Today I Learned
TIL what an Ortholinear Keyboard is
AstralPath 16 hours ago • 100%
I agree with you when it comes to ergonomics. When it comes to software... Not so much. You do you though! No shade.
Technology
Amazon is making its employees come back to the office five days a week
AstralPath 22 hours ago • 100%
Maybe you should pay attention then.
Technology
OpenAI threatens bans for probing new AI model’s “reasoning” process
AstralPath 1 day ago • 66%
What you're doing is wasting people's time.
Sim Rally & Racing
Racing chairs/rigs- what’s yours?
AstralPath 3 days ago • 100%
I have a simple aluminum chassis and seat from Advanced Sim Racing.
I used a DFGT attached to a desk from 2010 to 2022. I'm glad I upgraded but I was able to have plenty of fun along the way.
Sim Rally & Racing
UKOG: I raced against a cheater
AstralPath 3 days ago • 100%
I've only ever competed in iRacing so no. Never had any issues with cheaters.
AstralPath 3 days ago • 50%
Use a card. NFC is not a necessity.
memesAstralPath 3 days ago • 100%
Essential but not a guarantee of a good time.
GamesAstralPath 3 days ago • 100%
How well does it run?
AstralPath 5 days ago • 100%
Contact or Big Trouble In Little China. Love those movies.
Privacy
Fuck Hilton: Black Hat USA 2024, DEF CON 32 attendees treated like children – or criminals – with invasive hotel room checks
AstralPath 5 days ago • 77%
Not to mention the metal hook lock on most room doors I've seen that can prevent anyone from entering while you're still inside.
Games
Tony Hawk claims he is ‘talking to Activision again’, It’s something the fans will truly apppreciate,” Hawk said.
AstralPath 6 days ago • 100%
They're fundamentally different approaches to the skateboarding genre. They can coexist just fine.
FediverseAstralPath 6 days ago • 100%
If it was widely known that outlook was the legitimate suffix, there's no need to worry about this. If SAG-AFTRA had their own instance then any actor's account username associated with it would carry the suffix chosen by SAG-AFTRA.
TomHanks@sag-aftra.com for example.
TomHanks@lemmy.ml would be instantly recognizable as illegitimate.
This problem already exists in many different forms and is already managed well by the fact that celebrities' real usernames are well known and bullshit posts from accounts trying to fake them are easily caught just by looking at the user name. There are plenty of parody accounts on X with very similar username formats. Is that a major problem for X users? Not from what I've seen.
AstralPath 7 days ago • 95%
The fix for this is for the guilds and unions that represent these celebrities to spin up their own instances. The suffix of the username granting the legitimacy.
FunnyAstralPath 7 days ago • 100%
Kid on the bottom right has a backwards hand; thumb on the wrong side. Also a ridiculously long arm. Kid on Dad's lap is a Kuato growing out of his leg.
Ask Lemmy
What are your favorite examples of 'media within media' (e.g., shows, stories, or movies inside of other shows or books)?
AstralPath 1 week ago • 100%
Interdimensional Cable from Rick and Morty is outrageous. GTA's radio stations (VCPR was the best) and TV shows are often really funny. The Pißwasser beer commercial from IV always gets me.
OntarioAstralPath 1 week ago • 100%
What is the point of this? How does this benefit anyone? How does this even benefit the government?
AstralPath 1 week ago • 100%
"Two men say they're Jesus. One of 'em must be wrong!" - Mark Knopfler, "Industrial Disease", Love Over Gold (1982) - Dire Straits
AstralPath 1 week ago • 100%
Fair enough.
For me personally, I love having technology from right before the explosion of Bluetooth integration. For example, I have stereo receivers and other sets of speakers that require that 3.5mm jack for input. Not having that jack on my current phone (Pixel 8) has made it more annoying to use these devices. Also, I still have an iPod Classic that I used to use exclusively in the car but now I have to carry it around more so it can be used with my old stereos.
Also, I can't stand the bluetooth latency; especially in the car. If I'm parked having lunch somewhere, I can't watch a video without a terrible audio desync.
I still value the 3.5mm jack.
AstralPath 1 week ago • 88%
You haven't given your reasoning. You're given nothing to "come at".
