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Your friendly neighbourhood sh.it.head

Gamer, book and photography nerd, francophile // Gamer, geek des livres et de la photographie, francophile

  • what's your take on employers banning the use of languages other than English between coworkers at the workplace?

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  • That frankly sounds like power-tripping / intimidation, but perhaps I'm biased living amd working in a multi-lingual environment.

  • If you have cut off mainstream music streaming, how do you discover new music or artists and songs like what you're listening frequently?

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  • There is also last.fm. I would have suggested libre.fm but they are no longer open to registrations it seems

    This would replace the "algorithmic" component of spotify, I would still suggest some other options (sharing stuff in your social circle, seeing who opens for your favourite groups etc.)

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    What others jobs abroad could you get besides being a TEFL teacher?

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  • Some countries have a working vacation type of visa, but most of the jobs you'd get with that arent going to pay super well and are intended on covering your living expenses while travelling.

    and it would put me on the path to a better life than I would have in America

    If you're intending on immigrating, many countries have pathways for taking higher education and getting permanent residency & a career after you graduate.

    There's also specific industries that countries may give you a work visa and a pathway to immigrate (e.g British Columbia, Canada is trying to acquire healthcare workers from the US).

    Edit: There is also the option of remote work, however I think many companies are moving away from this as times change.

  • What are the pros and cons of btrfs?

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  • One thing not mentioned, BTRFS supports transparent compression which hypothetically can increase the longevity of SSD media by reducing the amount of writes to the drive.

    I say hypothetically because further information on use case (potential write amplification from CoW) could nullify those gains — but frankly, SSD write longevity has improved so much that it is not a huge issue at this point.

  • The Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone.

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  • If you don't mind clarifying, what do you mean by DoD?

  • After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers

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  • Frankly the best solution i have seen is always a combination of things. At least in the city I live in, people can take bikes on buses and trains, many people walk, and for trips that require trunk space (e.g furniture, DIY supplies etc) there is a Car sharing service that is cheaper than owning a car, or using ride share / taxi.

    I don't think waymo is a better option than a combination of what's above, I think it can perhaps compliment it but it should not be the sole last-kilometre solution.

    I would like to see waymo-like tech provide better public transit for the disabled. As of now, people in my city with disabilities can book special routes which are serviced by specialized buses/ taxis, and existing lines are all wheelchair accessible as well.

    Self driving cars give the opportunity for those people to have even more freedom in booking, since as of now they can't do last minute booking for the custom routes. It wouldn't really create a traffic problem and massively would increase quality of life for those who are sadly disadvantages in society

  • Garmin adds AI and a subscription tier to its app

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  • I'm pretty sure they still are a defence contractor in the US, they also are generally the option for biking computers. There are competitors but Garmin has a chokehold on that sector, with other options just feeling worse.

    So while their smart watches are more niche than Apple, Samsung etc, they still have found a solid niche in the smart tracking sector.

  • Why is Lemmy only popular in the western World?

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  • I would also like to chime in regarding how the community is quite small, there are two (large-ish) Canadian instances but despite this there isn't really a large francophone population here from what I've seen.

    I think the western-anglo bias is in part because the community requires people to host the servers, for the community to even exist in the first place. Smaller regions (such as franco-canada, French speakers only making up ~24% of our population) will make up a smaller portion of the user base and likely found out about the App through other English-language resources.

    Mastodon has a bit of a larger more diverse community, but it also has had the benefit of many more years of larger (but still niche) usage and arguably more severe issues with X formerly known as Twitter becoming a hell-hole.

  • Designing a replacement IO plate for my GameCube

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  • That makes a lot more sense! I'm sad now though I thought this was some cool homebrew-ery going on since the GameCube is just a power pc computer (I've seen people run Linux on the hardware before).

  • PS2 Memory Cards - Guidance and Suggestions

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  • For FreeMC Boot, would you put it on a secondary OEM Card? Or is it best to just use one card for everything.

    Sadly I don't live in Europe, and the chain game stores here don't sell them anymore. But there is lots of local places here that have good return policies / testing of everything before putting it on shelves.

    Thank you very much for your insight!

  • PS2 Memory Cards - Guidance and Suggestions

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  • Do you have experience with the MemCard PRO? Would you say it's a full replacement for older memory cards, or should it be used in tandem with an original memory card in slot two.

  • Designing a replacement IO plate for my GameCube

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  • If you don't mind me asking, what exactly is the use of a floppy drive on a game cube?

    3d printing an IO shield is a great idea! Retro console modding is a great use of a 3d printer.

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    PS2 Memory Cards - Guidance and Suggestions

  • GM blocks dealership from installing Apple CarPlay retrofit kits in EVs

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  • Frankly I would like to not use Apple CarPlay / Android Auto — however, the built in software needs to actually usable and continuously updated.

