I am not sure whether the wikimedia foundation actually needs money from individuals. From what I could find by searching "Does Wikipedia need donations", they seem to have plenty of money. I've also seen from people that after donating, they like to haunt your email inbox for more money.
I myself prefer donating elsewhere instead. In my opinion a good alternative is archive.org. It's hard to track how much they get sued, and now they even were hacked recently.
But seriously though, if someone did show up, it's possible saying that no one did was simply required. Imagine everyone now thinking the future people will save us, and suddenly there's no future.
But I am sure it would still have some effects because of the butterfly effect. Hey, perhaps travelling into the past creates near-infinite timelines each time with all possibilities. I mean, it would affect the time traveller himself, and something would be slightly different each time. Simple example, because of the time traveller's presence things will go different and they will arrive at slightly different time due to which they will again arrive at a slightly different time. They may know something else, do something else, with some different effect in each time. But there's only so much a minor thing could do.
Perhaps if Hawking admitted to the vistors, rather than an unimaginable number of similar timelines, there would simply be no... but then the visitor ceases to exist... but if they already travelled back they must have...
Fuck, I hate getting stuck thinking about time travel.
But perhaps that's the thing, admitting to this would have perhaps resulted in some catastrophic events. But, like, how would you ensure it does not happen.
OK, let's trace it.
Time traveller goes back, returns, Hawking admits it, we're doomed with hope, there's no future, no time traveller to return.
But!!! They have already returned to their timeline. Maybe it doesn't effect their timeline. Maybe they just doomed one timeline, and only one, because in that one there won't be...
No, what the fuck, I can't just... or would that open another timeline... No. If you can't affect your own timeline it's not time travel.
Crap.
God damnit!!
Option 1: Attend Stewen Hawking's time traveller party - he likely won't expect someone so dumb though
Option 2: Watch and experience Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia - I often hear our conservatives argue this was actually friendly
I'd definitely try to record everything in both cases.
I mean, when I started using Linux I also tried to avoid the CLI, and I was successful at that with Mint for quite a while. Actually, updating Mint in GUI is faster. I didn't find a way to enable parallel downloads for apt like for pacman, but the GUI does just that.
Very much possible nowdays. I haven't even switched from Windows, I got a first computer, didn't know the difference between Linux Mint and Windows, but I found Mint easier to use. Windows confused me with separate settings and control panel, and then some guide asking me to do woodoo in scary looking registry editor...
This is a separate topic, and a big fucking no. You assume parents actually know what's best for their kids and want that, but look around, most of these people voting for these bans are parents as well.
Parents can't and shouldn't be blindly trusted.
If someone else looks at the evidence and believes itโs true, and believes this is hugely beneficial to their kid, why should the government have a say in their kidโs medical treatment?
And if the parent thinks otherwise where it is legal?
Kids aren't the parents' property.
Oh, you can vote whether it should be opt-in or opt-out.
Oh, voting requires "Trust level 1".
Anyway, I may stop donating to Manjaro due to this. Now I just go with Arch anyway. archinstall even makes it quick to setup a VM.
Our cable provider (my parents like cable TV) had analog channels even like 2 years ago, but they started encrypting everything which required purging the analog selection.
This sucks. At worst analog would be grainy, digital just keeps cutting out in worse conditions.
I wish there was also still analog OTA TV for this reason. Much easier to pick up usable signal.
Especially if shops like Tesco as much as double your prices without loyalty cards. Tesco is the worst, haven't been there for months (as a customer).
Tesco Clubcard, Kaufland Card, Billa Bonus club, Lidl Plus (app required), Coop Jednota Club.
There is no alternative. Supermarket chains killed most small shops. Oh, and you may still need an app to manage it even if you have a plastic card.
Perhaps same as 3 seat row or 2 door cars with rear row. Good luck escaping from the back in rush.
Bigger horseshit in the manual: https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modely/en_us/GUID-AAD769C7-88A3-4695-987E-0E00025F64E0.html
Not all Model Y vehicles are equipped with a manual release for the rear doors.
Mind explaining why use the content warning for this?
I get it when it's used in some larger text perhaps with possibly triggering content, but this seems unnecessary. These domains don't link to anything else than cock.li and airmail.cc either.
Warnings that are overused loose value.
We are removing support for OpenVPN, it will be completely removed on 15th January 2026.
Support will be removed on both client and server side.
>The process of removing OpenVPN from our app starts today and may be completed much earlier.
