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Where can I find lemmy instances that support freedom of speech? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 hours ago

Well said.

Left leaning values never implement freedom of speech. I have never understood that. The older I get - and I'm old - the more liberal I get.

I can't actually become liberal because liberal excludes debate.

When a country is ruled by a dictator, does it matter which party he belongs to? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

No, the very idea of a dictator is that there is no party. It is pure self interest.

Woman charged with harrasment in UKs first cyber-farting case in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

What I want to know is how she kept managing to get them (repeatedly) in the lift.

Chinese scientists create mice with 2 fathers using stem cell engineering in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Bros got a long way to go to catch up with local peeps. They got way way more fathers than two.

UK shoplifting on the rise and more brazen, new survey says. in c/[email protected]
A little trick for changedetection.io and shadowdom in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago

There's a change detection add-on for Firefox I use for websites which don't have RSS feeds. Might work on that other thing.

SiteDelta Watch.

Isn't having your own domain name for email very bad for privacy? And how do you pick a good domain name that doesn't sound goofy? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Buy two domains at least. One for the actual email and one for redirection email addresses with something like addy.io .

In the UK, open personal details can be resisted from whois listings under data protection, but you can use a mailbox or office address to make that a redirect.

I use a control domain to control all my other customer domains and I separate DNS, domain hosting, email, and websites so no-one has too much control. That was a painful lesson to learn.

Picking domain names is hard. Whatever you pick it will sound silly or it's already been taken. Just make it easy to spell and short to reduce the pain of spelling it out, and these days LLM tools can help choose.

Water bills in England and Wales to rise by £123 a year in April in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

This is premium quality fecal master in your water; thanks Thames Water and Anglian water. Premium is reassuringly expensive.

Quickly transferring files between PC and phone in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Syncthing is fast. I have an IPv6 setup too which seems to help.

I have my downloads directory on my desktop linked to a downloads directory on my Android; you can't link to the real Android downloads directory anymore so I use another.

When the file is removed from the desktop downloads directory it disappears from mobile.

I tried using Bluetooth between them but it's more fiddly than Syncthing with my config. Switch Bluetooth on on desktop, connect to desktop, send file, disconnect, move file. Whereas Syncthing is always on.

However, before I started using Obsidian notes I used to transfer URLs using Signal's Note-to-self thing. Signal on both desktop and mobile.

Obviously, I sync between mobile and desktop Obsidian using Syncthing.

[FilthySon] New definitions in c/[email protected]
[FilthySon] New definitions in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

Good call.

Maybe the Americans can find some aluminum on another planet. There's none on earth.

[FilthySon] New definitions in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I'm kinda done with the flavour of pigs-at-the-trough leadership democracy that the UK is now. Anarchy for the win.

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Nothing significant. Just best wishes for anyone applying (reddthat.com)
 

Went to uni last century here in the UK (native Brit).

Much much more difficult now for you all and I feel for you all. The idea of fees for our elite students is pure folly. Shame on them.

Good luck all.

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Removal of old packages (reddthat.com)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
6 comments fedilink
 

I'm sure I saw somewhere some while ago a way to remove old/obsolete packages from an system-upgraded install. Packages that wouldn't be removed because they're dependencies somewhere still.

For example, the xorg drivers can be removed from my F40 when upgraded to f41 install. As if I'd installed it from the to-be f41 everything iso.

I can't find it from the documentation; can someone point me in the right direction, please.

I can't quite remember but I think it was an official Fedora package that one 'installs' which contains a script to remove obsolete packages from the prior Fedora version.

UPDATE: found it. https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/upgrading-fedora-offline/#sect-clean-up-retired-packages

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[Possible bug] Sharing a post to Firefox makes Voyager into Firefox, and I can't get back! (reddthat.com)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
4 comments fedilink
 

Picking a random post from the list of posts in Voyager and then using the share facility to share it to Firefox makes Voyager look like Firefox with the address bar and so on.

However, when I want to go back to using Voyager flicking back - partial right swipe on my Pixel 7 Pro w/Niagara launcher - doesn't do anything useful and I'm still in a version/instance of Firefox with the Voyager icon.

Can someone double check that this does/not happen to them to an up-to-date Android phone before I report it, please?

Thank-you in advance

UPDATE: looks like it is my end from your comments, thank-you people. I'm going back from whence I came, shame faced. 😳

I'm glad. Voyager is my Lemmy of choice!

Maybe it's Niagara. There's a couple of stability fixes coming through. So here's hoping! Meanwhile I have a reeducation class to attend! 🤣

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[pre-noob] What's the process for migrating from, in my case, Alexa, Smart Life to Home Assistant? (reddthat.com)
 

Hello all,

What do I actually do when I finally have a running instance (of containerised HA on a Raspberry Pi)? Delete all the toys from Alexa and Smart Life and start again in Home Assistant?

Is deleting everything the intelligent way to go rather than trying to transition?

My Google-foo is failing I did try to find an answer in Lemmy/Reddit/HA. Apologies if I miss an obvious place.

Thank-you in advance.

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Is there a community for instrument learners, particularly piano/keyboard? (reddthat.com)
 

My early teen cousin is learning to play keyboard/piano. She likes to compose her own songs, and she's good at that, but perhaps could use some help with the basis rhythm.

I thought that a book of rhythms might help. Something like this, but it's going to be the wrong era for her on the surface, although the rhythms repeat through the ages. Encyclopedia of Piano Rhythm Patterns: Popular Piano Rhythms and How to Play Them https://amzn.eu/d/2JdTsST

Please point me in the right direction. Thank-you in advance

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[Reddit] avoiding Reddit links in Lemmy. (reddthat.com)
 

Hi all

Is there an Android client that allows me to avoid Reddit posts which are currently crossposted and overwhelming my Lemmy timeline?

Something like Domain exclude as on the Relay for Reddit client.

Thank-you in advance

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How ironic it's spelt with the American spelling of standardisation. (reddthat.com)
 

Title.

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