DABDA

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[–] DABDA@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I use OSMC for all the RPis connected to TVs in the house and have no major complaints from a daily-driver standpoint. Can't speak to your specific use case requirements, but is just flashing an extra SD Card and testing it out of the question?

[–] DABDA@lemm.ee 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Not to further shit on their good intentions, but this really pisses me off too:

We have listed some tips for anyone who wants to start a hotline, neighborhood watch, or cash-assistance program in our organizing playbook.

But if you actually intend on viewing that "organizing playbook" they have a mandatory form asking for:

  • First and last name
  • Mobile phone number
  • Opt-in for email and/or phone updates

And requiring:

  • Email address
  • Zip code
  • Latino YES/NO?

For someone interested in wanting to help, but not wanting to be consolidated into another helpful list of combatants or targets a subpoena away, this seems needlessly restrictive.

[–] DABDA@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

"Never use the word 'always', and always avoid the word 'never'." (https://youtu.be/5NagVDLvtUo?t=311 [~5:11])
I doubt he was the origin of the aphorism but I first heard it from him. It's so much nicer to listen to and learn from people that are clearly knowledgeable in their areas of expertise, but don't try to present themselves as all-knowing and infallible.

I haven't watched nearly all of his content but I never (heh) found his speech patterns to be stilted or awkward like he would frequently warn about either.

[–] DABDA@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

Designed and built for a better society, to bring us closer together without tracking or surveillance.

And the Kickstarter link is posted with a referral code.

[–] DABDA@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago
[–] DABDA@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

Just wanted to point out how awesome Tom Lehrer (wikipedia) is as a musician/satirist/teacher as well as just a decent human -- he relinquished all copyright ownership over his music catalog and currently* has his songs, sheet music and lyrics available for free download at https://tomlehrersongs.com/.

Here's the link to Wernher Von Braun where the parent lyrics come from.

*At the bottom of the homepage is the note:

NOTICE:
THIS WEBSITE WILL BE SHUT DOWN AT SOME DATE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, SO IF YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD ANYTHING, DON’T WAIT TOO LONG.

[–] DABDA@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cinnamon uses Nemo.

[–] DABDA@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It might not be a feature you're interested in re: your music (or photo) collection, but one thing I missed when switching from Windows was the folder previews showing album cover art. I've been using Cover Thumbnailer (on Linux Mint 21.3) and it's been working great.

[–] DABDA@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The two ways I'm assuming Billy's last name could be pronounced and working with sewage seem to be some nominative determinism. Love the owl name too (and its source movie).

[–] DABDA@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Billy likes to drink soda.
Miss Lippy's car is green.

[–] DABDA@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Tombstone is more expensive than Jack's but it's definitely a huge step up in quality. When I'm just focused on maximizing my budget Jack's is the lowest I'll tolerate. But if the goal is taste and quantity of toppings, Tombstone is certainly the better option.

[–] DABDA@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It's not like specific items always being unavailable, it's just different random things being OOS necessitating a second grocery stop. It happens everywhere, but at least post Covid, and in my region, it happens consistently with Target.
e.g.:

  • Campbell's cream of mushroom soup
  • Kraft mac & cheese
  • (any) Butter sticks
  • Jack's frozen pizza
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