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Great Blue Heron

@ GreatBlueHeron @lemmy.ca

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  • systemd moment 😮‍💨

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  • It might be trivial for you, but not for me. I like systemd - perhaps because I came to Linux from AIX? Anyway, because I like it, I use it on all 4 of my servers - I have custom systemd unit files for applications I run that don't natively support it, I've removed cron and use systemd timers for all my scheduling and I use systemd's remote journal capability to centralise logs to my monitoring server.

  • systemd moment 😮‍💨

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  • Really?

    My list of "not trivial to replace" is:

    • firefox - desktop and android
    • ImageMagik - I don't use it directly, but other things I use depend on it
    • VLC - yeah, I know there are other options but VLC has so much else going for it, it's hard to change
    • Jellyfin - what's the alternative? Kodi? Oh wait..
    • curl
    • rsync
    • .NET - I don't use it directly, but things I use depend on it
    • python
    • vim - I've been using vi for 35 years, I'm not changing now. But I'm happy to use old versions.
    • Joplin - argh, just finished migrating my documentation into here
    • KeepassXC
    • Mastodon
    • Lemmy
    • systemd
    • Linux Kernel!!

  • systemd moment 😮‍💨

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  • Sadness and dread is a perfect description. As I started reading I was building a mental list of things to stop using - I didn't get very far before I gave up. So many projects I've held up in high regard.

    Sadness, dread and defeat.

    Edit to add - I want to be clear that I'm not judging the developers of these projects. If they're being overwhelmed with AI generated PRs, they're being forced to use these tools in their "real jobs" and it spills over, or they just feel that this is the way things are going or whatever reason - they've got to do what they've got to do to survive. My sadness, dread and defeat comes from the state of the world and this is just the symptom that's currently front of mind.

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    Ubuntu's trust problem in 4 concrete issues - verified facts, no FUD

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  • I already run Debian on my desktop and 3 other small servers. I just haven't moved over my main one yet because of the complexity, and procrastination.

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    Ubuntu's trust problem in 4 concrete issues - verified facts, no FUD

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  • My main home server runs Ubuntu - I installed it 15-20 years ago and it's grown into a monster. I've been slowly documenting everything so I can reinstall with Debian. Have to up the priority of that project.

  • Earth’s spin is slowing at an unprecedented rate, thanks to climate change | Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening days by 1.33 milliseconds per century

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  • Yeah, it seems to be measurable if they can put a number on it - which means it is technically significant. But it does seem to be least of our problems as a result of climate change.

  • Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing

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  • I've got a Sony and even it's showing home screen ads - normally it's just "suggestions" for shows on streaming services I don't have, but the occasional car ad also comes through. I have a theory that the reason Sony are getting out of the TV business is that they don't want to develop their own TV OS and they're sick of their customers complaining about the ads in Google's OS.

    I'm about to get a 2nd one and I'm seriously considering a computer monitor hooked up to a mini PC running XBMC or something.

  • It makes sense to subscribe to niche communities on Lemmy because the popular ones appear in c/all anyway.

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  • Two thoughts -

    1. I believe (with nothing to support it) that "in the beginning" a bunch of communites were created by some sort of automation, to mirror Reddit, and they are now dead because no-one actually wanted them here in the first place and

    2. I often join communites because I'm mildly interested in the topic and am curious to learn more by observing to conversation - I'll probably never end up posting. I don't have any weight to pull in this scenario.

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    LibreOffice Leave X/Twitter in favor of Mastodon

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  • I'm not sure if it's Lemmy or my client (Jerboa) but when I tap on that link I don't get their real Mastodon profile. I get something that looks legit, but it has minimal details and only one post from 9 months ago??

  • Russian losses exceeded recruitment for second month in a row, Ukraine says

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  • ‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI

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  • It's not just that it's slavery, but it's literally destroying the people doing it. Being exposed to so much horrendous content has lasting impact. It's like the coal mines (or any number of other body destroying examples) but it's not lungs that suffer, it's the brain.

  • Nova Launcher unashamedly inserts malware ads into your home screen now.

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  • I've been using Niagara forever (since at least early 2019) and it is different, but it really works for me. I've tried to use other launchers from time to time out of curiosity but keep coming back.

  • Jensen Huang: Israel has become Nvidia’s second home

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  • I'll disagree. The Israeli leadership is doing horrible things and the only way for those of us not in Israel to attempt to stop them is to boycott all of Israel - we have no way of picking and choosing products/services from Israel that will help/hurt the regime. Moves like this by NVIDIA are seen as subverting the boycott in a very significant way and draw out the negative responses you see here. The only people that can legitimately change the Israeli leadership are the Israeli people and they are going to face negative opinions from outside until they do. I understand very well that I'm extremely lucky that I live in a country that has not been taken over by fascists and I do what I can to keep it that way.

  • Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw

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  • I can't remember the timeline - whichever came first should have been the last.

  • Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw

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  • Grab em by the pussy should have been the last straw!

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    Latest Epstein release contains picture of Noam Chomsky with Steve Bannon

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  • Nah, the left is going to get a real thought leader any day now

  • Can I develop without VS Code?

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  • I understand that - that's why I mentioned terminal sessions into my home assistant instance and the file editor add-on. But when developing a home assistant component the only way to run it is in a home assistant instance. VS Code with devcontainers provides a development home assistant instance for this purpose. If I'm just editing the files in my production instance then I need to keep.restarting it to load new versions etc. Maybe I'll just install another instance for development.

  • Can I develop without VS Code?

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  • Yeah, I'm just learning that now. Devcontainers is great because it runs a full instance of Home Assistant for debugging and test. There is DevPod Containers that might do the same thing, but I don't use DevPod so it's also a bit overwhelming (using that word a lot today..) to get going and I'm not sure if it's compatible with the devcontaiers configuration in the Home Assistant dev tree.

  • Can I develop without VS Code?

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  • Codium sounds perfect - thanks. It's still going to be a bit overwhelming - but that's another learning experience.

  • nextcloud @lemmy.ml
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    Apache or nginx WebDAV with Nextcloud sync client?

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    Should I move to Docker?

  • Sony @lemdro.id
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    Google is now putting product ads on the home screen of my Sony Bravia TV