[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

Super helpful!

[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 86 points 1 month ago

A Verizon rep told me the other day that their cellular home internet is just as good as my symmetric gigabit fiber service. Fuck these companies.

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[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 98 points 2 months ago

Good. Keeping it the same means that the original Steam Deck will remain a target device for game developers for longer.

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submitted 2 months ago by thejevans@lemmy.ml to c/android@lemmy.ml

The way he just blew off the 50/50 split criticism was pretty gross. Basing it off of Youtube's bad-relative-to-the-rest-of-the-market 45/55 split, and then making it worse is not great, especially when coming from someone who makes YouTube content for a living.

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submitted 10 months ago by thejevans@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I'm having an annoying issue with pipewire. I have a Scarlett 8i6 audio interface. I have it set to Pro Audio so that I can access all the input and output channels, and I have virtual devices defined to allow applications to access groups of channels as discrete devices.

For some reason, all applications keep automatically switching to my secondary (mono) output. I can sometimes get them to switch to my primary stereo output, but it's only ever a one-off and they will switch back when the current media is done playing. any thoughts?

config:

context.modules = [
    {   name = libpipewire-module-loopback
        args = {
            node.description = "Primary - Focusrite Scarlett 8i6"
            capture.props = {
                node.name = "scarlett_8i6_primary"
                media.class = "Audio/Sink"
                audio.position = [ FL FR ]
            }
            playback.props = {
                node.name = "playback.scarlett_8i6_primary"
                audio.position = [ AUX0 AUX1 ]
                target.object = "alsa_output.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_8i6_USB_F8CEK2H1B8391D-00.pro-output-0"
                stream.dont-remix = true
                node.passive = true
            }
        }
    }
    {   name = libpipewire-module-loopback
        args = {
            node.description = "Secondary (Mono) - Focusrite Scarlett 8i6"
            capture.props = {
                node.name = "scarlett_8i6_secondary"
                media.class = "Audio/Sink"
                audio.position = [ MONO ]
            }
            playback.props = {
                node.name = "playback.scarlett_8i6_secondary"
                audio.position = [ AUX2 ]
                target.object = "alsa_output.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_8i6_USB_F8CEK2H1B8391D-00.pro-output-0"
                stream.dont-remix = true
                node.passive = true
            }
        }
    }
    {   name = libpipewire-module-loopback
        args = {
            node.description = "Microphone - Focusrite Scarlett 8i6"
            capture.props = {
                node.name = "capture.scarlett_8i6_mic"
                audio.position = [ AUX0 ]
                stream.dont-remix = true
                target.object = "alsa_input.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_8i6_USB_F8CEK2H1B8391D-00.pro-input-0"
                node.passive = true
            }
            playback.props = {
                node.name = "scarlett_8i6_mic"
                media.class = "Audio/Source"
                audio.position = [ MONO ]
            }
        }
    }
    {   name = libpipewire-module-loopback
        args = {
            node.description = "Instrument - Focusrite Scarlett 8i6"
            capture.props = {
                node.name = "capture.scarlett_8i6_inst"
                audio.position = [ AUX1 ]
                stream.dont-remix = true
                target.object = "alsa_input.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_8i6_USB_F8CEK2H1B8391D-00.pro-input-0"
                node.passive = true
            }
            playback.props = {
                node.name = "scarlett_8i6_inst"
                media.class = "Audio/Source"
                audio.position = [ MONO ]
            }
        }
    }
    {   name = libpipewire-module-loopback
        args = {
            node.description = "Mix - Focusrite Scarlett 8i6"
            capture.props = {
                node.name = "capture.scarlett_8i6_mix"
                audio.position = [ AUX2 AUX3 ]
                stream.dont-remix = true
                target.object = "alsa_input.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_8i6_USB_F8CEK2H1B8391D-00.pro-input-0"
                node.passive = true
            }
            playback.props = {
                node.name = "scarlett_8i6_mix"
                media.class = "Audio/Source"
                audio.position = [ FL FR ]
            }
        }
    }
]
[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 48 points 10 months ago

What you're asking for is fairly unrealistic. The only way this could work sustainably would be for something to exist where you host your own tile server and routing service and patch that into OSM. Otherwise, even if the app itself is open source, the backend will cost money to run and will be proprietary.

The reason that OSM is able to be fully open source is because you host the tiles on your phone and do the routing calculations locally.

[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 48 points 10 months ago

The article explains that, yes, they did plan to move...in April. The Taliban government did, in fact, shut them down ahead of that schedule.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11820406

Do not use 2 letter country TLDs!

