Technology
Spotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
It was purchased by Epic Games a year ago, who recently sold it to Songtradr, a licensing platform for background/'mood' music. Songtradr only retained 50% of existing Bandcamp staff (the rest were laid off a few weeks after the sale AFAICT, with the worst affected departments including Bandcamp's editorial team and customer support. Epic Games handled the severance package, for some reason.)
People are pretty upset about the editorial team being laid off because it provided exposure for smaller/niche artists in a weekly publication. I've never checked it out personally checked it out because I never knew it existed - wishing I had now
Such a large layoff so quickly by the new owner feels like a sign of darker times ahead for Bandcamp IMO, seeing that it's apparently been profitable since 2012 (Wayback link, new owners have nuked this from the site?). No need to milk the cow even more when the bucket is full...
Technology
Spotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
In the day and age of streaming sercices like Spotify, record labels/companies like Sony Music etc should not exist IMO.
Back when people purchased their music from brick and mortar stores on vinyls, cassettes, and CDs, they had a place to facilitate a relationship with distributors etc to get your music on the shelves, handle marketing and a bunch of other stuff. Nowadays, this all can be done digitally, independently.
Edit: clarify record label
Technology
Spotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
R.I.P. Bandcamp
Ask Lemmylemann 9 months ago • 100%
#2f2
A nice eye searing lime green that I used to use a bit when I first got into web development. Originally copied from goodness knows where lol.
Now I use it in my current job alongside the color red when designing CSS grids
Technology
Adobe abandons $20 billion acquisition of Figma
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
I miss seeing the "Macromedia Shockwave" loading screen when firing up online games on Win 98 back in the day 😢
Technology
Thousands of private camera footages from bedrooms hacked, sold online - VnExpress International
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
It kinda depends on the setup I think, especially when vlans and firewalls are involved, you'd likely need additional payloads to make further progress in that kind of environment IMO. Something granting persistent remote access to the compromised machine would be the most ideal option.
As always physical access is pretty much game over though lol.
My cams are only accessible via an authenticated endpoint hosted on a dedicated machine, which acts as a "bridge" between the VLAN that the cameras are on (no internet access), and another VLAN hosting internal services, like home assistant, plex etc.
Aside from physical access, the only way to access the cams (that I can think of) would be via some exploit in Home Assistant, or by brute forcing the password to (any of) my network switches to access the management VLAN, changing the VLAN the cameras are set on to something else (bypassing the routing, firewall setup, and auth "bridge" entirely). Or maybe just exploiting the bridge machine directly and dropping a payload to forward the cams out to the net via the services VLAN
With physical access, you could chop up the PoE for an external camera and using that as an ingress point - but you'd only have access to the cameras and the bridge machine unless you exploited that too. At this point the zabbix client on the bridge machine would have notified me that a camera's dropped off the network, unless you dropped a payload to force it to return a good status lol
Does sound like a very fun exercise though tbh
Privacylemann 9 months ago • 100%
100% this is the best choice for op IMO.
A big pro is that they literally don't need any Google services whatsoever by the sounds of things
Software Gore
Google is so bad these days, nothing but shitty SEO results
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
I think most people are just used to Google, I used to be several years ago before moving to DDG.
Now I find Google is way too... "tutorially" and "bloggy" with results, and actually slows down my workflow a lot when I'm looking for a specific thing immediately - usually a bit of scrolling to get what I'm looking for.
DDG (for my use case as a casual search engine, and something to search docs for work) gets you to whatever you want with a much, much shorter and concise query, and pretty much always gets it right each time as the first result
Software Gore
Google is so bad these days, nothing but shitty SEO results
lemann 9 months ago • 84%
I agree with OP here, these results are not great.
OP searched for the redis docker image, not a tutorial on how to use it, not a tutorial on why redis should be run in docker, and did not search for redis docker docs. While these are relevant, they should be further down, not the top result. DDG gets this right, and I'm pretty sure other search engines do too.
