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  1. Comment on Winter boot recommendations for women in ~life.style

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    Everyone is recommending some pretty sensible options, so I will go in the other direction and recommend oddities. I am a fan of leather footwear, including boots. In particular, the brand that...

    Everyone is recommending some pretty sensible options, so I will go in the other direction and recommend oddities. I am a fan of leather footwear, including boots. In particular, the brand that comes to mind for me would be White's. I haven't actually tried any of their boots myself, but I have heard great things. I can personally recommend Carmina, but I have the luxury of being able to try their various last shapes and sizes prior to ordering a pair.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Want to get a 3D printer for miniatures that work well with open source software in ~hobbies

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    You are going to have a hard time with FDM/FFF printing miniatures. If you do go this route, you should consider a toolchanger/idex machine, with one head printing dissolvable supports. You will...

    You are going to have a hard time with FDM/FFF printing miniatures. If you do go this route, you should consider a toolchanger/idex machine, with one head printing dissolvable supports. You will still need an extremely small nozzle size as well, and perhaps should consider filaments with extremely high layer adhesion.

    Additionally, if you want the hardware to be open as well, you should look into Printers For Ants - in particular any that support the madmax toolchanger. This is a massive undertaking, and your printer may become more of a project than your miniatures.

    If you have any Klipper questions feel free to ask me. I’m pretty familiar with the firmware; I made it to the list of contributors displayed on the git repository’s main page earlier this year.

    5 votes

  3. Comment on US Federal Government oversight of K - 12 education moved out of Department of Education to Department of Labor in ~society

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    Ah right, because the pursuit of knowledge is only justified by applying that gained knowledge to labor. I would love to see someone more knowledgeable on this talk about the history of when we...

    If we consider K-12 education as really preparation for adult life, preparation to enter the workforce, nowhere is it better housed than at the Department of Labor…

    Ah right, because the pursuit of knowledge is only justified by applying that gained knowledge to labor.

    I would love to see someone more knowledgeable on this talk about the history of when we decided this premise was moronic. Was it the enlightenment, renaissance, earlier?

    20 votes

  4. Comment on Things to do when you've lost your job in ~talk

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    If you’ve ever wanted to start a business, see if your state offers a self employment assistance program as an alternative or supplement to unemployment. Additionally, if you got a severance you...

    If you’ve ever wanted to start a business, see if your state offers a self employment assistance program as an alternative or supplement to unemployment. Additionally, if you got a severance you may not be eligible for unemployment right away.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Flights to Los Angeles International Airport halted due to air traffic controller shortage in ~society

  6. Comment on Flights to Los Angeles International Airport halted due to air traffic controller shortage in ~society

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    The SNAP benefit news should definitely be a top level post.

    The SNAP benefit news should definitely be a top level post.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on I could use recommendations for an ultrawide monitor in ~tech

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    This is actually what I chose to do - I have a LG 32GS95UE-B ordered. I went with that due to the pixel layout, hopefully I like the size. Worst case I decide I don’t like it and return it for...

    This is actually what I chose to do - I have a LG 32GS95UE-B ordered. I went with that due to the pixel layout, hopefully I like the size. Worst case I decide I don’t like it and return it for something else.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on I could use recommendations for an ultrawide monitor in ~tech

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    Yeah, the LG model that I was using is an IPS 3440 by 1440 34” with a refresh rate of 144Hz. It was quite decent when I bought it six years ago, and I made the choice to go IPS back then because...

    Yeah, the LG model that I was using is an IPS 3440 by 1440 34” with a refresh rate of 144Hz. It was quite decent when I bought it six years ago, and I made the choice to go IPS back then because burn-in was still an issue to my recollection? My desktop for this is NixOS with X11 and bspwm, which I suspect can be pretty heavily configured (or outright swapped at this point given how old all that is) for the pixel layout. Ideally I need something that is at least equivalent, but OLED has been tempting…

    1 vote

  9. I could use recommendations for an ultrawide monitor

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    I recently had a bad monitor failure after six or so years of normal use. Specifically, my LG 34GK950F-B had an electrical failure that, in a limited sense, caught a ribbon cable inside on fire....

    I recently had a bad monitor failure after six or so years of normal use. Specifically, my LG 34GK950F-B had an electrical failure that, in a limited sense, caught a ribbon cable inside on fire. It is exactly the same failure as shown here, and I add a few images of documentation of my case here.

