13:13:26 <CaptainTobin> frg_Away
13:13:28 <CaptainTobin> sup
13:13:53 <CaptainTobin> hi matrix ian
13:14:00 <CaptainTobin> :P
16:09:45 <frg_Away> CaptainTobin hi
16:51:58 <CaptainTobin> what's new?
16:53:29 <CaptainTobin> how is that to your eyes as far as light on dark goes
16:56:22 <frg_Away> Much better. I am not sure I would still go with text shadows but ok.
16:59:40 <CaptainTobin> i think shadow text will be coming back in a big way
16:59:50 <CaptainTobin> so i am not gonna bother ditching it lol
17:00:04 <CaptainTobin> tho the TYPE of shadow is in question
17:00:19 <CaptainTobin> which is why I reduced mine down to more of an accent than a main feature
17:00:56 <CaptainTobin> i do know color, gradients, and animation is gonna explode again
17:00:58 <CaptainTobin> for sure
17:01:05 <CaptainTobin> unless it doesn't just to spite me personally
17:01:53 <CaptainTobin> frg_Away: thanks for the use of your eyes.. the various pairs available for loan are quite depleated these days and mine aren't weak in that way
17:03:08 <CaptainTobin> this better be cause short of going back to dark on light i ain't gonna redesign it again for at LEAST 2 years.
17:03:38 <CaptainTobin> else i fall back into the orginal BinOC Cycle of web designs and literally nothing else
17:04:21 <frg_Away> CaptainTobin well Windows 11 has color icons again. Just the usability and a 1000 other things did go down the drain or it would be better :)
17:05:55 <CaptainTobin> the problem is steve jobs died
17:06:01 <CaptainTobin> tho it solved others
17:06:08 <CaptainTobin> steve jobs WAS design in the IT world
17:06:19 <CaptainTobin> because everyone got lazy and started copying
17:06:25 <CaptainTobin> and this bullshit design era?
17:06:37 <CaptainTobin> it is tim cook's fault but only in so far as it is job's fault
17:06:52 <CaptainTobin> because all they are doing is copying
17:06:57 <CaptainTobin> that is all ANYONE is doing
17:07:00 <CaptainTobin> is copying
17:07:04 <CaptainTobin> and has since jobs died
17:07:25 <CaptainTobin> this is the final victory of the shit that happened with the iphone shift
17:07:43 <CaptainTobin> he made something so "amazing" it broke the planet
17:08:37 <CaptainTobin> except for a few exceptional individuals who persist or actively go out of their way to do more than copy reflect everything everyone else is doing.. yeah no one can do anything that hasn't already been done
17:09:07 <CaptainTobin> or so it seems
17:18:27 <frg_Away> Computrace version 2.0 : https://eclypsium.com/blog/supply-chain-risk-from-gigabyte-app-center-backdoor/
17:19:13 <frg_Away> Can I have my 256KB standard bios back?
17:49:37 <andr01d> For people being forced into UEFI because of BIOS/MBR 2TB storage size limits: use 4Kn sector storage devices to increase the limit to 16TB:
17:49:40 <andr01d> https://superuser.com/questions/1031085/what-is-the-maximum-partition-size-for-4kn-disks-if-mbr-is-used
17:50:42 <andr01d> GPT does have other advantages, it's unfortunate that it's being bundled into a firmware takeover via the trusted boot UEFI features...
18:16:32 <CaptainTobin> frg_Away: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1091572226748321833/1113893177770901534/extension.png
19:57:12 <frg_Away> andr01d Only a problem for later laptops and I am still stuck at the Thinkpad x30 because was the last one I really like. Maybe the P50 or P51 but that is it then.  Ok with 2TB on it anyway. On my desktops the first thing I do is set legacy boot.
20:37:17 <andr01d> I've mostly used the 4Kn devices to extend the life of motherboards w/ BIOS/MBR, since storage can now go to 16TB, instead of just 2
20:38:12 <andr01d> The whole 512B sector emulation seems wonky, and I think is mostly in place because of M$'s ineptitude in filesystems