For a total newbie, these results are probably OK, but for a technical person who knows what they want literally as they type it, Google's results are (excuse my french) simply shit. DDG is miles better at handling this stuff, and they don't need your personal data to do it well either.
Edit: Just went and searched "redis docker image" in a private tab on Google, and the docker hub image for Redis is not even shown on the first page of results
Technology
How May Mobility went fully driverless while avoiding the pitfalls of robotaxis
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
Seems like a smart strategy, sounds a lot like a bus but just automated and much smaller in size, particularly running through residential areas that are typically seen as not worth transport investment.
The minivans are probably much easier to climb into (for injured or impaired individuals) compared to an SUV which may have an unnecessarilly high ride height and a door that doesn't slide across for extra room
/0lemann 9 months ago • 100%
Sad to hear, just had a look at the readme for that project and it sounds extremely full-featured for a lemmy client.
Hopefully someone can port some of the changes back into Photon, where it originally forked from, or maybe even continue the project, but realistically I feel both of these are unlikely at the moment seeing as very few people have heard of this compared to Voyager (wefwef 😢) and Mlmym
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
Same boat as you - most of my time is spent on subscribed, not /all
No need for me to block anything at the moment tbh...
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
This comment is underrated lol
picslemann 9 months ago • 100%
Very classy merc 👌
The owner clearly cares for that thing well - the finish, bodywork and chrome-like elements look absolutely immaculate
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The quality of stuff being sold on Amazon has been a race to the bottom for a while now, somewhat following in the steps of Ebay. In this video Louis has two crimp butt connectors: one bought from Amazon and one bought from a hardware retail store - the Amazon purchased one, which a regular user of the site may consider as reputable at a glance, fails to crimp the wires securely. The hardware store one however securely crimps the wires in place. It's a pretty mundane example, but extends across to other products in other industry verticals too. A pretty major concern raised in the video was that the failure of this specific product would cause excess heat, potentially leading to an electrical fire in the worst case scenario. There's also the issue of reputable brands not even listing their products on Amazon anymore, leaving users with mostly poor quality alternatives shown prominently in search results. Personally I find myself preferring to shop at dedicated or independent online storefronts, where it's a bit more obvious what exactly I'm purchasing, and where there's at least some minimum guarantee of quality - in contrast to a Prime "dropshipped", generic product from Amazon. Also kind of like the fact that by purchasing from sites that aren't massive marketplaces or outlets, real individuals benefit from my custom, not massive behemoths that don't *need* the sales to survive --- Piped link in comments
Viewers were asked to collect cycling data from their cities' busiest intersection, providing a rough insight into how cycling varies across the world. This video goes through the collected data, and some of the findings are pretty interesting IMO... A particularly notable one is the impact of helmet laws potentially ruining commuter, utility, and casual cycling in a city. The data was anonymized by the channel and shared for all to freely browse: - [Spreadsheet - Google Drive](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11bgZ0B0ZaTrSNNQcjLxBjV2UN3Ha8F4cFj5KjV_i7FI/edit?usp=sharing) - [Interactive map - Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1ryURiLRRKwlK6vX1fbxnwJTPhyE-h3s&usp=sharing&entry=yt)
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How to enable persistent notifications on Android 14?
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
Wait hold on - persistent notifications (where when you swipe, a settings cog icon appears) have been ripped out of A14? Everything disappears when you swipe?
Why 😭
Fuck Cars
NYC MTA sets Manhattan congestion price at $15 for most vehicles, just one MTA vote left before the first congestion pricing in North America
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
Neat, thanks for the additional insight!
Fuck Cars
NYC MTA sets Manhattan congestion price at $15 for most vehicles, just one MTA vote left before the first congestion pricing in North America
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
fair point that I didn't consider! my assumption would be traffic, seeing as the toll is branded as "congestion pricing" - which wouldn't really make sense for motorcycles because they make up so little of the actual cause of traffic in NYC (large motor vehicles).
If we're talking about noise though, and how clean the engine burns fuel, motorcycles are 100% guilty as charged IMO.
