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Can I use 1 hard drive and timeshift for 2 pcs?
  • It's not so much both computers being able to access it.

    From what I have experienced Timeshift tends to lock a drive when it is doing a backup.

    If computer 1 is doing a backup and computer 2 tries to start it's backup it may fail without you noticing.

    Giving each computer their own partition on the drive should alleviate the problem.

  • Can I use 1 hard drive and timeshift for 2 pcs?
  • A partition for each one the drive should work alright, but it may turn to custard if they both try to access the drive at the same time.

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  • People were using everything you are complaining about to spam CSAM onto a number of communities.

    The admins had to take measures both to protect their users (from having to see that material) and themselves (legally as how Lemmy works the images are stored on their servers in Germany).

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  • People were using VPN's and anonymous/temp email accounts to spam CSAM onto a number of communities.

    The admins had to take measures both to protect their users (from having to see that material) and themselves (legally as how Lemmy works the images are stored on their servers in Germany).

  • Back animation not working
  • Try closing the app.

    Going to your phones settings > apps > sync > storage & cache > clear cache.

    Then try the app again.

  • [Advice] Paper suggestions
  • Have a look at Mountain of Ink.

    They have very nicely done images of ink both as a swatch and writing on various papers.

    From someone relatively new to fountain pens here are my paper observations:

    • Flexbook Adventure Notebook - 85gsm paper - Found to be very fountain pen friendly and tends to suck ink into the paper making it dry quickly making it good for fast writing with minimal to no bleed through.

    • Leuchtturm 1917 - 80gsm paper - Nice to write on but ink is slow to dry and dark ink bleeds through (lighter inks may not be as noticeable).

    • Moleskine - 70gsm paper - Not recommended for fountain pens, the paper bleeds through if you even breath near it, feels scratchy while writing and can cause feathering with certain inks. The paper would be good for pencils though.

    • Rhodia - 80gsm paper - Nice paper to write on, has a slight scratchy texture that feels strange when first using it but you get used. Barely any bleed through with dark ink and dries pretty quickly.

    • R by Rhodia - 90gsm paper - This is their premium paper and although it has the same features as the normal Rhodia 80gsm paper if you can get this version I recommend it.

    • Clairefontaine Triomphe - 90 gsm paper - Very nice paper to write on though it's almost too smooth with little feedback from the paper.

    • Midori - ??gsm paper - Haven't tried this paper yet.

  • Photo manager that deals with RAW and JPG together?
  • Have a look at XNview MP

    I can definitely say that it is avery good photo management program.

    I am only using about 20% of it's features and it is my go to image software.

  • I wonder what goes on in that head. Radio static? Dial-up sounds? A loading bar stuck at 31%?
  • This music interspersed with "Your call is important to us, please continue to hold"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy_NKN75Jhw

  • Audio broken after uninstalling pipewire
  • From what I understand about pipewire is that it has an API for Jack calls.

    When you removed pipewire it may still be associated with Jack and it's trying to talk to software that isn't there.

    Maybe try reinstalling Jack &/or removing the config files?

  • Audio broken after uninstalling pipewire
  • You will likely need either pulseaudio or pipewire for the audio hardware.

  • Inking time for my Jinhao 82 Mini
  • Love the Lamy Black ink, its near true black ink for a very affordable price.

    And it writes quite nicely (that I have found) on a lot of different paper types.

  • What I woke up to this morning
  • "Hello Clarice"

  • [SOLVED] if I copy a ff profile (folder) in a new computer I should see the bookmarks as well, right?
  • What I do is start up Firefox first to create all the first start files then close it and delete everything in the Firefox folder then copy across everything from the original pc.

    Seems to work alright.

  • NZ spent $113m helping build and use US military satellites
  • My guess is they chipped in so they get access to the US military satellite network for our military usage.

    So that when the navy, army or air force are operating away from our shores they have a reliable way of communicating back home and to our allies.

  • Unread Count Says 1, While Inbox is Empty
  • It's possibly a moderated comment.

  • Fixed TWSBI Go ink problems
  • I saw that was what was recommended but I didn't have any to hand.

  • Fixed TWSBI Go ink problems

    I brought a TWSBI Go with a fine nib a while ago.

    From day two it had issues with the feed drying up extremely quickly when using Diamine Scribble Purple ink.

    It dried out slightly slower when using Lamy black ink but for some reason it would fling out drops of ink when uncapped or jostled (so much fun finding random ink blobs on your dark mouse mat).

