everyone_is_butiful's recent activity

  1. Setting up own email FQDN (and maybe service?)

    ~tech Ask (advice)
    after the latest round of reporting from 404 media on Andy Chen's very un-leader-like and hostile attitude, I would like to start exploring my options for a way to have an email service that is...

    after the latest round of reporting from 404 media on Andy Chen's very un-leader-like and hostile attitude, I would like to start exploring my options for a way to have an email service that is not to beholden to other services.

    my current mindset is:

    1. I have to either be OK with the fact that a service I use starts out with good aspirations but that can all change in the blink of an eye depending entirely upon the current moods of the C-level executives of the company
      OR
    2. I have to be OK with changing my email address every-time a service I use goes a bit nuts. In my view, this is unsustainable and will confuse the fuck out of anyone who likes to keep in contact with me.

    so I view "better" the third option as:

    1. get my own email FQDN [probably something like everyone_is_beautiful.net or something] and that way, I can solve 2 birds with 1 stone
      1. I can make my inbox even more organized, i.e. connect amazon account to amazon@everyone_is_beautiful.net and counseling services to counselling@everyone_is_beautiful.net AND
      2. even setup joint accounts that forward to any number of people and my personal email [which would be joe@everyone_is_beautiful.net for example] (thereby solving this issue too) and everything can be very organized.

    However, it's not like I am going to host my own email hosting service, or at least I imagine that's not advisable probably and I will need to hook my FQDN to some other service that manages all that for me.

    Which gets me back to square 1 of being stuck on some external services, but I imagine, it's better to be dependent at that level cause switching email hosting service is much easier to maintain cause the my email address itself wont change

    But I don't pretend to know what's full involved and was wondering if

    1. if there's faulty logic in my mindset AND
    2. what are the common irritants/nuances of getting down my FQDN and connecting it to an email hosting service and ensure everything works as expected and any emails I send don't wind up going to people's spam
    3. if I do wind up going the third route, I imagine it wont be possible to migrate all my emails with me when I have to do a migration cause a service is starting to go down the drain? Is there a way around that? I'd like to have access to all my emails in 1 places.
    17 votes

  2. Fixing pointing stick on thinkpad

    ~tech Ask (advice)
    I bought my thinkpad T480 back in like 2017-2018 (I think) and there have been ups and downs to my time with it. but one thing that has always bugged me is the pointing stick. Apparently Debian...

    I bought my thinkpad T480 back in like 2017-2018 (I think) and there have been ups and downs to my time with it. but one thing that has always bugged me is the pointing stick.

    Apparently Debian and the Thinkpad T480 pointing stick really don't work well together.

    if I have just booted up my computer, its OK enough and I dont feel any wrist strain.

    But often, when I wake my computer up from sleep, it is SOOOO SLOW, I develop wrist pain trying to get the bloody mouse to move and just give up and use an external mouse.

    I have done some investigation and set these as a result

    echo 255 | sudo tee -a /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/subsystem/devices/serio2/speed
echo 255 | sudo tee -a /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/subsystem/devices/serio2/sensitivity

xinput set-prop 'TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint' 'libinput Accel Speed' 1

    but it doesn't help 100%

    I tried to see if gemini could help but it went down some path that involved modifying some matrix and didnt quite seem to understand the issue.

    I will openly admit to being a novice to these hardware-level issues, although I am always happy to learn but feel completely out of my depth and need a pointer or 2.

    my system info

     $ echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
X-Cinnamon
 $ echo $DESKTOP_SESSION
cinnamon
 $ cat /etc/*release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="13"
VERSION="13 (trixie)"
VERSION_CODENAME=trixie
DEBIAN_VERSION_FULL=13.7
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"
    7 votes

  3. Comment on Second attempt: Is there a decent brand of USB-c earphones that wont break after 2-3 years but also doesnt cost hundreds of dollars? in ~music

  4. Second attempt: Is there a decent brand of USB-c earphones that wont break after 2-3 years but also doesnt cost hundreds of dollars?

    ~music Ask (recommendations)
    one thing clear from my previous post is that I didnt write it clearly enough given many responses misunderstood what I was asking for: I have these earphones, I bought from Amazon, and for the...

    one thing clear from my previous post is that I didnt write it clearly enough given many responses misunderstood what I was asking for:

    I have these earphones, I bought from Amazon, and for the most part, they serve my needs. I have 2 and use one of them for my work computer on video calls and I use the other ones with my grapheneOS phone when I am out and about.

    I have always had earphones that I use on the go break after 2-3 years cause of wear and tear, which, fair enough. I expect the ones I use with my grapheneOS to break.

    But the pair that that I literally use only for videocalls at my desk...they still are starting to fray.

    and I am currently traveling with them and noticing they have noticeable static...and I noticed a weird issue where, if I turned the phone over on my lap, the YouTube video I was listening to would stop????