Deaths and injuries is a little muddier because there are several factors at play, fault could lie on any individual involved in the accident, or maybe even the road design itself. I don't think these would be robust enough to use as the sole basis for a toll fee
Fuck Cars
NYC MTA sets Manhattan congestion price at $15 for most vehicles, just one MTA vote left before the first congestion pricing in North America
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
Sounds good overall, should reduce traffic levels significantly and make people consider whether they really need to drive their car in such a compact city.
Not sure if I agree with tolling motorcycles though, they don't take up anywhere near the same footprint as the average car
Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ
Pirate Site Blocking Demands Intensify in the US
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
Mic drop
lemann 9 months ago • 66%
Dang, that thing is the bees knees!
Would make more sense to replace just the batteries rather than the whole unit IMO. Looks like it takes standard 12v 7Ah sealed lead acid batteries, so should be doable for under $120 (if you buy them individually and use the existing battery harness)
I have three other UPSes, but none of them are as good as yours lol:
- APC SUA1500RM2U - was a great online rackmount unit, stopped using this a few years back because of its tendency to overcharge batteries without a charge controller ADC calibration mod. It wrecked my last battery pack bad 😭 plan to convert it to LiFePo4 and put it back into service 🤞
- Zigor Ebro - cheap and cheerful line-interactive UPS for the modem, network switch and CCTV cameras. Switchover time is pretty much instantaneous, worth every cent paid and has kept my network up through many outages
- Cyberpower UT650 - A temporary offline UPS to hold the server gear specifically until I get the APC back in service. Honestly not worth the cheap price, the switchover delay is long enough to shut off anything that's not a server PSU with massive bulk capacitors
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Steam Deck
Someone redesigned the Steam UI, and I need it.
lemann 9 months ago • 33%
@PostWatchBot@lemy.lol
Technology
a16z will give literally any politician money if they help deregulate tech
lemann 9 months ago • 71%
I agree here entirely.
The article is pretty much at fault here, as far as the bot is concerned if garbage goes in, garbage comes out
Technology
Cox Media Group claims to be listening to private conversations to sell advertisements
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
Nice, thanks for the link 👌
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Apps that shouldn't be Subscriptions
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
Adobe is the one company i'd never, ever, ever want to support, especially with a subscription. 🏴☠️ all day every day
Technology
a16z will give literally any politician money if they help deregulate tech
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
The tldr bot is pulling directly from the article - it used to use ChatGPT wayy back when it was originally created, but it got expensive for the creator, so now I believe it uses some sentence interpreter library to compare relevance of paragraphs, in combination with semantic HTML tags/markup.
The code for it is on GitHub
Selfhosted
What do you use to mount encrypted drives on boot?
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
Flash drive hidden under the carpet and connected via a USB extension, holding the decryption keys - threat model is a robber making off with the hard drives and gear, where the data just needs to be useless or inaccessible to others.
There's a script in the initramfs which looks for the flash drive, and passes the decryption key on it to cryptsetup, which then kicks off the rest of the boot mounting the filesystems underneath the luks
I could technically remove the flash drive after boot as the system is on a UPS, but I like the ability to reboot remotely without too much hassle.
What I'd like to do in future would be to implement something more robust with a hardware device requiring 2FA. I'm not familiar with low level hardware security at all though, so the current setup will do fine for the time being!
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
I saw the picture and initially thought this was a Newcommunities post about a radio controlled car community 😭 not about an ACTUAL car omg
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
Chuck a fiberglass walk-in bed cover on the back of that thing and you have a 12-seater bus!
Funny thing is, a Toyota Hiace bus has 17 seats, spacious interior, and is way smaller compared to this oversized thing
Technology
Trains were designed to break down after third-party repairs, hackers find
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
Steroids? They've done a complete speedrun lol
Imagine if it was a more mundane issue, let's say the air line in a carriage has blown out and none of the doors work under their own power. Roll the train into the third party workshop to carry out the fix... a copyright notice flags up on the panel screen and now you've got a long 20 ton dead brick in your workshop
Imagine this happened with cars, that would be outrageous man
Technology
Trains were designed to break down after third-party repairs, hackers find
lemann 9 months ago • 83%
With the fake parts scandal for airplanes I wonder if this should be mandatory for parts that impact public safety for public transport like trains, buses, planes and so on.
