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In case you're interested in (co-)moderating any of the communities that I created, you're welcome to message me.

I also have the account @Novocirab@jlai.lu. Furthermore, I own the account @daswetter@feddit.org, which I hope to make a small bot out of in the future.

  • How do I check that my system is Linux-compatible?

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  • If you have an AMD graphics card (or use Intel graphics), one of the biggest pain points is already nonexistent. If on the other hand you have a NVidia card, getting that to run often comes with (recurrent) pains. What is your graphics card?

  • So you want to move to Linux; I don’t blame you

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  • FreeTube is awesome. Need regular updates though, as every month or so YouTube seems to install a new way to break it (or Invidious, on which mostly it relies).

    But there's also Piped, which I haven't tried yet, but I think it's disjoint to Invidious.

  • YSK that hand sewing is a stupid cheap hobby to get into and reduces your impact on the environment

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  • That's a really good idea, I will from now on inspect disused garments for parts that one can use for patches

  • YSK that hand sewing is a stupid cheap hobby to get into and reduces your impact on the environment

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  • Anyone know some good offers for nice (nerdy) patches? There are nice embroidered patches on Etsy, but at 7 USD per patch they're a bit expensive for everyday repairing (let alone extensive projects like a GNU/Linux-themed biker's vest).

  • Alternative to github for hosting portfolio pieces, personal projects, etc. ?

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  • It's good to have a Codeberg accout for sure, and to contribute there. One should note though that their services are only for projects under a free (libre) license. They don't really enforce that yet, I think, but it's sure good to know.

    I think gitea (or gitlab) don't have such policies (but I don't know for sure).

  • Nix / NixOS @programming.dev
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    Okay, how do I get into vim?

  • [HELP] Issue with bluetooth devices after the latest kernel update on Tumbleweed

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  • While on my laptop I have to use some bluetoothctl (I think) with stupid pin-less setup and cannot use KDE’s own bluetooth applet. We’re both on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.

    Does rofi-bluetooth help you a little bit with things?

  • A domain I like has expired, how do I go about registering it for myself?

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  • I think the general term for this is "domain sniping" or "catching". From this, I also found this paid service, catches.io; can't tell if it or dropcatch is better. They both only charge you when they are successful in catching the domain for you, which is good.

    In general, I second the notion that one probably can't get around paying for a professional, paid service, since one is up against professionalized scoopers (godaddy and the like), who have put a lot of optimization (down to the placing of their servers) into trying to get an edge over legitimate buyers and competing scoopers.

  • Error: Symbol 'grub_is_using_legacy_shim_lock_protocol' Not found [Solved]

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  • Cool!

  • Error: Symbol 'grub_is_using_legacy_shim_lock_protocol' Not found [Solved]

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  • Thanks for updating your post with the solution that you found! Best also prepend something like "[Solved]" to the post title.

  • Resources for the technically challenged?

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  • Also, if you don't have a machine to just experiment on, swapping an internal SSD drive back and forth may be cumbersome. If you've got the extra 15 Euros, buy a (preferably used) NVMe-to-USB3 adapter/housing, so that you can connect your SSD externally via USB. Such an adapter is very useful anyways. (This setup is still way better than permanently using a regular USB drive.)

  • Polish Train Maker Is Suing the Hackers Who Exposed Its Anti-Repair Tricks

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  • The only thing I disagree with is this:

    This continuing saga shows how important regulation and legislation are to protect consumers, whether it’s individuals like us, or companies that are being bullied into complying with some pretty odious demands.

    This makes it look like anti-repair lawsuits were something that can natuarlly occur, and that the solution were some form of government intervention. By and large, that's not true: It's the existing copyright laws which are the government intervention — what we are calling for is not a restriction of freedoms for the greater good (regulation), but a return of freedoms that were unjustly taken from us.

    (Just so no-one misunderstands me: I'm no opponent of regulations, and am wholly aware that, very often, they actually protect freedom in the greater scheme of things. My point is that terms like "regulation" and even "new legislation" do have a bad ring to many people in the Western hemisphere and beyond, and we needlessly cease discursive territory if we neglect the fact that we are victims of overreaching, oligarch-serving regulation, which we seek to abolish.)

  • Expanding storage on simple home server

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  • If you don't yet have a USB adapter for using NVMe SSDs over USB-3 ports, I'd suggest to buy such a thing first, since they not just make for a simple yet (decently) fast storage expansion solution, but are very useful in all sorts of situations.

  • Teufel Introduces An Open Source Bluetooth Speaker

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  • For an ongoing discusion on Lemmy and a more detailed article see here

  • Buy it for Life @slrpnk.net
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    Teufel has developed a bluetooth speaker with a focus on longevity and repairability, with open-source schematics. Here the developers talk about the motivation and obstacles

    www-heise-de.translate.goog /hintergrund/Die-Entwickler-des-Open-Source-Lautsprechers-Teufel-Mynd-im-Interview-10490607.html

  • Fast video converter for Linux?

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  • ffmpeg is usually the tool of choice.

