jacksilver

@jacksilver@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a selfhosted eBooks app that can do this?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I made a separate comment, but AudioBookshelf can play nicely with ebooks and comics. It’s not super smooth, but provides the most features in a self hosted solution from what I’ve tried.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a selfhosted eBooks app that can do this?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I just use AudioBookshelf for books. It’s a little annoying, but basically just requires an extra nested folder structure.

  The best part is offline reading seems to resync back to the server, so you can download books for local reading or read through an internet connection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any good Android games that aren't roguelikes?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Baba is you is one of the best puzzle games I’ve ever played

  Shapez is a great factory/automation game. Maybe better on a computer, but still good on the phone.

  There are also a lot of good boardgames with android apps: Star Realms, Dominon (expensive), Splendor, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Viking combat roguelite Bad North (2018) is truly incredible in bite-sized real-time tactics⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve played it on mobile and it plays really well. I used touch controls, so not sure if controllers are supported, but honestly I think touch is better for a game like this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you encountered this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure what you’re saying. But to expand on my point:

  A lot of receipts have an area where they show you a “calculated tip” for some %s. Many restaurants calculate the tips using the total (meal+tax) rather than the subtotal (meal).

  On those receipts the person still has to calculate the end amount (meal+tax+tip).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you encountered this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, you shouldn’t tip on the tax, that has nothing to do with the food or service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify to raise prices in September⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, you could just pay the artists for their music.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you encountered this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m surprised no one mentioned that a lot also calculate the tip after applying taxes.

  Example: Meal was $40, then a 20% tip would be $8. But if taxes were $4 (making the total bill $44), then the receipt would show $8.80.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What anime has the best worldbuilding?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That must be in some of the newer content, but yeah that sucks.

  And yeah, it’s definitely rule of cool, which is fine and lot of fun, but doesn’t make for consistency/good world building.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What anime has the best worldbuilding?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, there is a lot that doesn’t really make sense.

  A simple example - the geography and navigation in one piece is just broken. Look at any map that exists and none of the way they travel seems logical (especially given all the crazy powers). Not to mention the inconsistency in how fast people can travel.

  Its a fun show, but the rules/world change as the story needs it (a good example is shanks, who is both super strong yet losses an arm to save luffy as a child).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They probably want that, but also at the same time, that would kill software development.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump orders firing of labor statistics chief hours after data showed jobs growth slowed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This one is a big deal. This report is just the tip of the iceberg as we have only just begun to feel the pain of the federal layoffs (and don’t get me started on tarrifs). If he removes people from accurately reporting, we’re going to have a crashing economy with no metrics on what’s really going on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the info.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t disagree with you on the first point. I put “unlawful” in quotes to imply that lawful/unlawful is ambiguous and gives Mastercard the cover they need to not really be lying in their statement, even if effectively they are.

  Its corporate doublespeak to a T.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What they’re saying is: “we haven’t called out any specific games, but we told steam if they can’t prove a game is “lawful” well cut them off”.

  This effectively has a chilling effect because it means anything that could be illegal becomes toxic and risky for steam.

  Its a way for Mastercard to dictate what can be sold without actually dictating what can be sold. Now the real issue is that at the end of the Mastercard is in a position where this matters and they can influence things. Should work just like cash and leave the government to decide what items are legal/illegal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow! I appreciate your thoroughness.

  After hearing you found it in a setting I went looking around again, and while I couldn’t find any official Kubuntu documentation, it does seem like Flathub has a setup guide that mentions it as a setting config.

  Also, I generally lean towards Ubuntu as most support I find online leans Debian, but curious what distro you use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My example was just to highlight that the “average user” may not be as technically capable as many in this thread propose. But that’s also why I called out I may be underestimating the average user.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s possible that I underestimate the average user, but I did work IT at one point in my life and I still vividly recall needing to point out to someone that their computer wasn’t turning on becuase it wasnt plugged in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just looked it up again and it seems like they require you run a command in the console to enable flatpak. I’m not sure if it’s cause they use snaps, given it’s an Ubuntu derivative. I suspect as flatpak continues to win out it’ll all tend that way.

  However, the fact this its even a discussion is kinda my point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like clearly everyone here is smarter than me or something.