Airplanes are vastly more complex though. Four engines, flying at extremely high altitudes at hundreds of km/h, fully airtight, powerful onboard generators, food prep areas, bathroom etc, extensive ethernet networking for the small IFE units and WiFi access points, list goes on...
Whereas a train doesn't have anything close to that, even the high speed ones with all the bells and whistles, so I think it would be a bit unreasonable to expect them to be held to the same standards as an airplane.
The only train I'd suggest an exception for would be a maglev though - OEM parts only there please, especially for traction and em equipment 😳
Dont get me wrong, I want a full right to repair enshrined in law and using a system like this just to prevent it is clearly wrong, but if it could be adapted to allow for critical parts to be made under license by third parties and helped prevent fake parts then may be a small amount of good can come from this shitty practice.
Some independent validation of the manufacturing materials, their grade and assembly quality could work well here, since I'm not too sure if blindly trusting the parts manufacturers would be a great idea as long as they have profits in mind
Fuck Cars
Eurotunnel to double number of direct rail links from London to Europe by 2030 | The Independent
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
The door. Now. 😂
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
In this asklemmy comm specifically?
There are two very popular asklemmy communities and they both are run differently 🤷♂️
!asklemmy@lemmy.ml
!asklemmy@lemmy.world
PC Gaminglemann 9 months ago • 100%
Time flies man. I remember the hype for this game back in 2014 like it was yesterday
Programmer Humor
Client did not pay?
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
Free real estate 😂
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
I'm in the same boat as @shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol, lab has been nice and stable and have nothing to contribute as of yet.
At the beginning of the migration I was popping in and out of r/homelab, but as it stands now I haven't visited there in ages!
Autismlemann 9 months ago • 100%
Salty snacks, fried or baked 😁. Failing that, those tiny 7" pizzas that fit into my Ninja, ready in literally 8 mins
Used to like preparing food, but seems like such a hassle now
Lemmy Moderators
Help with assessing possible trolls or bots in !autism
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
Only thing I can think of would be to spin up a new instance, subscribe to the community, and then run queries against the db directly to identify bot or troll-like behavior in the community
Previously I would have said to just browse the community from Kbin because it used to expose a lot more user activity, such as upvoted/downvoted posts/users, but I believe that's no longer visible...
Hopefully as Lemmy continues to develop, more tools become available
Technology
San Fran tech founder is accused of forcing his assistant into a 'slave contract' that called him 'Master' before trafficking her for sex around the world
lemann 9 months ago • 90%
Missed one
- CEO
Open Source
Voice Assistant HTTP gate
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
If MIT AppInventor is still kicking around, you should be able to use it for this... although sadly you won't have access to the source code since it's a Scratch-like way to create apps.
By default the Android voice assistant uses Google tech AFAIK, if you're after a truly source-available solution then there's ”Futo voice input" to handle STT, and "RHVoice" to handle TTS - though these would still need a HTTP API bridge to do what you want
Programming
SSH keys stolen by stream of malicious PyPI and npm packages
lemann 9 months ago • 100%
I think so, assuming these malicious packages are all primitive enough to just look for the single file in a user's home folder lol. The only downside here is needing to provide the keyfile location to ssh every time you want to connect... Although a system search would pretty much defeat that instantly as you mention
SSH keyfiles can be encrypted, which requires a password entry each time you connect to a SSH server. Most linux distros that I've used automatically decrypt the SSH keyfile for you when you log in to a remote machine (using the user keyring db), or ask you for the keyfile password once and remember it for the next hour or so (using the ssh-agent program in the background).
