[-] john89@lemmy.ca 64 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Only because it would hurt their bottom line.

Funny how we can only win when it's corporations fighting each other.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 month ago

I totally agree. Corporate interests and rampant consumerism have ruined the majority of the internet.

Glad we still have refuges like lemmy though to take solace in. Proportionally we're a smaller part, but absolutely I'd say we're about the same or larger than in the 2000s.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by john89@lemmy.ca to c/askelectronics@discuss.tchncs.de

I have one of those basic motor kits you can buy off of Amazon. I was wondering what steps I should take to make it so that I can turn the motor on/off with the press of a button, wirelessly.

I'm still very new, so any information you can offer no matter how basic will probably be useful to me.

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[-] john89@lemmy.ca 35 points 3 months ago

If it's funded by taxes, it should be owned by the public.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 53 points 3 months ago

Can't make jokes without getting deported from Australia?

Politics really is just a show for morons.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 32 points 3 months ago

You legitimately don't need a lot of employees to make a good product or have a successful company.

I genuinely believe a lot of the bloat in modern companies comes from hiring people just to hire them, not because they add any significant value to either the company or customers.

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submitted 4 months ago by john89@lemmy.ca to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

The controller I'm using shuts off after about 5 minutes of idle time. I tried adjusting the value in Steam, but it doesn't have any effect.

Does anyone know where this value may be stored or how I can change it to be much longer?

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submitted 4 months ago by john89@lemmy.ca to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

I use it all the time and have for years. Just seems like a weird feature to lock behind about.config and say it's not supported while they still support things like Pocket.

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submitted 5 months ago by john89@lemmy.ca to c/thelongestjourney@lemmy.ca

Whenever I left click over something that I can potentially interact with, I have to try several times before the prompt appears.

Does anyone else have this problem? Does anyone know of a solution?

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by john89@lemmy.ca to c/rust@lemmy.ml

So, apparently the chrome/geckodriver processes will terminate on their own if the user sends ctrl+c to the console. It will not terminate on its own if the program finishes running naturally.

If you're interested in terminating it on your own, like I also was, here is how I went about it.

use std::process::{Child, Command};

fn main() {
	let mut s = Server::default();
	s.start();
	s.shutdown();
}

struct Server {
	child: Option<Child>
}

impl Default for Server {
	fn default() -> Self {
		Self {
			child: None
		}
	}
}

impl Server {
	fn start(&mut self) {
		self.child = Some(Command::new("./chromedriver")
			.spawn()
			.expect("ls command failed to start"));
	}

	fn shutdown(&mut self) {
		input(None); // wait for input so you can observe the process
		self.child.as_mut().unwrap().kill();
		self.child.as_mut().unwrap().wait();
		println!("shutdown");
	}
}

pub fn input(prompt: Option<String>) {
	let mut input = String::new();
	match prompt {
		Some(prompt) => println!("{}", prompt),
		None => ()
	}
	io::stdin().read_line(&mut input).expect("Failed to read input");
}
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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by john89@lemmy.ca to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

The streaming sites listed on https://rentry.co/megathread-movies-and-tv#streaming have plenty of duplicates. Essentially, they're the same sites with different names/skins but the exact same content.

It would be beneficial to the community if we could consolidate these down into groups according to which ones are the same.

We can still list all of them, but perhaps do it together so people don't waste their time trying out the same site under a different name.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by john89@lemmy.ca to c/3dprinting@lemmy.ml

I've printed similar objects with a different colored PLA, but I ran out of it and switched to this.

Is it possible that this could be influencing the outcome?

I have tried reducing the printing speed by 50%, but this did not seem to have a significant impact.

[SOLUTION] The problem was a loose screw. The offending part as well as the new result are pictured below. It's not perfect, which I guess is actually a part of the model this time, but it's good enough for my purposes and way better than what it was before.

I figured this out by twisting the Z-axis thingy manually all the way to the top to see if I could feel any issues. Towards the top, it would start to 'skip', where I would turn and pretty much nothing would happen. I assume this has to do with the lack of lube at the top because my prints rarely go that high. I checked to see if the screws were loose, and sure enough, the top one was. I tightened it up and now my printer is printing like the beast I remember!

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submitted 5 months ago by john89@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Isn't it enough to just enter your password once to login, then receive a warning whenever you're about to do something potentially dangerous?

If it's such a big security risk, how come the most popular and widely used operating systems in the world and their users seem to be unaffected by it?

I guarantee, most new users coming to Linux from Windows/macOS are going to laugh and look at you funny if you try to justify entering your password again and again and again.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 31 points 6 months ago

It was based on debian, but moved to arch.

I think they did it because honestly, arch is better for desktop-usage due to its rolling-release model.

Bugs in debian stick around forever.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 31 points 6 months ago

Lot rent is a massive scam and I feel bad for anyone stuck paying it.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 54 points 6 months ago

Nationalize them.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 37 points 6 months ago

Is being a massive cunt a requirement if you want to be a GNOME developer?

Yep.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 75 points 6 months ago

What the fuck?

Fuck zionists and their disproportionate amount of control over the world.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 48 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

What? Lunchables are expensive as hell and have practically no nutrition!

Sounds like someone's palms were being greased to get them in schools.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 98 points 7 months ago

I don't understand.

It's okay to discriminate against men but not transgender women?

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