[-] squid_slime@lemmy.world 77 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Being British but having to talk american politics ive started looking to Wikipedia for somewhat non bias information, or more so I am able to easily follow the source which often leads to first hand testimonials, court documents and some such information.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack

I find doing so gives me an advantage when combatting misinformation.

My uncle who seems to get all his insight from Ben Shapiro or as I say dry muff man, and Russell brand/Howard which ever is doing a pod cast theses days.

Anyway a lot of the right wing ideologs tend to side on conspiracy, hearsay. So be well informed and hopefully we can pull the working class away from these grifters.

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Defederated (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by squid_slime@lemmy.world to c/eviltoast@eviltoast.org

Why has Lemmy.ml and feddit.UK defederated from eviltoast, guys seem innocuous

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by squid_slime@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

i want to find an instance where meta is blocked and allows most content to be viewed, and disallows community creation and media hosting. looked on fedidb and either not smart enough to work it out or they dont show that type of information.

anyway thanks in advance

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bye bye :3 (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by squid_slime@lemmy.world to c/reddit@lemmy.world
[-] squid_slime@lemmy.world 52 points 3 months ago

He's should be free not locked in a cage

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Dynamic gaps <3 (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by squid_slime@lemmy.world to c/unixporn@lemmy.world

python script for sway that will incrementally change the size of gaps as windows are added my github

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Something I have stuck in my head and frustrates me, was from years ago news media talking about PTSD in regards to civilians. The conversation felt very dismissive as if it was not possible to suffer from PTSD unless they fought in a war.

recently I was diagnosed with CPTSD due to a horrific home life growing up. Anyway all this has compounded to were I feel like an outsider.

I know cptsd is somewhat common and I'm wondering if anyone remembers this narrative in the news, and if anyone with PTSD/CPTSD has felt similarly?

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hope this is an appropriate community

[-] squid_slime@lemmy.world 50 points 3 months ago

arch user are hot :,)

[-] squid_slime@lemmy.world 49 points 3 months ago

I wish people would vote with they're wallets and be more conscious with they're spending habits.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by squid_slime@lemmy.world to c/casualconversation@lemmy.world

Samsung g8 monitor, ive been pining to upgrade my 1080p monitor and thought id go full hug with oled, 4k and higher frame rate (170hz apposed to my previous 144hz),

first cardinal sin: polystyrene packaging.

Second: its apparently smart which I'm taking to mean they added pointless software to it so to extract long term profit from users, have brand deals with streaming company's and to artificially age a product.

I can see a smart TVs making sense, its essentially the evolution of the TV, in general, they started with big antennas and now they have smaller internal antennas, changes to broadcasting has allowed for this.

But a monitor something that has always relied on a secondary system to function now has smart features, why the fuck call it a monitor? Its surely a tv at that point.

Although my disappointment goes further than just the smart aspect, I'd be okay if there was a non intrusive app store, but no the controls have 4 dedicated buttons I will never use, prime video, netflix, Disney plus and Samsung TV plus. If I were to ever use these services I would do so through my PC, or if I had a games console (media centre) I would use that, which then posses the question of what's the point? Did they have old android PCBs laying about the factory and thought fuck it,..

Next issue is how Samsung want me to connect to the internet, its easy to press no to connecting, the issue come from hardware maintenance which is especially important with oled. Oleds degrade quite fast, if I left the monitor on for a day with windows desktop white theme constantly displaying I may run into burn in, so most oled monitors/TVs have corrective software that'll run on command or scheduled, most of these monitors also report its history of corrective operations but Samsung demands I download an app on my phone to view this information.

Why can't tech just be one thing, now everything has to be some kind of Swiss army knife.

Edit: thought I'd look at this app (SmartThings) to see how good/bad it is, download the app and permissions aren't too bad although I dont like that Samsung wants my location, anyway ive two option: top right sign in, centre get started, I click get started and get pulled from the app to my browser met with a message

"Browser not supported

Samsung account can only be used with the following browsers:

  • Samsung Internet
  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • QQ Browser
  • UC Browser
  • Sogou Browser
  • 360 Browser
  • Safari
  • Chromium
  • Brave
  • Microsoft Edge"

I am using chromium on android... This is just ridiculous. Plus a redflag to Samsung needing me to be connected to the internet whilst using the application which uses Bluetooth to connect to the monitor.

Another edit: multi screen is locked, I can't use two inputs simultaneously to create a split screen unless I connect to the internet. Ridiculous. I had this capability back in 2016 with my old lg ultra wide and now my hardware functionality is locked because I am choosing to stay offline.

Who can I go to in the UK for anti consumer practice's?

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by squid_slime@lemmy.world to c/casualconversation@lemmy.world

If you've seen it what's your thought, if you've not seen devotion then watch it. Great camera work, characters and intense action scenes.

[-] squid_slime@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago

America has some serious vindictive fucks running the country

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got an orange pi one kind of like a raspberry pi, initially was for hosting zonemider (self hosted video surveillance) so what projects would lemmy recommend?

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submitted 3 months ago by squid_slime@lemmy.world to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

Well I did, wanted the git version so uninstalled ncurses to then blissfully install ncurses-git and low and behold my system shat.

Pacstraps my hero

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swayfx <3 (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by squid_slime@lemmy.world to c/unixporn@lemmy.world

https://github.com/squid-slime i wasn't able to code other than bash and a tiny bit of python but learning json and css through waybar has been an enjoyable experience. all thats left is a notification daemon that uses css, recommendations are welcome

[-] squid_slime@lemmy.world 110 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

To all companies

just stop using plastic

[-] squid_slime@lemmy.world 52 points 3 months ago

I'd of thought steam and proton would of been a large contributing factor

[-] squid_slime@lemmy.world 48 points 4 months ago

Wonder what itll look like if fedora and arch had a child... O.o

[-] squid_slime@lemmy.world 119 points 4 months ago

These are the same complaints most report for most vr headsets, headaches, nausea and dry eyes... Disappointing article.

[-] squid_slime@lemmy.world 55 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Those are the tasty bits.

disclaimer. Do not eat the tasty bits®
If the voice get louder seek medical help
[-] squid_slime@lemmy.world 59 points 4 months ago

UK stinks right now, Tories are looking at they're own bottom line and dragging us with them.

I hope everything works out for you and sorry your being put through this but keep up the good fight

[-] squid_slime@lemmy.world 51 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Its spelled "eunuch porn"

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