enough. "I mean, he didn't really do much, did he? He maybe scored one goal. And provided one assist."

Yes, the famously broad player pool of competitive darts has undoubtedly produced the most noteworthy young athlete in the world. No word on his thoughts as to the achievements from the disc golf and quadball communities...

I mean, little fella really does seem to be a darts prodigy. It's impressive. It's also darts.

My wife now knows not to insist on pure cranberry juice, but rather to request a 100% juice blend and not "cocktail" (the cocktail is what the juice blend goes in). I finished the battery acid myself over the course of a few weeks, out of pure Floridaman cussedness. It was not pleasant.

Still not completely sure tiny boards are for me, but I already like this better than true ortholinear. My muscle memory is not screaming quite so loudly.

• Case: 3d printed PLA, supplemented by adhesive steel automotive wheel weights
• Plate: Laser Cut Masonite
• Switches: Epomaker Budgerigar mid-weight tactiles
• Caps: DCS from a Signature Plastics Grab Bag
• Firmware: ZMK running on a Pi Pico clone.

What a ride. Sure, Tech, that's the hill to die on. I especially love the that Ken Paxton stuck his nose in, only to get it swatted by several other red state AGs. For the record, Ken Paxton is an irredeemable piece of shit.

I am planning to use this as a lightweight travel machine, smaller than my ThinkPad P15v and better than the Chrome-Tab I frankensteined into a linux tablet. I got the Macbook (in great physical condition), a new battery, and a USB-C to magsafe2 adapter for about USD 85. I'm currently calibrating the new battery, which I'm doing in EoL MacOS Monterey, but right now the plan is to replace it with MX Linux, which on the Live USB already had the Broadcom Wifi drivers. I also like Snapless distros using apt and KDE Plasma. Then, finally, I used to daily Mepis Linux years and years ago, so part of me was pleased it sort of lives on. I run Tuxedo OS on a couple of other machines, so if there's some very good reason to, I would be willing to take my chances that getting the Wifi up and running would go smoothly. Any very strong thoughts about distros on this hardware?

Beyond that, from what I've been reading, Gnome and KDE aren't really the hogs they used to be, and at 8GB this laptop should be okayish for browsing, text editing, Youtube at 720p or maybe 1080p (1440x900 screen), and the most casual of games. You know, basic stuff when you aren't doing "serious" work. Still, what would y'all recommend for making KDE itself slip into the background and use as less CPU, RAM, and GPU (particularly concerned here, given the weak onboard and shared VRAM). I don't think I need to drop down to XFCE, Fluxbox, etc., but I would like to turn off eye candy and other non-essentials.

Beyond distro, optimization, and managing expectations, is there anything I'm missing? I have a cricut and basic Inkscape skills, so I'm also open to decals. After all, what is the point of buying a decade-old laptop if I can't make it look slightly stupid?

A: He waits until Liam Neeson is exhausted from carrying the whole movie.

Thank you! Thank you! I'll be here all week!

More here. Bonus points to the first person to spot the keycaps I had to switch after taking the pic.

• Leftover no-stabilizers PCB from old project
• Pi Pico running ZMK
• Outemu half-height blue (odd but kinda nice "ball catch" click mechanism)
• VSA keycaps (except for the 1.75u SP DSA on Enter... thank you, otherwise ill-advised purchase of a keycap Grab Bag)
• DIY laser cut plate
• DIY 3D printed case
• As always with my builds, a minimum of 17% jank is included for free.

More here.

Corsair recently shut down Drop, their Keyboard/Audio/EDC brand that used to be Massdrop. In the fire sale, you could get a solid aluminum TKL (the "CTRL") case for ten bucks. I have done quite a few handwired keyboards in the past few years, usually custom layouts (or else why bother?), but this seemed like an interesting challenge. The integrated switchplate was not milled to very tight tolerances, so I had to find the manufacturing files for an open source aftermarket PCB and turn one of them into a DXF file for my laser, so I could use it as a dummy PCB to hold the switches still. I also had to 3D print a spacer to go between the case's two halves, because the spacer/LED diffuser that originally went with that board was a separate part and I didn't realize I'd need one until the site was shut down. I used an open source tool to generate a build of the open source "ZMK" firmware, and after some tedious troubleshooting and some structural hot-glue, everything works and from the outside it looks pretty normal. Caps are MOA profile from Amazon resale, and switches are generic reds (light linear), lubed and spring swapped so they're heavy linears.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1991189/so-rises-the-book-of-mormon-and-an-american-sensation

If he’s not winning, after a while he’ll nip at toes or jowls. Just heeler logic. I reckon ACDs would nod approvingly at Alexander with the Gordian knot.

It doesn't say so on the branding, but but the barcode reader goes both ways and it will pop open a locker for you to use. Nice for avoiding lines or getting a receipt after hours.

DIY 3D printed case for the Yushakobo Primer61 PCB I got in Japan over the holidays. I didn't buy one of their BLE Pro Micro boards, but had a Nice!Nano clone, so I learned just enough ZMK to port it over and use it wirelessly. More HERE. Not my cleanest print, but I'm happy, and pretty stoked I didn't set it on fire trying to use an unsupported MCU with a wireless firmware.

I've printed up 7 of these, plus I have a lid and one less-satisfying prototype from my diode laser. They fit in the footprint of a sheet of US Letter paper, hold a little over a TKL's worth of keycaps, and use about 1/6 of a 1kg roll of filament, so maybe USD $3 per try with the cheap PLA I always buy.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42054264

Made this a few years ago myself. Mostly with my Shopsmith, since we were about to move and I’d sold most of the other tools. Floating tenon (DIY domino, basically) on the joint.