ProdigalFrog
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As always, Rollie busting out another comedic gem.
I'd actually never used Photoshop until yesterday (CS6 to be exact. Yarr! 🏴☠️ ), out of curiosity to see how it compared to this modded GIMP, so I don't really have a good frame of reference on how they truly compare beyond what I messed around with briefly.
On a side note, I've seen on youtube that it's possible to get the latest version of Photoshop working in WINE on Linux Mint, which could be an option if you decide to fully switch to Linux. I managed to get CS6 working in WINE, though it seemed to be a little slowish when making brush strokes (unsure if that was normal or not), and there was a couple minor visual bugs (a tooltip not going away), but nothing that would've fully prevented me from using it.
Woah! Had no idea. Considering that, I'm amazed this ability for GIMP isn't more well known (or maybe it is, and I'm just unusually late hearing about 😅)
That was all Five. They've always had a way with words, but they absolutely threw down a royal flush with that one 😄
The creator of that bio reactor made an incredibly impressive Defcon talk about it and how it works. Highly recommend a watch for those interested.
Also @[email protected]. This is probably the closest you'll get to what you're after.
And also @[email protected], just cause I figure you'll find it fascinating :)
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They have a very interesting Wiki page full of history and tales of their struggles for better living standards. If you're interested, there's also this great documentary from the 70's about 'em.
They also happen to have a really bitchin' flag, IMHO.
As the title mentions, they still exist today, and if you have any interest in unionizing your workplace, they can still train you to become an organizer anywhere in the world, and are unique in that no matter your profession, from welder to coder, they'll help you unionize.
Holds up card
It rhymes with band, and gets everywhere.
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GIMP 3.0 combined with PhotoGIMP and Resynthesizer is stupendous (coming from a GIMP hater)
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GIMP and I have never gotten on well. I'd tried it many times over the years, but it always felt sort've off. Unpleasant, even. Things got better when the Single Window Mode came out years ago, but still, I would choose something else to edit images if I could, which usually ended up being Krita, even if it was forcing it into a role it wasn't originally intended for.
With the release of GIMP 3, I was hopeful things would be better and maybe even have its Blender 2.8 glow-up moment.
3.0 on its own, while nice (and setting the stage for more rapid improvement), didn't turn out to be the revolution I was mildly hoping it would be.
But I'd heard of an outside attempt to improve the UI called PhotoGIMP, and was pleased to find that it'd already been updated for GIMP 3.0. Installation was as simple as could be. And by Jove, it really does what it says on the tin.
For the first time, using GIMP felt good. When you get right down to it it's not a monumental change, just a reorganization of windows and some better shortcuts, but damn if it isn't just what the doctor ordered.
This positive experience warranted further investigation of the merits of GIMP, and if it could be pushed further with community efforts. That's when I discovered Resynthesizer, a plugin that replicates most of the functionality of Photoshop's Context Aware Fill.
That installed even easier thanks to being available as a flatpak, and after quickly learning how to use it, I was off to races, content filling all of the areas to my heart's content (and I assure you, it was thoroughly contented, and I haven't even tried G'Mic yet!)
In all seriousness, GIMP with these modifications was a revelation for me on how good GIMP can actually be when you spend a minute giving it a bit of polish. If you'd written it off in the past as I did, I hope this post encourages you to follow in my footsteps and give it another go as well. You might find that you can get along with it after all.
3 Days of The Condor is the best political movie, IMHO.
Best Apolitical? Picking one of my favorites, Where Eagles Dare.
Both are watchable for free on Archive.org :D
purely anecdotal, but I tried it last month, and an update seemed to bork the nvidia driver, so I figured it wasn't ready for me yet, and went to mint.
I suspect it'd have been fine with open source drivers though.
Yes. Any industry whether blue or white collar, from welders to coders, they'll help you ^^
I would suggest:
- Joining and organizing within your local community to create connections with others is incredibly powerful, will lay the groundwork for effective resistance.
- Join the IWW. They have superb resources on how to form a union in your workplace, are uniquely able to unionize any trade, and would be the most likely to join or initiate a general strike.
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Source to Sea down the River Thames WITHOUT Leaving it - Part 3 | Ed Pratt [35:13]
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I suppose an old 2g phone would be safe since they shut down the 2g networks, AFAIK, but those aren't particularly useful as a non-phone device :p
There's quite a few small handheld laptop/computers on the market now like the Mecha Comet or ClockworkPi which only have wifi and bluetooth, I think those would be pretty safe. (Could also make one, like this)
Open hardware would be great. AFAIK there is currently no open-source cellular radio hardware on the market.
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