I always see laptops come with larger bricks that have separate mains cable which plugs into the brick. Even if the adapter has some low power rating.
Example for comparison: ! On the right is a standard laptop adapter. Same price, same connector, same protocol, same power rating, far different size.
Why is that so?
Actually, the GaN adapter on the left also advertises itself as being meant for laptops, but by default, almost all laptops will come with something like the one on the right.
Or is it simply cheaper to manufacture while being sold for the same price?
They're custom stickers from StickerMule, which is not quite a nice company, but they have some deals they almost surely loose money on. I've put these together:
$1 for 10: https://www.stickermule.com/deals/4b02bdaf
$0.80 for 10: https://www.stickermule.com/deals/f167bd20
$1.25 for 10: https://www.stickermule.com/deals/fcde0915
$1.11 for 10: https://www.stickermule.com/deals/66a85adf
$1.11 for 10 (Italian): https://www.stickermule.com/deals/88e0209a
$9 for 50: https://www.stickermule.com/deals/ee2c2ae3
Yes, that includes worldwide shipping. Each of those can be ordered just once, but somewhere I heard a legend they don't check for duplicate accounts, but I haven't tried that myself. There's also a $1 Unixstickers pro pack (account not required)
Edit!!:
After 2 such orders they almost charged me EUR 18 on that $1.25 for 10, even though the checkout page did say $1.25 when paying. So choose the option with proof if given option to skip it. (It will let you cancel before approving the proof.)
Edit 2: I see the problem. If choosing different currency (EUR in my case) the deal price will be converted correctly in checkout page, but not be valid. So just pay in the default currency (USD).
Edit: It seems kiwix-serve once again supports splitted ZIM. So I may have a workaround for FAT32.
As usual, I once again can't decide between something. I am deciding between Ulefone Armor 24 and Motorola G54 5G. I did get to play around with both, and I feel like that just made the decision harder.
I first got the Ulefone. Finally some exciting smartphone, massive battery, thick, heavy, with IR night vision camera, strong light and FM radio that works without earphones as it has integrated antenna, and it has an IR blaster. I actually like it being that large and heavy (647g - 1.43lbs). It feels like a serious device. I always slap the thickest case I can find on a phone for this reason anyway. (Yes, I was also excited by Energizer P28K and earlier P18K). I immediately loved it, but unfortunately found it only supports FAT32 for SD card. As I also have Kiwix archives on it, I decided on returning it. It also had some more minor issues like headphone jack cover getting in the way and a mono speaker that is... present at most, and only supporting 4G.
Then instead I ordered the Motorola, which I still posses. It's just safely in a box at home, I am not going to return an actually used device. It does support exFAT, it has great stereo speakers, camera with OIS, supports 5G and has eSIM functionality. BUT, after finally setting it up, I realized it has no support for 4K video playback. I didn't even realize I should check for that, just like support for exFAT, as even my 2 prior, cheaper devices supported both. SW decoder in VLC seems to work with 4K h.264, but HEVC is a no-go. Can't blame it though, my i5-8365U powered ThinkPad can't handle 4K HEVC either. The 3 button navigation also dies when I set minimum width to >= 600dp.
Both support band-locking which I want too.
The Ulefone's Helio G96 may or may not support 4K. Even info from MediaTek itself is conflicting between 2K and 4K max. I wanted to test it with a displayed device in that shop, but was told they aren't allowed to put anything into display pieces, and to just order it again like I did, and then return it possibly.
I don't know what I could put up with better. 4GB file size limit or no 4K video.
Workaround for the former would be putting .zim files onto internal storage, effectively halving it, and passing Termux backups through split and cat.
Workaround for the latter is... I guess there isn't. There will always be that functionality loss. Only 4K@30fps H.264 can be passed to VLC. AV1 doesn't cut it either.
That aside, 5G may be important soon, but for now my carrier only covers a few cities. eSIM is cool, too, as are stereo speakers. On the other hand, that Ulefone is just something else. A very unconventional smartphone, finally something else than a glass slab with different SoC, and the 3 button navigation doesn't break at high dp. Actually, it even improves, adding app icons and app tray. I hate gesture navigation.
Also... maybe it sounds important, Ulefone is known to have shipped their phones with irremovable malware in 2017, ...and possibly in 2020, also detected by different user. I did scan the phone with Hypatia, and tried Calculator, FM radio and sound recorder APKs on VirusTotal too. Though I am not sure how much access Hypatia has, I know APK extractors didn't work for me. I had to use ADB.
