CalicoJack

@CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I only have one machine that's still running Windows. This would convince me to finally make that zero.

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It's just Chromium with a layer of Microsoft on top. It'll have the same extension issues from Manifest v3 that mainline Chrome does.

It was the reason for some guys, for sure. The same crowd who refuse to wear safety glasses under any circumstances were pretty anti-mask.

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That's probably the real reason. You can get a Uhaul for $20-30 for the day, a bus would be much higher.

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For laptops, I've been using EndeavourOS lately. All of the Arch goodness, but with an easy installer that handles the DE too. It's as close to "just works" as you can get while still having pacman + AUR at the end.

I still love raw Arch, but I leave that for server installs.

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If you're only trying to use Jellyfin at home, you don't need any reverse proxy or domain. All you need is for both devices to be on the same network, and for the Raspberry Pi to have a fixed internal IP address (through your router settings).

On the Shield, you just give the Jellyfin app that IP address and port number (10.0.0.X:8096) to connect and you're good to go.

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It isn't great for the sanity, but watching hard-right news for a few minutes will show you just how much people do fall for this. They've started to openly (but gently) suggest that democracy was a mistake, and their audience eats it up.

If Trump somehow wins, they're actively planning for that to be our last election. Ever.

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Unwashed eggs are shelf stable, they last for a few weeks at room temp. Washed eggs, like you'd get at an American grocery store, absolutely need to be refrigerated.

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If you're just looking for a music solution, check out Navidrome. It'll run on basically anything, and there are plenty of compatible apps for playback (Subsonic API).

Jellyfin can handle music alongside movies/shows, but the music side isn't as feature-rich. Great for basic playback though, I run both.

Install them, point them to your media folder, tell them what your preferred quality level is, and they'll handle everything else.

The Trash Guides are probably the best resource to get running.

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"Does he have weird third-party monitoring software on his government phone?" is what the headline is referencing, that's a massive problem. Confidential info could end up who-knows-where if it was sniffed.

Exactly. Doesn't matter if they're wired or wifi, or where they are, as long as they're on the same network you're fine.

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Australia actually did that a couple years ago, but only for vaping-related nicotine. Cigs were unaffected.

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A Zero would probably be way underpowered for the job. I've used a Pi 4 in the past and it worked ok, but choked occasionally.

My actual recommendation would be a small x86 box, something like a Lenovo Thinkcentre Tiny. You can get them used for about the price of a Pi, and they'll be much more reliable.

You got a remux, which is uncompressed. You can turn those off in Radarr to avoid those surprises.

If you want to fine-tune your file sizes (and quality) further, you can set up custom formats and quality profiles. The Trash Guides explain it well, the "HD Blu-ray + Web" profile on that page is a solid starting point. It'll usually grab 6-12GB movies, but you can tweak it if you want them smaller.

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If the judge loses it bad enough, they can claim "judicial bias" and have a pretty clear path to mistrial/appeal. Given the situation, it's probably the best play they have.

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Here's the original complaint document, and a bit of googling will find old news articles with more information. This one was linked to Epstein.

And as an added bonus: If I buy the blu-ray, I don't need to keep the massive 4k remuxes on my server. It's a win-win.

Arch or EndeavourOS, depending on the machine's purpose and my mood at install time. I prefer rolling release, and pacman + AUR is a lovely combination.

These Win10 EoLs are going to flood eBay at dirt cheap prices, and they make great server/project boxes. They're going to be new toys for the hobbyist crowd, not primary machines.

There are some SFW uses too. I use it when I play things my nieces and nephews like, so they don't flood me with party invites.

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If you want to compare something to peanut butter, check out tahini. It's basically peanut butter made out of sesame seeds, and even has a (kinda) similar flavor profile. Tahini and grape jam is delicious.

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You can be both, and a lot of us are. A Luddite wouldn't be opposed to the automation of jobs in a socialist society, nobody is being exploited in that case.

We question and oppose the tech right now because that isn't the society we live in. It isn't really about the tech at all, it's about who controls it and how they're using it.

"Ordeal of the bitter water" is what you're looking for, from the Book of Numbers I think. But good luck, extremists are happy to ignore scripture that doesn't fit their narrative.

Mint is always my recommendation for a Linux beginner. It's the most "it just works" distro I've ever messed with, and has plenty of documentation for anything you'd need.

As for advice: I know you want to avoid the CLI, but try to poke around in there and learn it some. Once you get used to it, you can accomplish a lot of things even faster than through GUI applications.

Eh, just hit it with the 777 and pray. Then swear at it some more.

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"We would make less money, and that's worse than more money."

Readarr goes through fits of not working very well, usually linked to issues with the metadata provider. My tip would be to ditch it entirely and use LazyLibrarian instead. It's a lot more reliable, and has all of the same functionality.

And they've succeeded in making appeals difficult. The judge made a factual ruling that Trump engaged in insurrection, so any appeals also must accept that as a fact.

It may not have been the outcome we hoped for, but it's a strong step in the right direction.

If the computer is modern enough that you'd consider buying it to use, I can almost guarantee that you'll be fine to run the latest distros. I just threw Arch + KDE on a 14ish year old laptop I found, and it runs so well that I may daily drive it for a while just for the hell of it.

At worst, you may need a lighter-weight desktop environment (DE) than some of the pretty ones you see in screenshots. And those are simple to install and try out.

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For the record, good American cheese does exist. It's just a blend of cheddar and Colby with some annatto for seasoning, instead of the extruded "cheese product" stuff in plastic wrappers.

It started with someone who worked on set for The Apprentice. It was specifically fecal, and believed to be due to constant stimulant use.

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The easiest/safest way would be to adjust your plan, even though it would cost a bit more and feel kinda shitty. I'm pretty sure they offer an unlimited bandwidth "upgrade" for residential plans at like $10-15/mo, and all business plans should be uncapped.

You could try to spoof your traffic somehow, but I could never get that to work reliably when I had caps. And the overage fees were worse than just paying ahead of time.

On the bright side, 20TB of hard drives is relatively cheap these days if you buy used. They'll pay for themselves in a year if you kill the streaming services.

Happy sailing

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Cuban immigrants in Florida tend to hate the Cuban government. Opening up relations would mean losing all of their votes, and nobody wants to risk that.

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FileBot isn't really necessary, the *arrs can handle renaming just fine with custom rules and formatting. It's just turned off by default. The only thing you'd need to add is subtitle downloading, and Bazarr does a better job of that anyway.

EndeavourOS is it. It's basically a better version of archinstall, especially if you're planning to install a DE.

And in the case of these Macs, the SSD is also soldered. So you're screwed when you wear it out with the excessive swapping.

It isn't just the cover art, they also A/B descriptions. And some of them are so different they're basically lies.

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The DOJ definitely has the raw footage already. This is equal parts publicity stunt and trying to keep internet sleuths from getting too involved.

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