Mildly Infuriating
Redirect to prevent back button
AstralPath 1 week ago • 100%
What is the point of this comment? I'm curious as to what you were trying to achieve here.
tabs.ultimate-guitar.com
Hey folks. Just finished a tab of the song "Superior" from Extol's incredible "Burial" album. Figured I'd share it here as I'm sure there's a few around here that know of Extol's greatness. If you want a .gp8 version of the file, just let me know.
Today I Learned
TIL The man that shot Ronald Reagan is a YouTube musician who claims he's the victim of "cancel culture"
AstralPath 2 weeks ago • 91%
Nah dude, kinda sounds like prison actually worked as rehabilitation for this guy.
Technology
Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots
AstralPath 2 weeks ago • 100%
Y'know this guy seems intelligent enough to come up with this scheme, but not intelligent enough to keep a low profile. I honestly don't understand that.
Personally, I'd do the math to pay myself a living wage with this so that my actual work salary is nothing but a cherry on top; manage it so it seems like hype is ebbing and flowing in a natural way. If you ever figure out a way to break the system like this, you should never act in a way that draws attention to yourself.
Technology
Bluetooth 6.0 adds centimeter-level accuracy for device tracking — upgraded version also improves device pairing
AstralPath 2 weeks ago • 66%
If you don't mind trading sound quality for convenience, I suppose. Bose has been a snake oil provider for decades.
Technology
Bluetooth 6.0 adds centimeter-level accuracy for device tracking — upgraded version also improves device pairing
AstralPath 2 weeks ago • 100%
I see what you did there.
linuxmemes
type the distro you use and is and let your keyboard finish it
AstralPath 2 weeks ago • 100%
Nobara is a good alternative to the alternative of the alternative.
VideosAstralPath 2 weeks ago • 100%
I love this dude's channel. Just watched his video about the oldest recorded names. Super cool stuff.
No Stupid Questions
How is it possible for the IT experts to recover data that was erased from a hard drive when the storage of said hard drive appears empty?
AstralPath 3 weeks ago • 100%
If you remember the VCR days, imagine your hard drive is a copy of Bambi. You, in preparation for a family event need a tape to store footage of the event on. You decided that you haven't watched or wanted to watch Bambi in a long time so you designate that tape as the one you're gonna use when the party day comes.
At this point your hard drive (the copy of Bambi) has been designated as useable space for new data to be written in the future.
Bambi is not lost yet and wont be until you write to that tape, therefore if you wanted to you could watch Bambi in the time between now and the party even though you plan to overwrite it. Once Bambi is overwritten, its no longer recoverable but the interim between now when you designate it as useable space and when the space is used, the data persists.
AstralPath 3 weeks ago • 100%
Ran a half marathon in June end ended up with what I can only describe as a stress fracture somewhere in my ankle. Out for weeks with pain. Tried to come back multiple times and just re aggravated it. Did cycling for a month to keep up the cardio. Slowly getting back into things this week and its feeling pretty good although I have a ton of anxiety surrounding my runs now :(
I just want to complete a marathon. Ultimate goal is a trail ultra.
privacyAstralPath 3 weeks ago • 100%
Droidcam OBS is a perfrct example of this shit. Took me over 5 minutes to disable all the "legitimate interest" options. Pure cancer.
AstralPath 3 weeks ago • 87%
Of all the current media subscription services, this is the one I have no issue paying for. The service I get for the money I pay is appropriate. I've taken my own measures to limit the amount of PII that Google can vacuum up from my life as well. I'm fine with them knowing what I like to watch and providing algorithmic recommendations for new content. I police said algorithm aggressively to ensure its always on topic and never trying to show me ragebait or shit I don't want to see.
When the day comes that the cost outweighs the return I'll stop paying for it and use Grayjay or Newpipe or whatever other option there is. If its a full on dystopia by then, well y'know what? I don't need Youtube to survive. I'll be fine without it.
AstralPath 3 weeks ago • 83%
You should look up the definition of the word "meme".
Ask Lemmy
You are given an opportunity to hard reset our universe (particularly, the Earth). You are also allowed to change one rule about the new universe. What rule would you change?
AstralPath 3 weeks ago • 100%
Boom! /thread right here. This is a goooood one.
Ask Lemmy
You are given an opportunity to hard reset our universe (particularly, the Earth). You are also allowed to change one rule about the new universe. What rule would you change?
AstralPath 3 weeks ago • 66%
Mother Teresa would be out here looking like a zombie.
AstralPath 3 weeks ago • 100%
The Reddit hive mind behaviour is seeping through the cracks.
