blaise

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Finally moving to linux, need replacement hardware suggestions in c/linux@lemmy.world
[–] blaise@champserver.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That trackball is one of my favorites, I really wish someone would make a real replacement for it. I'm currently pretty happy with the ProtoArc EM01 NL though.
I didn't need any special drivers to change the forward/back buttons (on either of those mice), you just have to bind them in your system's settings. If you're talking about having program-specific bindings then xremap works well.

If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man? in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] blaise@champserver.net 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Many places in the US get their supply from Sysco: https://shop.sysco.com/

Do you have any tips or tricks to fall asleep? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] blaise@champserver.net 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)
  • If you're the kind of person to keep yourself busy all day, then when you're trying to go to sleep might be the first time all day you've allowed your mind to wander! You need to find some other time in the day to allow yourself to daydream. Some tips are to not read anything while in the bathroom or turn the radio off in your car if you have a commute. Maybe even schedule some time to sit and think about things if you can.
  • Only use your bed for sleep and sex. Reading, eating, browsing on your phone, watching TV, or any other activity should be done elsewhere. This way you train yourself that it's sleeptime when you're in bed.
  • This is probably something that can't be done if you have a rotating shift, but go to sleep on a regular schedule. Go to sleep at the same time every day. Staying up late should a rare occurrence. Your body will become tired at the same time each day and it's much easier to fall asleep when you keep a schedule.
Apparently, the last time I owned a working 3D printer Solutech was still in Business in c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
[–] blaise@champserver.net 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Damn I didn't know Solutech went out of business. I like(d) their filament and still have a couple spools left.

backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] blaise@champserver.net 11 points 1 year ago

The link mentions that it is only ran as part of a debian or RPM package build. Not to mention that on Arch sshd is not linked against liblzma anyways.

I modded r/RedditAlternatives, got banned multiple times earlier on for making lemmy migration initatives on Reddit just to be unbanned later thanks to community backlash, now I settle at Lemmy. in c/reddit@lemmy.world
[–] blaise@champserver.net 10 points 1 year ago

I came to the harsh reality and conclusion that when it comes to platform maturity and stability, Kbin is years behind thanks to constant errors across the website sometimes, bugs and other instabilities, this also lead me to reconsider supporting and coming back to Lemmy

I started running my own personal kbin instance in June and had to face that realization a few months in. I just recently (~2 weeks ago) took it down and started up a lemmy server instead. It's something I should have done months ago because it requires an order of magnitude more resources to run kbin compared to lemmy. I guess it was too appealing to have both mastodon and lemmy in one place, but neither of those things worked well enough to be worth the trouble.

At any rate, your thread on reddit about kbin was one of the reasons I ventured out into the fediverse as well as one of the reasons I chose to run kbin over lemmy. Thanks for the time and effort you put into doing all that!

How should I deal with pacnew? in c/archlinux@lemmy.ml
[–] blaise@champserver.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Install pacman-contrib, this gives you access to pacdiff which goes through all your pacnew files allowing you to see diffs of the changes and giving you different options to deal with them.

Is it me or are the "trending communities" really bad on every instance? in c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
Is there a community for upcycling, reusing, repurposing things? in c/newcommunities@lemmy.world
[–] blaise@champserver.net 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You may also be interested in:
!reuse
!freecycle
!thrifty
!frugal

How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
Mozilla Standards Positions Opposes Web Integrity API, [aka googles drm the web stuff from last week] in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] blaise@champserver.net 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Unfortunately Mozilla doesn't seem to be opposed to the attribution, only the implementation. They have their own proposal called IPA:

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/privacy-preserving-attribution-for-advertising/

https://github.com/patcg-individual-drafts/ipa/

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The Wikimedia Foundation has joined the fediverse by setting up their own Mastodon server! (wikimedia.social)
Lemmy thinks everything Fedia.io users post is from two hours in the future in c/fedia@fedia.io
[–] blaise@champserver.net 3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Yup, it's the timezone. I ran into this problem on https://feed.timeloop.tv/comment/5916
There's an open PR about this at https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3496

For now, the only way to fix this is for Fedia to set their timezone to UTC both for the system and the postgresql database.

