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SteveDinn SteveDinn @lemmy.ca

Software developer in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dad to 2 kids.

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Linux and your family
  • I don't think my kids have ever used a Windows machine. I have a couple of machines at home that both run Linux Mint and they use Chromebooks at school. There is not much software that they need that is not either a web page or also available natively.

  • You should be using an RSS reader.
  • Much of the time, the sites only put a small blurb and a link to the actual article in the feed, so you still have to click through to read it all.

  • Samsung wants future phones to have no Settings menu at all
  • Yes, obviously, I could Google this, but I'm looking for real peoples' opinions. I've owned OnePlus and LG android phones previously to my current Samsung. I loved my OnePlus phones, but my current provider doesn't support them.

    Edit: LOL. I just realized you were suggesting Google as an android phone manufacturer.

  • Samsung wants future phones to have no Settings menu at all
  • What is the best Android phone manufacturer after we count out Samsung?

  • Anyone watching From?
  • Would that be Bob Mann, by any chance, fellow Lemmy.ca user? He's honestly the reason I picked up the show.

  • Police officer's gun sucked away by powerful magnets in lab raid
  • If you fired a gun past an MRI machine, could it conceivably catch the bullets? I am currently assuming that significant deflection is absolutely possible with such a powerful magnet.

  • A Princess Of Mars, by Clyde Cudwell
  • This looks like it could have been the inspiration for He-Man

  • Is there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace
  • Yes, that's exactly what I thought I had implied.

  • Is there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace
  • "It's not rocket surgery."

    This one irks me. Combination of "rocket scientist" and "brain surgery".

  • What is a small gadget under $10-20 that you absolutely LOVE?
  • I've got two just lying around. What image can I use for the Android auto adapter?

  • Ventoy source code contains some unknown BLOBs, still no word on the issue from the dev after months
  • I remember this thread! Before I saw this comment, I had already gone to look it up again:

    Here's the initial post of Verionica's video on booting from ISO files: https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/112905487325961707
    And here's the post on 'The Ventoy conspiracy": https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/112906968594601449

  • The last time you were wearing a hat, what type was it?
  • Does a bike helmet count?

  • Chaos!
  • Good point. She commutes a few days per week, but I'm 100/% work from home. Can't say I miss commuting.

  • What’s your “I can’t believe other people don’t do this” hack?
  • My ADHD would not allow me to function without reminders.

  • What’s your “I can’t believe other people don’t do this” hack?
  • Best side effect of the insulated bottles is not having to use a coaster because they don't sweat.

  • What’s your “I can’t believe other people don’t do this” hack?
  • Not sure I could get used to using transparent bags for dog poop.

  • Removing "Season Unknown" with no episodes

    I recently added some files to my Jellyfin instance, and some of them had their metadata scraped incorrectly. This was no big deal, they weren't named very well. These files ended up being displayed in a "Season Unknown" season of the show. So I fixed the names, and the files' metadata was corrected automatically. However, the "Season Unknown" remained, with no media displaying in it. I can't figure out how to get rid of it. Anyone have any ideas?

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    Massive spam account wave?

    geddit.social Call to Lemmy instance admins! - Geddit

    As you can see, there is a massive spam wave going on on Lemmey based instances. This can be avoided by enabling CAPTCHA with signup and also LIMIT the registers per X seconds! Currently the accounts are idle but this can change soon… Please take action NOW!

    Stux from geddit.social think that the massive recent wave of ~100k new Lemmy accounts is likely mostly spammers. Captchas suck, but are they better than the alternative?

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