GreenCrunch

It is possible for one tanker to refuel another I think, or multiple tankers could have been flying in formation.

I’d definitely agree here. In general, stuff where multiple processes need to talk to each other but are in separate containers is frustrating. So modding tools stumble a bit. Also, things that require login via a browser, which then redirects back to the application (for example, Unity opens a login page then goes back) - when it’s running through Proton or in a container, it’ll open in the browser on the host system, which then can’t get back to it.

That may just be a me being stupid issue, but it’s annoying.

Still keep using it because it’s great, and no ads or crap is lovely.

Transcoding media is great for saving space. My server has but a humble ancient 1TB hard drive (shared with other storage uses). From a DVD (mpeg2), an episode of this one TV show is 1.6-1.8 GB. After transcoding to AV1, it’s 200-400 MB, and I can’t tell the difference in quality. (consider that’s per episode so over an entire series that’s many GB of space saving!)

I use Veronica Explains’ helpful HandBrake guide, she provides some settings for AV1, which work very well for me (I just saved it as a new preset).

https://vkc.sh/handbrake-2025/

And you can do batches of files by opening a directory and adding all. I haven’t tried OP’s tool so I don’t know how it compares to HandBrake, but that works fine for my use case.

I mean, big box stores have high rooves with no sound insulation and are blasting music and ads*, the shelves are covered in brightly colored packaging trying to compete for your attention (plus more ads), they usually have terrible bright commercial lighting, there’s a lot of people with large carts (and poor awareness of their surroundings) trying to get through the same spaces, and you have to find all the things you need with that going on around you.

I don’t believe I’ve been in a Costco (or can’t remember it), but the giant Walmart / Target / Kroger stores are already bad enough.

*Don’t get me started on the fridges, which at one store I’ve been to were loud enough that I couldn’t hear someone next to me.

It looks like I just didn’t wait long enough. It does change behavior under the following edge case which is what threw me off - if you take a screenshot, click Edit, then switch apps, it stays on screen and doesn’t respond to the back gesture, you have to wait out its timer.

I figure it should go away when you go to edit (since you can now see the screenshot fullscreen and no longer need a preview)

Oh, interesting.

Testing today it appears that isn’t happening any more for me either - I guess I’ve been doing my silly workaround for months for no reason!

And all it took was complaining about a bug on the internet to realize that it’s already been fixed (or stopped happening for some other reason) and I just never realized.

Slightly funny, even if it makes me look like a fool!

But… Fraudzoid’s app looks so nice… and my Fraudzoid Blaze subscription practically pays for itself!

I have noticed a weird bug with screenshots - it pops up the mini version of your screenshot in the corner, but if I don’t use the back gesture fast enough it will become stuck on screen until I take another screenshot (even if I tap on it to open the editing view).

GOS is quite cool! I do miss some features of the first party pixel OS, but certainly not enough to go back. Most of my gripes have to do with other apps’ dependence on Google services rather than GOS itself.

After working out the kinks of getting all my apps set up and working (my mobile carrier being the hardest since they require their stupid app) it’s been quite seamless.

Some stuff still needs work, for example I found that work profiles are really janky (since the work profile apps expect Google Play Services in the work sandbox, and get really confused when it isn’t there).

I use sandboxed Play Services with the minimum permissions to make it work, mainly because most apps just crap out or have no notifications without it, which is annoying.

(sexism, ableism, complete delusion, I’ve gone insane reading this website…)

I know nothing about the history and politics of Debian, but the stuff this guy is saying is bizzare.

• Timeline starts with the publication of Orwell’s Animal Farm. This is going to be good…

• He seems to interpret people’s personal lives as caused by Debian - talking about Joel Espy Klecker’s death, he makes it sound like the Evil Debians were chaining him to a rock and forcing him to write software, even describing it as “modern slavery” - does he think that people wih chronic illnesses shouldn’t contribute to free software?? Unless someone was actually coercing Klecker (which would obviously be bad), it seems like he was just choosing to contribute… Pocock asks if it’s fair that Klecker received no compensation despite companies that use Debian making lots of money. That’s how free software works…

• Daniel Pocock refers to Daniel Pocock in the third person a lot, which makes it less obvious that this is his firsthand account and not someone else’s documenting of the story.

