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@johntimaeus - Biggest thing is to not worry about perfection at first. Do an initial go and then learn as you go.

That said, for an initial go you want:
- A solid waiver and release form. Something like this (though other templates exist): https://www.angelfire.com/linux/linuxitna/InstallFest_Waiver.html
- USBs loaded with the ISO you are installing
- Some USBs that dont have anything installed but are ready to load with another distro (eg a 32bit ISO for a 32bit system)
- Some cheap low storage USBs to let people make backups who forgot to
- Some laptops (with extension cables or surge protectors to plug them in) to load fresh ISOs on or look up manuals for neighbor's laptops
- Some demo laptops loaded with the ISO that you're installing for people to play with

Explain to folks that you all will do your best to install Linux but it might not work. Explain that the attempt will wipe all the software and files and photos that were on it originally.

Last thing is gear this experience towards non technical people. To folks that just want their machine to work. They can know the limitations (it wont run some programs that are native to Windows or Macs for example). But dont approach them as if they have to bend to the tool. Do everything to make the tool bend to them.

@pluralistic

Hard to believe that Mark "They 'trust me'. Dumb fucks" Zuckerberg would sink so low 🙃.

@Viss @pluralistic "The documents further note that users who click on scam ads are likely to see more of them because of Meta’s ad-personalization system, which tries to deliver ads based on a user’s interests"

Ethics? What ethics?

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/

Ready for the new app?



👉 https://loops.video/pages/beta-mobile-app-update-10-28-25

Thinking about the UI I'd design for a "dumbphone", we can essentially split the functionality I'd want in my pocket into a small handful of separate tools:

1. Call & text with an address-book, this is primary!
2. Viewing your treasured files.
3. A (bad) camera.
4. A calendar with alarms.
5. A calculator.
6. Configuration options.

For human I/O on a small device I'd use an eink screen, 2 primary buttons, a joystick. Which as I explored last week could be enough for convenient typing.

1/4?

I like my Oyster Cults blue and my Crues motley, but I take my Lizzies any size I can get em

Apropos

"The thing is, though, the price of a stock is not determined by the soundness of the company. It’s determined by the willingness of investors to pay a certain price."

"If you can, say, leverage three decades of mythmaking about the transformative impact of the tech industry by convincing a compliant press to spread the word that your new product is poised to make every sci-fi dream a reality.."

https://www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/tech/ai-bubble-burst-popping-explained-collapse-or-not-chatgpt

Three years ago, I decided to quit Twitter and install a Mastodon server to see if it can replace it for me. It worked better than expected and I discoered so many new amazing people along the way.

I would also never have imagined that I could end up recruiting and leading the team building it!

What an adventure, and we are only getting started ✨

how to adult, apparently

Battling a dragon for their horde

So who's coming to mine for Christmas, I have dessert all ready.

stay at home saturday

"The Spiders to Worry About"

1. Agatha: lives in a small town in upstate NY in the canoe shed of a summer camp. She is a massive fishing spider and doesn't understand how shocking this can be.

2. Ricardo: Never listened to his mom when she taught them about good web sites. He wants to build one across your front door. Otherwise harmless.

3. Lilly: A tiny harmless spider who is NOT good at "ballooning" she WILL end up in your beer. If you see her shout "pull the line in!"

I think that's it.