    Anyhow, I am now in the market for a new ultrawide, and I need one as soon as yesterday since my desktop currently has no display - I have been tunneling into it to do anything. General recommendations would be nice - but a few things specifically:

    • what is the burn in situation like on modern OLED monitors?
    • I would prefer not to spend a massive amount, is that doable while still supporting the following use cases?
      • lots of coding, needs to render text nicely as the top job
      • photo editing, needs to have good color accuracy or be trivial to calibrate such that it does
      • occasional gaming, I don’t game on my desktop much these days, but I don’t want the monitor to feel clunky when I do

    This post is a bit stream-of-conscience, so if any other questions or requirements come to mind I will edit it.

    Edit: I guess as much as I don’t want to spend a ton, I will also end up using this display for at least another five years - I don’t mind spending a little more to account for that.

    19 votes

  10. Comment on Do other people who grew up with an anonymous internet feel a bit hopeless at the moment? in ~society

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    I have been moving towards federated communities with good moderation practices - Matrix can be annoying, but the chats there feel a lot like old IRC.

    I have been moving towards federated communities with good moderation practices - Matrix can be annoying, but the chats there feel a lot like old IRC.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on I am angry at Google and wanted to share (rant) in ~tech

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    I just run SNM. Their docs have a guide to get you a 10/10 on mail-tester.com, that has been plenty good enough for me.

    I just run SNM. Their docs have a guide to get you a 10/10 on mail-tester.com, that has been plenty good enough for me.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Silksong should’ve came with a guide from developers in ~games

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    Ah, I play on switch, so this would be a bit of a process to get working.

    Ah, I play on switch, so this would be a bit of a process to get working.

  13. Comment on Silksong should’ve came with a guide from developers in ~games

  14. Comment on Silksong should’ve came with a guide from developers in ~games

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    I felt the same way about the “final” boss and rushed to Act 3 (I had been doing everything as it came up and it was nearly immediately available to me). I’m currently replaying for a few reasons....

    I felt the same way about the “final” boss and rushed to Act 3 (I had been doing everything as it came up and it was nearly immediately available to me). I’m currently replaying for a few reasons.

    Spoilers
    • No quill until the purple one in Act 3
    • Missed the Shakra duel in my first playthrough
    • Missed the Garland duel in my first playthrough
    • Other misc Act 2 missables (killing wormways worms and such)
    2 votes

  15. Comment on I am angry at Google and wanted to share (rant) in ~tech

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    Everyone always says this, but I have been self hosting for years and none of my mail has failed to deliver? If you properly set up DNS and are not on an IP blocklist like many of the major VPN IP...

    Everyone always says this, but I have been self hosting for years and none of my mail has failed to deliver? If you properly set up DNS and are not on an IP blocklist like many of the major VPN IP ranges (OVH for instance fares poorly), you probably won’t have an issue. Plus, refusing to self host SMTP just continues to make this issue worse?

    4 votes

  16. Comment on Indecision: Get a camera despite having a phone in ~tech

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    Darktable is very weird but it’s great software once you grok it!

    Darktable is very weird but it’s great software once you grok it!

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Indecision: Get a camera despite having a phone in ~tech

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    When you say “analog camera” do you still mean film? I haven’t heard anyone use this phrasing before, and am just curious enough to clarify!

    When you say “analog camera” do you still mean film? I haven’t heard anyone use this phrasing before, and am just curious enough to clarify!

  18. Comment on Indecision: Get a camera despite having a phone in ~tech

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    Strongly disagree about broadly saying not to shoot RAW. While in many cases it is unnecessary, it is certainly going to produce better results if you have to edit an image when starting there...

    Strongly disagree about broadly saying not to shoot RAW. While in many cases it is unnecessary, it is certainly going to produce better results if you have to edit an image when starting there compared to JPG. I have a really weird camera with a proprietary RAW format that has no real FOSS support, but it still only takes me less than five minutes per image to adjust the exposure and export as TIFF in the proprietary software then edit in Darktable.

    4 votes

  19. Comment on US President Donald Trump says he now believes Ukraine can win back all territory lost to Russia with NATO’s help in ~society

  20. Comment on Knights of Guinevere in ~tv

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    I caught this as it premiered because youtube recommended it, and went in with only a tiny amount of knowledge - I know Glitch, I know who Dana Terrace is but haven’t watched her other shows. I...

    I caught this as it premiered because youtube recommended it, and went in with only a tiny amount of knowledge - I know Glitch, I know who Dana Terrace is but haven’t watched her other shows. I was not expecting to like it so much that I was disappointed when it ended!

    6 votes