TonyOstrich

joined 2 years ago
[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Viscerally.

Well, kinda a combination of all of it, but when people are being greedy, selfish, ass holes instead of kind and fair and just trying to make the world or community a better place for everyone in it rather than just themselves or those they know there is an unyielding rage that begins to stir wants to MAKE them be fair and kind.

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is something that has baffled me for a while when I see or hear people talking happily about their home value going up or talking about their house as an investment and get mad at the thought of a drop in home value. Even if these people never sold their house, if home prices keep increasing faster than wages, then at some point they won't be able to afford the taxes on their home. I just don't get it, smh.

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For any strike or boycott to be truly effective it needs to be maintained until the other side comes to some kind of agreement. A single day or two isn't going to do much, and most of the population can't afford to miss anymore work than that AND they are not socially connected to each other enough to be able to rely on one another for support and services while they are effectively locked out of the support and services they would receive from being able to pay for things and buy things.

For a lot of people the two general avenue of choices are resist now and potentially lose everything now, or do nothing now and potentially lose everything later.

I'm not necessarily justifying their actions, but it's understandable.

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I'm more interested in what the rest of the world will do. I have no doubt Greenland will defend itself, but no one really seemed interested in sending troops to help Ukraine when Russia invaded, what would be different in this scenario? I realize technically it's NATO, but it isn't like any of those agreements are bound by laws of nature and most of the people in charge these days seem more interested in whatever is profitable than what is right.

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I fucking hate when people say they prefer an SUV or a truck because they feel safer or because of the "increased visibility". It especially bugs me coming from people who generally hold more progressive views because one of the reasons driving is so dangerous is due to the proliferation of large vehicles, so what they are essentially saying is very analogous to "the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun".

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I'll +1 your gripe with my old man yelling at clouds thing. Windows XP gave you the option of creating arbitrary taskbars/toolbars to locations on the desktop that could be floating or docked. I have always kept my data on a separate drive or array from the one my OS lives on. In Windows XP I would create a toolbar that contained the root of my data drive, dock it to the right side of my monitor, and then set it to autohide the same way you can set the taskbar to auto hide.

That in conjunction with the way that Windows XP allowed you to remap "My Documents" to a different location made for the cleanest workflow I have ever had.

They removed the toolbar functionality after XP and changed the way remapping system folders works slightly since then. I haven't really found an application that gives the exact same functionality as the arbitrary toolbar from XP, but even if I did I still spend over half my day at work on a computer that is locked down by corporate IT where I can't install whatever I want, and I like to try and mirror workflows between home and work because of muscle memory.

I'm in my mid 30s, lol.

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Girlfriend's age?

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Origami bouquet of flowers or arrangement of animals? Alternately origami Christmas ornaments?

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What the actual mother fucking deep fried double wide inbred corn sucking bull shit are these god damn cunts doing now? Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and all his carpenter friends sigh. I'd apologies on behalf of my country, but I don't think enough of it truly cares enough for it to mean anything, so instead I'll just say run, and quickly.

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

It's not the people with the money deciding wherever the fix is made public or not, but the person that developed the fix since they are the ones that will have to weather the legal repercussions. I think if you developed a fix and released it publicly, you could also collect the bounty.

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

In terms of what? It's not like Electron, Qt, or gtk have been around forever. Programs with UI existed well before they did.

One of my favorite applications that I use basically every day is convert. It takes up about 500KB on disk, consumes about 1.7KB of RAM, runs on anything from Windows 98 to Windows 11, and runs on Linux via WINE without issue.

I guess I don't know what it was actually written in, but it sure doesn't seem like it was any of those 😅.

 

I am wanting to commission someone to make two logo/icon images for personal use. I have two devices that I have named after some anime mecha, and I am wanting to have a three or four color SVG icon created (similar to how the head icons in Super Smash Brothers Ultimare) for each that would allow me to 3D print the icon and stick it on the respective device.

Where would be a good place to go to pay someone for that kind of work?

 

As you can see in the screenshot there are a couple of parts of the F-Droid application page in F-Droid that are in a different language. This isn't actually the first time I have seen this and is not limited to the F-Droid application. Currently it's just this one, but in the past I have had more apps than not displaying some or all of their content in a different language despite my phone being configured for English.

F-Droid application page with some text in a different language

 

Alternately is there a more specific/better targeted community to ask this question in?

I am wanting to research and explore employment and compensation data for a some job categories in the EU and am wondering if there is an equivalent website or agency to BLS.gov in the United States? Unfortunately I only speak English (if that matters), but I can obviously translate webpages if needed.

 

I am a US citizen living in the US (glass it from orbit please) and as the title implies I am wondering if it is possible to move my checking and savings account(s) to a bank that would allow that money to be converted and held as euros. From my research so far it does appear there are some banks that may be able to facilitate this (HSBC, Citi, Wells Fargo), but I was wondering if anyone had any experience with doing so?

In addition to recommendations or general thoughts about the bank(s) I should consider looking at I was also curious if:

  • Direct deposits in USD were possible and how they were handled in terms of converting them (does it happen automatically, or is it a manual action)?
  • Is it possible to use ACH debiting?

For whatever it's worth in case someone asks or wants to interject, most of my money is currently in my retirement accounts and not in my savings, I have an emergency fund and I won't be doing anything that might harm it.

