Onomatopoeia
@Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
- Comment on Plex/Jellyfin - YouTube content 1 hour ago:
Meh, DRM has been repeatedly circumvented. It’s a cat-and-mouse game, with very few cats (DRM developers/vendors) and many mice (DRM circumventors) who are very motivated.
DRM is to prevent the average consumer from sharing stuff.
- Comment on Discord CEO steps down, replaced with former Activision Blizzard CSO as they work towards being a public company 9 hours ago:
So an already shitty app will double down on enshittification?
- Comment on Why is everyone using Tailscale? 14 hours ago:
Using a mesh network like Wireguard/Tailscale enables you to have a public interface that’s not on your home router, but the VPS instead.
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 16 hours ago:
I dunno, I’ve listened to some Middle English on a History of English podcast, and could follow along only slightly. I’m sure I could come up to speed quickly, since it at least has the French influence already (if I remember right).
I’m not familiar with the great vowel shift, is that a result of the Norman invasion in 1066, adding French into Old English? (That’s the sequence, right? It’s been a while since I read about it).
- Comment on Why is everyone using Tailscale? 16 hours ago:
Because I don’t need a reverse proxy?
- Comment on What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country? 1 day ago:
It’s pretty simple, the candidate didn’t meet the requirements.
Not sure why you’re involved, this is an HR and legal issue. If HR said they don’t have docs showing eligibility, then that needs to be reported to the recruiter, otherwise they’re going to recommend this person to somewhere else, and run into the same issue. How would you feel if you were in their shoes?
Whether someone can legally work somewhere is not your pro lem to solve, unless you can actually do something, like help them submit appropriate paperwork (I’ve done this for employees who were temps, to help them get more permanent status).
- Comment on What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country? 1 day ago:
This is all HR’s problem, not anyone else’s. It’s what HR is for.
Not sure why they’re punting it back to you.
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 2 days ago:
Well, first I’d have to learn Old English, I think. Hell, even Middle English isn’t understandable.
Hopefully I could get up to speed before they locked me up, or worse.
- Comment on Why aren't the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Red Sea, the Baltic etc. considered Gulfs? 3 days ago:
I think there may be scale elements to these too. The chart I had included scale.
- Comment on Selfhosting static site behind two routers? 4 days ago:
Probably because the ISP modem/router has limited capability.
I’ve done 2 routers like this for years (out of laziness more than anything) because cable modem router suck from a capability standpoint.
- Comment on Why aren't the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Red Sea, the Baltic etc. considered Gulfs? 4 days ago:
I’ve seen a diagrammatic chart showing the difference, but damned if I can find it on my phone.
- Comment on Coffee is not brewed homogeneous 4 days ago:
Starbucks is burnt crap with a bunch of cream and sugar added so people can’t tell
- Comment on I don't get the love for Nextcloud - alternative for just files? 4 days ago:
For just files I’d use Syncthing or Resilio (I keep hundreds of gigs synced with ST).
But, since you effectively are on the same LAN, you can use any file-copy tool the respective OS’s support.
- Comment on SMS/MMS backup and sync? 6 days ago:
But, no Foss dev wants to do anything about it because SMS sucks balls.
So regardless of how many.messages are sent FOSS devs aren’t interested.
- Comment on Video transcoding web interface (self hosted) 6 days ago:
Yea, I’d take the approach of having the server monitor a folder, and then just drop files in that folder to be converted.
There are a number of ways to transfer files to that folder, tools like FolderSync (Android), Syncthing or Resilio (every OS) can handle this.
- Comment on Did the western world just suddenly go back to pretending wrestling is "real" for some reason? 6 days ago:
Have you listened to any sports commentator? They all take about <insert current game on tv> as if it’s the most important, world-changing event ever, and every little detail had some significance.
My god, baseball is a game for (as Brits would say) boffins. Fans of the game could put meth-head ravers to sleep. I’ve worked on more exciting spreadsheets for business planning.
And football has become just as bad, with the incessant pre-game/post-game commentary examining every nuance of a play - “I’m pretty sure if the inner aglet of his left shoe had moved the other way, we’d be talking about a completely different game”.
Bread and circuses, appealing to our base nature.
- Comment on is this something only introverts struggle with? 1 week ago:
Excellent approach, putting that in my book of tools.