    Tried flushing the pen with water, taking the nib out and cleaning it with soapy water to no effect.

    I was about to return the pen but I found a random post that suggested flushing the entire pen with soapy water and cleaning the nibs slit would fix the issue.

    Seeing as I had nothing to loose and doing so wouldn't damage the pen I gave it a try. I ended up using some cotton sewing thread to clean the slit as that was all I had to hand.

    After cleaning the pen with soapy and clean water, cleaning the nib, drying, reassembling and reinking I gave it another go.

    And to my surprise it writes like a dream now and has no random ink going flying.

    While I know how I went about fixing the pen wasn't the best method I thought I would post about it anyway.

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    And so starts an addiction…
  • Feedback (aka the scratchy friction from the nib rubbing across the paper fibers) all depends on both the paper and the type of nib you get.

    The polished steel nib will have less feedback than the black steel nibs but the polished steel nibs will have greater variation in the line thickness.

    Higher end/premium paper like Rhodia, Clairefontaine, Leuchtturm 1917 etc will feature smoother paper which will give less feedback.

    Some feedback is wanted so you know how you are writing but how much feedback is needed is up to both the user and the situation.

  • And so starts an addiction…
  • My experiences with the Lamy polished steel nibs seem to be a bit of a lottery as to how close to standard they are.

    I have used EF nibs that behaved more like a fine/medium nib and have a fine nib that was closer to an EF nib.

    Then I got an EF black steel nib that was bang on.

  • GRUB on 32-bit UEFI (Nextbook 2-in-1)
  • I have had several distros working on the X205TA (I even had a how to guide written up on reddit years ago).

    But I was not able to get a usable system (i.e. being able to use the system without waiting on average 20-120 sec for the device to process an action).

    Life has gotten to the point that the effort to do so is better directed into activities that I would enjoy.

  • You are all enablers!

    So a while ago I thought that I would get a Lamy fountain pen to see if it would help with my handwriting.

    So off I go looking around at what is available and find the Lamy Safari, then I find the Lamy Al-star which cost a bit more than the Safari and I prefer metal pens due to my gorilla sized hands.

    So I buy the Lamy Al-star with a fine nib, some Lamy blue black cartridges and a converter.

    Wasn't really happy with the blue black ink (wasn't dark enough) so I went looking and found the Diamine blue black ink which is my new fave.

    Got a small bottle of that plus a bottle & cartridges of Lamy black ink and a EF nib for the Al-star.

    Time goes on and I see people talking about the TWSBI ECO and the Platinum Preppy pens.

    So after some debate I visit my local fine pen and stationary shop (kind of dangerous to my wallet) I am now the owner of a TWSBI ECO with an EF nib, a PP with EF nib, Platinum Pigment Carbon Black Cartridges & a A5 Rhodia Webnotebook.

    All was good for a while then I had a need for a better pen to carry in my bag.

    So today I purchased an Kaweco AL Sport with EF nib, another Platinum Preppy with a fine nib, a box of Kaweco perl black cartridges and a box of Diamine blue black cartridges.

    Hopefully I have enough pens for now but something tells me that I don't.

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    Manjaro stable, Snaps not working on Kernel 6.8.4-1

    Just a PSA for anyone beating their head against a wall trying to figure out why snaps are not working on their Manjaro stable install.

    The current top kernel (6.8.4-1) is bugged and causes snaps to give this error:

    error: system does not fully support snapd: cannot mount squashfs image using "squashfs"

    Apparently the newer version of the 6.8 kernel available in Manjaro testing works fine.

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    Fixed: Possible corrupted database entry?

    About a day ago this post was made over on sh.itjust.works.

    It has proceeded to cause the Sync for Lemmy app to either fully crash or to crash and restart as reported here.

    Upon testing it doesn't appear to be the image as when posting, the PNG image link, WEBP image link, embeding the PNG image or WEBP image, Sync can open or view the image without issue.

    Edit: Sync has been fixed.

    But the mystery gets deeper as the above testing works fine when using the default "lemmy.world" interface but when I attempt to post a link to the image using the "old.lemmy.world" interface it crashes to what appears to be the webpage within the comment section (as shown here).

    This is what I was attempting to post ("lemmy.world" - Worked, "old.lemmy.world" - Malfunction).

    ``` Test link Test

    This is a test link to see if it is the image ```

    I am using Firefox 123.0 on Manjaro 23.1.3

    Could you please have a look into this.

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    dr_jekell Dr Jekell @lemmy.world
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