[-] Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works 28 points 4 weeks ago

Isn't the better option still electric (catenary; not battery) trains? I'd imagine the emissions from the batteries (that would need cells replaced / new batteries when airplanes are replaced) would outweigh the ecological impact of the train tracks installation.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works to c/photography@lemmy.world

I was wondering if anyone has experienced this before / has ideas on possible solutions? The camera in question is a Minolta Maxxum 9 (known as the a9 or Dynax 9 in some regions). Im trying to determine why the viewfinder has the dots on it now after a backcountry trip I took — my only theory is the rapid humidity changes that happened due to some extreme weather we were having introduced moisture inside the viewfinder's screen apparatus (not the mirror mechanism / lens)

Any thoughts? The camera otherwise operates fine but I'm leaving it alone for now in case it is moisture/humidity related.

Edit: I'm not sure the type of screen it is, I'd imagine it's a multi segment LED display with a green backlight (similar to a casio digital watch for example). Feel free to correct me if im wrong.

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As per title, the official flatpak applications get stuck on a loading screen when launched from the bigscreen session, but are completely usable within the main session. I have tried disabling fullscreen launch for the HTPC app just in case but that did not seem to fix anything.

Does anyone have any ideas?

I also wouldn't mind if someone knows a URL that would link to the plex 10-foot ui (so not app.plex.tv/desktop, instead a URL that gives the more controller friendly UI).

If it matters, I am on Fedora Kinoite (KDE Atomic Desktop) with Plasma Bigscreen and Tailscale-cli as the only layered packages.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@sh.itjust.works

Hello everyone,

I recently set up a drop-in systemd unit file that adds an "on failure" command to all user-level services on a home server. Specifically the on failure command sends a notification to ntfy.sh detailing the service that has failed. E.g. if my miniflux container fails, it will send a notification such as Le service miniflux.service a échoué. Vérifier : journalctl --user -u miniflux.service

However, particularly on server startup, I have been getting some weird failure notifications for services I cannot find.

Any ideas on what I can do to troubleshoot this? An example is provided bellow.

Title: ⚠️ ❌ 303a3d11aa5781aaca14faa1e36fbe4465466f74e49821fee252d01227f8fdfb-73342cf5eacdadbd.service a échoué

Body: Le service 303a3d11aa5781aaca14faa1e36fbe4465466f74e49821fee252d01227f8fdfb-73342cf5eacdadbd.service a échoué. Vérifier : journalctl --user -u 303a3d11aa5781aaca14faa1e36fbe4465466f74e49821fee252d01227f8fdfb-73342cf5eacdadbd.service

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I am wondering what people's solutions are for this conundrum. The simplest solution would be to just add this person as a user to my tailnet and have them access my sites that way, perhaps I could also limit access to certain cites by ACL e.g. the Cockpit web-management interface. I would, however, much prefer being able to just share-out my server node, and pick which services are served on their tailnet. Is this a plausible route to go?

[-] Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The more important metric to Canonical however is corporate / paying customer marketshare - I am guessing it hasn't suffered too much otherwise they would have backed down on some of their decisions regarding snaps.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@sh.itjust.works

Good morning everyone!

I just had a question on how to go about the age-old problem of having files created on a unix-like system (Linux, Mac etc.) that need to be shared with a Windows machine. Specifically, some files in my e-book and manga library have “?” and “:” in their titles (and possibly some other reserved characters). Sadly, Syncthing (my file syncing solution of choice) has no solution for this and just creates an error on the Windows machine where my e-book library is shared.

What is an easy, semi-automatic solution for renaming files to allow portability between operating systems? Ideally I would like to create a shell script that I can just run on a folder that will recursively descend through the directory structure.

Thank you in advance :)

[-] Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 year ago

If you don't mind clarifying, what do you mean by DoD?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works to c/quebec@lemmy.ca

Bonjour à tous, j'espère que vous passez un bon vendredi. En tant que francophile, je me demandais où vous trouviez vos recommandations de livres? Pour les livres en anglais, je consulte principalement des sites comme Goodreads, des recommandations d'amis (qui semblent beaucoup provenir de TikTok), ou je navigue simplement, car je sais en quelque sorte ce que je cherche

Pour la littérature française, c'est un peu plus difficile pour moi, en dehors d'aller dans une des libraires et de feuilleter, où trouvez-vous vos prochaines lectures?

