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thehatfox

@ thehatfox @lemmy.world

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  • 3D Printing A Modular Guitar Means It Can Look Like Whatever You Want

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  • The owner’s phone:

  • Mastodon has taken the strategic decision not to accept venture capital investments for growth, but rather restructure to a European non-profit organization

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  • The problem with microblogging platforms is they revolve around following users and not topics.

    Mastodon has tried to change that by encouraging following hashtags but with limited success.

    They are great platforms for people who are already (internet) famous and want a soapbox. But for ordinary folk tooting or tweeting or whatever else it’s called is just shouting into the void. There’s no discussion because nobody ever sees what others post.

    I like Mastodon but it seems it can’t escape the inherent problems of the platform model itself.

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    3 1/4 vintage floppy cameras.

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  • These Mavicas could become popular again now as retro tech. There’s a lo-fi aesthetic growing in photo and video that’s all about compression artefacts and old image sensors. Physical media and its inconveniences is also having a moment as a novelty and maybe even a broader movement.

  • Pizza

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  • What kind of person leaves the crust? Pizza ain’t pizza without the crust.

  • Google Wallet lets UK users turn their passport into digital IDs

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  • However, it is important to note that these digital IDs are not a replacement for the original physical ones. Furthermore, U.K. residents cannot use digital IDs at airports for travel.

    Additionally, Google states that it is also exploring certification with the U.K.’s Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology, which could enable residents to use their digital IDs for alcohol purchases and other purposes.

    So you can add your passport to Android but effectively not use it for anything? Does anywhere in the UK accept this Google system as ID?

    The article also mentions a partnership to add Railcards to it, but there is already a Railcard app for that, so I’m not sure what this actually for.

  • Google Wallet lets UK users turn their passport into digital IDs

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  • We already have a semi privatised identity system with the PASS card scheme for proof of age, its government backed but the actual physical and digital IDs are provided by various public and private groups.

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  • There are 4 bay units that would fit on a 10” inch shelf. I’ve seen some DIY projects too.

    Using SFF/mini PCs is also popular, there are models that can take multiple SATA/NVMe drives

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
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    Banding / Striping with SILK PLA Filament

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  • There are few if any 10” UPS units available anyway so weight is less of a worry. It’s one of the biggest weaknesses of the 10” system currently.

  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    Warning RTS electricity meters in 300,000 homes could stop working

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/cdjlkrwmpveo
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    Ofcom announces new rules to keep children safe online

    www.theguardian.com /technology/2025/apr/24/ofcom-rules-protect-keep-children-safe-online

  • An Alarming Number of Gen Z Ai Users Think It's Conscious

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  • In the general population it does. Most people are not using an academic definition of AI, they are using a definition formed from popular science fiction.

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    Heat pumps to be sold ‘smart-ready’ in plans to save households money

    inews.co.uk /news/heat-pumps-smart-function-save-households-money-3654523

  • Keir Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 says

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  • Labour chose to take this particular stance today. There are many other approaches they could have taken, they could have also tried to dodge the matter and kick they can down the road, but instead "trans women are not women" is what they have chosen to actively embrace.

    (Further) pandering to the transphobic lobby is not necessary, and what's been said today is far beyond pandering.

  • Keir Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 says

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  • They could have announced they would look to introduce new legislation to address this. They could have said just about anything instead of what's been said today.

    But they didn't, they are instead parroting the court ruling as if it's a final settlement on the issue as whole.

    There is no weaselling around these words, the only debate is whether it exposes cowardice or bigotry.

  • Trans women should use toilets based on biological sex, Phillipson says

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  • Even by the low standards I had for Labour's approach, this is depressing.

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    Trans women should use toilets based on biological sex, Phillipson says

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/c5y42zzwylvo
  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
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    3D Print Anything Without Supports - Non-Planar Slicing & Core R-Theta Printer

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    ‘Honest folk are paying for this’: the fight against Britain’s billion-pound energy heist

    www.theguardian.com /business/2025/apr/22/fight-against-britain-billion-pound-energy-heist
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    A third of UK school staff report ‘physical underdevelopment’ in poor students

    www.theguardian.com /education/2025/apr/17/a-third-of-uk-school-staff-report-physical-underdevelopment-in-poor-students
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    Supreme Court to announce ruling on definition of a woman

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/cvg7pqzk47zo
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    Vets tell BBC they are under 'consistent pressure' to make money

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/c62zzegvk33o

  • Bots increase online user engagement but stifle meaningful discussion, study shows

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  • The platform owners don’t consider engagement to me be participation in meaningful discourse. Engagement to them just means staying on the platform while seeing ads.

    If bots keep people doing that those platforms will keep letting them in.

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    Royal Mail trials postbox with parcel hatch, solar panels and barcode scanner

    www.theguardian.com /business/2025/apr/10/royal-mail-trials-postbox-parcel-hatch-solar-panels-barcode-scanner

  • Oh god, no UAC?

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  • It's a feature that's often been requested, but hasn't appeared yet. The best option out of the box is creating non-Administrator users and then creating custom dashboards and panes per user with only the controls they need.

    But that doesn't stop a user from poking around still, because they can still access all devices and entities through features like the Logbook - which is always accessible because sidebar items can't be controller per user.

    There are some HACS bits that might be able to lock things down a bit further, like Kiosk and Guest modes.

    I've heard some people get round this by setting up inebriations with Apple/Google/Amazon ecosystem, only exposing the desired entities/devices, and then giving others access to those and keeping them out of Home Assistant altogether.

    It's a feature set I wish they would add/expand, I'm sure anyone with a home office and mischievous children would agree.

  • Home Assistant 2025.4 Time to continue the dashboards!

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  • It’s something I often hear complaints about. Several of the Home Assistant users I know love the way it integrates all their smart devices together, but say they find making good dashboards difficult.

    Improvements like proper drag and drop and better auto categorisation and population will go a long way to help them. The old default dashboard that just lumped everything in one screen isn’t a great way to get started.

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    Home Assistant 2025.4 Time to continue the dashboards!

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2025/04/02/release-20254/
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    Millions of Britons brace for across-the-board bill rises in ‘awful April’

    www.theguardian.com /money/2025/apr/01/bill-rises-in-awful-april-energy-water-car-tax-tv-licences

  • Bed Occupancy Sensor?

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  • I’ve got parts on order for this very project, should arrive this week.

    I previously tried using one of those large pressure mats but it didn’t work under the mattress.

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    More SEND pupils could go to mainstream schools as support shake-up is considered

    inews.co.uk /news/politics/more-send-pupils-mainstream-schools-ehcp-shake-up-is-considered-3583685

  • Home Assistant officially Matters

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  • That’s Thread. Matter is an application layer standard, which currently supports running over WiFi, Ethernet or Thread.

    Matter could run over new wireless systems in the future.

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    Home Assistant 2025.3: View those headers!

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2025/03/05/release-20253/

  • Leak sensor prevented me from some pain!

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  • A few years ago the hose on our washing machine split and we didn’t realise until water started coming out from under the units. Thankfully damage was minimal but it was a big pain to dry out.

    I’ve had some of those Aqara leak sensors in place since as a precaution.

    Just remember to change the batteries regularly! Easy to forget them when they are out of sight.

  • Neurodiverse people on benefits to be helped into work in bid to cut welfare bill

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  • Getting employers to do so will probably require improved labour laws and investment, which doesn’t look forthcoming yet.

    Instead I fear we will end up with some more unbinding guidelines employers will ignore, and then those who still cannot find work will have the rug pulled from them with the cuts.