On Windows you can do something similar with Cygwin and ssh-agent, however it is a little bit of a hassle to set up. If you use WSL i'd expect the auto keyfile decryption to work comparably to Linux, without needing to configure anything
My Harman Kardon headphones and my sausage fingers don't go well sometimes - occasionally when switching off the ANC I accidentally put the headphones into pairing mode. When this happens, a massive popup with a picture of my headphones appears on my phone screen, prompting me to connect via bluetooth, a bit like that iOS one that shows up when you hold your earpod case near the device. Anyone aware what this popup feature is called? I'd like to ultimately switch it off - don't really like the idea of nearby bluetooth devices opening massive popups on my device, just because they're in pairing mode
I woke up this morning to an awful looking homescreen on my Android - turns out my Niagara Launcher subscription had lapsed! I went to check the renewal prices, and they were literally 2-3x more expensive than what I was paying recently - not really excited about that. Since my homescreen already looked like garbage, I decided may as well try Kvaesitso, a FOSS search-based launcher. I tried it in the past, but abandoned it since I would want to set up my homescreen and apply an icon pack to all the apps individually. After several hours of setup (mainly applying the icon pack 😭), I've been using it throughout the rest of the day and I'm pretty pleased with it, it's a very smooth, polished and well thought out minimal search-focused launcher. Here's what I like and don't like so far: **Like** - Search is much more powerful: can use DuckDuckGo or any custom search engine, search app shortcuts (i.e. webpages saved as apps), as well as tagging apps - none of these are possible in Niagara - Very, very customizable - Supports gestures to open apps or run things, so even less apps are needed on my homescreen - The clock looks so nice - Cool charging animation that shows rising bubbles from the bottom of the homescreen - Contextual media controls under the clock - Allows full-size widgets on the homescreen, these can be hidden off-screen by default if you prefer **Meh but not dealbreakers** - Upcoming calendar events don't show up under the clock, however there is a very nice custom calendar widget included - Contextual media app cannot be set (e.g. when bluetooth/3.5mm headphone is connected, pin music app on homescreen) Highly recommend giving it a try if your Niagara subscription lapses, and open to trying a neat FOSS alternative! [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/de.mm20.launcher2.release/) | [GitHub](https://github.com/MM2-0/Kvaesitso)
I've noticed quite a lot of new accounts popping up recently, wondering if something new happened over at Orange Alien HQ or maybe is this just normal growth?
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Tesla released the service manuals for their original Roadster yesterday, pretty rare to come across any kind of service manual nowadays. Great for R2R! https://service.tesla.com/roadster
The soft pedals are an interesting idea I think, but I share the same concerns about their longevity. Some interesting books mentioned at the end too... --- If you're not familiar with Shifter, this is a pretty great channel focused on urban cycling, with lots of insight and tips on to improve your commuting experience
This decade old electric cooler box gave up the ghost around 2 years ago, with the indoor outlet plug no longer working. The independent 12v input was still operational, so I kept it with the intention of *eventually* fixing it... And two years later, this is the eventually 😅. The integrated 10v ~45w unit had failed short on the primary side, with a burnt out Y-capacitor and some fried zeners. I started removing bits from the board to try and find all the broken components... but ended up letting out the magic smoke in the process, oops! I set out looking for a new power supply, and came across a 12v 45w unit from Meanwell. It was actually smaller than the cooler's original power supply too, meaning more internal space to use later 🤫 ::: spoiler Spoiler  ::: After searching for a distributor that was actually willing to ship it to a home address, I ordered, and boom:  It's so tiny compared to the original. Next I installed an Arduino Nano to control the TEC/peltier module & fan via a cheap LED repeater. I was hoping to reuse the internal temperature sensors, but left them disconnected for now  After hours writing the arduino code, I finally got it into a usable state. There were issues with brownouts rebooting the Arduino, however with the Meanwell supply in-circuit those mysteriously stopped. There are 3 power modes now for the module: 30W, 40W and 50W - with the first two using PWM, and the last one giving it all the beans. I wanted to PWM control the fan too, but decided against it since it sounded absolutely terrible at whatever PWM frequency the Nano is using. It powers on to 40W by default, which is under the 45W max rating of the PSU. Everything looks good so far running from the bench supply:  Now all that was left was to connect the internal supply, and the 12v vehicle input. I was actually supposed to use JST connectors for the Meanwell psu, but didn't have anything on hand - so improvised with crimping spade terminals and friction fitting those on  And the moment of truth. Up until this point I hadn't actually checked if the replacement psu was working or not  Looking good! I don't really like the LEDs though, so might do something about those in future. You might be wondering how exactly I change the power settings... well since the manufacturer decided it was good enough to shove all the cables in the back, I did the same with a pushbutton 🤫  Glad to have the electric cooler working again though, feels nice to save large things like this from going to the landfill and extend their life a bit. Excited to hear any thoughts and feedback!
