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- Comment on Stack overflow is almost dead 14 hours ago:
Yep. 200% agree. I still post questions on SO, but when I don’t get any answers, then I have to go to Discord… :(
- Comment on Stack overflow is almost dead 15 hours ago:
the whole XY Problem
lol. I hate this. Just answer the damn question or don’t. I’m not asking you to validate if what I’m doing is weird or not. It’s weird! I know! That’s none of your business. Just answer the damn question or don’t. Simple as.
- Comment on Stack overflow is almost dead 15 hours ago:
get closed as a duplicate of the similar post
I’ve definitely had this happen to be before. It’s annoying.
What I do in that case is proactively say:
I’m facing problem X. I’ve tried searching for solutions. I found post X2 and X3 that are similar, but my problem is actually different because of Y.
Sometimes it helps.
Also, if you see people being assholes you can report them. There’s a flag for “unfriendly or unkind”. I’ve definitely used that before.
- Comment on Stack overflow is almost dead 15 hours ago:
Even without LLMs, it’s possible StackOverflow would have eventually faded into irrelevance
Yeah, exactly. A lot of groups have a Discord :( or other forums where people ask questions. I know I’ve had to ask questions on Svelte’s Discord :( for example. And I think even once on some YouTube influencer’s Slack…
Sucks cuz both of those places are silos and my questions and answers are forever lost.
- Comment on Simple NAS hardware for home use? 1 day ago:
Music
I’ve been using Navidrome for a while now and it’s been great!
- Comment on Simple NAS hardware for home use? 2 days ago:
Same thought! I tried a NAS once and it was just a slower, more locked down version of a regular server I could build myself.
I’m not sure I fully understand the point of a NAS. I guess, is it supposed to be an off-the-shelf server for non technical people?
- Comment on Google restores Nextcloud user’s file access on Android 5 days ago:
YES! Nextcloud is actually kinda good. I was skeptical for a long time, but I’ve changed my mind recently.
If you don’t want to self-host (I’m not there yet, it seemed like a pain at first glance), then there are 2 online hosting providers that I’ve used recently.
- nubo.coop fully manages Nextcloud for you, you just use it as a normal SaaS
- northmail.ca also Nextcloud as a service, same as Nubo
Nubo is in Europe, while Northmail is in Canada.
They both offer email, notes, calendars, contacts, cloud file storage. Nubo also offers a tasks app, while Northmail doesn’t yet.
I’m in the US, so Nubo was a little slow for me. I’ve been using Northmail for about 1 week now. Northmail’s Nextcloud instance is faster for me. Northmail also uses a way more recent version of Nextcloud. Nubo’s Nextcloud is pretty old. Northmail is also offering 100GB for $0.99 CAD per month, which is way more than Nubo.
I had to move off Nubo because my bank doesn’t do international wires.
If Northmail adds Nextcloud Tasks, then I will have everything I want from Northmail!
- Comment on Usernames using randomized nonsense 1 week ago:
Brother! 🍻
- Comment on Usernames using randomized nonsense 1 week ago:
😆😂🤣 Uuuuhh… Aaaah… I normally generate a random password and use it as my username for most services. Like even my bank.
This is because I’ve realized the username is mostly useless and is just a handle for my account. It doesn’t matter to me if my username is jsmith, meow123, or kekxbek. In fact, it’s easier if I don’t have to come up with something novel or cool.
I’m a real boy. I promise. Not a malicious bot.
Although… If I were a malicious bot, that’s exactly what I would say! 😲
- Comment on LibreOffice: We still see people on the fediverse recommending OpenOffice, despite it having year-old unfixed security issues 2 weeks ago:
I didn’t even realize you could install OpenOffice anymore… it’s doesn’t seem available in the Arch repos. wiki.archlinux.org/title/Apache_OpenOffice
- Comment on Slate, a no-nonsense EV pickup for $20k 2 weeks ago:
Every car I’ve owned has had a way to change the speedometer from freedom units to ✨ metric ✨ .
For knowing what speed I should be going, I roughly follow these numbers. (Note, these are not equivalent.)
- 35mph -> 50km/h
- 60mph -> 100km/h
- 70mph ->110km/h
Also, very roughly 10km ≈ 5mi.
However, most of the time I just follow the flow of traffic.
I voluntarily switched to metric like 10 years ago, so meters, celsius, grams, etc make more sense to me now.
- Comment on Slate, a no-nonsense EV pickup for $20k 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, 145km/h might be a liiitle under powered. I drive between 120km/h to 130km/h on the US interstates.
- Comment on why are posts from my Egyptian chat getting downvoted? 3 weeks ago:
Wait, huh?
Users can adjust from their profile settings which language they want to see … posts are marked as English despite being Egyptian, so these posts get forwarded to English speakers
TIL!
