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ComradeVlastLooking for some more advanced techies to help me out here. I was browsing the files of old abandonware (as one does) and came across the .zym file format in a game called Gubble 2. Does anyone have any idea what this file format is? Is it something proprietary by the gubble devs? Something that just isn't used anymore? The only thing google brought up regarding .zym was some mods for quake.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techquestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techquestions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fileformats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fileformats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abandonware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abandonware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/windows98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windows98</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oldtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldtech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

2somethingWhat's the best way to convert a LaTeX equation into an ASCII art image? I tried putting the equation in a tex document and using <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@pandoc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pandoc@fosstodon.org</a> to convert to markdown: <pre><code>pandoc -o example.md example.tex</code></pre> But the generated markdown file did not contain a rendered formula: it just had the TeX code. Motivation: I want to put formula in a gemini capsule. EDIT: SOLVED by <a href="https://lukyan.eu/@lukyan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lukyan@lukyan.eu</a> ! <a href="https://lukyan.eu/@lukyan/113834578570465731" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lukyan.eu/@lukyan/113834578570465731</a> I installed a distrobox of Fedora, then I installed the rpm package <code>libtexprintf-tools</code>. The command<pre><code>utftex "\frac{\mathrm{This is an example equation}}{\mathrm{This is still an example equation}}"</code></pre>Gives me<pre><code> This is an example equation ───────────────────────────────── This is still an example equation</code></pre> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/TechQuestions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechQuestions</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Pandoc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pandoc</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Markdown" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Markdown</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/ASCIIImage" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ASCIIImage</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeXLaTeX</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/GemText" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GemText</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Gemini" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gemini</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/GeminiProtocol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeminiProtocol</a>

Debby🦋🐦🐘 Who to ask for help with Bridgy Classic?<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Bridgy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bridgy</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/BridgyClassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BridgyClassic</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechSupport</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/HelpNeeded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HelpNeeded</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/CommunitySupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommunitySupport</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/DigitalBridging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalBridging</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TechQuestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechQuestions</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordPress</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Networking</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/UserHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UserHelp</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SocialMediaIntegration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMediaIntegration</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TechCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechCommunity</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ElephantInTheRoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElephantInTheRoom</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ButterflyEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ButterflyEffect</a>

2somethingMediaWiki question: Is there a way to get a list of all pages using a particular interwiki prefix? <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/MediaWiki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaWiki</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/TechQuestions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechQuestions</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Wiki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wiki</a>

2somethingFedi, I have more tech troubles. This time it's my laptop's built-in camera. When I join any sort of video meeting (including, at least, Zoom, Teams, and Matrix video rooms), the software detects my camera and claims my camera is on, but the camera shows only a blank black screen. It was working fine until last week and I have no idea what changed. EDIT: SOLVED by <a href="https://sociale.network/@oblomov" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@oblomov@sociale.network</a> My laptop has a small plastic "privacy shutter" which slides over the webcam. It is the same color as the case so I didn't even see it, but I must have slid it accidentally. More details here: <a href="https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=436324" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=436324</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/FediHelp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediHelp</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/TechQuestions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechQuestions</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/TechHelp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHelp</a>

Serena --> @Starcross@mk.absturztau.bePinning all KDE packages in Debian testing to prevent the desktop environment from getting updated while upgrading other, non-related packages... Thoughts? <a href="https://kitsunes.club/tags/debian" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debian</a> <a href="https://kitsunes.club/tags/linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://kitsunes.club/tags/techquestions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techquestions</a> <a href="https://kitsunes.club/tags/sysadmin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sysadmin</a>

Princess Serena Star ✨It's time to think about my mom's computer again: So, I got her a WD Blue 1 TB SATA SSD and I wanna give her 2 OSes: Windows 10 LTSC Enterprise 2021, and a Linux distro. Which Linux option do you think would be best for her? Feel free to elaborate in the replies! <a href="https://fedi.catboy.agency/tags/Linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://fedi.catboy.agency/tags/Distro" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Distro</a> <a href="https://fedi.catboy.agency/tags/TechHelp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHelp</a> <a href="https://fedi.catboy.agency/tags/TechQuestions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechQuestions</a> <a href="https://fedi.catboy.agency/tags/Debian" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Debian</a> <a href="https://fedi.catboy.agency/tags/Ubuntu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ubuntu</a> <a href="https://fedi.catboy.agency/tags/LinuxMint" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxMint</a>

183231bcbAs an alternative, is there a way to edit wiki pages from a shell script on my desktop? That would probably make it possible to automate. <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/MediaWiki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaWiki</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Wiki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wiki</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Wikis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wikis</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/TechHelp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHelp</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/TechQuestions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechQuestions</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Sed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sed</a>