How nice of Windows to spam me with notifications when I temporarily fill my scratch disk, despite turning them off...
For me personally, trams are right up there. Aside from the main issue of sharing the roads instead of having a dedicated line, they really make it easy to get from one part of a city to another, especially for wheelchair users. They're usually as frequent as buses, but much faster. The stations are much more attractive compared to bus stops (on newer systems), and can really make an area feel much nicer IMO. For those that have a bike, suburban and inter city rail is a strong second. The speed and ease of last mile mobility is what appeals to me the most. Recently took my bike across the country to my home city and it ended up being much faster than driving (by almost an hour) - the multimodal commute was pretty hefty, but lots of fun nonetheless.
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One would assume that if you paid for the 4K Netflix plan, you'd be able to watch media in 4K on all your devices? Unfortunately not, Netflix maxes out at 720p if you're watching in the browser. If 🏴☠️ can watch whatever media they want in 4K from any device, but paying customers can't... the choice here is a no brainer. Bonus: Louis has a mini rant about his $3000 LG TV which is packed with trackers, all enabled by default. A bit greedy of LG to also track user activity after paying *that* much money for the TV? ----- Watch elsewhere: [Invidious](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=o4GZUCwVRLs) / Piped link in comments
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What do you think of dual actuator hard drives? I never knew these even existed... Here's a quick summary of the vid for those who want a TL;DW: - Dual actuator drives are a single drive with two actuator arms inside - These arms have their own platters, each with access to half of the drive's capacity - The SAS version shows up as two separate drives: one for each actuator - The SATA version shows up as a single drive, however can be partitioned at a specific LBA near the middle to use both actuators independently - Linux kernel updated to support these drives better when queuing commands - Capable of saturating a 5gbit SATA link Personally, my concern is RAID setups, particularly in a SAS config. Will filesystems like ZFS and BTRFS know that two storage devices are the same physical drive... aside from that, and concern about more mechanical parts, this looks exciting especially for sequential speed throughput! EDIT: fix typos
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The Retro Lite CM4 is a passion project by two modders StonedEdge and Dmcke5, inspired by the Switch. This emulation handheld is based around the Raspberry Pi CM4 and RetroPie. While sharing a very similar look to the Switch, this thing is been built from the ground up, with a custom machined shell, PCB, and various other components. There's an optional custom dock with an integrated LCD, that can show the current game's cover art. Personally, I think this is absolutely impressive. Hats off to these guys! Picture grabbed from the GitHub, which is also linked below  https://github.com/StonedEdge/Retro-Lite-CM4
A pretty comprehensive video by Hugh Jeffreys covering how Apple has been restricting repairability in their devices, even before 2012. P.S. Apple's iPhones may be exempt from California's R2R bill, apparently they slipped an exemption in there for "waterproof portable devices" 🤦♂️
I've been in need of a bench supply for a while, up to this point I've been using little buck/boost boards with a multimeter to get the voltage I want when working on a project. The limitations of that started to show though, so I was after a more ideal solution. After spending a while looking at various power supplies, I happened to come across this tiny adjustable supply. After binging a bunch of videos on it, I decided it'll do, especially compared to the absolutely chonky big alternatives. Right out the gate, the aluminium casing feels amazing, but they could do with a bit of a stronger adhesive holding the glass screen cover in-place 🤦♂️ I'm personally not too bothered by this, but it doesn't set a