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The $10 Million Eric Adams Is Charged With Stealing Speaks to a Vaster Plot.
  • Grammar enthusiast here. I get the sense it's fine without the comma people are thinking is needed.

    "This incident speaks to a more vast plot." "The incident of washing machines washing laundry speaks to a more vast plot." "Pigs washing laundry in washing machines speak to a more vast plot."

    Sure, like, if I say that out loud, I'd give a pause right before "speaks" so my friend could understand, but is it really its own clause? The "like" in my previous sentence surely doesn't deserve its comma; I just added it because I'm not beholden to an employer for grammatical correctness, and because idgaf-- I'm gonna simulate pauses in my writing for tone in informal places, and ain't no one gonna stop me >:u

  • Native call recording in 2024?
  • What's native call recording? Like call recording with the default phone app?

    I use ACR Phone by "NLL APPS" in the play store. They have you download their app store to download their ACR Helper app to run in the background, which allows the recording. But the quality of the other end's sound is based on your in-call volume. So after the call starts, I have to ensure the volume is turned all the way up. It doesn't have to be on speaker.

    I haven't needed to root, or else I'd have trouble getting on certain mobile games that check my phone for root.

  • Is sex toy a good alternative?
  • I used to be unable to hold my right hand still in the air without slight tremors, and I noticed how it went away some months after I quit playing this one mmo with excessive clicking. Phlebotomy is so much easier with a calm hand. Maybe the toy would help if it's hands-free?

    Adding this fun read because I know hands do get numb from holding strongly vibrating things for excessive periods of time: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/83-110/default.html

    Moreso in your jerking hand, or both? Not that I have any qualifications to answer further -- better to check with your doctor how serious it is.

  • What would make you happy?
  • A job that: I'd love, is at a desk, pays well, is project based, asks me to set my own goals, holds me accountable, makes me feel like I'm contributing something positive for other people.

    Right now, I would feel more fulfilled in life with something like that.

  • Do you ever get frustrated at your own creation?
  • Fam, the TLDR I'm hearing isn't "wish my folks made healthier life choices and hadn't conceived me in such a specifically shameful manner that affects my life", but "I wish I was never born, DAE feel this way?"

    My answer is that, this seems deeper than what lemmy can offer, it's worth talking to a therapist about, and I hope you can find a way forward for you.

  • New to manga. I've finished Death Note, Berserk, Assassination Classroom, and Attack on Titan. What should I read next?
  • Tomodachi Game, the whole way, with "how will our protagonist(s) overcome it this time?" and "THERE'S A PLOT TWIST COMING, BUT I still don't know what it IIIIISSS" and no one is safe.

    I think it just finished this month? Binge to your heart's content.

  • Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You - Ch. 40

    bato.to Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You (Official) - Chapter 40

    Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You (Official) - Chapter 40 : Meet Sasaki, an overworked, middle-aged office worker. His days are marked only by the passing of more unrewarding corporate drudgery. Smoking helps take the edge off, but other than that, the only bright spot of his day is when he go...

    Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You (Official) - Chapter 40
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    How to decide what kind of controller one should purchase?
  • Second this, just get some thumbstick covers. I have the 8bitdo pro, and I'm getting tired of the joysticks peeling off onto the rest of the controller after a game.

    I haven't had drift on them yet, but if/when I need to replace Old Reliable, I'm looking for hall effect joysticks.

    Edit: damn, just found out the pro2 has hall effect joysticks

  • Bueno, he probado este mes (a falta de cuenta oficial por estos lares) y sinceramente le he encontrado la vuelta, pero siento que no es para mí. No me termina de gustar como casi todas las apps
  • YNAB trata las transacciones con tarjeta de crédito de manera que, idealmente, no gastes más de lo que tienes en tu presupuesto. Si realizas una transacción con tarjeta de crédito en una categoría que presupuestaste, YNAB calcula automáticamente cuánto puedes pagar del saldo de tu tarjeta de crédito. Si gastas de más un mes, entonces el mes siguiente puedes agregar manualmente a esa categoría de "pago con tarjeta de crédito".
    Creo que el pago diferido es lo mismo que no pagar el saldo del mes, y no debería ser más complicado que presupuestar manualmente para pagar más el mes siguiente.
    ¿Cómo preferirías que se traten las tarjetas de crédito en tu aplicación de presupuesto? ¿Qué problemas tuviste?
    Perdón por cualquier error, usé una aplicación traductora :x