Merci d'avance pour les suggestions! :3

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

Hello everyone! I was wondering what advice people have in acquiring PS2 memory cards. I recently acquired a PS2 slim for my birthday, and frankly my only experience with memory card based consoles is a backwards compatible Wii (where I have a memory card + virtual memory cards on the SD / backups of the memory card)

What is the safest route (in terms of longevity / corruption) to go (with or without homebrew).

Thank you for your feedback, looking forward to trying some classics I missed out when I was younger :)

[-] Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

To be fair, even a skilled users may just not notice something like this. There are many things we do in our day to day life without paying enough attention, particularly when it's routine / something we feel adept using.

[-] Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago

Normally I would say community forks have the power to continue the project. However, in this case I think chrome / safari would eventually add enough new features that Firefox forks can't add quick enough. Mozilla at least has some power in pushing the direction of web-standards, which these forks would lack, as well as the larger development team and some corporate usage of the browser which Mozilla has. I also don't see the smaller development community keeping up with security issues found in the browser, particularly pertinent for corporate marketshare and individuals with a stricter threat model (journalists, dissidents, etc.)

The only other factor, is whether Firefox dissapearing would officially create impetus for an anti-trust case against Google. I doubt so under the current American presidency, but I could see the EU being concerned (even if they lack the power the US has to force the company to split). If something were to happen here there would be substantial change in the browser market, but I wouldn't be too hopeful of this happening.

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This is a great alternative to Apple / Google maps for public transit takers. Generally speaking their data is a lot better for service issues, rerouted lines, and the actual time of arrival for transit vehicles. Many transit authorities in Canada actually offer the premium subscription for this app, for free, to frequent riders AND the app is developed locally (in Québec)

If you're just looking for general maps however I highly suggest Open Street Map, or the Organic Maps app on Android (which uses OSM data). While they aren't explicitly Canadian, they get you away from American tech conglomerates and give back ownership of data to you, the user!

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Hello everyone!

I was wondering what solutions people have for Calendar syncing that are not Proton / Tuta.

Specifically, I was wondering what E2EE options are available that are ideally cross-platform as well.

The main reason why I ask is I am frankly frustrated with how both Tuta and Proton rely on their own apps, and don't necessarily integrate well with all operating systems. Especially with Proton's growing suite of apps, it feels like they are in some ways creating their own walled garden. While it is at this time a better privacy option than the conventional options, it is still a situation that feels like a vendor lock-in situation.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, including those that require a self-hosted server :)

[-] Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works 57 points 2 years ago

The foundation supports a bunch of other open source projects, after all there is a lot more to devices that run the Linux kernel then just the kernel.

Also, I found it a but funny that the foundation created the PDF using Adobe InDesign 19.4 (Windows), according to the metadata in file posted on their website. (original | archive of the PDF)

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Recently I borrowed my partner's copy of Links Awakening for the Nintendo Switch. I understand that many people did not enjoy the remake due to the graphics but I am one of the weirdos who somewhat enjoys the cutesy round graphics with the intense depth of field / forced perspective look. From a pure graphical standpoint I think this is a really good way of remaking a top down GB / GBC game for a new platform. I similarly enjoyed Pokémon Alpha Sapphire's graphics despite many others not enjoying them.

I think this has to be one of the most frustrating remakes I have played in recent history, solely for the inability to use the dpad for 8 direction movement. I am not against the remake using the joystick for movement, for example the aforementioned Pokémon game alows for the circle pad and the dpad to be used (for 360 degree movement and 8 direction tile based movement). My frustration with the controls in link's awakening is the forced use of the joystick with 8 direction tile based movement. What could have otherwise been an enjoyable experience is made more difficult, and leaves me wondering why I am not playing the original on my 3ds instead.

