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JovialSodium

@ JovialSodium @lemmy.sdf.org

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  • Why are people like my grandpa so against seeing the whole world and learning a different language?

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  • Reasonably well traveled American here. 10 countries over 5 continents as of this comment.

    You should go and see the world. It's an amazing experience! I think wanting to learn more languages is commendable and I hope you do. But even if you don't, don't let that stop you from traveling. English is widely spoken, especially in the service industry. And translation apps, while clunky, work well enough.

    Your Grandpa doesn't sound like he wants his mind changed. I say that partly from what you said, and partly because I know the type. And it's hard to convince anyone who isn't interested in changing their preconceived notions. Which is sad, being stuck in a box of his own making. I can understand you wanting him to see it the way you do. But if you can't, that's not your fault. And he can't hold you back unless you let him.

  • Hello, I'm new to Lemmy

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  • Lemmy.ml has some pretty active communities on it. Might be worth it for OP to look over their most active communities and see if any interest them. If so, you have the option of blocking communities instead of the whole instance.

    Lemmygrad and hexbear pretty much stick to their sociopolitical beliefs. If that's not your bag, then no real loss in blocking those instances.

  • Microsoft announces new "mini PCs" for Windows 365

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  • As you may have been able to glean from context from the title, this is a thin client used to remote to a cloud hosted Windows (Win$lop, to appease the presumably likeminded audience) desktop.

  • Warning: Facebook Ads for Free Windows 11 Upgrade Will Infect PCs With Malware

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  • I imagine a good number of people will fall for this. Tech illiteracy is the norm.

  • New Game Stage Tour

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  • Link for reference: https://stagetour.com/

    First I'd heard of it, but yeah same concerns after reading the FAQ.

  • Private Mail with good mobile apps

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  • I don't use iOS, so I can't speak to it directly, but some quick searching tells me it supports IMAP, caldav, and carddav. If so, you could just use native apps.

    Most of the privacy respecting email services require a paid plan for this, but they are inexpensive.

    This doesn't solve your Google calendar ask, but I pointedly don't have my work calendar on my phone. I just check each calendar separately when needed, it's not much extra work.

  • Ukranian controls Home Assistant over LoRa radio when their power grid goes down

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  • I futzed around with home assistant + meshtastic. It's dependant on your use case, I suppose, but I found it unreliable.

    I have a 5.8DBI Rokland antenna elevated above my home. I live in a suburban area with no significant geographical obstacles for several miles and a fair number of online nodes in my area (low teens). My receiving device... I don't recall exactly. I want to say it's a roughly 2 DBI antenna that I found recommended on the meshtastic wiki. I find it to be pretty spotty any more than about 1.5mi (2.5km) away. Though admittedly it sometimes works from much further away.

    Point is, meshtastic may not be viable for remote HA administration due to it being a somewhat unreliable at range.

    Edit: it occurred to me after commenting that this is a suburban sprawl problem. If you live and work in a small radius such as a walkable city, this is probably perfectly viable.

  • Europe’s $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard Has Begun

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  • For those who were a little concerned about the "breakup" phrasing in the title, I didn't see any indication in the article indicating those payment methods would stop being accepted. Just moving away from being reliant on them.

  • I'm there already

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  • I encountered this just today! I'd never heard of Bad Bunny, and if my partner wasn't interested in sportsball, that likely would have remained unchanged.

  • System Redundancy

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  • Not a redundancy option, but I also had my routing setup go in to a bad state while traveling which was a hassle.

    I solved this by setting up nightly reboots while away. Both my routing PC and modem are rebooted by smart switches (zwave/ZigBee) controlled by home assistant. Which means they'll operate without a working network. The routing PC is set to shutdown one minute before the smart switch turns off, and set to boot automatically when power is restored (smart switch turns back on). Which avoids any issues with hanging on a reboot.

  • PC game recommendation for my partner and I

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  • Oh Minecraft. She'd get bored with an open world sandbox. Maybe there are mods or something that are more story driven, but that'd ruin my nostalgia for the game. Bit of a pickle!

  • PC game recommendation for my partner and I

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  • She won't like a survival crafter, but I do!

  • PC game recommendation for my partner and I

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  • I know and like almost all of these games! Unfortunately I don't think she'll like any of them. Maybe some of the early levels of dungeon defenders.

    RoboQuest caught my attention. While I generally don't gravitate towards roguelikes or FPS's, the combo has my interest piqued!

  • PC game recommendation for my partner and I

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  • That looks like a lot of fun! Not sure if she'll like the builder element but it looks simple enough.

  • PC game recommendation for my partner and I

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  • Overcooked: Looks cute, frantic, and fun!

    Super mario 3d world: Feeling meh about it.

    Limbo: Single player. But looks like something I might like.

    INSIDE: Also single player. But somerhingt we both might like.

  • PC game recommendation for my partner and I

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  • Maybe. I like a farming sims but I think it might be a hard sell. Though the cute graphics might help. How in the going in to town portion of the game? Does it have RPG elements? While I like that kind of thing, I don't think she will.

  • PC game recommendation for my partner and I

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  • I think she'd enjoy that. And good to know there are several in the series so we can pick up the next ones if we end up enjoying it. Thanks!

  • PC game recommendation for my partner and I

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  • I'm not sure I could convince her to play a tower defense style game. But it looks like MY kind of game, so thanks for the recommendation!

  • PC game recommendation for my partner and I

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  • Thanks! While I've heard of the franchise, I've never actually played a Rayman game before. But a local co-op platformer sounds good.

  • Games @lemmy.world
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    PC game recommendation for my partner and I

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Recommendations for a small used laptop

  • DeGoogle Yourself @lemmy.ml
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    Bluetooth trackers usable without Google

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    ZFS or LUKS/btrfs for my use case