mulcahey

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I'm getting ready to move off of Google (and Private Internet Access), and Proton is looking like the best option. But I'm nervous. Some of the things I worry about:

  • Calendar support: I rely really heavily on Google Calendar. How will I share events with others? And what will I do without Google Tasks?
  • VPN App Quality: Seeing some mixed reviews on Proton VPN Android app.
  • Proton ethics & politics: Look, I really don't want to open up the holy war here. My big stipulation is: I don't want my money to go to a company that will donate its money or services to fascists. To my knowledge, Proton does not do that. I know they made a post that seemed to praise GOP antitrust efforts. I do not believe that that is the same thing as lending material support for fascists. (And, as someone who is very well read-in on antitrust issues, I'll say that -- for a lot of complicated reasons -- there is some truth to Proton's post, but I wish they had framed it as a critique of the corporate wing of the Democratic party and not praise of the GOP.)
  • Anything else I haven't thought to ask.

So, folks who have made the switch: What do you wish you had known? What do you wish you had done to make the move easier?

Thank you for your advice.

[–] mulcahey@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

When you do this, what do people say? Do they say "Open it!" or do they ever tell you what it is?

What is the point of wrapping the gift if you're just going to tell the person what's inside?

[–] mulcahey@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

It might not be fair to say they don't give a shit. More often, I've found that productions simply hit a wall of time or money.

Just about anyone can write or edit a great story with enough time. But movies and shows are produced against a running clock, and they have obligations and limitations that go beyond the screenwriter's imagination or the editor's time. There are so many varied interests involved in a single production. Sometimes the issue is TOO many people giving a shit, and not being able to find a workable compromise in time.

[–] mulcahey@lemm.ee 15 points 5 months ago (4 children)

"Here, I got you this gift." Hands wrapped gift to the recipient. Recipient: "What is it?"

Motherfucker I swear every movie character does this. It's like they've never received a gift before what the hell

 

I'm new to Jellyfin, and I'm having trouble getting started.

Goals:

  • Host my media on a Mac Mini server
  • Access my media in my home from 2 other devices (one is an Apple TV, the other is a Firefox browser on my HTPC)
  • Let my family members in other homes access my server via Roku or Apple TV.

So far I've set up Jellyfin Server on my Mac Mini (specs below). I can see my media. Server seems to be working.

But when I try to access my server via Jellyfin Vue on another device, I keep getting an "Unable to connect" message. I've tried different server addresses, but no luck. Any ideas on how to address?

Thank you Lemmy folks!

192.168.x.x:8096

x.x.192.28:8096

SW:

  • Server version 10.9.8

HW:

  • Mac Mini (Early 2009)
  • 293 GB Storage
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • Running MacOS 12
 

I've been a Firefox user for 15+ years. I love its flexibility, privacy, and (absent that rough patch in the mid 2010s) its speed. It really is a great browser. But I've hit a limitation.

One of my machines is an HTPC running Linux. I watch almost all my movies in the browser via streaming sites. At first, Firefox was ideal for this: it handles fullscreen browsing well (better than Brave) by letting me access tabs just by moving my mouse to the top of the screen. And I'm able to adjust the scale of the Firefox interface to make it more HTPC-friendly via about:config. That's not possible in Brave.

But Firefox has 2 issues that make it virtually unusable as an HTPC browser.

  1. When Firefox plays fullscreen video (on Linux), it can't stop the screensaver from coming on. This issue has sprung up repeatedly for over a decade and been reported multiple times.
  2. Extensions like Keep Awake/Caffeine do not work with Firefox on Linux. I use these extensions so that I can keep non-video sites (like Rollgator) on my TV screen persistently, without the screensaver coming on.

I'm bummed. I would rather use Firefox, with its great interface and its long history. I still use Firefox on my phone, laptop, and desktop. But at the moment, Brave is the only browser (of the two) that has addressed these issues on Linux. If that ever changes, I will happily come back to Firefox on my HTPC. (It would be great, because then I could easily send tabs from my devices to my TV!) Until then, I'm sticking with Brave.

[–] mulcahey@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Thank you for this clear, helpful answer

[–] mulcahey@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

But... Why? Why would they get different restrictions on the basis of operating system?

