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  SpookJ 👻SnoopJ@hachyderm.io

  Sep 8, 2026, 6:25 PM

  @ricci is such a thing even possible?

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  Rob Ricciricci

  Sep 8, 2026, 6:26 PM

  @SnoopJ evidence suggests "no" but more research is needed

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  Jamey Sharpjamey@toot.cat

  Sep 8, 2026, 7:10 PM

  @ricci The funniest thing about attending X.Org Developers Conferences a couple decades ago was learning that the people writing the graphics drivers couldn't get projectors to work either

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  Rob Ricciricci

  Sep 8, 2026, 7:44 PM

  @jamey One of my colleagues once started to point us at various bits in the HDMI spec and I considered switching to a screen reader

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  TheConstructor (he/him)TheConstructor@social.tchncs.de

  Sep 9, 2026, 9:02 AM

  @ricci @jamey maybe we should use DisplayPort more then? At least heard from a colleague it was better, but never really bothered to look into them

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  Markus Peuhkuripuhuri@mastodon.social

  Sep 9, 2026, 11:20 AM

  As part of HDMI spec is to protect video content from (unauthorised as defined by someone) copying, it is more complex than it needs to be.
  @ricci @jamey

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  Dan Portsdan

  Sep 9, 2026, 1:50 AM

  @jamey @ricci years ago, @irene found herself in a meeting with the National Science Board where everyone had to wait because Vint Cerf couldn't get his internet to work

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  David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

  Sep 9, 2026, 10:38 AM

  @dan @jamey @ricci @irene

  I always use to enjoy the bit at the start of FOSDEM when the organisers would thank CISCO for the WiFi, at which point 3,000 geeks would all try to connect 1-3 devices each to the same AP.

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  L. Pereiralafp@cornputer.org

  Sep 9, 2026, 10:19 AM

  @jamey @ricci I worked with one of the guys that did extensive work on the Linux Bluetooth subsystem

  He didn't use a Bluetooth headset

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  DerPumu (he/him)DerPumu@mstdn.games

  Sep 10, 2026, 2:01 PM

  @jamey @ricci the difference between Praxis and theory. One means that you do something, it works, but you don't know necessarily why. The other is that you know how it should work, but it doesn't necessarily actually work.
  A majority of people happily do a mix of the two, of course. They do something, it doesn't work, they don't know why 😜

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  Thalia Archibaldthalia

  Sep 9, 2026, 1:47 AM

  @ricci Oh actually, connecting to the projector was easy. Turning it on was baffling.

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