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YSK: Your phone's camera and gallery apps may be lying to you about the rotation of your pictures. Bonus YSK: Your pictures could be doxxing you (champserver.net)
 

Why YSK: There's been many image posts to the fediverse that have incorrect rotations and this info should help you to prevent that situation for your own posts.

Your phone's camera app will add some metadata to the pictures you take called Exif data.
Most apps will simply add metadata that asks for the image to be rotated rather than actually rotating the image so that the picture-taking experience seems smoother/faster. This metadata is usually striped out by most websites when you submit them which leaves the image in the original rotation rather than the one you might have expected.

Why is this metadata removed by websites? The GPS location of where you took the picture can be included in that data as well as other sensitive info such as the date/time and the unique ID for your device. This data is often removed from the images to prevent leaking that info but not all sites will do this so it's good to make a habit of purging that info yourself before putting them online!

Use an image editor app that will show the real rotation and/or strip out the Exif metadata. There's a helpful article on XDA for both android and ios that shows how to disable the location data as well as some apps to remove exif data: https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-view-remove-exif-data-android-ios/

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Gfycat is shutting down September 1st (gfycat.com)
 

The Gfycat service is being discontinued. Please save or delete your Gfycat content by visiting https://www.gfycat.com and logging in to your account. After September 1, 2023, all Gfycat content and data will be deleted from gfycat.com

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Juneteenth celebration horror: 23 shot, 1 fatally, at Illinois event (abcnews.go.com)
 

At least 23 people were injured, one fatally, when gunfire erupted early Sunday at a Juneteenth celebration in suburban Chicago, authorities said.

The shooting unfolded about 12:30 a.m. in the parking lot of a strip mall in Willowbrook, about 23 miles west of Chicago, according to the DuPage County Sheriff's Office.

Investigators look over the scene of an overnight mass shooting at a strip mall in Willowbrook, Ill., June 18, 2023. Matt Marton/AP
The gunfire erupted during a large gathering of several hundred people to commemorate Juneteenth, Battalion Chief Joe Ostrander with the Tri-State Fire Protection District told ABC Chicago station WLS-TV.

Victims were taken to multiple area hospital with gunshot wounds, according to the sheriff's office. One person was pronounced dead and at least two were in critical condition, Deputy Chief Eric Swanson of the DuPage County Sheriff's Office said at a news conference.

Investigators talk with a person at the scene of an overnight mass shooting at a strip mall in Willowbrook, Ill, June. 18, 2023. Matt Marton/AP
No arrests have been announced.

A motive for the shooting is under investigation.

Investigators look over the scene of an overnight mass shooting at a strip mall in Willowbrook, Ill., June 18, 2023. Matt Marton/AP
Sheriff's deputies had been monitoring the annual Juneteenth celebration when they responded to a 911 call of a fight breaking out nearby, the sheriff's department said. While deputies were investigating the report of the fight, they heard gunshots and immediately returned to the Juneteenth celebration, authorities said.

"An unknown number of suspects fired multiple rounds from multiple weapons into the crowd," police said in a statement.

In addition to those shot, several victims were treated at area hospitals for injuries they suffered attempting to flee the area, according to the sheriff's office.

Detectives were combing through security video and witness cellphone video Sunday afternoon in hopes of identifying suspects, authorities said.

Witnesses described a scene of panic with people scattering in all directions, seeking cover from the barrage of gunfire.

"It was supposed to be like a Juneteenth celebration; we just started hearing shooting, so we dropped down until they stopped. They just kept going. After that, we literally scattered away," witness Markeshia Avery told WLS-TV.

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Sha256 algorithm explained step by step visually (sha256algorithm.com)
 

I thought this is a pretty cool way to visualize the process and figured I'd share!

The author's git repo and twitter are:
https://github.com/dmarman/sha256algorithm
https://twitter.com/manceraio

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