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  • I believe you can change the scaling algorithm obs uses? Right click the source and go to "scale filter" is what Google is telling me, not at a computer right now. I think it defaults to bicubic which should be ok though? The switch does its own internal scaling a lot of the time and that can look pretty bad though, but unless you get into some serious shenanigans that's basically baked in.

  • what are these rubber holes on the back of the pc case?
  • This is the correct answer - I know because I was there 10000 years ago and had to decide between this and buying a special case from koolance. Amusingly they still sell one for the outside.

    They can also be handy if you have to do anything weird like route display cables from the GPU to the motherboard like for a thunderbolt display.

  • James Hoffmann: The Beginner’s Guide to Coffee Machine Maintenance
  • I found this video weird, because it seems like something you would post for a more general audience, but it front loads and spends a really long time on espresso machine maintenance. Even within his audience it feels like way more people will own and use a drip coffee machine, which they don't spend much time on. Especially if you should actually put drip machine parts in the dishwasher - the manual often says it's safe.

  • How do you get people to wash their vegetables when you're at their house and you don't wanna seem rude?
  • As far as I've found, they're both right. You shouldn't have to wash your mushrooms, but it's not a bad idea if you're not buying fancy mushrooms.

    The generic button mushroom variants you're probably getting at the grocery store are grown in compost, which often contains some manure - ie poops.

    But before growing mushrooms it's pasteurized. Mycelium is picky, and fairly easily out-competed by other stuff, so to make sure you're just growing mushrooms and not bacteria you basically have to sterilize the medium they're grown in.

    But those mushrooms are often grown in open beds, and harvested by hand. And that means they get that poop dirt right up on them. Will it immediately give you super botulism? Probably not but it's still kinda ick.

    Fancier mushroom varieties from smaller cultivars are the ones that actually don't really need washed and often shouldn't be. They're grown in highly sterile environments and they fruit out of a container, so they never touched the poop. And that's if they even used compost - lots use straw or wood.

    If you do decide to wash your button mushrooms it's not a big deal, they aren't actually sponges, and they don't absorb as much water as some cooking shows say. If they get soggy it probably means they're old, try putting them in the fridge for a few hours uncovered. It's basically a dehydrator.

  • Are molded ear plugs worth it?
  • It entirely depends on how much and what you'll use them for. They're going to be around $200 USD all in, so if they're for occasional use probably not. If you're going to use them a lot like for work or a regular hobby then it's not a crazy amount to spend. They tend to be more comfortable than flange earplugs, and a little better than foamies, but for me at least I don't want them in for more than 3 hours.

    Etymotic makes a few different ones for general noise, sleeping, music, and they also do ones for their earphones.

  • This is Fine Rule
  • Sorry I'm too lazy to look up a source, but the way I've heard it explained is that while they might occasionally give them to sick animals as a sort of panacea, they often just give all of them a low dose. Apparently it like, makes their immune system not have to work as hard so they gain weight faster. Which is basically textbook how to make resistant bacteria.

  • 📄 rule
  • They do tile, they just don't share an aspect ratio. Two letter sheets make a tabloid or ledger sheet (depending on grain direction of the paper), and two tabloid sheets fit on a broadsheet, which generally comes in rolls so there's a bit of trim because the size comes from actually physically dealing with paper, which is why they're also the names of the newspapers that were printed on them. Like, it doesn't go down from letter like ISO a sizes do, but it generally works well enough.

  • How do you pay someone for art and know the cost?
  • Look for a local print or embroidery shop that you can get like work shirts and business cards and whatnot made. Unless you're really in the middle of nowhere, there's probably a local print shop that will at least be able to point you in the right direction. If you want a one off instead of a small batch look for a place that offers embroidery - it sounds more expensive but because they can just throw whatever on the machine and do a one off, it's usually actually less expensive than traditional screen printing. Specifically for hats in not sure if you can get them digitally printed in most smaller local shops.

  • How do you pay someone for art and know the cost?
  • If you are working with a specific company to produce a personalized / custom product, they will generally have at least one person on staff that can do design, or at least deal with any file conversion and technical stuff like that. They should be able to quote you a price.

    If you are working with an artist first, they may have a company they're familiar with to have the item produced, and if they do, should be able to handle most of it themselves. If they don't, or you would like it produced somewhere specific, just let the artist know - most places will have all the information the artist will need on their website, or the artist can just get in touch with them directly.

    In general, if you're going to an artist or design shop they should be able to give you some kind of quote with a very rough idea of what you want - especially if they do this professionally, talking to people who don't have an art background is basically half their job. If you want to be specific it's much more useful to send something like a mood board or a collage of similar things than a bunch of text. It's also generally a good idea to be open to their ideas, as they often have experience that may be helpful and will see some problems much quicker than you might.

  • Best Local Smart Lock for Privacy/Security
  • We use a few Schlage connect zwave deadbolts, and they have been basically rock solid. We're using them through Smartthings, but home assistant should work just as well. We have hardwired zwave light switches next to all of them, apparently that can help with the reliability since they will act as zwave repeaters in case the lock doesn't pick up the signal first time - especially for changing the codes.

    Are they a perfect lock that no one will be able to pick? Probably not, but it's a lot faster to just put a brick through your window no matter how good your locks are.

  • [Feature Request]? Open post / community / instance with different account.

    So, this will probably be possible when the link handler is implemented, but it would be really handy to be able to switch what account you are viewing a post with. I'm guessing it would be possible to share the post to the link handler and then there would be an account selector, but it would be nice if there was a slightly less roundabout way to do it.

    I'm on a smaller instance and browse all from the anonymous Lemmy.World account sometimes, but when I find a post from community that I'd like to subscribe to I have to copy and edit the post link to get the community link to search with. If anyone knows an easier way I'd love to know it.

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    How do you backup things to your server?

    So, I've found that there are a lot of ways to backup a server and anything on it, but I'm somewhat at a loss for what to use to backup everything else to that server.

    For most stuff I personally can grab the files I need and back them up using a simple SMB share or rsync or whatever, but for my SO or anyone else who wants to back up is going to have a hard time. That doesn't even cover phones - which you would want to back up fairly regularly since, you know, they get dropped. Sure, I personally can hook up tailscale and split tunnel it, and then set up sync on certain folders, but nobody else I know is going to be able to.

    In a perfect world there would be a backup app that had its own little wireguard tunnel built in that could run all the traffic from wherever to my server, and would easy to set up on Android and Windows, but I don't think that exists. So what does everyone use that does exist?

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