I picked up a used boox device and I want to slap a non-proprietary os on it.

[-] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 8 points 2 days ago

native support for e-ink display and stylus input

[-] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 4 points 4 days ago

point of order: the factual record indicates the payment was made to the child-prostitute's pimp, not the child-prostitute herself.

[-] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

those salaries are already being paid, and $75/hr is not fair pay for that work, and the $75 is not going to the laborer. This argument does not hold water. it is obviously a strategic decision to decrease public access to public resources. is there any question what game this strategy is meant to influence? which players the strategy is meant to benefit?

Edit: from dogslayeggs' comment:

... all citizens “have a right to as full knowledge of all the official acts of their officers as the officers themselves have, so as to enable them to ascertain whether their officers have performed their duty in such manner as is acceptable to them with a view to determine whether they will continue them in office or not.” The court added: [T]he records in the auditor’s office are the public records of the people of Hamilton county, bought with their money, kept in a public place built with their money, and in the charge of public officials paid by their money and selected by them. The officials in charge of these books, therefore, can be no other than trustees in possession of property belonging to the people of Hamilton county."

[-] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 408 points 5 months ago

AOC for president.

[-] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 110 points 5 months ago

middlemen driving up prices? in america's healthcare system?? that seems unlikely tbh

[-] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 98 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You don't have to ask us. Contact your state's attorney general and/or workforce commission directly. They'll know.

Edit: I speculate not. For one, my general understanding is "time worked is time paid." You cannot be deducted pay for the cost of, for instance, mistakes.

For two, I don't think a contract that doesn't benefit you in any way is enforceable.

Edit3: The legal term I was thinking of here was Unconscionability

You might start clandestinely recording conversations with your supervisors if that's legal in your state, just in case they try to pull some "off the record" shenanigans when/if you blow the whistle.

Edit2: There is a pretty good voice recording app in the fdroid repository. I've used "Simple Voice Recorder" from there, picked up good audio through my pants pocket, but your phone will vary and you should test the ability to record surreptitiously vs clearly before the recording is needed.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

I believe I've found a bug. I intermittently go back multiple pages when pressing back button. It frequently happens on youtube, and occasionally happens elsewhere.

In the picture, find my history where I started with the google search for "the chain" (please forgive me for having history from multiple tabs all mixed up). From here I went back and forth with the expected behavior a couple of times looking for the version I remembered. When I found the correct version, I settled in to listen to it in the background for a few songs minutes until it switched to gypsy which wasn't what I wanted to hear. Naturally enough, I went back once- straight from gypsy to the google search, skipping rhiannon and dreams and the chain. This is reflected on the rightclick drop down from the forward button- observe the three intervening pages which are in the history are not in the forward/back list.

In general, I frequently notice this unexpected and unwanted behavior when I go to youtube. I often go to the homepage, select a video, and then try to back to the homepage only to find it take me back to the blank tab, and when I try to forward it takes me to the video without the intervening homepage.

I seem to recall times when I experienced similar behavior, but cannot put a pin in when or where and cannot at this time, despite trying, reproduce it anywhere but youtube. I haven't tried downloading chrome or shudder using edge, mostly because fuck that, but also slightly because I am very lazy.

I also didn't notice this behavior on my laptop which had win10 and firefox (that is, before I switched to linux as a trial over there, but I digress). I tried to search for this error, but google search is terribly corrupt and difficult to get useful results beyond eg song names. I also searched this forum for "back pages" and "back page" and didn't find anything relevant going back a year.

Do I set my computer on fire for its disobedience, or...?

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Brick-Interleaved Layers (www.youtube.com)

3D prints still suffer from bad layer adhesion due to their 2.5D slicing and printing approach. I investigated if a novel slicing method that interleaves the layer could improve the strength of 3D prints.

[-] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 132 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The only engagement you actually get is on super-niche subreddits. Other than that, the "engagement" you get on reddit is largely indistinguishable from bot traffic.

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Spambots are abusing this fact

.ml admins fix pls

[-] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 125 points 10 months ago

gasp No. They wouldn't. A monopoly? Anti-consumer practices? No. I refuse to believe these slanderous lies.

[-] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 159 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Welcome to the point, everyone. Just think of all the low-income suppressed-education workers this will generate.

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I've recently re-discovered firefox, and have fallen in love with Reader View, but I'm noticing a few problems. Most pages with articles will work just fine, but some refuse to allow reader view, and when you force those pages into reader view it doesn't display the appropriate content.

In today's issue, the website is just happy to allow me to view it in a readable format, but only if I want to read privacy and cookie garbage. How can I select the portion of the page I want to actually read, and tell firefox to ignore whatever bullshit I'm "supposed" to see or whatever?

pic not related

Relevant url: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/police-michigan-city-put-alert-after-wsj-opinion-piece-2024-02-04/

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Pomodoro App (mander.xyz)

I'm looking for a full-featured, lightweight Pomodoro timer. Not having much luck in the app store for various reasons. Some only have 25/5 cycles (My ideal is 50/10 and I need to work up to that), another wouldn't work with my headphones, another wouldn't alarm until the screen was turned on(???). At this point it's just easier to use my default phone's timer, but that's less than ideal since I have to manually set and adjust the timer and the whole point is to get into an uninterrupted flow for 2-4 hours at a stretch.

I'm predicting a FOSS alternative to that paid/freeby garbage will have the features i need with no bullshit on top. Help?

[-] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 179 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

These the guys that notoriously violated emissions standards and created software to hide the fact from testers? Some pretty spectacular claims you got there. Would be a shame if someone... doubted your reputation.

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