For me personally, the experience is allowed to take a hit, hell even a major hit, if the browser respects me as a user. FF seems to be better on that front although I'll confess I use Vanadium on my phone. Its GrapheneOS' default browser.
AstralPath 3 weeks ago • 50%
Sim Racing. (iRacing, Assetto Corsa, or Richard Burns Rally).
AstralPath 3 weeks ago • 100%
This is exactly what needs to be done. I too have been curating my YT feed for years. I don't let anyone watch videos on my account and anything that is in conflict with the environment I want to maintain in my feed I simply don't watch or sign into a burner account to watch.
Everyone else's feeds are pure cancer compared to mine.
Police your algorithms, folks.
AstralPath 3 weeks ago • 100%
The RevStar is a nice guitar.
AstralPath 3 weeks ago • 100%
I do, but I'm also happy that a band that burned that bright wasn't around long enough to fade away. Nothing but incredible music from them and I'd like it to stay that way, honestly.
Technology
Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10
AstralPath 4 weeks ago • 100%
Have you not heard of the Steam Deck? Steam's own hardware is running Linux for gaming... SteamOS is Linux....
What outside wing thing? How to dinner time? How to exit tub (sphynx)? 4am zoomies land speed record? How to second dinner time? How to outside? Post what you think your cat's search history would be!
Technology
Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon
AstralPath 4 weeks ago • 100%
KDE really is nice. It can be a little bit buggy when messing with themes and panels and stuff but overall its nice. I've got it looking like waybar and I'm really enjoying it.
Linux newbie, here. Does this seem reasonable or normal? That's a lot of downgrades and deletions. I feel like if I click confirm I'm gonna nuke my system. Am I right to be concerned here? I do have backups in case of any issues, but still... I'd rather not spend the time to rebuild.
I was just reading this thread... https://sh.itjust.works/post/23476261 ...and it got me thinking about something that I've wanted for a long time. Why is it that keyboards have not evolved to have dedicated copy/paste keys left of the main board? I'd love to see an additional column of keys left of Esc->Ctrl configurable as macros at least. I do a lot of copy/paste for work. The current shortcuts arent terrible or anything but they're not exactly comfortable. I'd rather move my whole hand to the left for a macro key than contort to hit the current shortcut. What do you think?
...relative to Reddit's size? I see so many posts and comments voicing disappointment with Lemmy's lack of massive expansion. I too want to see Lemmy gain more users, but I do not want it to grow to Reddit's size. If Reddit is the yardstick, I'd say that a population that large attracts a lot of negative behaviours; degeneration of discourse, amplification of echo chambers and hive mind behaviour, etc... I started on Reddit in 2010 and found that by 2016 things were really bad in comparison. A fun and engaging site was experiencing an obvious devolution that persists to this day, accelerated by Spez's enshittification of the platform. Obviously the fediverse insulates us from that occurring here but I think you get what I mean. Do you you think Lemmy is too small? I don't. I've been here since the great migration last year and have had a really good time. I see a lot of familiar names in the comments on a daily basis. It actually feels like a community here. I guess I just don't understand the fixation on the size of Lemmy's user base. Curious to hear your thoughts. [EDIT] Thanks for all the responses, everyone! Lots of perspectives I hadn't yet considered.