    I luckily got warranty with them so buying new ones won't really set me back much, but it has made me wonder if there a decent pair of earphones that wont cost me hundreds and actually last a good while without breaking down?

    I am looking for USB-c earphones and hoping I can find options with or without mics.

    Whenever I look on amazon, I always only see weird brands I dont recognize so I get worried about spending too much on a purchase that seems experimental.

    I am not looking for headphones, ONLY earphones

    6 votes

  5. Comment on Is there a decent brand of USB-c earphones that wont break after 2-3 years but also doesnt cost hundreds of dollars? in ~music

    everyone_is_butiful
    Link Parent
    i appreciate such a detailed post but you missed something, I specifically said earphones, not headphones. I actually don't really like headphones. the wires at starting to get exposed for the...

    i appreciate such a detailed post but you missed something, I specifically said earphones, not headphones. I actually don't really like headphones.

    they still are starting to fray.

    the wires at starting to get exposed for the left earphone from where it branches out from the place that right and left earphones wires merge.

  6. Best way to setup email forwarding for a domain I own?

    ~tech Ask (advice)
    I have apparently hit the limit with how many gmail addresses I can open associated with my phone number. and honestly, I hate that I have to rely on google for the various email addresses I need....

    I have apparently hit the limit with how many gmail addresses I can open associated with my phone number.

    and honestly, I hate that I have to rely on google for the various email addresses I need.

    which makes me wonder, I own a domain. can I use that to instead setup various email addresses that i can use for different purposes, just as sending or receiving and when it comes to receiving, setup some inboxes so it forward to my personal email + a friend's email?

    i don't really know the best options for this or even where to start. I originally bought my domain on namecheap but I migrated it over to cloudflare so I could use it for setting up cloudflare argo tunnels.

    17 votes

  7. Is there any place where I can find biking gloves that both cover the whole hand and are breathable?

    ~hobbies Ask (recommendations)
    Sorry, if this isn't the right group for this, I took a best guess. I have one pair of gloves left that I absolutely love: https://www.raceface.com/products/stage-glove?variant=32022768091218...

    Sorry, if this isn't the right group for this, I took a best guess.

    I have one pair of gloves left that I absolutely love: https://www.raceface.com/products/stage-glove?variant=32022768091218

    problem is my current pair is starting to break down and I am finding it shockingly difficult to find a replacement pair online that is also covers the full hand and has whole on the back of the hand to improve breath-ability.

    I unfortunately can't buy from race-face cause I have size medium hands and I don't really know if I am missing something obvious in my searches on both google and amazon that result in me not finding any gloves that cover the whole hand and have holes on them

    13 votes

  8. Comment on I want to create a floating shelf for my kitchen but not sure if this is actually do-able in ~life.home_improvement

    everyone_is_butiful
    Link Parent
    God I was hoping this wasn't going to be your answer but I am not surprised it is :disappointed: anywho. to answer your question. I moved into my apartment like a year ago and the kitchen is what...

    God I was hoping this wasn't going to be your answer but I am not surprised it is :disappointed:

    anywho. to answer your question. I moved into my apartment like a year ago and the kitchen is what I call a "take-out kitchen". its really only good for heating up [take-out] food. very little storage. and veeery little counter space, especially since the what little cabinets I have are already filled so everything else is on the counter so I have very little room for food prep.

    I was trying to think of a way to create more storage space.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on I want to create a floating shelf for my kitchen but not sure if this is actually do-able in ~life.home_improvement

    everyone_is_butiful
    Link Parent
    What do I duck to look into that?
    • Exemplary

    either from counterweighting or springs of some sort

    What do I duck to look into that?

  10. I want to create a floating shelf for my kitchen but not sure if this is actually do-able

    ~life.home_improvement Ask (advice)
    https://ibb.co/8gNqgSKR so, I want to create a sliding shelf system ideally, in its stationary state (ie when its near the roof and not taking up any walking around space), its only 27 inches tall...

    https://ibb.co/8gNqgSKR

    so, I want to create a sliding shelf system

    ideally, in its stationary state (ie when its near the roof and not taking up any walking around space), its only 27 inches tall so that its not low enough to get in the way of me
    and when I need it, I can I pull it down to access stuff on it. the lowest I can pull it without it getting in the way of anything is 63 inches from the roof. but I doubt I would ever need to pull it that low, just wanted to make it clear the range I have the potential for.

    it can be a max of 20 inches wide without getting in the way of either cabinet door on either side.

    the kitchen is too small for me to allow it to rest on the ground and since I live in a rental, I don't want to drill into the wall and am instead looking to anchor it to piece of wood that would be resting on top of the cabinets on either side.
    the piece of wood (or multiple pieces of wood, I don't know what is best) can be 4 inches wide by 11 inches high and the space above the cabinets can provide for 10 inches of depth for the wood to rest on.

    is what I am envisioning possible?

    I assume I have to custom make this myself and cant order something like this from a store?

    14 votes