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MalReynolds

@ MalReynolds @slrpnk.net

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  • error: Error

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  • Yeah, got this one yesterday, moved to my alt on piefed for a bit...

  • Comic books

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  • Soulseek has a surprising number of oddities...

  • What budget friendly GPU for local AI workloads should I aim for?

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  • Nah, NVLink is irrelevant for inference workloads (inference nearly all happens in the cards, models are split up over multiple and tokens are piped over pcie as necessary), mildly useful for training but you'll get there without them.

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    Tax strike?

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  • General Strike.

  • Discover Hidden Gems: Open-Source Software You Should Know About

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  • I use rsync for that.

    As does syncthing under the hood. The issue is with backing up an open database and getting an inconsistent state, but KeepassXC keeps its database closed except on update. I also tick the backup old before save setting in KeepassXC (the aforementioned 'and it's backup') and use a versioning backup of the sync directory on the desktop with 3-2-1, so I am sanguine.

  • Discover Hidden Gems: Open-Source Software You Should Know About

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  • Syncthing means it and its backup lives on two laptops, a desktop and my phone.

  • if you use GrapheneOS on a pixel device, is it something you'd recommend for a privacy worried user? How seamless is running it after install?

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  • Is there a pixel device with a jack port?

    Not that still has security updates? Something to note is that gOS stops supporting pixels after security updates stop, so factor that into your decision. I use a qudelix-5K bluetooth adapter which has excellent sound (and balanced and onboard equalizer, flawless 96Khz/32bit LDAC from my pixel 7, also doubles as a USB DAC), it's expensive but after 2 years I still think it's one of my best recent tech purchases.

    Are batteries inside pixel devices glued to the frame or can they be easy to change?

    I had to replace mine and chose to use an iFixit kit, first foray into glued repair and while fraught it went fine. Removal wasn't that bad, there's a plastic strip under the battery to help get the bastard out.

    My main OS is debian. How easy is to transfer data from GrapheneOS to debian and the other way round?

    Syncthing.

    2 odd years in and it works great for a similar use case to yours (music [PowerAmp, paid], books [Moon Reader, paid], maps [still on Organic], notes [joplin], camera [google], web - ironfox, mail [proton]). Network deny permission is a godsend, most things on Google Play Store can be installed (even paid will usually work, but some use more aggressive checking) and then you can uninstall the Play store and services and deny network to anything that might call home and everything just works, including full google camera (see my history for details). A bit of onboarding hassle finding replacements, but well worth it, updates happen a lot more often than you are used to, but it's a good pain. I also have a second user with full Google play and a few other apps, but I can't remember when I last spun it up, good training wheels for adaption.

  • Realizing Arch isn't for me after updating broke VLC

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  • yup, the syntax is (from within the distrobox)

    distrobox-export --app appname

  • Realizing Arch isn't for me after updating broke VLC

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  • Run Arch in a distrobox, done (in atomic you lean hard on distrobox and flatpak).

  • Thoughts on needing, using, and changing a "home" VPN exit country, in the wake of increasingly restrictive internet laws.

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  • I feel as though the most logical way about it would be to compartmentalize connections by application, but I wasn’t able to find an easy way to do this. For example, splitting off a browser window and having that exit from somewhere else

    I use multiple gluetun containers with connections to various endpoints, each provides a proxy and I use foxyproxy firefox addon to switch between the proxies manually (as well as setting up rules), works pretty well for me.

    As to phone, wireguard to your computer will minimize duplicating effort.

  • Realizing Arch isn't for me after updating broke VLC

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  • Yup, OP has done his time in Arch meaning now competent, probably, time to go to Fedora and relax, close enough to the edge but not bleeding, good QA, For extra chill go atomic, check out uBlue...

  • Microplastics will be the "boomers all have lead poisoning" of millennials

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  • 'Twould be sweet irony and a blessing for the earth.

    Although the best method for removing it I've found is donating plasma (PFAs down 30% in 6 months of regular donation, the hope is nanoplastics are also removed...) so it might be the poors (in USA) and generous that get to have kids, so that's nice...

  • Microplastics will be the "boomers all have lead poisoning" of millennials

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  • plastic is inert

    wat? In no way is it inert.

  • Microplastics will be the "boomers all have lead poisoning" of millennials

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  • What did plastic replace? Good chance we can go back, if we can convince some people the line doesn't need to go up. Good joke, everybody laughs...

  • Microplastics will be the "boomers all have lead poisoning" of millennials

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  • Sunshine game stream host for Moonlight gets security fixes, Linux improvements and more features

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  • Big if true!

  • Has anyone had success putting ProtonVPN or any other VPN aside from MullvadVPN on Bazzite?

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  • I do it with a gluetun container (more versatile) zero issues, but you can just mainline wireguard as an interface if you prefer, also works fine, on bazzite.

  • GrapheneOS Location Services

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  • Uh, most? do have a compass, mine does. Needs an app installed to use of course.

  • Will the motherboard in my decade old desktop pc work with any new graphics card?

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  • You'll be fine, make sure it's a x16 card (vasty majority are), stick it in your x16 slot. Make sure you have enough power, some are pretty thirsty these days (it's usually on the specs sheet for the card and on your power supply in the case)

    You can also upgrade the CPU to AMD Ryzen 3000 series (e.g. 3900X, pretty cheap second hand) by upgrading the BIOS here for a nice performance uplift. Get to at least 16Gb RAM (DDR4, also cheap).

    Later, you can recycle this as a home sever or swap to a motherboard that supports Ryzen 5000 series (also cheap these days), which will take all your present hardware and enable CPU upgrade to say 5800X3D to make it a gaming beast (at least for a couple of years).

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
    MalReynolds @slrpnk.net

    How to know if you're asking the wrong question ?

  • Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    MalReynolds @slrpnk.net

    Best VPN exit node country in SE Asia ?

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    Private Facebook Marketplace ?

  • Autism @lemmy.world
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    The voice in your head may help you recall and process words. But what if you don’t have one?

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