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  1. Comment on Automation for android, preferably FOSS in ~tech

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    You could always use a VPN! I have one set up from my phone to my home network. I've used both Tailscale and raw WireGuard for this and both are (types of) FOSS, too!

    You could always use a VPN! I have one set up from my phone to my home network. I've used both Tailscale and raw WireGuard for this and both are (types of) FOSS, too!

  2. Comment on Automation for android, preferably FOSS in ~tech

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    Home Assistant is definitely way more than what you're asking for, but if you happen to already have a setup or are considering one, I do think it can hook into Android alarms via the companion...

    Home Assistant is definitely way more than what you're asking for, but if you happen to already have a setup or are considering one, I do think it can hook into Android alarms via the companion app.

    I know for sure it has read access to alarms, DnD status, etc, and I'm pretty sure it can make modifications to them.

  3. Comment on What words do you recommend? in ~talk

  4. Comment on California Governor Gavin Newsom praises Charlie Kirk’s outreach to young men, suggests Democrats do more of their own in ~society

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    From my perspective, things like a gerrymandering campaign are exactly how there "won't be a next election." Like, my take isn't that there will literally not be an election. Russia still holds...

    From my perspective, things like a gerrymandering campaign are exactly how there "won't be a next election." Like, my take isn't that there will literally not be an election. Russia still holds elections. My take is that as the Republicans continue eroding processes, they will continue stacking the deck and giving themselves so much of an advantage that it becomes a farce.

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  5. Comment on What words do you recommend? in ~talk

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    Same root as conflagration, which is a dope-ass word for a high level fire spell.

    Same root as conflagration, which is a dope-ass word for a high level fire spell.

    17 votes

  6. Comment on ente.io as a Google Photos alternative? in ~tech

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    I definitely have had sync issues in the past with Nextcloud, but for a couple years now it's been pretty solid. The most common issues I encountered were related to Android changing permissions,...

    I definitely have had sync issues in the past with Nextcloud, but for a couple years now it's been pretty solid. The most common issues I encountered were related to Android changing permissions, and there being no way for the app to notify users about that change if the app wasn't opened.

    I swapped to an F-droid installation on my Android devices since.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on It’s the little things that make me not fully jump to linux in ~comp

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    Yeah, I feel like the debugging and "it just works" experiences are really not very different anymore. They're just different processes and tools and things that one may be more or less familiar...

    Yeah, I feel like the debugging and "it just works" experiences are really not very different anymore. They're just different processes and tools and things that one may be more or less familiar with, and that makes it feel easier or harder.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on It’s the little things that make me not fully jump to linux in ~comp

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    I daily drive Linux, so I'm not exactly unbiased, but... It seems like you're assuming the problems are deep, and so they appear so. At least with the monitor selection one, that could happen with...

    I daily drive Linux, so I'm not exactly unbiased, but... It seems like you're assuming the problems are deep, and so they appear so. At least with the monitor selection one, that could happen with any OS, and most people wouldn't jump to "driver issues" on another OS.

    For what it's worth, I have a 144hz monitor at 1440 and two 60hz monitors at 1080 and I don't have any issues with scaling or refresh rates. It's definitely not an Nvidia limitation. It's possible that's an Xorg limitation, though I'm fairly sure KDE uses Wayland by default these days.

    20 votes

  9. Comment on Half of people on weight loss drugs quit within one year, Danish study finds – more likely to stop taking the drugs if they were younger, lived in poorer areas, or were men in ~health

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    This right here is my whole thing. Popular culture tells us that if you're fat, it's a lack of discipline, or willpower, or education, or access, or whatever. And it could be one, all, or none of...

    it's not possible for me to know how much care and intentionality and effort they're putting in

    This right here is my whole thing. Popular culture tells us that if you're fat, it's a lack of discipline, or willpower, or education, or access, or whatever. And it could be one, all, or none of those things. You just don't know.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Half of people on weight loss drugs quit within one year, Danish study finds – more likely to stop taking the drugs if they were younger, lived in poorer areas, or were men in ~health

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    I appreciate your angle but I still think you're missing an important point. Medication can literally change how your body and brain respond to food. It's like saying after driving a motorcycle...

    I appreciate your angle but I still think you're missing an important point. Medication can literally change how your body and brain respond to food. It's like saying after driving a motorcycle for a while, people should be figuring out how to gain some of their fuel efficiency when going back to their car. There are some lessons to be learned, but how available those lessons are and how effective they ultimately even can be depends on a person's physiology.

