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What are some good uses for smart phones?
  • Some of my favourite mobile centric uses (I'm a FOSS leaning Android):

    • I like to try to ensure most things are available offline: maps, notes, passwords (manager also holds "emergency" documents), media, ebooks, podcasts etc
    • OsmAnd has offline Wiki articles, this is awesome when travelling
    • OsmAnd can be great for finding POI's such as food outlets, toilets etc when travelling (I since extensively mapped my own locality to help visitors by way of thanks)
    • Using stuff I self host synced to various devices: Nextcloud, Joplin, Paperless-ngx, Immich, Jellyfin & a bunch of others
    • whoBIRD is great especially when travelling
    • If WiFi/data is unavailable when travelling away from home, hook the phone up to TV with a hub, HDMI, keyboard with track pad & it becomes a full media system
  • Linkwarden (v2.11.0) - open-source collaborative bookmark manager to collect, organize, and preserve webpages, articles, and documents (tons of new features!) 🚀
  • No major difference its just what works for you. I used Hoarder (KaraKeep) in the early days but found I preferred the Linkwarden UI particularly on mobile so switched. But they're both great.

    Strangely I've found I tend not to use it for everyday bookmarks use (I've put those in a Joplin note). Instead I use Linkwarden for interesting stuff I might need at some point - long read articles or information for projects that I'll be undertaking in the future, be that videos or written guides. You can set folders (topics) & tags for ease of retrieval.

  • What's something about Microsoft Outlook that drives you crazy?
    • Randomly removes email addresses I use every day from the auto-complete forcing me to type them literally in full for weeks until it remembers them again.
    • A colleagues name starts "tom..." but it ALWAYS auto-completes with another colleague "tim...". Every single time.
    • Search sucks. Not sure if this particular complaint is just our company setup but for some reason it hides stuff older than a given date "on the server" which means you have to remember exactly where stuff is & open the folder before it displays the contents rendering search pointless. Absolutely hopeless
  • Alternatives to MZLA Pocket?
  • I tried Hoarder (KaraKeep) & Linkwarden. Both excellent but I preferred the UI for Linkwarden, particularly on mobile, so I stuck with that - i found Hoarder awkward to edit thumbnails for example though things may have changed in KaraKeep. From Android perspective both have apps but I prefer to use browser plugin. With Linkwarden there's some hoops to jump through on Android Firefox but it works perfectly once set up. Both excellent choices.

  • What are the must have apps for android? (Preferably FOSS but all are fine)
  • A few FOSS that I havent yet seen mentioned (assuming everyone already uses AntennaPod, Aegis, Keepass2Android, OsmAnd, Signal, VLC, SD Maid SE etc):

    • FairEmail - Email client
    • Voyager - Lemmy client
    • whoBIRD - Shazam for birds
    • Subz - Subscription manager/notifier
    • Untracker - Remove tracking info before sharing links (YouTube, Amazon etc)
    • Obtainium - Update manager/notifier
    • PDF Converter - .pdf tool. May be abandoned but doesnt require internet & is useful
    • MJ PDF - .pdf reader
    • FitoTrack - Fitness tracker
    • Shelter - Work profile for if your employer won't provide a work phone but insists you use a shitty 3rd party proprietary app for everything from booking leave to payslips to health scheme to... Well anything, coz everything has to have its own shitty app these days, right?
  • Nextcloud or Immich?
  • Why not both? I've exposed my Nextcloud instance to www but don't want to expose Immich. The Memories plugin for Nextcloud is great for sharing photos to family (I tend to share only photos from special events rather than everything).

    I have Nextcloud on a Pi5 8GB running an SSD. Immich currently on a Pi4B 4GB with external HDD.

  • [Solved] Looking for ... inventory management, I guess?
  • Another shout for Homebox. I used to use a spreadsheet but over time found I simply didn't maintain it but I've found I always maintain Homebox.

    Homebox allows parent/child relationship between items & exports to spreadsheet.

    I dont utilise the QR code facility because my family members would not bother to use QR codes. Instead I've numbered all boxes in each location (attic, garage, basement etc), printed contents of each box & put the printout into physical folders left in each location so even the most Luddite in my family can easily locate stuff then, in theory, remember where they took it from & if the stars align & its my luck day, put the item back in the same box that they removed said item from. When that happens I always check my lottery numbers too!

    They can't filter/search a physical printout but at least they can find stuff (I guess I should simply add a QR code to each printout for a best of both worlds solution).

    Overall I've found Homebox a useful, simple & fun tool

  • Is there a third party YouTube client that supports DeArrow and actually works nowadays?
  • Not a 3rd party front end as such but on android I use YT through browser with DeArrow, Sponsorblock & uBO. I never sign in to YouTube, subscriptions & "watch later" i handle via a specific note set up in Joplin. Also all tracking is removed first via Untracker. Takes an extra few seconds to add video links to Joplin but its become second nature & works well for me & of course this way let's me save links to PeerTube content & any other sources too

  • What hardware do you use for Nextcloud?
  • Pi5 8GB with SSD. Only 1 user but often sharing folders with others including Memories photo sharing add on. Syncs between several machines & mobile. Also syncs Joplin notes. Pi5 also hosts variety of other (lightweight) stuff with no issues at all (Portainer, Nginx Proxy Manager, Linkwarden etc).