Regardless of whether what I am asking is dumb or ill advised I am currently looking for information on how one might implement this if it is possible at all. Feel free to offer your opinion/take on it if you are also able to point me to resources on doing this or additional reading on the matter. If this is just straight up not possible in any capacity (my initial looking seems to indicate it is possible, but I could be wrong) then feel free to let me know that as well. If the only feedback that can be provided is to tell me how dumb it is, or ask why I would want to do this my reasons are my own, and I would kindly ask it be kept to one's self, but I obviously can't stop anyone if they don't.

Regardless, I very much appreciate your reading this far, and thank anyone for their replies in advanced.

 

I know the title is hyper specific but it gets even worse, lol.

Plainly speaking my "requirements" are as follows:

  • Android operating system
  • No joysticks
  • As small as possible

The importance of the requirements are roughly in order (top being the most important). The second and third requirement roughly go hand in hand. The reason being that I want something I can stick in the pocket of a sports jacket or even somewhat tighter fitting pants and not have to worry about something catching or getting damaged.

The first requirement comes down to a custom "ROM" that started my desire and search for such a device.

Pokémon: Infinite Fusion

For those unaware this custom game isn't actually a ROM meant for a legacy game system but has actually been developed to run on a PC. However, it is possible to play the game on mobile via an app on Android called JoiPlay.

I have played it some on my phone and enjoyed it, but it's missing that tactile feel hence this rabbit hole.

The device that originally peaked my interest and started me on this search is the Ayaneo Pocket MICRO, but unfortunately it has joysticks. The Trimui Brick looks fantastic, especially with its battery, but as far as I can tell the OS is not Android based.

Based on what I have found in my searching so far if I had to buy something today I would likely buy the Ayaneo Pocket MICRO or Pocket DMG, and then open them up to desolder the joysticks, but if I can find an out of the box solution that would be great.

Thanks in advance, and for reading this far even if you don't have anything else for me.

 

I sometimes find it hard to tell at a glance if a post I'm looking at is one I have clicked on since they are just a slightly lighter grey than posts I haven't clicked on. Being able to set it to whatever color I would like would be very helpful.

 

I know the above question isn't fully complete and lacks some important information, I will (hopefully) provide that below, but first I want to explain where I am coming from with this question a little.

I would consider myself a power user in Windows (maybe even more than that). At one point I was even studying for my Microsoft Certified System Administrator (MCSA 70-270), worked in IT dealing with complex virus removal (anyone remember Combofix and Bleeping Computer?) and generally am comfortable bending anything up to about Windows 10 to my will.

I also have some experience programming in .Net, Java, Python, and Arduino's version of C++ (FWTW).

I have been trying to force myself to use Linux as my primary for a little while now. I ran Mint as my primary OS for a little over a year, and have recently switched to Manjaro to try Wayland and "increase the difficulty level" as it were.

The problem that motivated this post is that I recently installed an application via the AUR by cloning and making the package. Annoyingly though, the application is configured to run at startup and I don't see an obvious setting in the application to turn that behavior off.

I know I can "Google" how to figure out this particular problem, but it seems like a good opportunity for me to metaphorically learn how to fish rather than being given a fish by learning the Linux equivalent of what I would do in Windows for this kind of thing.

If I had this issue in Windows I would approach the issue in the following manner:

  1. Depending on flavor of Windows do one of the following and check the autostart tab
    • Run MSConfig
    • Run Task Manager
  2. Check the Startup folder for my User and All Users
  3. Pull out the "I'm done messing around tools"

I understand, and know the various locations and registry entries the applications from step 3 are looking at, it's just usually faster to use them than go digging into those locations individually.

My question therefore is, what is the Linux equivalent of the methodology I would use when in Windows? Is, or are there, specific tools for looking at startup programs and services? Is it as simple as digging into Systemd? Am I approaching this with the completely wrong mindset?

Essentially, what am I ignorant of, and can I that ignorance be rectified using my existing knowledge as a framing device?

Regardless of anything else, I very much appreciate your taking the time to read all of this and thank you in advance if you do have the time and knowledge to spare answering this question.

Cheers!

 

Basically exactly what the title says. In case there isn't a great place, or this post ends up getting more visibility than wherever I end up asking I will explain my approximate competency level and the question below.

In terms of competency I have an engineering background and degree, which means I had a single class in statistics. Technically I was one class short of a math minor (Graph Theory) when I graduated. Unlike most engineers and Six Sigma "graduates" I don't think this automatically makes me some kind of math/stats wizard. I'm aware I know just enough that I can unintentionally massage data to fit my bias (mini rant over).

My question is, when looking at a human population and trying to find the approximate subset of people with certain attributes how are correlations handled to avoid double counting?

For example let's say I am looking at a specific city and my data sets are thee most recent census, BLS.gov, and Pew Research. With the above sources I can pretty easily estimate something along the lines of

The number men in a US city that are:

  • Between the ages of 22-44
  • Have a STEM degree

However, if I then wanted to add another factor:

  • Are/Vote liberal

I know that is going to interfere with the original criteria because higher levels of education are correlated with people being more liberal, thus if I just punched in the percentages from all three data points the resulting number is likely going to be much smaller than reality.

Is there a term or method I can read up on for how to account for overlaps/correlations between population subsets? Does this make sense or am I asking the wrong kind of question?

FWIW none of this is related to my job, an argument, a shit post, a data graphic, or anything else I will ever really make. It's just for something specific (not the actually the above example but something like it using the sources I mentioned) I am personally curious about. I have also more generally been wondering about how to account for this kind of overlap for a couple of years now.

Regardless, thanks for taking the time to at least read all this.

Cheers!

 
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