solrize

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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I have them blocked already, but that doesn't stop the moderation bots screwing up and deleting good posts, whether mine or other people's. It's unfortuanate to not get informed when the words in someone's post happen to be in alphabetical order though.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdMNYn2MEac I know now why you cry. But it's something I can never do.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] solrize@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Generally speaking please don't. I've never seen a reddit bot that I didn't find annoying.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Live chat doesn't really fit though I don't see why it would have large storage requirements. Posting on profiles might be a good idea though.

Either of those would be a general Lemmy thing, not specifically lemmy.world which is just one instance.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

My I-9 verification is birth certificate, so no photo. Not sure how unblurring would help? I've never done it remotely though. Wanting to see work environment isn't so great. I set up for a video interview a while back by carefully positioning the camera so there was nothing interesting around or behind me. I had trouble getting the video working though, so we did a voice-only phone interview instead, which was much better anyway.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago (4 children)

This says it's not enough to ban JavaScript: we also have to ban CSS.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Mind saying why? No I don't want to watch a video to find out.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Calendar entry?

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)
  1. Like someone else said, try MATE, it is more like windows and even though I'm not a windows user, I find it less confusing than gnome.
  2. to some extent though maybe not as bad as before. Solution seems to be buy a Thinkpad since that's what more devs tend to use. I've stayed with that plan and haven't had much trouble, though at work I had an Acer laptop that also worked fine.
  3. Yes, I generally run Debian, including on small servers where there is not even a window manager (because no screen), much less a browser, music player, or anything like that.
  4. Generally stuff like that requires root, but root just means admin privs. It's normally protected by a password that you yourself choose when you install the OS. That is, the idea is that you own your computer and can do what you want with it, so of course you have root and can use it when needed. Android is the weird exception that breaks that model, transferring ownership of your phone to app vendors and keeping you out of the application data.
  5. No
  6. DE=desktop environment? Ermmm... maybe not so easy. Simplest might be separate user accounts for different DE's? Idk, I just use MATE though I've played with XMonad n the past.
  7. Wayland = relatively new window system (API through which applications show stuff on the screen), intended to replace X (older system). Docker = container system for wrapping an application and its dependencies in one package, to prevent the Linux version of "DLL hell". This is mostly used on servers as Linux's packaging systems tend to be better than Windows's and not get you into too much trouble, as long as you don't try to mix approaches on a single machine.
[–] solrize@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

militarized upgrades

Extension cords that reach all the way back to HQ?

 

Ok it's 4G and Android 12, so a little bit behind the times, and weighs over a pound, but it has 65 watt fast charging and a built in 1200 lumen flashlight (I wonder if that doubles as a video light). I found out about it a few days ago and have been fascinated by it since then. The weight isn't so bad if you consider that it gets rid of the need to bring a power bank.

Not gonna buy real soon but wow. Maybe they will do a 5G version sometime. I posted in another community that I want to be able to pull it out and say "that's not a phone, THIS is a phone".

Any thoughts?

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Anduril pace bead idea (www.survivalresources.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by solrize@lemmy.world to c/flashlight@lemmy.world
 

Pace beads (see the linked article) are a low tech navigation aid for hikers that are basically a small abacus-like device made of paracord. You hang the set from a pack strap and use it as a manual pedometer to track the distance you have walked in a given direction. You count off 100 paces in your head while walking, advance 1 bead on the "abacus", count off another 100, etc. The usual 1 strand setup goes up to 50 counts on the beads, i.e. 5000 paces or about 3 miles, at which point you start over.

While out walking yesterday it occurred to me that I already had the right hardware in my pocket (an Anduril light) to support an electronic version of that. Just program a counting function into the light, click the button every 100 paces (or maybe 10 so it is harder to lose track), and read out the pace count afterwards.

My thought is to include it in the existing 4C lockout mode. During lockout, 1C advances the count and 3C reads out the count using blinks. 4C unlocks the light as usual and leaves the count unchanged. You reset to zero by temporarily disconnecting the battery.

Does anyone else like this idea? Does the proposed UI sound ok? I think I can code it, if it sounds useful.

 

Being able to measure open circuit battery voltage is great, but it would also be useful to measure current while the light is running. That in turn can map to battery runtime and/or lumens. I wonder if any existing boards can do this, e.g. if they have adc pins connected to the relevant sense resistors. If not, it could be a cool feature in future boards.

 

This is about broadcasters wanting to encrypt over-the-air TV so you need an HDCP enabled screen to view it. Basically DRM for broadcast television over public airwaves. FYI.

 

It's a current Countycomm offer, looks like yet another rectangular keychain light, but 1) the leds are on a large face instead of on an end, meaning you can use it as a clip light or headlamp (maybe), and 2) it comes with a clamp mount for use as a bike light. Also it's cheap. It has a non-removable battery and I hate those, but they are more tolerable when the light is this cheap.

Any thoughts? Look ok? I think Countycomm lights are typically relabelled Lumintops, but I don't recognize this one.

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