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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by StorageB@lemmy.one to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

Just wondering what people are using to meet the 2FA requirement GitHub has been rolling out. I don't love the idea of having an authenticator app installed on my phone just to log into GitHub. And really don't want to give them my phone number just to log in.

Last year, we announced our commitment to require all developers who contribute code on GitHub.com to enable two-factor authentication (2FA)...

[-] StorageB@lemmy.one 16 points 5 months ago

The best part is it works with Android as well. Whenever I turn my computer on, all my photos on my phone sync to my computer to a folder that gets regularly backed up (using Vorta which is an excellent and easy to use open source backup program for Windows, Linux, and Mac)

[-] StorageB@lemmy.one 10 points 6 months ago

Here's a really nice script to debloat a new Windows install. I bought a new Windows 11 laptop and this made it super easy:

https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

[-] StorageB@lemmy.one 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I bought a brand new Lenovo Yoga laptop, and when connecting to my TV via HDMI, the TV occasionally goes black for a second or 2 then comes back. It doesn't happen at all when streaming video full screen, only when doing something simple like browsing the Internet. Happens with Windows and Linux, although it's more frequent on Linux.

[-] StorageB@lemmy.one 11 points 7 months ago

When turning off my Samsung TV, every once in a while it decides to turn itself back on about 5 minutes later. This has been going on for several years now.

It doesn't happen every time, and seems to happen randomly as I can't replicate the conditions in which it happens. It didn't happen when I bought the TV, so I suspect it started after Samsung pushed a firmware update. It's a bug others are experiencing with the same model TV and I've tried every fix people suggested online, factory reset the TV, and updated the firmware. My conclusion is that it's a bug that Samsung needs to fix, but I'm confident they won't given the TV is about 5 years old now.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by StorageB@lemmy.one to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I currently have a Dell laptop that runs Windows for work. I use an external SSD via the Thunderbolt port to boot Linux allowing me to use the laptop as a personal device on a completely separate drive. All I have to do is F12 at boot, then select boot from USB drive.

However, this laptop is only using 1 of the 2 internal M.2 ports. Can I install Linux on a 2nd M.2 drive? I would want the laptop to normally boot Windows without a trace of the second option unless the drive is specified from the BIOS boot options.

Will this cause any issues with Windows? Will I be messing anything up? For the external drive setup, I installed Linux on a different computer, then transferred the SSD to the external drive. Can I do the same for the M.2 SSD – install Linux on my PC, then transfer that drive to the laptop?

Any thoughts or comments are welcome.

Edit: Thank you everyone! This was a great discussion with a lot of great and thoughtful responses. I really appreciate the replies and all the valuable information and opinions given here.

[-] StorageB@lemmy.one 24 points 9 months ago

The feature I absolutely love on Opera mobile is it will dynamicly wrap text and adjust the page layout to a single column when you zoom in/out. So for pages with small text, you can zoom in to see enlarged text and just scroll down to read - where on all other browsers you have to scroll horizontally back and forth to read the enlarged text.

Opera has been doing this brilliantly for at least 10 years, and I have yet to see this on any other mobile browsers I've tried.

[-] StorageB@lemmy.one 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Material Files is by far the best file browser.

https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles

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submitted 9 months ago by StorageB@lemmy.one to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Here's a few that I know of. What other things are commonly running Linux that most people may but be aware of?

  • Ingenuity (helicopter drone on Mars)
  • Smart TVs and streaming devices (Samsung's TizenOS and Roku devices)
  • Smart appliances (Samsung's smart refrigerator)
  • Digital signs and billboards
  • My car stereo (Sony XAV-AX6000)
  • The Large Hadron Collider
  • FAA Air traffic control and radar systems
  • Self driving cars
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submitted 9 months ago by StorageB@lemmy.one to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

If you're from a non English speaking country, do you first have to learn English if you want to get into programming?

[-] StorageB@lemmy.one 15 points 9 months ago

I found an old TV on Craigslist for $10 for my Genesis.

IMG_20220213_174737

[-] StorageB@lemmy.one 36 points 10 months ago

I don't think you even need consent-o-matic. uBlock Origin can block the cookie popups (it's just not enabled by default)

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submitted 1 year ago by StorageB@lemmy.one to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

I've recently switched to Firefox mobile on Android after having used Opera mobile for the past 10+ years.

The feature I absolutely love on Opera mobile is it will dynamicly wrap text and adjust the page layout to a single column when you zoom in/out. So for pages with small text, you can zoom in to see enlarged text and just scroll down to read - where on all other browsers you would have to scroll horizontally back and forth to read the enlarged text.

Opera has been doing this brilliantly for at least 10 years, and I have yet to see this on any other browsers I've tried. Does this functionality exist within Firefox, or is there a plugin that can do this?

[-] StorageB@lemmy.one 16 points 1 year ago

Arrested Development

[-] StorageB@lemmy.one 17 points 1 year ago

In the 1970's Exxon not only knew about climate change due to the burning of their fossil fuels, they accurately predicted global warming projections. And studies by their internal scientists continued to predict and verify global warming in a bunch of reports between 1977 and 2003. Yet they still continued to lobby against renewable energy and admitted that they still aggressively fought climate change science.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/12/business/exxon-climate-models-global-warming/index.html

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submitted 1 year ago by StorageB@lemmy.one to c/foss@beehaw.org

I know the correct answer is to stop using Facebook, but there's a couple communities I follow for certain updates I can't get anywhere else.

Is there a good third party open source app for Android?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by StorageB@lemmy.one to c/android
[-] StorageB@lemmy.one 26 points 1 year ago

Just a side note - Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is one of the primary investors of Nothing Phone https://us.nothing.tech/pages/about

[-] StorageB@lemmy.one 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fun fact: Steve Huffman (Reddit CEO) is an investor of Nothing Phone

https://us.nothing.tech/pages/about

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by StorageB@lemmy.one to c/android@lemmy.world
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submitted 1 year ago by StorageB@lemmy.one to c/arduino@lemmy.ca

The UNO R4 WiFi model will use an ESP32 chip for built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, and includes a 12x8 LED matrix along with some other new features. The boards now support up to a 24V power input.

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