    22 votes

  11. Comment on Half of people on weight loss drugs quit within one year, Danish study finds – more likely to stop taking the drugs if they were younger, lived in poorer areas, or were men in ~health

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    This is an extremely uncharitable and nearly hostile take. Obesity is an epidemic, but a person's weight doesn't tell you anything about their character, as you seem to imply. And it certainly...

    these patients weren’t going to work on it themselves otherwise. If they were, obesity wouldn’t be an epidemic.

    This is an extremely uncharitable and nearly hostile take. Obesity is an epidemic, but a person's weight doesn't tell you anything about their character, as you seem to imply. And it certainly isn't the case we can solve (or could have avoided) the obesity epidemic if people were just better at working on things.

    23 votes

  12. Comment on Reddit announces new limits on moderating large subreddits and for moderators to remove content sitewide in ~tech

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    There are complications, yeah, but ultimately visitors is more under their control than subscribers.

    There are complications, yeah, but ultimately visitors is more under their control than subscribers.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Reddit announces new limits on moderating large subreddits and for moderators to remove content sitewide in ~tech

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    Using visitors gives them a much stronger lever to control which subreddits meet their metrics. They decide the home page and recommendations, which makes a massive impact on visitors to a given...

    Using visitors gives them a much stronger lever to control which subreddits meet their metrics. They decide the home page and recommendations, which makes a massive impact on visitors to a given subreddit but a much smaller impact on subscribers.

    Subscribers is a much better metric of how many, shall we say "at least minimally engaged" members of a community there are. Visitors is easier to manipulate.

    10 votes

  14. Comment on This to That (glue advice) in ~creative

  15. Comment on Why language models hallucinate in ~tech

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    But, abstractly speaking, a model that can correctly identify those questions and respond with "This question isn't really answerable, but here's some relevant information" 100% of the time should...

    some real-world questions are inherently unanswerable

    But, abstractly speaking, a model that can correctly identify those questions and respond with "This question isn't really answerable, but here's some relevant information" 100% of the time should be considered 100% accurate IMO.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on What is a business/org that is great and ethical in so many aspects that everyone should consider using? in ~life

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    We started using good.store's Eco Geek line for things in my house a few months ago. Quite happy with the products and I have no questions as to Hank Green's integrity.

    We started using good.store's Eco Geek line for things in my house a few months ago. Quite happy with the products and I have no questions as to Hank Green's integrity.

    8 votes

  17. Comment on What is a business/org that is great and ethical in so many aspects that everyone should consider using? in ~life

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    I use Dr Bronner's in a foaming dispenser (specifically the one from Eco Geek because I believe their claim that it is intended to actually last for multiple refills) for hand soap and I'm very...

    I use Dr Bronner's in a foaming dispenser (specifically the one from Eco Geek because I believe their claim that it is intended to actually last for multiple refills) for hand soap and I'm very happy with that setup. You do need to dilute it some, maybe 2:1? I forget, but it says on the bottle!

    5 votes

  18. Comment on Matrix.org homeserver experienced database problems on September 2nd, apps were unable to connect for ~24hrs in ~tech

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    Not that it matters at this point, but it might be worthwhile to clarify that the matrix .org homeserver experienced problems. The underlying protocol was totally unaffected. I run my own...

    Not that it matters at this point, but it might be worthwhile to clarify that the matrix .org homeserver experienced problems. The underlying protocol was totally unaffected. I run my own homeserver and had 0 downtime as a result of this.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Matrix.org homeserver experienced database problems on September 2nd, apps were unable to connect for ~24hrs in ~tech

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    I haven't touched their voice chat whatsoever; Discord has a stranglehold on that for my friend group. It's been a good experience for you?

    I haven't touched their voice chat whatsoever; Discord has a stranglehold on that for my friend group. It's been a good experience for you?

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Matrix.org homeserver experienced database problems on September 2nd, apps were unable to connect for ~24hrs in ~tech

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    I moved a small group chat (3 people) to matrix like..... 4 or 5 years ago. We definitely had problems like what you describe at first, but for the last few years my experience has been rock...

    I moved a small group chat (3 people) to matrix like..... 4 or 5 years ago. We definitely had problems like what you describe at first, but for the last few years my experience has been rock solid.

    That said, I did move to my own homeserver, and I could imagine many of those issues could be related to load (of which my server has nearly 0)

    5 votes