I know the first thing everyone will say is to use an AMD GPU. Agreed, sounds good (NVIDIA is sucky on my current machine). I have no clue which ones to start looking in to however....
My first one was a Samsung Galaxy S1 that I got in 2013 and it was a great little device that was easy to open up and repair. It had only 512MB of RAM but that was plenty for basic phone needs, web browsing and running some Android apps like AnkiDroid at the time.
Nexus One was my first Android phone. I miss the trackball every day… so handy for moving the cursor through text. And it doubled as a notification LED! So sweet. Plus the removable battery, shit was awesome. I still have it in a box somewhere. I’m on a Pixel 7 now.
Protecting Saskatchewan from outside "threats" – including the federal government – was a major theme in the provincial government’s 2023 Speech from the Throne on Wednesday.
Dude salivates over oil and gas. A forward-thinking Premier would be diverting fossil fuel subsidies into renewables and renovating the grid to be able to transport & sell those renewables to neighboring provinces. The prairies have ample sunlight and wind potential, and neither of these leak methane.
I borrowed The Binding of Isaac for the Switch from the library a week before Covid lockdown first began. Normally video game rentals are one week. Due to the library not wanting to take returns during this time, I got to play that game for 2 months before returning it.
I eventually bought it and still play it today. But wow, I played the shit out of that game during lockdown. Some good times amidst bad times.
All this to say: libraries are AWESOME and one of our greatest public services IMO. They provide free knowledge and services to every person for free. I love my library, it is one of my happy places.
I mostly use c:geo, which shows caches that a free Geocache account on the official app won’t, except Premium-only caches, which are designated by the cache owner. (That is to say, the official Geocache app won’t show free accounts caches above a certain difficulty/terrain, but you can find them online, and there’s no way...
My partner pays for the Premium service. We go geocaching together all the time, I’d say it’s worth it. Lame subscription model aside, it’s pretty cheap entertainment and it gets us outside.
We don’t subscribe in the winter so it’s only a few months a year we need to pay for.
I recently published several articles here and elsewhere on using Obsidian’s native database functionality to increase focus and efficiency when working with the information in our vaults. Rather than using Obsidian as a souped-up word processor, we can abandon the file paradigm altogether and use Bookmark and Canvas for...
Interesting workflow. I agree the idea of doing the managing/adjusting of metadata later versus at the time of note creation makes it easier to follow the story of whatever you’re reading. I’m also going to try out the hover edit plugin, that looks cool.
Pierre Poilievre is accusing a union representing WestJet employees of "trying to silence freedom of speech" by demanding an apology from the company after the Conservative leader spoke on the PA system on a recent flight.
Context: I currently have a back injury and as such my sleep schedule has been destroyed. There are days that I simply cannot get comfortable no matter where I sit/lie....
Hmm interesting problem. A tiny dot of colourful non-toxic paint is what I would try. I did a quick net search and the results I found all mentioned an electronic tag with invasive insertion procedure. If only a tiny belt would stay on…
I tried a torrent of photoshop 25 beta but it wouldn’t installed. I also did some looking up and heard that it currently doesn’t work on torrented copies on macOS, only on Windows and with GenP.
A keystone species is an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem. Without its keystone species, the ecosystem would be dramatically different or cease to exist altogether....
I watched a documentary about beavers at the local IMAX a few years ago: it was amazing. I think about them a lot. Humans can be so ignorant of the richness of animal life.
I’ve been using the Google Office suite for the past 10 years and been looking for an alternative for a while. Degoogling is a hard process. I mostly use the office suite and the files storage. I teach in college and Univ, so I need to be able to access my files and presentations from different computers. I curently have 200gb...
Eugene Debs, a Socialist leader in the early 20th century, ran for President five times. His fifth and highest vote count came in the 1920 Presidential election, in which he was running while in Federal prison for sedition. He received about 3.4% of the vote at the time (which included women for the first time since the...
I love me some Debs. Dude was righteous as hell, and would have certainly received my vote had I been alive. Check out some of his quotes: en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eugene_V._Debs
I came across a video on Youtube discussing it (there are several), and Kowloon Walled City is just endlessly fascinating. A few notable videos I found on the subject were:...
I love this place. I remember the first time ever learning about it, in some book I had as a child. Such an interesting history and fascinating that so many people lived in such cramped density.
I should get back into RSS. I used to follow a ton of web comics way back in the day, but once google RSS shut down I never picked it back up. I’ll look into Miniflux, thanks.
What do you call this place? (lemmy.world)
Electric Valley? Wire Canyon? Zap Way?
Hardware recommendations for building a good Linux gaming rig?