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11820406

Do not use 2 letter country TLDs!

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Do not use 2 letter country TLDs!

[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 72 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I just got rid of my last Windows installation, and I got rid of all my Apple devices a couple years ago. The Linux life is so nice!

On the other hand, I just setup a Windows gaming machine for a friend (I would have pushed Linux, but I live far away and can't commit to being tech support). There were so many hoops to jump through to cut through all the crap:

  • I had to set the region to somewhere in the EU so that my friend can uninstall Edge sometime in March, 2024 without breaking other functionality
  • I had to run a hidden script at a specific point during the install to allow me to not have to use a Microsoft account
  • I had to disconnect the non-boot drive and reinstall because the Windows installer uses motherboard drive ordering instead of UUID to decide which drive to put the boot partition on.
  • I had to run Win Debloat Tools to get rid of all the crap Microsoft adds to their OS
  • I had to find a 3rd party driver update tool because the motherboard manufacturer's software is terrible and installs a bunch of extra crap.
  • I had to install a 3rd party Nvidia driver update tool because their official one requires making an account and gives a bunch of unwanted ads as notifications.

It's seriously bonkers. It makes you really appreciate Linux as a whole and package managers in particular.

[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 80 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is definitely shitty.

Related: JerryRigEverything just came out with a video about this and titled "I got robbed" and called it theft a bunch of times. This is copyright infringement, maybe trademark infringement, but not "theft" or "robbery". No property or money was taken from any party such that they no longer have access to it. It's important to be accurate about this.

Edit:

Here is a list of all the media I've found surrounding this that falsely claims stealing, theft or robbery:

[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 60 points 1 year ago

Injury danger in a crash is roughly proportional to mass as well, and a car is going to be 20x heavier than a bike or more. A fast bike can be a problem, but not nearly as much as a car.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/6395416

Faced with new laws in California and other states, big tech lobbyists want to sign a "Memorandum of Understanding" to prevent "a compliance market where lawyers drive the decisions."

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by thejevans@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

Faced with new laws in California and other states, big tech lobbyists want to sign a "Memorandum of Understanding" to prevent "a compliance market where lawyers drive the decisions."

[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 67 points 1 year ago

Another great example of why proprietary connectors are stupid as hell. I'm going to be upset when my 2DS XL charger breaks and I can't get an easy replacement.

[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 197 points 1 year ago

The feature is translation. Just say that, OMGUbuntu.

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submitted 1 year ago by thejevans@lemmy.ml to c/foss@beehaw.org

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/4506191

I've used sleek as my primary todo.txt UI for a while now, and I'm really happy with it. If you are interested in a simple, but useful way to put together a todo list in plaintext, the todo.txt spec is a great way to handle it, and sleek is by far the nicest GUI I've found.

About a week ago, I ran into a minor annoyance with an edge use-case that I have, and I wrote about it in the sleek github discussion page. Within 4 days, the maintainer of the project had a new build ready that fixed my issue. Nobody else said they needed it, but they took the time to add the feature I requested and now my workflow is that much easier.

I know not every project is like this, or can be like this, but there's no way that something like this would get added at anywhere near this pace in proprietary software. I, for one, am super grateful that software like this and the people that maintain it exist. Thank you.

Please check out sleek!

sleek is an open-source (FOSS) todo manager based on the todo.txt syntax. It's available for Windows, MacOS and Linux

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submitted 1 year ago by thejevans@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

I've used sleek as my primary todo.txt UI for a while now, and I'm really happy with it. If you are interested in a simple, but useful way to put together a todo list in plaintext, the todo.txt spec is a great way to handle it, and sleek is by far the nicest GUI I've found.

About a week ago, I ran into a minor annoyance with an edge use-case that I have, and I wrote about it in the sleek github discussion page. Within 4 days, the maintainer of the project had a new build ready that fixed my issue. Nobody else said they needed it, but they took the time to add the feature I requested and now my workflow is that much easier.

I know not every project is like this, or can be like this, but there's no way that something like this would get added at anywhere near this pace in proprietary software. I, for one, am super grateful that software like this and the people that maintain it exist. Thank you.

Please check out sleek!

sleek is an open-source (FOSS) todo manager based on the todo.txt syntax. It's available for Windows, MacOS and Linux

[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 51 points 1 year ago

It's worth noting that the top picture in the article is of a kid on a $4400 Sur-ron X, which is strictly not road legal and is capable of up to 45mph and can accelerate to 30mph in 3.5 seconds.

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