183231bcbI have a MediaWiki question! I frequently find myself needing to do the following: a)Add a page to Category X, where X is dependent on a parameter b)Add Category X to Category Y, where Y is dependent on the same parameter as part (a) c)Add Category X to Category Z, which is not dependent on a parameter. I can automate the first step using a simple template that contains <code>[[Category:Something with my parameter]]</code>, but I want help automating the next two steps. I realize I'm maybe being a bit vague, so let me clarify with a concrete example (the example that inspired this question). When <a href="https://transfem.social/@comicsbyxan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@comicsbyxan</a> published <a href="https://pandorastale.com/2024/07/10/chapter-11-front-cover/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chapter 11 of Pandora's Tale</a>, I made the <a href="https://pandorastale.wiki/wiki/The_Night_Shift#Characters_Appearing_in_This_Chapter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">corresponding wiki article</a>. The chapter was the first appearance of new character Amelia, so I wanted to * List in the chapter article that it was the first appearance of Amelia. * Include the chapter article in <code>Category:Amelia appearances</code> * Include <code>Category:Amelia appearances</code> in <code>Category:Amelia</code> * Include <code>Category:Amelia appearances</code> in <code>Category:Chapters by character appearances</code> The first two bullet points I can do simultaneously, <a href="https://pandorastale.wiki/wiki/Template:A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thanks to the simple "appearances" template.</a>. I just add<pre><code>{a|Amelia}</code></pre>To the article on Chapter 11. But I have to do the third and fourth bullet point manually. While that's not a big deal to do once, I have to do it for every new character Xan adds to the comic. Chapter 10 <a href="https://pandorastale.wiki/wiki/Echo,_Part_2#Characters_Appearing_in_This_Chapter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">introduced nine new characters at once</a>, so I had to do it nine times. Is there a way to soup up my {a} template so that when I type, for example, <code>{a|Example New Character}</code>, it automatically creates a page for <code>Category:Example New Character appearances</code> and includes it in both <code>Category:Example New Character</code> and <code>Category:Chapters by character appearances</code> ? Is this the kind of thing I should to learn Lua Modules for or is there a way to do it purely with wiki markup? The hard part seems to be that I want to invoke a template in one article and have it modify a different page. I haven't found any wiki functions that can do that. UPDATE 2 I fixed it! <a href="https://pandorastale.wiki/wiki/Template:A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here's the code that makes it work</a><pre><code>[[{{{1}}}]][[Category:{{{1}}} appearances]]{{#if:{{{new|}}}|{{#createpageifnotex: Category:{{{1}}} appearances |<nowiki>[[Category:</nowiki>{{{1}}}<nowiki>]][[Category:Chapters by character appearances]]</nowiki> }}|}}</code></pre> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/MediaWiki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaWiki</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Wiki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wiki</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Miraheze" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Miraheze</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Wikis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wikis</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/TechHelp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHelp</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/TechQuestions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechQuestions</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/PandorasTale" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PandorasTale</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/PandorasTaleWiki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PandorasTaleWiki</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Lua" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lua</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Scribunto" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scribunto</a> RE: <a href="https://transfem.social/notes/a12wxwqpigwk00vv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://transfem.social/notes/a12wxwqpigwk00vv</a>

183231bcbI am trying to learn how to install NetBSD, starting with trying it in a virtual machine (Gnome Boxes). I downloaded <code>NetBSD-10.0-amd64.iso</code> and I am following the guide here, using the default on most options. <a href="https://netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/part-install.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/part-install.html</a> I selected a "full installation." Which seems to work. Where I get stuck is trying to enable binary package installation. I keep getting stuck on the screen shown in the first image. It seems frozen on that screen indefinitely. If I press <code>ctrl+c</code>, I get back to the previous page, which looks like the second attached image. I can also further return to the previous screen, as shown in the third image. How can I enable installation of binary packages? UPDATE: The issue was that network autoconfig didn't work correctly when running in Boxes. The same choices did work in virtualbox. So I'm going to have to write a bug report for Boxes. <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/NetBSD" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NetBSD</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/FediHelp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediHelp</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/TechQuestions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechQuestions</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/GnomeBoxes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GnomeBoxes</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/BSD" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BSD</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/pkgsrc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pkgsrc</a>

Jane LagoMy iMac is 9 years old, permanently stuck in Monterey, and at end of life for security updates. More and more apps are notifying me that they are unable to update. But it does everything I need it to do.Should I go ahead and buy a MacBook before the end of the year and possible tarrifs, or just stick with the iMac until it dies? I truly hate that computers make themselves obsolete so quickly, but at what point does being online become unsafe?<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TechQuestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechQuestions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/iMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iMac</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Computers</a>

183231bcbFirefox question: In about:preferences->general->colors, you can choose colors to override Firefox's default scheme for websites. I choose a solid black background and a medium gray for text. However, it seems this setting does not apply to Firefox in reader mode: I still get a gray background and whiteish text. Is there a way to change this? <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Firefox" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Firefox</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/TechQuestions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechQuestions</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/FediHelp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediHelp</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/ReaderMode" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReaderMode</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/DarkMode" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMode</a>

profgoldbergCan someone techsplain to me why I should pay US$75 for a mechanical keyboard? Is it that much better? <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TechQuestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechQuestions</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Gear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gear</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Peripherals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Peripherals</a>

OG_Martin_Bishop<a href="https://twit.social/@ant_pruitt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ant_pruitt</a> <a href="https://twit.social/@leo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@leo</a> <a href="https://twit.social/@jasonhowell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jasonhowell</a> I have Amazon gift cards from Christmas that will get me a quest 2 for about $70. I have no real interest in VR or AR, but I want to watch YouTube and YouTube TV on it. Can I watch YouTube TV and YouTube via apps on the device? <a href="https://twit.social/tags/techquestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techquestions</a>

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