    Previously hosted on Pi4B (4GB) with external hard drive. I've found the Pi5 + SSD faster & more robust so for me it's been a worthwhile upgrade

  • Are Expensive TVs Actually Better? An Analysis of TV Prices and Review Scores
  • I'm not an "imagephile", my eyes can tell the difference between 4k & 1080p but for a 45 min TV show I couldn't care less if its in standard def.

    We have an HTPC handling all media including TV recrdings so I took a USB with a few media files of differing qualities & tested them on TV's in the store - no way I'm buying a TV without seeing how it handles everyday stuff that isnt the ridiculous over bright awful motion smoothed in store demo scenes.

    I'd never use the "smart" features of a TV, that thing is never going online.

    Last 3 TV's have been Panasonic. One of them was a lower priced set but still fantastic picture. Not the best UI & to be honest a nightmare menu system but excellent panels & no ads or BS in the UI.

    The way the tech overlords are heading I'm not looking forward to replacing our set when it eventually needs it

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  • Wouldn't say scam but potentially unsustainable. Some years ago I signed up for a brand new startup Nextcloud service which was priced far too low & went under very quickly. Switched to a hosted Nextcloud provider who had been around a long time (still around). They were really good but after a short time I decided to learn how to host it myself.

    Hardware wise you don't need much, I upgraded to a used Pi5 8GB with fanless heatsink case & added an m.2 SSD. Only 1 user on my instance but I often share folders with others, it's robust & never once crashed.

    If exposing to www you need to keep your network secure. There's a learning curve but self hosting can be rewarding. Any if you're lucky you might get to spend hours & hours problem solving when something breaks 😉😁

  • Password Managers
  • I use Keepass but I recommended Bitwarden to less nerdy family members as it syncs out of the box & does what they need it to do. Sync is simple enough to set up with Keepass & the big plus for me is that it allows storage of files/documents. Last time I checked this was a limited/paid feature on Bitwarden

  • What're some apps you can't go without on F-droid?
  • Nothing exciting I'm afraid - a few football related feeds (Guardian & Telegraph are solid for football stories, usually interesting articles rather than made up transfer horseshit) plus some general news headlines/generic/"top stories" type feeds & a couple of tech bits like Ars Technica.

  • What're some apps you can't go without on F-droid?
  • A few I've not seen mentioned yet:

    • Equate - calculator/converter etc
    • Feeder - RSS client
    • Immich - Photos. App for self hostable server
    • Jellyfin - media client
    • Joplin - notes
    • MJ PDF - PDF viewer with extras
    • PDF Converter - handy PDF tool
    • Squawker - view the cesspit, follow stuff etc
    • Subz - track your subscriptions
    • Untracker - removes tracking info before sharing links
    • Whobird - Shazam for birds
  • R-Type Sound Box
    social.consoledated.com noromamai (@noromamai@social.consoledated.com)

    Attached: 2 images R-Type Sound Box. 5 LP set of music from R-Type, 1 of the most influential shmups. Hearing the 1st level of the 1st game brings back so many memories. Only the 1st 2 levels because I sucked and never got further... Missing 5th and last disc though, which made it affordable. #vin...

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    I love to see some of the obscure memorabilia associated with SHMUPS. How about this 5 record vinyl album for the R-Type soundtrack?!

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    [Blog] Building an arcade cabinet from second hand materials

    Not 100% SHMUP related but hopefully of interest - someone wrote a blog entry on their journey building an arcade cabinet from second hand materials

    https://movim.slrpnk.net/blog/jacobcoffinwrites%40slrpnk.net/arcade-cabinet-built-from-secondhand-materials-vA0m3u

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    Home cabinet

    These home gaming cabinets looks cool, compatible with jamma PCB's, PC & Android boxes

    https://www.unico-usa.com/

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    Thread was retrieved via another instance. You are not signed in there

    Dumb question time. I signed up via lemmy.world & can subscribe to communities on other instances. Im trying to sub to communities on lemdro.id but see the error message "This thread was retrieved via lemdro.id. You are not logged in there"

    The only place i can find to log in is on my search page which shows the lemmy.world instance i signed up to. Whilst adding lemdro.id instance & I'm requested to sign in to it but my login credentials are refused.

    Surely we don't need multiple log ins for multiple instances? Or is it because lemdro.id is very new & isn't yet federated to lemmy.world (although I can see lemdro.id & its communities just fine).

    Thanks in advance for holding a newbies hand.

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    Two Years On A Bike 1/4

    Solo cycling from Vancouver to Patagonia. A slow start to this episode but a great series

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