    An example for batch converting of all AVI videos in a folder:

    for i in *.avi; do ffmpeg -i "$i" "${i%.*}.mp4"; done

    Source & further reading here on StackOverflow. The comments to the answer provide examples of how to explicitly tweak the quality level. Inverting what this specific comment suggests, conversion from H264 to H265 could be done by something like this, assuming all your videos' names end on .mkv:

    for f in *.mkv; do ffmpeg -i "$f" -map 0 -movflags faststart -c:v libx265 -c:a copy -c:s copy "${f/x264/x265}"; done

    I wonder: if one wants to make things run in parallel, would that be as easy as adding " & " before the last semicolon here? I suspect this could work as long as there are only a few handful of files, but lead to troubles once there's more.

  • The Future of Forums is Lies, I Guess

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  • Like I said: it can be gamed to some degree, but what system can't?

  • The Future of Forums is Lies, I Guess

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  • Besides finding better ways to positively recognize bots, we also need to invent ways that make it quicker to realize "false alarm, this user is actually legit".

    For example, users should have an option to pin posts and comments to their profile, and I suggest to provide at least two different 'tabs' for this in the public profile: One tab just for the usual "posts and comments you would like the world to see", but another tab for "some recent, complex interactions between you and other (established) users that in your eyes prove quite well you're not a bot". The purpose is simply to save others, worried that you could be a bot, some time of going through your posts in search of signs for humanity. Yes, this can be gamed to some degree (what can't?). However, at a technical level, the feature is little more than a copy of the "pin" feature that would be very nice to have anyways, so we can get an appreciable improvement in our ability to tell users from bots for very little programming effort.

  • Internal microphone not being detected pleaseee helppp

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  • It was a bit of a long shot experiment to begin with. The commands I posted can be useful when an audio device suddenly stops working after it has been working initially during a session, but since your problem is most likely about your device not being recognized at any time, it's not too surprising that they don't do much. Just worth the try.

  • You Should Know @lemmy.world
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    YSK that you can often get higher-quality information in your searches by searching specifically for PDF files. You do this by appending "filetype:pdf" to your query

  • Internal microphone not being detected pleaseee helppp

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  • Do any of

     
        
alsactl clean 0
alsactl clean 1
alsactl clean 2

    do anything for you? (The numbers are for sound card 0, 1, and 2. It looks like, if anything, only 0 would be relevant for you, but you can try the others just in case.)

    This command cleans the controls created by applications.

    https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/questing/man1/alsactl.1.html

  • Removed

    Good mini PC?

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  • What hardware do you currently use and what software do you intend to run on the new machine? And what's your budget situation?

    In any case, I would always recommend to buy used or refurbished hardware. Even if it's not necessary financially, it's better for the environment.

  • DeGoogle Yourself @lemmy.ml
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    De-Shittify your YouTube Experience with FreeTube

    freetubeapp.io
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Murdoch family trust case involving Fox News ownership heard by Nevada Supreme Court

    eu.rgj.com /story/news/money/business/2025/05/07/rupert-murdoch-family-trust-case/83503671007/
  • You Should Know @lemmy.world
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    YSK that you can create keyboard shortcuts to adjust brightness and contrast of your computer monitors even on a desktop PC

  • Political Memes @lemmy.world
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    Celebrate!

  • United States | News & Politics @midwest.social
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    Simple as that

  • aus aller Welt @feddit.org
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    USA: Pizzabestellungen des Pentagons als Warnzeichen für Krieg

    www.watson.de /leben/digital/901757964-usa-dominos-und-das-pentagon-liefern-angebliche-pizza-theorie
  • aus aller Welt @feddit.org
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    James Orr ist mit JD Vance befreundet. Hier analysiert er das Weltbild des Vizepräsidenten – und was ihn selbst sorgt, von Arbeiterwut bis zum Islam.

    www.zeit.de /politik/2025-06/james-orr-jd-vance-donald-trump-religion-philosophie-islam/komplettansicht
  • Cuba @lemmy.ml
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    "Cuba is poor"

    peertube.mesnumeriques.fr /w/teYsKYp9Bj3bQBM5TVc13P
  • Work Reform @lemmy.world
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    Tracking apps monitor remote employees’ performance — and invade their privacy

    theconversation.com /tracking-apps-monitor-remote-employees-performance-and-invade-their-privacy-256261
  • aus aller Welt @feddit.org
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    Zwischengeschlechtliche Freundschaften weltweit. In Ostdeutschland offenbar die höchsten Werte Europas.

  • You Should Know @lemmy.world
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    YSK you can permanently hide entire domains from your search results on DuckDuckGo/Google/other engines through a user script

    greasyfork.org /en/scripts/1682-google-hit-hider-by-domain-search-filter-block-sites
  • Europe @feddit.org
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    Wales is charging a 150% tax on second homes and it's working.

    www.theguardian.com /commentisfree/2025/may/19/owners-second-homes-wales-council-tax-tourism-communities
  • Political Memes @lemmy.world
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    Should We Be Re-Posting This in Solidarity?

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Klarna Hiring Back Human Help After Going All-In on AI

    gizmodo.com /klarna-hiring-back-human-help-after-going-all-in-on-ai-2000600767
  • Politics @beehaw.org
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    Video 28 seconds

    RFK says "Only very very sick kids should die of measles", hastily adding "nobody should"

    clip.place /w/6Xy2iaPa3tWMFWFjaRjKF9
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    List of Alternatives to Adobe Programs

  • Creative @beehaw.org
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    List of Alternatives to Adobe Programs