Linux will never become more widespread untill they make it more plug-and-play by deafboy in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Remember when only one application at a time could play sound? And then Ubuntu shipped an early build of pulseaudio, and all of a suden no application could play a sound? :P

Makes me appreciate PipeWire so much more.

Is it just me or do you guys miss these type of skeuomorphic icons? by deafboy in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I've been using LawnChair, and they've dropped the feature for some time. I think it was being re-written from scratch. It just got back in the last month or so.

Is it just me or do you guys miss these type of skeuomorphic icons? by deafboy in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

Way beyond fist shaking here. My brain simply doesn't process the trendy flat UX. It looks like when my kitchen garbage can tips over. A piece of carrot here, empty milk crate over there, sprinkled with onion peels, and some unidentified goop that I only discover later in the evening, using my bare feet, while getting a cup of water...

What's weird though is that I similarly hate the circle android icons. They all kinda blend together like a bowl of skittles. Make them squircle though... instantly recognizable!

Why BlueSky Isn’t the Alternative to X (Formerly Twitter) You’re Looking For — and Why Mastodon Is the Better Choice Over X, Threads, and BlueSky by deafboy in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago

People tried to bring more content through bridges. Mastodonians promptly started crying about how it literally puts peoples lifes in danger. Some still have #nobridge tags in their profiles to this day, thinking it matters somehow in an open network.

Is it really possible to tax the rich? by deafboy in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week / A ‘majority' of the new users are from the US, indicating that people are searching for a new platform as an alternative to X. by deafboy in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Nothing? Im as pessimistic as it gets, but it has provided traction for at least 3 competing decentralized alternatives.

Living Alone by deafboy in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
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Why is the vision correction in VR headsets only an afterthought? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by deafboy@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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Researchers predict that by the year 2050, about half of the world's population will have myopia.

Considering the target demographic, a significant number of potential VR users suffer from myopia already. Why are there no more VR headsets with adjustable focus?

Several vendors offer replaceable lenses, or various addons to fit the glasses in, but the obvious solution used by the early cheap headsets like GearVR - adjustable distance between lenses and the display, is not being utilized for some reason.

Is it a technical problem, economical problem? Are the modern lenses somehow tuned for a specific distance?

Searching for exact app names in the Play Store by deafboy in c/android@lemdro.id
[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 82 points 2 months ago

Pffft, the young generation, not hardened by the 6 different download buttons on a torrent search engine... /s

EcoFlow’s $200 PowerStream is so clever, you might buy a $4,000 solar generator by deafboy in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 116 points 5 months ago

Plug-in systems are built around a microinverter that feeds solar energy back into the home via a standard wall jack.

What the actual fuck?

The PowerStream has three proprietary ports: one that connects to your MC4 solar panels

Disqualified.

Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S. that don't come with a requirement that drivers watch the road by deafboy in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 93 points 6 months ago

And they managed to do it without us obsessing about their CEO several times a day? I refuse to believe that!

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Select all SoCs which can boot mainline linux. (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by deafboy@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
52 comments fedilink
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Shocking expose of accused 'religious cult' Esther House | 60 Minutes Australia (www.youtube.com)
submitted 9 months ago by deafboy@lemmy.world to c/documentaries@lemmy.world
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Amazon has been listing products with the title, 'I'm sorry, I cannot fulfil this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy' by deafboy in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 127 points 10 months ago

The only thing amazon had was a brand. They've sold it for short term profit and now it's just a shittier aliexpress. The question is, why not go for the real thing?

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Is there any consumer grade nvme ssd that works flawlessly on linux? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by deafboy@lemmy.world to c/linuxquestions@lemmy.zip
2 comments fedilink

I've tried Apacer AS2280Q4 2TB and ADATA SWORDFISH 500 GB. Both report nvme nvme0: globally duplicate IDs for nsid 1 since Linux 5.19, if I attach more than one.

Only the first drive is seen by the system. Workaround so far has been to stay on 5.15, but that's not a viable long-term solution.

This error has been known for quite some time, and has been fixed downstream for specific distros and ssd models. Is there any chance the manufacturers will start to assign unique ID's to each drive, or mainline implements usable a universal workaround?

You need to send an API Request to apply for a job in this company by deafboy in c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 91 points 1 year ago

I love it. If everyone did that, we could even write a sensible fontend for people, so they can look for a job instead of fighting with some sap module that's not even properly translated from german.

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Can I use the same domain name for Lemmy and Mastodon? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by deafboy@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
11 comments fedilink

I'd like to self-host Lemmy or kbin and mastodon. I know I could use different subdomain for each, but I'd much rather keep it short. Something tells me, however, that other instances might not be happy about it.

Is it doable?

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Shodan lifetime membership discount. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by deafboy@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
36 comments fedilink

Google is a search engine for human readable content. Shodan does the same for machine readable content.

You can:

  • search for specific IP addresses, and it will show you the active ports, and running services.
  • search for a specific response header in the set of countries
  • browse through the screenshots of open VNC & RDP
  • open webcams
  • and more...

The free accounts can use any feature, but the list of results is limited. But if you really want to look under the deck of the internet, the subscription is worth it.

https://account.shodan.io/billing/member

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