...you shouldn't be any longer. Neural DSP has paywalled features in it's flagship hardware unit by requiring that you own licenses for the plugins you intend to use on the Quad Cortex. For a full-featured QC with all plugin options you're looking at over $5,500 CAD. Neural has already demonstrated that they can't be trusted to handle your data (https://neuraldsp.com/quad-cortex-updates/statement-regarding-a-quad-cortex-security-vulnerability). Now they're treating your bank account as if they're entitled to the contents. This functionality has been advertised for years and Neural has made a ton of money off the hype without delivering the service until now. The absolute gall to charge QC owners for features (amps, cabs, FX, etc...) that should have been included with the unit in the first place is absolutely outrageous. In light of this, why on earth should anyone buy a QC for ~$2,400 CAD, when you can get an FM9 for ~$150 CAD more and STILL have more features than the QC even with it's plugin compatibility? If you like a walled garden approach and being absolutely fleeced by Neural DSP, then all power to you. *I never want to hear a complaint about Fractal's price point ever again.*
www.innerbody.com
So I've been having issues with my right ankle as I've been pursuing a marathon run for the first time at the end of this year. I went to physio, got professional recommendations and yeah, it was fine I guess but I felt like only one of the four exercises I was given was actually targeting the problem areas in any perceivable way. My run today left me with more diffuse pain again so I went looking online to see if I could figure out exactly what is going on and booooooy did I find the best thing since sliced bread. I now know exactly what motions are triggering the issues I'm having. On this page (https://www.innerbody.com/anatomy/muscular/leg-foot) select the "3D Rotate and Zoom" feature of the anatomical display. Zoom in and analyze the tendons and muscular structure in whatever problem areas you may have. Click on the individual parts of the leg to get the name of the structure and related info. Look up exercises for those particular structures on YouTube and with a bit of trial and error you'll likely hit on the exact problematic muscles/tendons you're struggling with. I certainly did. I have three exercises that target the exact problem area as well as providing complementary targeting to the other structures that support the problem area as well. I'm relieved to have this available to me now. There's so much free physio content on Youtube, the main problem was always pinpointing source of the issues. I feel like this resolves that issue in a major way for me, personally. Of course it goes without saying that YMMV and that professional help might be your best option regardless of this amazing resource. Trust your doctor, but it never hurts to do your own homework before spending the money on rehab.
I'm very new to Linux. Currently tinkering with Nobara and wanted to install st. I was able to successfully install it last night but when I started attempting to patch it for customization purposes I think I messed something up. I had needed to remove st multiple times and re-install so I could start fresh and fix my errors. Now when I attempt to run `make clean install` I get a host of errors related to packages that are installed but can't seem to be found? ``` [astralpath@nobara-pc st]$ sudo make clean install [sudo] password for astralpath: rm -f st st.o x.o st-0.9.tar.gz c99 -I/usr/X11R6/include `pkg-config --cflags fontconfig` `pkg-config --cflags freetype2` -DVERSION=\"0.9\" -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -O1 -c st.c Package fontconfig was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `fontconfig.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable Package 'fontconfig', required by 'virtual:world', not found Package freetype2 was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `freetype2.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable Package 'freetype2', required by 'virtual:world', not found c99 -I/usr/X11R6/include `pkg-config --cflags fontconfig` `pkg-config --cflags freetype2` -DVERSION=\"0.9\" -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -O1 -c x.c Package fontconfig was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `fontconfig.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable Package 'fontconfig', required by 'virtual:world', not found Package freetype2 was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `freetype2.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable Package 'freetype2', required by 'virtual:world', not found x.c:15:10: fatal error: X11/Xft/Xft.h: No such file or directory 15 | #include <X11/Xft/Xft.h> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. make: *** [Makefile:16: x.o] Error 1 ``` I'm not sure why these issues are occurring now. Could someone help point me in the right direction to troubleshoot? I'm really lost on how to proceed even though the error output seems to be giving me some pretty explicit instructions. Thanks in advance :)--
youtu.be
My heart nearly beat out of my chest on this one! We were already down a player since the start of the game so this match was an uphill battle from the start. We ended up winning the game which felt amazing. This round is the cherry on top.
Hey folks, just wondering if any of you out there are playing BFBC2 via the Project Rome servers and are having issues logging in. I was able to play on the day I installed the feature but ever since I haven't been able to log into Project Rome in-game to play online. Anyone else having similar issues? I'm wondering if this is just a me thing...
Jokes aside, poutine is life. :)
After following the instructions provided by NewPipe to download my subscriptions list for import, I get a .zip file with nothing but an HTML file within. No data related to subscriptions at all. If I opt to download an export containing all my Youtube data, then I get a couple of folders for History and another data subset but nothing for subscriptions. I thought at first this may have been an issue related to the private status of my subscriptions list on my Youtube account, but even after toggling privacy off for my subs, I still cannot get a .zip from Youtube containing a .csv of my subscriptions. Has anyone else had this issue?
On vacation last fall we ended up hiking in the Lauterbrunnen/Grindelwald area. Took this pic on my Samsung A51 after a quick lunch. Other than the A51's limited auto PP, there are no edits or adjustments to this photo. Not bad for a cheap phone, eh?
Just curious. I'm hearing that a lot of people are using various apps with Lemmy but I'm having such a good experience with the browser version that I don't understand the point of adding an additional layer via an app in between my access to the service. I'd love to hear people's opinions about the pros and/or cons to using an app vs. the browser. [EDIT] I should specify that 90% of my usage is on my phone.