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  • I got a Supernote A5X to read papers - I'm very happy with it and wouldn't want a tablet. I specifically wanted a dumb device dedicated to notes/reading that I wouldn't connect to the internet, which really helps me focus. The eink display is easy to read and is a great break from screens, it feels natural to write on.

    However it's not perfect - eink has a small lag in turning pages, so if you intend on flipping through a ton of pages while coding that may be a pain. The searching experience also isn't great, typing takes longer because of the lag. I use it as an advanced notebook rather than a smart device, and I love it from that lens.

  • cross-posted from: https://lemmy.radio/post/17106

    > Just in the consideration phase, but makes you wonder the timing after the Red Hat move. Maybe alright if they do it the KDE way of needing to manually opt in and not like Cononical's painful way of manually having to opt out. Or Firefox's needing to manually opt out though easy.

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    Are we not federated with lemmy.ml?
  • At the bottom right of every page, you can click on the "Instances" button (or just go to https://lemmy.zip/instances) to see what instances your site is federated with/is defederated from. lemmy.ml is under linked, so lemmy.zip is federating with them.

    What you may be running into is that on this smaller instance, you may need to discover the communities:

    These previous ways [searching for instances] will only show communities that are already known to the instance. Especially if you joined a small or inactive Lemmy instance, there will be few communities to discover. You can find more communities by browsing different Lemmy instances, or using the Lemmy Community Browser. When you found a community that you want to follow, enter its URL (e.g. https://feddit.de/c/main) or the identifier (e.g. !main@feddit.de) into the search field of your own Lemmy instance. Lemmy will then fetch the community from its original instance, and allow you to interact with it. The same method also works to fetch users, posts or comments from other instances.

    (from the join-lemmy docs)

  • My OnePlus 8 pro finally crapped out, need new phone suggestions
  • Agree - I jumped from a OnePlus 5T to a Pixel 5a 2 years ago and have no regrets. It really depends on what you're modding for, but I found that on Pixel not having (as much) bloatware, getting the latest Android updates, having real Google Camera support instead of chasing the best mod, and using Wavelet instead of Viper4Android took care of most of my rooting needs. Instead, with the unlockable bootloader I've been able to explore custom OSes like GrapheneOS which has been really great!

  • Jerboa only works with Active view
  • I believe it's this issue for 0.0.36, where it will always use your account's preferences: https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa/issues/887

    It looks like a temporary fix is already done, so it should be fixed when they make a new release (0.0.37). As a quick fix for 0.0.36, it looks like if you change your account's preferences, quit the app and reopen, it'll use those new settings (but that's definitely a pain), you could also use the web version.

  • Among Us’ Animated Series in the Works at CBS Studios From ‘Infinity Train’ Creator Owen Dennis
  • I am in shock, had to take a second to process that - Infinity Train blew me away and I'm beyond excited to see Owen Dennis leading another show! Never would have expected an Among Us show though - hope he has free reign to go interesting places with it!

  • Fedora Linux @lemmy.ml carnha @lemmy.one
    [Resolved] Flatpak install/update fails with “Need more input” or “Input buffer too small”
    discussion.fedoraproject.org Flatpak install/update fails with "Need more input" or "Input buffer too small"

    Problem When installing or updating flatpaks on Fedora 38, you might see an error like this one: Error: ... Writing content object: Need more input or this one: Error: ... Input buffer too small It might only happen for some flatpaks and not others (it seems to affect the larger ones), so your a...

    Flatpak install/update fails with "Need more input" or "Input buffer too small"

    Resolved: ostree 2023.4-2 (as linked in the comments below) has been pushed to stable, updating your system will resolve the issue.

    Tl;dr: There seems to be a bug in ostree-libs 2023.4 that causes errors when trying to update flatpaks, gnome software loads forever when trying to update a flatpak and manually running flatpak update shows errors (I was getting an "input buffer too small" error, others seemed to be getting errors like "Need more input".)

    Running sudo dnf downgrade ostree worked perfectly for me, I'll be ignoring the ostree/ostree-libs update for now and hopefully the issue will be resolved soon.

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    What are your favorite (Youtube) video's/documentaries of all time that you can watch again and again?
  • Defunctland's Disney's Fastpass: A Complicated History is a fantastic dive into the logistics of managing a giant crowd over several years, from approaching it as an engineering problem all the way to exploiting the system for profit. It's such a fascinating problem to me, and it's presented in an engaging and fun way. The rest of the channel is fantastic too!

    I'll also recommend Fascinating Horror - these aren't fictional horror stories, these are real disasters told in an incredibly detailed but highly respectful way. They don't just explain the disaster and why/how it happened, but also the regulations that came afterwards to make sure these would never happen again. They're all high quality, but if you want a starting point the Nutty Butty Caves will give you a good idea what the channel is about.

  • Quiz Quest 4 - Ultimate Final Battle (against Miko)

    Always fun to hear embarassing Miko stories! (The other three battles have also been great, tons of villain/isekai voice acting and cringe stories - against Fubuki, against Lamy, against Pekora).

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  • I'm really excited for what it means for the future! I'm not going to buy a first-gen product like this, but the fact that Google is making a foldable hopefully means that Android is going to become a better experience on devices like these, so when the technology does get cheaper the software will be ready for it. I'm totally onboard with having a larger display in a more pocketable form factor.

  • US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam
  • I've only been thinking about the implications of faking a celebrity's voice - personalizing it like this makes me sick to my stomach. Had no idea it's already that easy. I don't think the voice would even have to be that realistic - if they're faking a life threatening situation, my first thought isn't going to be "Hey, their voice sounded a little off". Absolutely horrifying.

  • Games that have stuck with you?
  • The Talos Principle - for me, the puzzles hit the sweet spot of being hard enough to be on my mind all day, but never feeling like the solution was out of reach. But even more than the puzzles, the philosophical elements made me reflect on life, civilization, and personhood in a way nothing else has. It was a peaceful, tranquil experience of just me, a serene soundtrack, and thought provoking text and puzzles.

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  • Even if Reddit walks this decision back, the fact that a corporation is making the decisions instead of the community/content creators means that similar drama is inevitable. I can't blame them for making a decision to try and be more profitable, but that also means I will leave and put my effort towards a network that is community-led.

    At the same time, running a Lemmy instance isn't free - I have concerns about how these instances will stay funded in the long term. I'll also miss the niche communities that haven't made their way over here yet, but hopefully they will!

  • What are some of your favorite Linux FOSS replacements for WIndows software?
  • I've been a big fan of helix as a terminal text/code editor - while VS Code is open source, a lot of their language servers (for example, pylance) are closed source. Helix lets me integrate open source language servers out of the box without any setup needed (besides installing the language servers), and it has a UI that helps you explore new features and learn keyboard shortcuts. It doesn't have plugins yet, but I find that the built in features have implemented most things I'd want a plugin for; and it has different keybindings than vim/neovim, but I've found the new model for editing more intuitive and worth the relearning process.

  • What distro(s) do you use?
  • I'm using Fedora - was using Arch for a while, but realized I didn't want to put in the work to keep up with/migrate to the newest tech (Wayland, Pipewire) but I also didn't want to fall behind. Fedora has been great at integrating new tech without me needing to pay close attention or migrate to it myself.

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    carnha @lemmy.one

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