good first impression IMO  A few seconds after pressing the glass back into place, the opposite end of the glass popped loose. At least I now know there are screws hidden under here if I ever decide to open this in future 💭  Aside from that, it has pretty reasonable specs for the size: - Dual input, either AC (mickey ears plug) or DC 7-28v (XT60) - 30V 10A (max output 200W on DC, max 100W on AC) - Minimum output 1v 500mA - 65W USB PD output (handy for the Pinecil I recently ordered to replace my old iron 😁) - 200x200 IPS display - AC input uses GaN parts When watching the videos a few people complained about the absence of an XT60 to banana jack. This may have changed at some point, as one came with mine  The internal AC converter appears to supply 19V into the unit, which you can use via the XT60 connector at the rear. Not sure if intentional or not, but pretty neat nonetheless - as long as you dont accidentally leave a lipo plugged in there 😳 I'm not sure if its worth the price tag ($60-120 depending on where you look) when you can get a RuiDeng clone for under $30. I mainly jumped for this because of the size, integrated AC input, and that 65W USB-C. Voltage ripple is a little concern at lower voltages where some components may not be so forgiving... Happy with the purchase so far though, can't wait to start using this for projects!
This is pretty neat IMO, and is provided by some other FUTO software called Polycentric, integrated into the grayjay app. These devs have really hit above their weight, considering Nebula doesn't have social features built in, and the official app can feel a bit unintuitive sometimes
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Never realised that quite a few third party mods for the deck are available - such as a transparent chassis, colourful buttons, and even an aftermarket APU cooler. Linus pretty much pimps the heck out of the refurbished deck in this video. The main downsides shown (aside from the difficult chassis swap) were the aftermarket chassis joystick tolerances being a bit tight, and the new HD screen increasing system power consumption by at least 10W - while also bringing a noticeable performance penalty, with ~37 FPS on the HD screen vs 60 FPS on the standard deck screen when playing F1
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Louis Rossmann unveils Grayjay - a video client similar to Revanced and NewPipe, but shows your subscriptions from various video sites in a single feed. Site: https://grayjay.app/ Source: https://gitlab.futo.org/videostreaming/grayjay The app is OSS but not Free, which I'm personally completely OK with. --- Watch elsewhere: [Invidious](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=5DePDzfyWkw) / piped link in comments
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Welcome to 2023, where you can say hello to a jail cell for being signed in to Google... at the wrong place, at the wrong time --- Watch elsewhere: [Invidious](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=jbqT2ghXGeA) / Piped link in comments
Picture of a bus stop, where a separated bike lane runs straight through the space a bus driver is expected to pull in to Edit: Added description
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.one/post/4012716 > Specialized Como 2022 😍 > > Mine for a month as a part of a free ebike loan scheme im my city. The new scheme replaces our old dock-based ebike scheme which went bankrupt due to constant vandalism 😭 > > Loving the loaner bike so far, handling is pretty similar to my personal bike with the swept handlebar and rear pannier. The assist boosts me up hills with ease, and makes heavy shopping feel like nothing! > > Wish I could own one but it's out of my price range at the moment.
Specialized Como 2022 😍 Mine for a month as a part of a free ebike loan scheme im my city. The new scheme replaces our old dock-based ebike scheme which went bankrupt due to constant vandalism 😭 Loving the loaner bike so far, handling is pretty similar to my personal bike with the swept handlebar and rear pannier. The assist boosts me up hills with ease, and makes heavy shopping feel like nothing! Wish I could own one but it's out of my price range at the moment.