  I’ve been running Kubuntu for a while and here is a recent anecdote and you can tell me if I’m just an idiot. I went to install an application so opened up the software store. After installing I found out it was an out of date version of the software. I went to the companies site and they recommended a flatpak install. Kubuntu doesn’t have flatpak enabled by default, so I have to lookup how to install flatpak and could then install the flatpak. However another piece of software recommends using the apt install, and another the Kubuntu store is fine. All of this is okay, but now there are three different ways I have to manage my software.

  Its fine for me, but if that’s really the case, you’ll loose the average user at using the command line to install flatpak.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cause there is literally nothing stopping the average user from trying, and yet they typically choose windows or macs.

  But also, let’s be honest, most people just use a tablet or their phone now anyways. If you believe these numbers, people are choosing even more locked down OSs like android and IOS. Trying to get them to use linux just isn’t likely.

  I’m not anti Linux, I use it all the time. But trying to convince the average user to change their OS is an uphill battle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wasn’t asking for guidance, I’m just pointing out that these are all things that reduce usability. While you’re right that some of these issues also exist on the windows side, it’s not as prolific.

  If more people grew up using Linux it might not be as bad, but even still Linux can still break easily and in many ways offers too much freedom for the average user.

  I think that a lot of technical people forget that the average user is quick to give up and has a knack for breaking things. Many of the restrictive elements in Mac and Windows are to protect the average user, usually to the bane of the super user.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Usability.

  Windows and Mac are both easier to use for the standard user.

  I’m a technical person and even I struggle with what/how the hell I’m supposed to even install applications on Linux:

  Should I download the binaries? Should I use snap/flatpak/etc? If I do one vs the other which is more up to date? If I can’t find it in the software store can I trust random online sites?

  And that’s just finding applications. Most people don’t have hours of free time to read forums to understand how to fix something that broke (assuming the distro they choose even has a thread relating to the issue).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t disagree that competency is an element, but your analogy is lacking because the user provided the information that increased their risk (sharing their photo IDs and real information).

  Its more like the share buttons on porn sites. If you’re logged into a social media site while browsing porn and accidentally dox yourself, it’s partially your fault for creating a situation where that was possible. Yeah, having the share buttons is a terrible design, but also you have to be doing insecure stuff too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It has nothing to do with the company, it’s an issue about privacy and not sharing personal information so freely.

  I mean the company was incompetent, but the primary issue is privacy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Home sales are down. So why are prices at an all-time high?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, generally speaking in our fiat system housing prices go up so that houses keep their value (if prices didn’t rise with inflation, then houses would loose value over time).

  The reason why we see housing prices not coming down right now (if I had to take a guess) is high interest rates. Since a lot of buyers have locked in low interest rates the sale price for existing homeowners must offset the new interest rates, otherwise they’ll loose money on the sale.

  This would be true in a hard money standard too, as even if the prices of the houses remained constant, higher interest rates would make mortgage payments higher (thus increasing the true cost of the house). So existing home owners would increase prices to offset higher interest rates.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rule34 blocked the UK entirely rather than comply due to the new law.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been saying this a couple places recently, but why not pass legislation requiring every site to provide a content rating. Then parents can choose if they want to restrict content by ratings or not. Yeah, you could have malicious actors, but it makes it easier and simpler for everyone to work than having ID laws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inflation outpaces wage growth for over 40% of Americans⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This article is about recent changes, under Biden wage growth was doing a lot better. But that’s stagnated under Trump (to my understanding) and is being hurt by rising costs due to tariffs.

  Effectively tarrifs and bad trade policy by Republicans is causing inflation that can’t be offset by wages (because the costs are caused by taxes making everything more expensive).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK De-banking is often how the US first declares you "homeless"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish that was the case, but there are a lot of people that see government provided services as waste/fraud. I mean look at how the federal government is being eviscerated right now.

  It would be nice if everyone could be guaranteed a safe place to manage money though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK De-banking is often how the US first declares you "homeless"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t know that existed!

  Its decline reads like everything else going on in the US. Government provided a service a lot of people liked, private enterprise lobbies to have it shut down and lock people into nickel and diming them.