- Comment on Slate, a no-nonsense EV pickup for $20k 3 weeks ago:
A buddy of mine got his Tacoma tailgate stolen in broad daylight during a kid’s football game… I hope any really valuable parts are secured…
- Comment on Slate, a no-nonsense EV pickup for $20k 3 weeks ago:
not equipped for actual utility
Doesn’t that guy know?! He’s not getting any actual utility from this truck! 😱
- Comment on Slate, a no-nonsense EV pickup for $20k 3 weeks ago:
what if cars don’t have be ridicules in size
Then you may be interested in this vehicle. It’s about as long as the Kia Niro at 4.4m.
carrying dead weight
I mean, even in a 5 seater sedan, you’re gonna be carrying dead weight. Are you suggesting everyone ride bikes or motorcycles instead?
- Comment on Slate, a no-nonsense EV pickup for $20k 3 weeks ago:
Whoops! I did mean the Toyota Pickup. Thanks!
- Comment on Slate, a no-nonsense EV pickup for $20k 3 weeks ago:
One thing that makes me nervous is that there are so many screws exposed. It seems like it would be really easy for thieves to just walk up with a hex key and steal your bumper or panels… 🤔
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- Comment on What are the best options for computers that explicitly support linux operating systems? 4 weeks ago:
All of the apps I use play very nice with scaling … with the exception of apps…
Sssssssssoooo… it sounds like not all of the apps you use work with scaling?
- Comment on What are the best options for computers that explicitly support linux operating systems? 4 weeks ago:
I’m typing this message on my Dell XPS 13 9310. I’m really happy with it, specifically the 9310 model, not other models.
- The volume, screen brightness, and keyboard brightness buttons all work great.
- Bluetooth and wifi work great.
- Touchpad and touchpad gestures work great. It’s also a decent size.
- The FHD display has no scaling issues with any apps or any distros.
- The keyboard and overall build quality feel nice.
The one thing that doesn’t work great is the webcam. It turns on and captures video… except it’s really dark. Although, I haven’t tried running Wangblows on this, so maybe it’s Dell’s fault for picking bad hardware. Anyway, I just use an Opal Tadpole webcam and that works great. Happy to answer any questions about this laptop! I use Arch, btw, with GNOME. Zoom, Google Meet, Discord video calls and screen sharing all work as well.
If you’re serious about this requirement:
DPI/screen resolution doesn’t cause scaling issues
then I would avoid Framework. I recently sold mine after daily driving it for about 1 year. My biggest complaint was the high DPI display. It will 100% cause scaling issues. You will have blurry apps and/or tiny text, 100%. People will suggest that you add a ton of config, switch distros, or use different apps. If you want to use arbitrary software like hexchat which is GTK2, DO NOT buy a Framework laptop. 🙅
- Comment on Every non US market could impose their will, simply by banning imports of products that use, or reference SAE instead of metric. 5 weeks ago:
In the digital age, you still have to talk with humans. What did my coworker tell me again? The wheels need to be torqued to 150 Nm or ftlb or lbft? Shoot. He’s busy helping other customers now… uhh… I’ll just wing it.
- Comment on How to secure Jellyfin hosted over the internet? 1 month ago:
Holy moly, I did not know this existed! Thanks! Just turned this on!
- Comment on Selfhosting Sunday - What's up? 1 month ago:
Aby resources you’d recommend?
- Comment on How to secure Jellyfin hosted over the internet? 1 month ago:
I suspect that it goes down and stays down whenever there is an app update, but I haven’t confirmed it yet.
Does the plain wireguard app stay up during updates?
- Comment on How to secure Jellyfin hosted over the internet? 1 month ago:
if the cameras don’t load, open Tailscale and make sure it’s connected
I’ve been using Tailscale for a few months now and this is my only complaint. On Android and macOS, the Tailscale client gets randomly killed. So it’s an extra thing you have to manage.
It’s almost annoying enough to make me want to host my services on the actual internet… almost… but not yet.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
The American dream is an all time amazing piece of propaganda that has left every American imagining that one day, through hard work, they will become the oppressor
Wow, yeah. Well put. This is why they only care about “winning”.
- Comment on I found a nice gem 1 month ago:
Neat. I’ve been getting more curious about WebDAV recently. Also, great website! Thanks for posting!
- Comment on Kagi search engine now has a Fediverse search option. 2 months ago:
Oooooooh. Kagi added this lens! Since you can add custom lenses, I thought I added this to my own account. Cool!
- Comment on Are there any non capitalistic technology companies still around? 2 months ago:
At one point in my career I cared about what I did and who I worked for I felt pride over my product and my team, and all I feel now is shame to be associated with my company, I feel disgusted with myself that I work not for my customers but for shareholder value.
This tracks with my experience here as well.
keep my job and not get layed off.
For me, it seems like falling in line and kissing the ring is more important than showing ability, if you want to avoid being laid off. At a previous job, I got laid off before my very noob coworker who took months to complete PRs because I wouldn’t shut my mouth about RTO.
a meritocracy
🌎🧑🚀🔫🧑🚀 Never has been.