Cycled to the train station this morning, and was completely taken aback by the constant queues of cars waiting at lights. It looks so exhausting to be constantly at a standstill in traffic like that... The bike paths on the other hand were practically empty, got to the station in the same quick time it would have taken outside of rush hour
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A fairly comprehensive take by Louis on owning a Framework laptop after two years - seems pretty positive overall! The durability in particular seems to be a really strong point of the repairable design. A few issues are mentioned, such as the unimpressive keyboard, a battery drain during sleep issue under Linux, and a design error where the RTC battery can soft-brick the laptop if left unattended for a long period of time. Despite those, Framework seems to have really knocked it out the park with a great repairable first gen laptop IMO --- Watch elsewhere: [Invidious](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=6Sw06swtgY0), Piped link in comments
Curious what alternatives to Tasker are available for Android. Slight preference to FOSS options, but any suggestions are welcome 😁 The last time I used one of these apps was almost a decade ago on my S4, kind of missing the convenience stuff I had set up back then - like adjusting the volume/opening apps/changing ringer mode when certain devices connect and disconnect, when the charger is connected etc.
Looks like an actual road with drainage, raised sidewalk et al, but it's very narrow. 
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Carried a minimal setup with me to get some stuff done while making the most of the weather. Wanted a bit of a break from being indoors during the daytime, since it's not mandatory for me to go in. Internet access was really patchy at first, until dropping the mobile data from 4G down to HSPA which was much more stable. The heat was quite intense too, used the folding chair's bag to shield the laptop 😅 10/10 would recommend
An ad blocked itself from loading, wow lol. ::: spoiler Context X-Frame-Options allows a website (such as the one loaded an ad box to display an ad) to tell your browser whether it can be embedded in another website :::
Bicycles get two entrances, free of charge... but the only one for cars requires payment.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.one/post/3195595 > A couple years ago, no tools 😅. I was commuting between home and campus just a mile away, so if something went wrong I'd just lock the bike and come for it later. > > Nowadays, just a few to do an inner tube & chain replacement, and some other small bits that might come in handy. > > - 2 spanners (one adjustable) > - Backup lights & head torch > - Tyre levers & adhesive puncture patches > - Mini track-style pump > - Screwdriver for the chain enclosure > - Pliers for the rollerbrakes and internal hub gear cables > > ::: spoiler Picture > >  > > ::: > > I've found the head torch to be surprisingly helpful... Had a puncture in the dark once, and without that I would have been there a while lol
A couple years ago, no tools 😅. I was commuting between home and campus just a mile away, so if something went wrong I'd just lock the bike and come for it later. Nowadays, just a few to do an inner tube & chain replacement, and some other small bits that might come in handy. - 2 spanners (one adjustable) - Backup lights & head torch - Tyre levers & adhesive puncture patches - Mini track-style pump - Screwdriver for the chain enclosure - Pliers for the rollerbrakes and internal hub gear cables ::: spoiler Picture  ::: I've found the head torch to be surprisingly helpful... Had a puncture in the dark once, and without that I would have been there a while lol
A quick stop while riding home, because I thought a picture at this spot would look nice 😅
I've been using a reusable 36oz/1L plastic "flip lid" bottle from Bezos's market - this is my third one (sadly replaced almost on a yearly basis) since I keep accidentally breaking the lids. It practically comes everywhere with me - walking, cycling, in my backpack. This lid is starting to crack at the hinge and the latch though, but don't really want to replace it with the same thing again. How long have you had you had your current bottle, and how are you finding it so far?
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It's probably too early to get excited over this - Apple needs to implement repair friendly measures first before we take this at face value, instead of their previous IRP program & self-repair 'token gestures' to appease legislators. --- [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tB3t7xGWjk) / [Invidious](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=0tB3t7xGWjk) / Piped link in comments
Recently picked up new polyester shorts for riding, and it's made it so much more comfortable for longer rides compared to the previous cotton shorts. Feel like it doesn't restrict my legs as much, allowing me to put some more power down going uphill. That aside, the store assistant noticed that I altered their reusable insulated bag to slide onto a pannier rack, and thought it was interesting 😅. Will probably need to pick up an expensive cycling bag (which I originally wanted to avoid) to haul heavier shopping... not sure if it's worth risking it with this DIY one Edit: Fixed broken image link