I know the first thing everyone will say is to use an AMD GPU. Agreed, sounds good (NVIDIA is sucky on my current machine). I have no clue which ones to start looking in to however....
Did you know the bird featured on electrical transformers safety stickers is named ZAP? (lemmy.ca)
Here is an article that talks about ZAP and whether or not they make for an effective safety symbol....
Alberta to invoke Sovereignty Act against Ottawa’s Clean Energy Regulations (globalnews.ca)
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith confirmed the her plan to invoke the Sovereignty Act on Your Province Your Premier on Saturday.
Columbine vibes (lemmy.ca)
15 years of Android memories – When did you get your first Android phone? (blog.google)
My first one was a Samsung Galaxy S1 that I got in 2013 and it was a great little device that was easy to open up and repair. It had only 512MB of RAM but that was plenty for basic phone needs, web browsing and running some Android apps like AnkiDroid at the time.
Sask. calls Ottawa one of its 'biggest threats' in 2023 throne speech (regina.ctvnews.ca)
Protecting Saskatchewan from outside "threats" – including the federal government – was a major theme in the provincial government’s 2023 Speech from the Throne on Wednesday.
NASA shows off first sample from asteroid Bennu (youtu.be)
This is Nelly (lemmy.world)
Canadian public libraries played an important role during the pandemic: report (www.ctvnews.ca)
Do you currently pay (or have you ever paid) for Geocache premium? Do you think it's worth it?
I mostly use c:geo, which shows caches that a free Geocache account on the official app won’t, except Premium-only caches, which are designated by the cache owner. (That is to say, the official Geocache app won’t show free accounts caches above a certain difficulty/terrain, but you can find them online, and there’s no way...
Obsidan NoSQL Workflow (lemmy.ml)
I recently published several articles here and elsewhere on using Obsidian’s native database functionality to increase focus and efficiency when working with the information in our vaults. Rather than using Obsidian as a souped-up word processor, we can abandon the file paradigm altogether and use Bookmark and Canvas for...
Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (www.youtube.com)
Poilievre fires back at WestJet union after speaking on flight's PA system (www.cbc.ca)
Pierre Poilievre is accusing a union representing WestJet employees of "trying to silence freedom of speech" by demanding an apology from the company after the Conservative leader spoke on the PA system on a recent flight.
My wife says standing over the sink at 3am cleaning tea infusers with a brass tooth brush, dremel tool, and dental picks is not normal. Is she right?
Context: I currently have a back injury and as such my sleep schedule has been destroyed. There are days that I simply cannot get comfortable no matter where I sit/lie....
Open Source, hardware and software, 3D-printed planar magnetic headphones powered by a Raspberry Pico (github.com)
How do I safely deter and/or tag a snake? (hexbear.net)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/431481...
For a copy of Photoshop on macOS Is it current possibly to get generative fill working?
I tried a torrent of photoshop 25 beta but it wouldn’t installed. I also did some looking up and heard that it currently doesn’t work on torrented copies on macOS, only on Windows and with GenP.
TIL The term keystone species refers to species that define an entire ecosystem, where it would be dramatically different or cease to exist without the species. Examples: beavers, wolves, and sea otte (education.nationalgeographic.org)
A keystone species is an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem. Without its keystone species, the ecosystem would be dramatically different or cease to exist altogether....
Online Office suite, easy to set-up?
I’ve been using the Google Office suite for the past 10 years and been looking for an alternative for a while. Degoogling is a hard process. I mostly use the office suite and the files storage. I teach in college and Univ, so I need to be able to access my files and presentations from different computers. I curently have 200gb...
2023-08-09.jpg (lemmy.ml)
TIL about Eugene Debs, a 1920 Socialist candidate who ran for President while jailed in Federal prison for sedition, receiving 3.4% of the vote at the time. He promised to pardon himself if elected. (en.wikipedia.org)
Eugene Debs, a Socialist leader in the early 20th century, ran for President five times. His fifth and highest vote count came in the 1920 Presidential election, in which he was running while in Federal prison for sedition. He received about 3.4% of the vote at the time (which included women for the first time since the...
is it too much to ask? (sh.itjust.works)
do what you can (sh.itjust.works)
but soft (sh.itjust.works)
TIL Kowloon Walled City existed and is the real world origin for many visual representations of oppressive urbanization in cyberpunk media (en.wikipedia.org)
I came across a video on Youtube discussing it (there are several), and Kowloon Walled City is just endlessly fascinating. A few notable videos I found on the subject were:...
What can the 'average Joe' start hosting, that will change their life?
I’m already hosting pihole, but i know there’s so much great stuff out there! I want to find some useful things that I can get my hands on. Thanks!...