• “The Debian Pregnancy Cluster” (???)

• Claiming that women are only participating in Debian because of their male partners. Followed by a mention of a woman who met their husband through Debian (so was presumably involved in it independently before that).

• Spends a lot of time listing people who died, even if their death is unrelated to their Debian participation. There’s even a graphic of people holding knives at the bottom, as if to imply that Debian is murdering people??

• Quote “wheelchair fascism” - I am just going to provide this quote in full: “Bücherratten is demonstrating a certain amount of passive-aggressive behavior, wheeling herself up to the FSFE table at CCC, putting on the brakes and using her wheelchair to become the center of attention even before she speaks.” What the hell? I have no words here… What does this person expect? They’ve just described someone using a wheelchair to go up to a table in a normal way. They don’t elaborate on becoming the center of attention. This is equivalent to describing an ambulatory person’s “passive aggressive behavior, walking up to the FSFE table at CCC, putting their feet on the floor, and using their legs to become the center of attention” (https://danielpocock.com/en/fosdem-nazi-pass-fsfe-wheelchair-fascism-facts/)

Year or two? 2016 was ten years ago.

This is over a decade.

Fucking hell. That’s such a significant fraction of my life.

And encouraged, as featured in Nintendo’s own Super Mario Odyssey!

on any server with ssh exposed you’ll probably see a bunch of login attempts in the logs (automated attacks trying to find machines with a weak password). only keys is the way lol.

Thanks for your interest in joining the botnet!

I’d recommend using “password” as your password and “root” for the username. Attackers have a lot of stuff going on! Don’t make their job all complicated, make it easy to remember.

Older operating systems like a really old Linux distro or Windows XP are the best, since their performance requirements are a lot lower, giving better overhead for the crypto miners that will be installed. Modern OSs waste resources on security features and such.

I think this has been going on for quite a while. my 2010 Toyota I believe has a mobile data unit, but only has 3G and is thus forever unable to phone home. With a new car, you could just remove the mobile data module and not allow it a WiFi connection or anything, then it has no way to report to Toyota even if it wants to.

Thanks for the explanation!

I am saving my modem return receipt for this reason. I can see it coming: “you didn’t return it, $500000 charge!”

Come on! Wouldn’t you like 400 Mbps? You only have 1 Gbps, 400 is a way bigger number! Upload speed? Don’t ask about silly things like that, no one uploads files!

Oh, you wanted to use the web on a busy day? No you didn’t, we’re way oversold!

The worst part is, Spectrum call agents will just try to sell you on more stuff. When I signed up (no choice for internet where I was), they offered an introductory rate on their website for internet only, but forced you to call them to sign up. Of course, in calling, they insisted I get a package with internet + cable + streaming, and it took a while to negotiate just internet. I mentioned the offer, and made sure they promised I’d get the promotional rate.

Lo and behold, my first month bill happens and no promo rate to be seen. It took another phone call to fix that.

I just recently canceled - they demand your new address (for mail forwarding??), they want to know your internet/cable/phone there, etc. so they can try and convince you to transfer. And, if I know someone else moving in I can transfer to them so they get a promotional rate (I guarantee their new-customer first year rate would be cheaper).

The only part where they didn’t try upsell me was in returning their modem, which was pretty seamless (unless they try charge me for not returning it, I feel like they’d do that).

Oh, and of course I still get “hand-picked” “exclusive” offers “just for me” every day in my email.

you just gotta lock in… focus real hard and commit yourself to paying less rent…

what? thrown out, you say? clearly a lack of willpower.