I do really enjoy many of the QoL improvements in the remake, the graphics, and the music. I also appreciate having the X and Y buttons available unlike the original gameboy versions. I'm still going to power through it, but sadly the GBC version is going to be the definitive version for me despite this version coming so close for me.

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I have thought about this on and off for quite a few years now, and I was just wondering what people here have done while maintaining account / device security.

I hope people don't mind this rather morbid conversation, but how have people here planned for what will happen with their accounts, computers, self hosted things etc. in the event of their deaths? I am particularly interested in what people have planned for if they are the person in their household who is self hosting things for the household. I'm not in a living situation that allows me to self host much but it is one of the questions I've had for myself when I decide to move in with my significant other and self host more things. I don't think they could manage much of the self hosted stuff and I also don't think they can remember all of the credentials for accounts etc., is the best way of going about it sharing a keepass database or bitwarden account with them?

In regards to my accounts, I am not expecting most of my accounts to transfer, if anything I'd much rather them be deleted (and I have enabled this feature where possible). There are a few however, that I wouldn't mind leaving to someone after my passing. Is there a privacy and security preserving way of setting this up?

I guess I have just been struggling with how to do this, ideally I would want a way for accounts to transfer to someone listed in my will, but I don't think it's a good idea to give ~2-3 people a copy of my keepass databse while I am still living.

I am looking forward to hearing what people's thoughts are on this matter, and I apologize again for such a morbid topic.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works to c/unixporn@lemmy.ml

The wallpaper is just a cropped image from the scans of the games manual found here, note these are spoilers!, Tunic is an absolutely lovely game I have been playing on my Switch and I highly recommend it to people who really enjoy the difficulty of older Nintendo games but want a more polished experience. The way the game integrates the "manual" is really intriguing

For a while I was experimenting with different plasma themes but I landed back on the good old reliable gruvbox dark theme.

Edit: my apologies for not perfectly aligning two of the images in Gimp, I forgot to press the button that aligns them horizontally and not just vertically :p

[-] Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 years ago

The other nice thing for "state funded media" is they often have translations for international audiences

For example CBC / Radio-Canada also have an international page, Radio-Canada International offered in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic etc.

[-] Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 years ago

I am happy that the FTC is trying to act in the best interest of consumers, in recent history the FTC and similar entities worldwide have failed to stop anti-consumer behaviour and it's refreshing to see them actually doing this.

[-] Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 years ago

Agora (ἀγορά) is a great name for a community! I'm looking forward to seeing the posts in it.

I do have a question about the donations. Some projects/sites have a donation "goal" to keep a project going for a certain amount of time. Will you be doing something similar? Along the lines of a goal of X amount of $CAD to maintain the instance's running costs for one year.

[-] Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Here is the post on Beehaw announcing the defederation from sh.itjust.works and lemmy.world

Tldr; there is a lack of moderating tools for this platform and given the community that Beehaw wants to create they cannot federate with large open-regestration instances. A few bad actors on these two instances were causing too much moderation hassle so they decided to defederate. They also wish for more granular federation controls akin to Mastodon, to avoid the nuclear option of defederation. At the time they also only had 4 moderators for the entire instance (people can't create their own communities)

Since then they have gotten more mods, and TheDude (our instance admin) has reached out to beehaw and they are currently collaborating which will likely lead to refederation (more can be found in this post on Beehaw)

Edit: I had some issues making this reply, so if you see this pop up more than once i sincerely apologize.

[-] Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 years ago

I actually am a little curious what TheDude’s opinion is on open vs closed registration policy. If having a closed registration policy is all that is needed for beehaw to refederate then perhaps that is an option, otherwise let us just hope the necessary mod tools (or more than 4 beehaw mods) happen to allow for refederation. It’s a shame since I feel like this is a really important / formative time and I do not think larger instances defederating is productive.

But that’s just my uneducated 2 cents :p

[-] Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 years ago

Just out of curiosity, would it help if when posting images we use services such as imgur (or alternatives)? I’m assuming if there is storage issues those type of posts are the biggest culprit.

Thank you for hosting this server @TheDude :)

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