My phone died a few days ago, and the Cisco Duo app overwrote 2FA key backup after connecting my old phone to the internet. Lemmy has no backup codes, nor can you disable 2FA even while logged in without a valid token.
Anyway, I noticed there's no rate limiting on 2FA attempts. So following Lemmy API docs I wrote this exceptionally stupid script (look at my foolish way of parallelization and no auto-stop).
I got the JWT token from logged-in Firefox session, using cookies.txt extension to export it.
Anyway, just make sure your password is secure enough, It's obviously (potentially) better than 6 digits, probably with 3 valid combinations at each time (current 30s, past 30s, future 30s windows), if I am guessing how it works right.
My attempt also clearly involved a lot of luck with just 21,830 attempts (less than 5 minutes). But, if you're lucky enough, you may guess it on first attempt, or never if you aren't.
My phone with 2FA codes has died... again... for the 3rd time in something over 2 years (average Poco X3 Pro experience).
I've used the Cisco Duo app, mainly for the convenience of automatic backups. After all, this has saved me the last time my main phone died. Connect GDrive, download DB, enter passphrase to decrypt, there you go.
I've turned on my still barely functioning 2017 Moto G5s Plus. There I had the Duo app. Upon opening it says something along the lines of "Device offline, showing on-device accounts only." How does that read to you? Auto-sync, I thought. I connected to the internet, refreshed the app, nothing. I go to settings, check the backup... horror! "Last backup: October 6th 12:06" I opened the app at 12:06.
Why would you update the backup if it has more recent timestamp than current version? "Hmm... this phone last backed up in 2023, most recent backup on cloud is 2024, yep, OVERWRITE IT WITH 2023 VERSION!!"
Hmm... this also means I've lost access to my Cisco NetAcad school account...
Welp, lesson learned, switching to Aegis.
Since disabling TOTP requires TOTP token, I have no way to disable it. I hope the instance admin can, but SDF has far more important shit to care about.
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I am thinking on getting something crazy like Ulefone Armor 24 brick. Though it lacks things like 5G, stereo speakers, and 4K video recording, but I can afford it and have it shipped tomorrow morning.
Just bought a pineapple for the first time. Checked a few videos and posts on internet to see how I am supposed to cut it up, everyone said to throw the core away or use it in a smoothie at best. Even my mom said to throw it away.
Anyway, I tried to eat a small amount of it, and then ate the entire core. It's pretty edible, feels like throwing out pizza crust.
Much more chewable than celeriac. Though I would label it as "Dental floss mandatory" type of food, but so is anything with poppy seeds.
So how do you use it? Do you eat it, throw it out, something else?
They clearly show wear. ! I am not sure if they were replaced from another older device, or the entire cover is from L390, but that one would have a plastic cover for where this one has a stylus. It doesn't seem like anything was snapped out of there.
I couldn't find replacement ones online, and I am not sure if contacting the shop is a good idea. See, the L390 Yoga has a touchscreen with better colors and seems to be a bit more expensive (but not much). However, I bought this as "L390". I noticed the description said "Touchscreen: yes", which I realized meant they likely mistook the Yoga version for the base version. Indeed, that is the case. Currently they have one L390 Yoga in similar condition and same configuration, but the screen has some white spots (this one is flawless), ...and it's โฌ46 more expensive.
If you're curious, i5 8365U, 16GB RAM (single-channel), used 256GB Samsung SSD (I don't remember if SATA or NVME), โฌ180 and 2 year warranty.
Also, if you're wondering what that port with network symbol is, it appears to be a proprietary connector used on ThinkPads requiring an "Ethernet Extension" adapter to be usable.
Probably dust particles and slight rotation while in the backpack.
Just from "a quick query" by the admin.
>there'll be a better one later, this is just a quick query
Sorry, not sure if there's a more fitting community for discussions, but 196 doesn't have specific required content ยฏโ \โ _โ (โ ใโ )โ _โ /โ ยฏ
So, last Sunday I suddenly got high-pitched tinnitus, mostly in my left ear. I thought it would be gone when I wake up next day, but it was still there. Then on Tuesday and Wednesday I had some pain and pressure in both ears. Unfortunately, I'd need to get referred to ENT by my GP, and she was on vacation. The substitute was there for "acute cases only".
So far this was just... quite annoying. I tested for possible changes I haven't noticed with frequency generator on my phone. With medium volume, both ears went to 19.5kHz just fine.