    YNAB treats credit card transactions so that, ideally, you're not spending more than you have in your budget. If you make a credit card transaction in a category you budgeted for, YNAB automatically tallies up how much you can pay off your credit card balance. If you overspend one month, then the next month, you can manually add to that "credit card payment" category.
    I'm thinking deferred payment is just the same as not paying the balance for the month, and it shouldn't get more complicated than manually budgeting to pay off more of it the next month?
    How would you rather credit cards be treated in your budgeting app? What issues were you having? Forgive me for any errors, I used a translator app :x

  • Bueno, he probado este mes (a falta de cuenta oficial por estos lares) y sinceramente le he encontrado la vuelta, pero siento que no es para mí. No me termina de gustar como casi todas las apps
  • Translating:

    Well, I tried this month @ynab (in the absence of an official account around here), and I honestly found the way around it, but I feel like it's not for me. I don't really like how almost all the finance apps handle credit card expenses. The apps are few, but they don't manage to capture issues like deferred payments. And that's where they lose me.

  • What's your favorite underrated manga?
  • Mieruko-Chan, or Girl who can see it

    It's a comedy/slice of life (imo) with horror aspects. A girl is suddenly able to see spirits/ghosts one day, and tries her best to pretend she doesn't see them. I love it because each arc and Mieruko's intentions are so wholesome & end in building way more on spirits' rules and lore. The first few chapters do play on echi themes, but the author finds his footing for a plot once the first antagonist appears. Antagonist is not the right word, but I don't want to spoil character development details much. :x

  • So technical question...
  • I can see future archeologists (god forbid, Ai archeologists) digging up old posts like this and going, "tf, this was upvoted? Interjecting with too much tangential information? The tone came off rude though?" and not get the reference if they weren't versed in linux community culture already

  • Adult pool goers - what do people even do at the pool?

    If I'm an adult who wants to experience splashing around and wading round the pool, but whose swimming capabilities extend as far as doggy paddling to safety and floating on my back - what can I even do to have fun at the pool?

    What do you do at the pool?

    Bonus round: kind of out of my budget to pay for swimming classes, and available friends & family are nil. :c But I borrowed a life jacket from a coworker, and could buy cheap floaties or a pool noodle.

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    How to automate converting a linear list into a table?

    SOLVED, with a huge thank you to [email protected] https://lemmy.world/comment/6271130

    Hiyo Librecalc pros. Hoping someone has an idea how to automate or minimize the steps for this. Or where should I start? I'm trying to automate transcribing a list from: Closet_01 Cartridge123 Cartridge234 Garagenook_01 Cartridge456 Toolbox567 Toolbox789 Garagenook_02 Cartridge890

    Into an array/table like: Cartridge123, Closet_01 Cartridge234, Closet_01 Cartridge456, Garagenook_01 Toolbox567, Garagenook_01 Toolbox789, Garagenook_01 Cartridge890, Garagenook_02

    I get it; I should just carry around a barcode list of all my shelf names and take turns between scanning the list, tabbing over on my phone, scanning a box, then tabbing back again. But... what if I want to be lazier and just scan things in an order and automate the rest later?

    Is there a faster way than copy-pasting my way down?

    I got as far as making an adjacent column with a formula to check for "_", then copying the location if "_" was found.

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    Where can I post questions on how do construct formulas in Onlyoffice/Libreoffice spreadsheets?

    Short term: I'm trying to automate transcribing a list from: A 123 234 B 456 567 789 C 345

    Into an array/table 123, A 234, A 456, B 567, B 789, B 345, C

    Long term answer I'm looking for: where's a lemmy community I can ask questions like this (like about using formulas in Librecalc/Onlyoffice suite/maybe VBA with them too) in the future?

    Or, if not yet established on lemmy, recommended librecalc/Onlyoffice forums?

    Thank you for your time.

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    Jam invite link opens app to homepage, then nothing changes

    lemmy.world [BUG] Jam invite link opens app to homepage, then nothing changes - Lemmy.World

    Hope this is one of the next best places to post and be able to return to. Going to the spotify/meta hosted community forum isn’t working out for me due to login issues on multiple browsers and difficulty finding a report like my problem. Typing in just “Jam not working” on their website didn’t even...

    Hope this is one of the next best places to post and be able to return to. Going to the spotify/meta hosted community forum isn't working out for me due to login issues on multiple browsers and difficulty finding a report like my problem. Typing in just "Jam not working" on their website didn't even bring slightly relevant results.