[–] mulcahey@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

This is the way.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by mulcahey@lemm.ee to c/firefoxcss@lemm.ee
 

For years, I've used a CSS trick to move my window controls (Minimize, Fullscreen, Close) from the Menu Bar into the lower toolbar, right beside my Overflow menu. (I'm on Windows 10, so these are the controls you see in the upper right window)

But suddenly, that doesn't work. My window controls are back up in the Menu Bar. That's unfortunate, because I usually hide my Menu Bar.

Can anyone review my code and tell me what needs to change? Thank you!

/* Move Window Control buttons to Nav Bar */

:root:is([tabsintitlebar], [sizemode="fullscreen"]) {
  --uc-window-control-width: 138px; /* Space reserved for window controls (Win10) */
  /* Extra space reserved on both sides of the nav-bar to be able to drag the window */
  --uc-window-drag-space-post: 30px; /* right side*/
}

:root:is([tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"], [sizemode="fullscreen"]) {
  --uc-window-drag-space-pre: 0px; /* Remove pre space */
}

@media  (-moz-platform: windows-win7),
        (-moz-platform: windows-win8),
        (-moz-os-version: windows-win7),
        (-moz-os-version: windows-win8){
  :root:is([tabsintitlebar], [sizemode="fullscreen"]) {
    --uc-window-control-width: 105px;
  }
}

@media (-moz-gtk-csd-available) {
  :root:is([tabsintitlebar],[sizemode="fullscreen"]) {
    --uc-window-control-width: 84px;
  }
}

.titlebar-buttonbox, #window-controls{ color: var(--toolbar-color) }
:root[sizemode="fullscreen"] .titlebar-buttonbox-container{ display: none }
:root[sizemode="fullscreen"] #navigator-toolbox { position: relative; }

:root[sizemode="fullscreen"] #TabsToolbar > .titlebar-buttonbox-container:last-child,
:root[sizemode="fullscreen"] #window-controls{
  position: absolute;
  display: flex;
  top: 0;
  right:0;
  height: 40px;
}

:root[sizemode="fullscreen"] #TabsToolbar > .titlebar-buttonbox-container:last-child,
:root[uidensity="compact"][sizemode="fullscreen"] #window-controls{ height: 32px }

#nav-bar{
  border-inline: var(--uc-window-drag-space-pre,0px) solid var(--toolbar-bgcolor);
  border-inline-style: solid !important;
  border-right-width: calc(var(--uc-window-control-width,0px) + var(--uc-window-drag-space-post,0px));
}

:root[tabsintitlebar]{ --uc-toolbar-height: 40px; }
:root[tabsintitlebar][uidensity="compact"]{ --uc-toolbar-height: 32px }

#TabsToolbar{ visibility: collapse !important }

:root[sizemode="fullscreen"] #TabsToolbar > :is(#window-controls,.titlebar-buttonbox-container){
  visibility: visible !important;
  z-index: 2;
}

:root:not([inFullscreen]) #nav-bar{
  margin-top: calc(0px - var(--uc-toolbar-height,0px));
}

:root[tabsintitlebar] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"]{
  min-height: unset !important;
  height: var(--uc-toolbar-height,0px) !important;
  position: relative;
}

#toolbar-menubar[autohide="false"]{
  margin-bottom: var(--uc-toolbar-height,0px)
}

:root[tabsintitlebar] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"] #main-menubar{
  -moz-box-flex: 1;
  -moz-box-align: stretch;
  background-color: var(--toolbar-bgcolor,--toolbar-non-lwt-bgcolor);
  background-clip: padding-box;
  border-right: 30px solid transparent;
  border-image: linear-gradient(to left, transparent, var(--toolbar-bgcolor,--toolbar-non-lwt-bgcolor) 30px) 20 / 30px
}

#toolbar-menubar:not([inactive]){ z-index: 2 }
#toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive] > #menubar-items {
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  margin-left: var(--uc-window-drag-space-pre,0px)
}
[–] mulcahey@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Hey, remember that time that reddit released a list of the most "reddit-addicted cities" and the #1 spot was a US Air Force base?

It's ok if you forgot, because reddit quickly took the post down.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackout2015/comments/4ylml3/reddit_has_removed_their_blog_post_identifying/

Anyway, tell me more about Russians!