Thursday it improved. Or so I thought. The tinnitus got quieter. Later during the day I went to check again. I started with 16kHz at lowest volume. Suddenly, I could only hear it on my right ear, so I started panicking. Left ear fell from 19.5kHz to 15.5kHz in just 1 day. This was a fairly sudden change, and I am not exactly emotionally strong. I panicked and was crying and hyperventilating for about an hour.
So I decided I'll go to the substitute doctor next day to get referred to ENT. I set up alarm for the morning, but I didn't need it. I was too anxious too sleep much anyway.
So I got to the ENT right that day.
She visually inspected my ears and throat finding no signs of inflammation. Tympanometry OK. Audiogram just confirmed my feeling of right ear being muffled with slight low frequency hearing loss, but nothing for my left ear, primary source of my concern. I explained the loss occurred in higher frequencies than I heard during the test. I asked what frequency they tested up to as it sounded fairly low. "6kHz." Apparently, even 8kHz (worldwide standard) is considered "experimental" in my country... I hoped for possibility of EHF audiometry (9 - 20kHz).
Back to talking with ENT, I said that I could hear up to 19.5kHz on both ears ereyesterday, yet yesterday I couldn't even hear 16kHz on my left ear. She re-assured me that we normally loose ability to hear these frequencies with age (I am 18). I further explained that my concern is rather the sudden unilateral loss as opposed to gradual bilateral loss over longer timespan as it could continue worsening further.
She replied with "Hearing above 6kHz is not important to humans." I wanted to tell her to resample all her music to 12kHz, then tell me how useless it was, but I didn't want to be rude. At last, I asked "What about the tinnitus?" with response being "Nothing."
So, she just prescribed me vitamins B1, B12 and some Ginko extract pills for increasing blood flow to ears for 1 month which I still had to pay โฌ30 for even with insurance.
Welp, I just apologized for bothering them (non-sarcastically) as they had more patients and left no less concerned.
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I am pretty worried about this. I've been careful with my ears. I don't listen to music loudly, I don't go to concerts, hell, I didn't even have to go to theatre with school the last time as my current class teacher noticed I wasn't exactly OK with being in a room with lots of people, especially with loud noise.
I can only suspect some issue with inner ear, perhaps inflammation. That wouldn't even be noticeable with just visual examination. However, I suppose that would also be accompanied by dizziness and vertigo. So I have no idea what's going on.
At least I distracted myself while typing this.
Image on left is from 4 days ago, but the pimple was slowly forming over around 2 weeks.
The goop was sticky, not oily. Earphones are Panasonic RP-TCM130.
I was not able to find an explanation. Something to increase cable lifespan, lubrication, rubber disintegrating, sweat and earwax that somehow got into the cable, dielectric grease, SCP-1407, no clear answer.
At first I thought the wires just somehow twisted. Nope.
I used to think that age equated to percentage of life lived, thus I thought that most people live to close around 100. But it also made me think that people only get old when they're like 80.
I mean like actually "old". The "old" adults were referring to. At that age I considered those 14/15 year old 9th graders old, just a bit different "old".
For some reason this happens to me, but only with Orbit. At least the watermelon ones (I prefer chewing gums that leave minimum taste), I don't know about others. It just turns into a disgusting paste.
```<> TACKER: membership (SDF Membership) SUBJECT: .. lemmy.sdf.org and old.lemmy.sdf.org are down DATE: 29-May-24 14:17:40 HOST: mx
there looks to be a possible hardware issue with one of the nodes that hosts lemmy.sdf.org. a spare is being staged to take on the additional load. ```
Source: REQUESTS bulletin board on SDF public access UNIX system
OK, I hope my question doesn't get misunderstood, I can see how that could happen. Just a product of overthinking.
Idea is that we can live fairly easily even with some diseases/disorders which could be-life threatening. Many of these are hereditary. Since modern medicine increases our survival capabilities, the "weaker" individuals can also survive and have offsprings that could potentially inherit these weaknesses, and as this continues it could perhaps leave nearly all people suffering from such conditions further into future.
Does that sound like a realistic scenario? (Assuming we don't destroy ourselves along with the environment first...)
u/lukmly013 ๐พ (lemmy.sdf.org) @lemmy.sdf.org I like computers, trains, space, radio-related everything and a bunch of other tech related stuff. User of GNU+Linux. I am also dumb and worthless. My laptop is HP 255 G7 running Manjaro and Linux Mint. I own RTL-SDRv3 and RSP1 clone.
SDF Unix shell username: user224