    So, each time I click a link a friend shares with me to join their Jam (formerly known as Group Session), the spotify app opens. If opened earlier and not on my homepage, it switches to the homepage. If the app was closed before, it opens to my homepage. After either scenario, nothing happens. If I'm playing spotify music already, the app opens to my homepage, and the music keeps playing. If I initiated a Jam, then click my friend's invite link, it opens to the homepage, the music I had continues playing, it shows I'm still in my own Jam, and nothing else happens. No matter how long I wait for something to happen after the homepage shows up, my friend's jam never comes up on my screen.

    In case this is relevant:

    • Running android 13
    • Spotify version 8.8.80.599
    • VPN sometimes on, sometimes off, but same bug occurs either way. About a week ago, spotify would only open to show a message along the lines of "no internet connection", but it went away once VPN turned off.
    • Logging in through fb account without issue, even after uninstalling/reinstalling the spotify app
    • Subscribed with Premium Duo as main account manager (post edit: this fact was actually irrelevant)

    Thank you for taking your time to read this post.

    SOLVED: Spotify loathes VPNs, maybe? I haven't tested with a home VPN service. Consistently, I only get this problem when my phone is connected to VPN. The little key icon in the top-right appears when I'm connected one of my VPN services. I didn't pay close enough attention earlier. Also consistently, if I induce this error message, spotify jam only works after ensuring my VPN service is turned off (it could still be running, but as long as I'm not connected to vpn) AND I've swipe-closed spotify from my recent apps/task-switcher, then reopened the app.

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    Twitch.tv @lemmy.world BlindFrog @lemmy.world

    Need help learning to use Twitch API

    Hi all. I'm trying to make my own twitch chatbot in the spirit of Linux DIY'ing and masochism; having my own bot's name is waaaaay cooler than a common bot with user-friendly UIs and their plethora of engaging and powerful features, apparently.

    TL;DR: How do I min-max learning how to translate the Twitch API documentation for Node.JS? Exact questions at the bottom.

    My progress so far on July 9, 2023: I set up a bot successfully using this article but with tweaks: https://www.section.io/engineering-education/build-a-twitch-chatbot-in-nodejs/ Archive .org capture here: https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://www.section.io/engineering-education/build-a-twitch-chatbot-in-nodejs/

    Changes:

    • Skipped the streamyard stuff because, who cares, I have OBS
    • I added identity tags under the connection configurations because I kept getting errors in my terminal that my bot couldn't write to chat anonymously (I've never seen anonymous chatting, why the hell is this in the suggested code). Connection config section of the .js file now looks like this:

    >const client = new tmi.Client({ options: { debug: true, messagesLogLevel: "info" }, connection: { reconnect: true, secure: true }, identity: { username: ${process.env.TWITCH_USERNAME}, password: oauth:${process.env.TWITCH_OAUTH} }, channels: [${process.env.TWITCH_CHANNEL}] });`

    • Kind of nested (is that the right word?) in the switch section, I removed the entire "Upvote" and "Cheers" shenanigans because, for some reason with the suggested code in the article, it replied like "FireEmoji unknown_user unknown_user, you have been upvoted!" to every single line of chat, lmao. The bot would reply to "Watsup dorks" with something like "FiReEmOji @Watsup dorks, you have been upvoted!".
    • Also kind of nested in the switch section, I added the random number generator example given in other people's tutorials around the internet and formatted it similarly to the article's method of checking messages like so:

    >// When user enters "!rolldice" in chat, bot returns random number between 1 and 20. case '!rolldice': client.say(channel, ${tags.username} rolled a ${Math.floor(Math.random()*20)+1}!); break;

    If you would like me to revisit that article's suggested code as-is and be more specific with my errors encountered, I'd be happy to oblidge upon request.

    Questions I hope to answer someday: How do I get my bot to see if a message has a hyperlink, then delete that message? How do I set up a whitelist database of usernames for my bot to reference so they could post whatever links? How do I get my bot to timeout people who have entered trigger words in chat? How do I get my bot to change other chatters' name colors in chat? What is the next best source of internet community I can go to for advice on Twitch API use? (It's July 2023 at the moment, and giving Reddit traffic to learn to make moderator bots is, IMO, a bit ironic). How can I learn to translate the Twitch API commands to javascript like this? Is there a library that can tell me in close-to-plain-english that explains things like "client.say() means this, this is how you can use it, and X things must be specified in these brackets for client.say" etc.?

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