    I particularly want to see better non-touch input. Rotary dial + buttons à la Mazda, and much better voice input. I live in a multilingual region, and it consequently renders most in-built navigation voice commands useless, as it won't understand language switching. Even Google assitant has issues with this despite supporting multiple input languages, usually resulting in me saying the entire command in the same language as the address. (Or just giving up if the name and street are in two languages).

    But with built in systems that only support one language at a time, I just can't say some of the addresses since I don't know how it wants me to mispronounce them in English.

    I also have found media playback frustrating in any modern vehicle. This is likely a lot harder to solve, but the inability to switch playlists or change playback settings without my phone connected to Android Auto is frustrating when in vehicles without it.

    I know this is very ranty and not that big of a deal, it's just frustrating seeing so little progress in the past decade on this front — and in some aspects like human interface design of vehicles, they have frankly regressed. If I look at the voice input systems on cars from 15-20 years ago there has been huge improvement, but even 10 years ago to now it doesn't feel that different. Maybe a few new commands, but the quality of recognition / utility of the system is lacking.

  • Are there any apps for recording police interactions?

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  • I will second the suggestion for a dash camera, they can record audio automatically without need for user intervention.

    Another option is to just use a voice assistant, I usually quickly ask my watch to start a voice recording beforehand to ensure there is a record of the interaction.

  • What's the state of Android browsers? Want to move away from Samsung Internet

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  • I'm going to suggest an alternative to Samsung Internet or Firefox : https://github.com/uazo/cromite

    Out of the options I've tried, it's probably the best bet for reducing tracking, fingerprinting & increasing security without turning to Tor browser (which while it is more anonymous, is frustrating for general browsing)

    For clearing cache, there are two options. There's a dedicated clear browsing data button in the hamburger menu, it can also be configured to "sanitize on close" (similar to Firefox on desktop, or Brave on desktop / mobile) [In cromite, this can be found under Security > Clear the data at open]

    I can't recommend Firefox on Android in good faith, until site isolation (fission) is enabled on the platform. This is a major security regression compared to desktop Firefox, or chromium based browsers on Android

    Edit: It seems like Iron Fox (continuation of Mull / fork of Firefox) has site isolation enabled - but it is still buggy and does not have all features enabled e.g no isolated process SELinux labels.

  • Microsoft isn't fixing 8-year-old zero day used for spying

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  • To be fair, even a skilled users may just not notice something like this. There are many things we do in our day to day life without paying enough attention, particularly when it's routine / something we feel adept using.

  • [qtile] teal colors

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  • If you don't mind me asking, what music client is pictured?

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  • I think there's an element of prestige people are missing. At least in my country there were online options prior to the pandemic even, they however lacked the prestige / name recognition that other institutions had. Keeping mandatory in-person classes is another way to maintain this prestige, a differentiating factor, from the other institutions.

    I also have to agree with most of the comments here. From an instructional point of view online classes are lacking, they can be less engaging, and pedagogically neutered. And in fields with lots of laboratory work, it's frankly impossible to get rid of at least part of the in-person educational component. Even for the humanities, having access to a large on-campus library of scholarly resources is integral to research.

    In my personal experience I've been quite grateful to have access to a large archival collection, items that could not be shipped to remote students because they are too old to leave a temperature & humidity controlled environment. An online experience would prevent someone like me from doing some manuscript / original publication related research.

    Now, I do think online options are helpful. ESPECIALLY for summer classes, where students may wish to retake a class while also moving away for summer work. But I do not think they should become the default, they should be an option where possible, but not the new normal.

  • What happens to Firefox forks if Firefox dies?

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  • Normally I would say community forks have the power to continue the project. However, in this case I think chrome / safari would eventually add enough new features that Firefox forks can't add quick enough. Mozilla at least has some power in pushing the direction of web-standards, which these forks would lack, as well as the larger development team and some corporate usage of the browser which Mozilla has. I also don't see the smaller development community keeping up with security issues found in the browser, particularly pertinent for corporate marketshare and individuals with a stricter threat model (journalists, dissidents, etc.)

    The only other factor, is whether Firefox dissapearing would officially create impetus for an anti-trust case against Google. I doubt so under the current American presidency, but I could see the EU being concerned (even if they lack the power the US has to force the company to split). If something were to happen here there would be substantial change in the browser market, but I wouldn't be too hopeful of this happening.

  • Privacy Guides @lemmy.one
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    Calendar Options other than Tuta / Proton

  • Privacy Guides @lemmy.one
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    How do people plan for their deaths in terms of account & device secrets (passwords, 2fa etc.)?

  • Unixporn @lemmy.ml
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    KDE Plasma

    Simple Plasma Gruvbox theme with Tunic wallpaper

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Both flatpak

    Open Akregator links in external web browser with reading view

  • Container platforms (docker, lxc, podman) @lemmy.world
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    Syncthing podman container on Immutable OSes

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Syncthing podman container on Immutable OSes