I’d also be sure to ask the second person to finish what they were trying to say after person 1 was done.
There are 2 reasons:
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Never know if they have a different perspective or other ideas. They may also have thought of something while listening.
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In the help desk world you learn these kinds of people get worse when they get shut down. If you actively engage them (even if you don’t really want to), they’ll feel heard, and maybe be less likely to feel compelled to interrupt. Plus you come across as a Good Guy® at work.
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- Comment on How can I create a Lemmy instance without coding or the use of Ethernet/router wiring? 1 week ago:
The same ones you’d use with a wire.
WiFi is just Wireless Fidelity… A play on HiFi. It’s just a wireless equivalent of wired ethernet. You still have an IP address, you still have a router (without a router only one device in your house could connect to the internet, typically your wireless access point is a combination router with a wireless access point in it).
- Comment on SMS/MMS backup and sync? 1 week ago:
For backup check out SMS Backup/Restore. I have 10+ years of sms backup with it, all readable as text or using Excel.
I’ve never found a good solution to this SMS problem - there’s seems to be nothing out there (probably because FOSS devs think SMS needs to die, and I agree).
I did find my solution last year: JMP.chat - I think they’re considered a virtual cell provider. Port your number to them, then all your SMS/MMS gets piped into XMPP, which you can access with an XMPP client on any device - Gajim on Windows/Linux, Cheogram and Monocles (plus others) on Android, Snikket and others on iOS. My SMS works even if my phone is off. Prices are really good, so good that I use a different SIM in my phone for a data connection, as I no longer need an SMS/voice connection (calls are routed via VOIP in Cheogram/XMPP).
- Comment on I’ve Worked at Google for Decades. I’m Sickened by What It’s Doing. 1 week ago:
Dude, it took you decades working there?
I saw the problem with Google from early 2000’s…as did my peers. We discussed the problem it would become, even then.
And you worked there and took you this long? Makes me wonder why now all the vile crap they’ve done is an issue. I guess you were OK with all the rest of the crap they’ve done…
- Comment on One of your users is committing voter fraud 2 weeks ago:
Lol, well that makes for some compelling evidence then!
- Comment on "I was born in the wrong generation" has turned from edgy to a sad reality for some 2 weeks ago:
Can’t fight for shit with OP’s attitude.
OP needs perspective and needs to read stuff like Studs Terkel. Hardship takes on a whole new meaning.
- Comment on "I was born in the wrong generation" has turned from edgy to a sad reality for some 2 weeks ago:
Imagine that, younger folks own fewer homes…
- Comment on Future generations will look at people who fear AI/Robots the same as how we today view people who fear other races/ethnicities 2 weeks ago:
Well… There is a microfiche in every home/pocket, of a sort. 😁
But I take your point, we’re pretty bad at predicting what tomorrow will look like.
- Comment on Future generations will look at people who fear AI/Robots the same as how we today view people who fear other races/ethnicities 2 weeks ago:
Very few paranoiacs feared wifi… By that point generations were used to RF tech. That was just those folks who don’t know how anything works, so always think the worst.
- Comment on I hate reachability of smartphones 2 weeks ago:
Someone leaving an angry voice mail can fuck right off.
- Comment on How do you handle absolutely critical alerts on your Android phone? 2 weeks ago:
Gotta remember to enable Quantum Entanglement… Takes a lot more power, but solves the problem.
- Comment on Alternatives to Roku/AppleTV for Jellyfin Client 2 weeks ago:
I’ve taken this approach, sometimes these boxes will act up when they can’t phone home. Definitely worth trying though.
- Comment on Alternatives to Roku/AppleTV for Jellyfin Client 2 weeks ago:
Excellent - thanks for the remote recommendation, it’s one thing I’ve been struggling to find.
Not sure I like the gyro idea - I had a gyro presentation mouse in the past. Worked well, but how do your parents like the gyro element?
- Comment on How do you handle absolutely critical alerts on your Android phone? 2 weeks ago:
Sometimes it’s a decision between reliability and selfhosted
This is an excellent point to keep in mind.
Using something like Telegram for notifications/alerts exposes a minimal amount of info/metadata.
XMPP could be a useful alternative, since there are numerous hosts/providers available, and it’s a privacy minded community.