nlm

@ nlm @beehaw.org

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NorthernLightMountain
(aparently my display name is too long so it'll have to live here instead)
he/him

2y ago

What's your preferred DE?
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nlm @beehaw.org 2y ago
I used to use this extension a while back, seems to have been forked and Ihaven\t tried it lately but it did it\s thing back when I used it.
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/921/multi-monitors-add-on/

2y ago

Samsung is adding cloud gaming to your Galaxy phone, and it could arrive this week

For me it's mainly a nice backup for when the Xbox or TV is occupied by someone else. I don't think I'd use it as my prime source of gaming. It works but it's not quite as good as the actual playing on your own hardware.

2y ago

the October 2023 Beehaw Financial Update

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nlm @beehaw.org 2y ago

https://beehaw.org/post/7776438

2y ago

Beehaw on Lemmy: The long-term conundrum of staying here

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nlm @beehaw.org 2y ago

I know I've ended up more of a lurker lately. That's not due to any particular ill feelings about beehaw or lemmy at large though. I think I just entered a bit more passive, consuming phase. Maybe falling back a bit to the old reddit habits? Mostly browsing for interesting new things.

Anyway.

This is probably due to me discovering Beehaw and Lemmy at the same time, but for me they're probably a lot more connected than I'm guessing they are for you old timers.

For me it's like.. the cozy corner of Lemmy you know? My home base while venturing out to other instances' communities. I'm definitely most likely to actually post or comment around here just because I like it here (though not exclusively however).

So.. now this place will most likely go dark in a while. What then?

This won't and can't be my home base by then and that's making me feel like.. should I start looking for a new home already?

Anything I produce with this account will either go go away or at least be locked down. Nor sure what happens to the federated copies of comments and posts on other communities when an instance shuts down.

So.. I don't know. It's starting to feel a bit like this account is nearing its end of life which makes it feel a bit odd to be actively using it.

A bit like chalk on the sidewalk while watching rain clouds come rolling in.

I.. don't know what my point is really.

I guess it feels a bit like it's time to start cultivating a new account, mirror my subscriptions and start using that instead, even for posting here. I don't know.

Anyone else feel something similar?

2y ago

A High Priority for Moving Away from Lemmy

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nlm @beehaw.org 2y ago

Yeah, turning off images wouldn't be too bad either. If people want to post inages you can just as easily upload them somewhere else and link them.

2y ago

A High Priority for Moving Away from Lemmy

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nlm @beehaw.org 2y ago

Sorry to hear that mate! That's one of the biggest reasons I've never wanted to move towards IT forensics even though I think I'd enjoy the actual work. But having to regularly sift through the absolute worst humanity has to offer sounds awful.

Hope the immediate pain of it settles as soon as possible!

This might not be what people want but since beehaw is going to leave Lemmy anyway, couldn't you just completely defederate and run as an isolated instance? Then you'd have control of what her life gets published without having to deal with federated nastiness?

2y ago

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty receives an all-new cinematic trailer along with new Idris Elba videos

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nlm @beehaw.org 2y ago

Really looking forward to this.. been itching for a new playthrough for quite some time now but saving it for the traverse day.

2y ago

Beehaw on Lemmy: The long-term conundrum of staying here

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nlm @beehaw.org 2y ago

I'd rather not see Beehaw split from Lemmy but if you feel you have to then I for one wouldn't mind seeing it using a phpbb board.

Glory to the old forums! /old grumpy mode

2y ago

[solved] Any multiline zsh compatible shells? [zsh config]

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nlm @beehaw.org 2y ago

Some tweaks to zsh maybe?

https://gist.github.com/emmanuelnk/d7ceba1f753b3e630f66abbffac5a6ae

2y ago

Fairphone 5 Released

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nlm @beehaw.org 2y ago

Looks pretty nice tbh! Probably going to stick to my current phone a few more years until it stops being updated but if I manage to break it this might just be the replacement.

2y ago

Best practices for navigating file structure via terminal?

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nlm @beehaw.org 2y ago

Midnight commander is a pretty nice alternative!

2y ago

The ongoing survival of Beehaw may NOT be what you think

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nlm @beehaw.org 2y ago

That sounded scary at first!

You guys are doing great, all of you!

And yeah, that was a risky move, a good one in hindsight, but still has to be scary?

2y ago

Beehaw lacks community

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nlm @beehaw.org 2y ago

I guess.. i just wish it was more than mostly a link aggregator though.

2y ago

Beehaw lacks community

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nlm @beehaw.org 2y ago

Yeah I wouldn't need a novel either but just a link and nothing else feels.. boring?

2y ago

how's your week going, Beehaw

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nlm @beehaw.org 2y ago

Sorry to hear you're having a rough time!

My week's been good. Finally started my four week vacation time. Feels so good, though we don't seem to be getting any of that heat that the rest of the world is suffering under. It's been somewhat chilly and absolutely pouring outside almost 24/7 for a while now.

Wish it could be at least dry and somewhat warm. Still so nice to be off work though!

2y ago

Beehaw lacks community

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nlm @beehaw.org 2y ago

I've had similar feelings towards Lemmy as a whole lately too. Maybe I need to play a bit with my sorting settings but it's starting to feel like the vast majority of posts on all my subscribed communities are linked posts without any extra info added.

Sure the titles themselves might be self explanatory but I'd expect the poster to actually also write something about the link they've posted. What did they think about it, what do they want to discuss about it.

Is just feels.. hollow? When you see link after link with not even an effort towards discussion from the poster.

It's starting to feel like I'm using an RSS reader.

Not sure what too do about it though. Require more text to be written for each link post? That might just end up with some copy pasting I suppose but it might be worth a shot?