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@dan@upvote.au in linux · 3d ago

Do you have any actual problems with systemd, or do you just want SysV init scripts to stick around forever? Maybe systemd isn’t the best, but it’s way better than a bunch of mostly unstructured shell scripts, and more secure (it’s pretty easy to reduce privileges, sandbox the filesystem, restrict syscalls, etc per service just by editing the unit file)

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@dan@upvote.au in linux · 3d ago

I use chezmoi and chezmoi_modify_manager to keep my dotfiles (including some KDE configs) in a Git repo, and it works well enough.

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@dan@upvote.au in asklemmy · 6d ago

Australia has been using tap to pay for around 15 years now, whereas QR codes weren’t in widespread use until COVID.

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@dan@upvote.au · Apr 11, 2026

>The US has freedom of speech, so having the government vet every poster is kind of a problem That's true, but it could be the platforms doing the vetting rather than the government. Is it any different to requiring an ID in order to use a service, like what Discord is doing (as required for legal compliance)? I guess I'm just annoyed at how much bad health advice is on social media.

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@dan@upvote.au · Apr 11, 2026

Just like with electric cars, the US takes forever to do anything, while China just gets things done with a better approach:

Late last year, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a sweeping regulation: any content creator discussing medicine, health, law, finance, or education must prove verified professional credentials before posting or going live. In essence: no degree, no license, no post.

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In all, China’s approach is preemptive: One has to prove their credentials before they post. The FTC’s approach is reactive, allowing American creators to post health tips or investment opinions without a diploma. The FTC only steps in after the harm is documented—but for both, if the creator lies, they pay up

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@dan@upvote.au · Apr 11, 2026

>It's not embarrassing to still be using any Meta product? I mean, they're some of the most used tech products in the world, so they clearly do have people that like using them. The only sites/apps that are used more are Google and YouTube. I guess it's like Nestlé. There's some people that avoid their products and might be embarrassed to use them, but that doesn't change the fact that they're still the largest food company in the world, and the vast majority of customers like their products and *aren't* embarrassed to consume them.

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@dan@upvote.au · Apr 09, 2026

Can books be transfered via USB even on the 2013-era Paperwhite? I've always used the email feature in Calibre-web to send books to my Kindle (even for books I've paid for) - I didn't realise it was doable over USB!

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@dan@upvote.au in lemmyshitpost · Apr 07, 2026

to shut down its servers, so now it’s dumb as a rock and next to useless. I hate this so much. There’s no reason a robot vacuum should require internet access to function. Companies only do it for tighter control of their products, to track your usage, to have the ability to paywall features, and to have the ability to disable it so you have to buy a new one.

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@dan@upvote.au in lemmyshitpost · Apr 06, 2026

I still don’t understand the three month discounts lol. Seems like a bunch of insurance plans have it. With my insurance, you can either get one month, or three months’ worth for the exact same price as one month, so I’m not sure why anyone would ever get refills monthly. I’m very thankful that my employers covers almost all the cost of my (and my wife’s) insurance. My wife is self-employed so it’d be pretty expensive if she needed to get her own health insurance.

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Wow, nice! Keep it up.

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@dan@upvote.au in lemmyshitpost · Apr 06, 2026

Ah that sucks. I didn’t know that. My wife uses Zepbound and thankfully our insurance covers it so it’s only $10/month. We’re Aussies living in the USA, and GLP-1 meds aren’t covered by Australia’s public health care system yet, so right now it’s actually cheaper in the USA than in Australia. In Australia, medications covered by the public health care system (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) are a maximum of $S25 for most people, and $7.70 for low-income families.

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I want to give myself glp1 drugs, but i didn’t want to pay $1000 for a dose, so i want to buy it overseas. Illegal. I’m not sure of the efficacy of the pills vs the injections, but in the USA you can get Wegovy pills for $149/month now, which AFAIK is roughly the same price as other countries.

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@dan@upvote.au · Mar 14, 2026

The computers they were throwing away were broken, and they didn’t have a use for PC-133 RAM any more.

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@dan@upvote.au in programmer_humor · Mar 11, 2026

I would have loved to have 32 MB RAM. I was stuck with a 486 with 16 MB RAM and 600ish MB HDD until 2003 or so, because we couldn’t afford to upgrade. I think I upgraded to a second-hand Pentium 3 at that point, and upgraded the RAM with mismatched RAM modules (different brands, different capacities) salvaged from systems my school was throwing away.

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@dan@upvote.au in programmer_humor · Mar 10, 2026

There was software like this for Windows, called SoftRAM. Turns out it didn’t actually do anything. Their driver was just sample code from Microsoft, and the app reported fake RAM savings.

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@dan@upvote.au in programmer_humor · Mar 10, 2026

This is so cursed that I want to try it out.

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@dan@upvote.au in linux · Mar 07, 2026

It’s not like gtk3 is suddenly out of use. That’s true, however GNOME will drop support for it at some point. I guess Cinnamon or xfce could maintain their own forks, however the majority of apps target what GNOME is currently using given it’s the most popular desktop environment.

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@dan@upvote.au in linux · Mar 05, 2026

What do you mean “gnomed”? Do you mean the UI started using Gtk4 and Adwaita components? Gtk3 is considered legacy now, so most apps that use Gtk will be transitioning to Gtk4 at some point.

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@dan@upvote.au · Feb 25, 2026

A lot of these devices are Ethernet-only to simplify things. Ethernet is more reliable, people that use KVM/IPMI for remote management usually use it via Ethernet, and it means they don't need to bundle wifi drivers with their OS. Also, some of them are powered using PoE (Power over Ethernet) to avoid needing a separate power cable. You could plug it into a cheap wifi bridge to make it wireless.

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@dan@upvote.au · Jan 29, 2026

Why does Apple feel they deserve a 30% cut? In cases like this, Apple aren’t providing any value at all.

Apple aren’t providing the content - the creator is.
Apple aren’t providing a platform for the content - Patreon is.
Apple aren’t providing a platform for discovery - people aren’t finding Patreon creators solely via Apple products.

Sure, Apple are providing a payments platform, but why do they deserve 10x what Stripe charges?

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I was using LibreOffice Calc on my work PC with a Threadripper CPU, and somehow it still chugs at times. Scrolling was very laggy at times. I ended up using Google Sheets instead, which is way more responsive for me. If it was for personal use, I’d probably try IronCalc

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@dan@upvote.au in technology · Dec 13, 2025

It’s not uncommon on sites where a high proportion of the userbase uses an adblocker, as making ads look like and render using the same code as organic content makes them harder to block.

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I’m out of the loop lol why is there so much corn in here today?

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I think most of us are like that Tech-savvy Lemmy users (and their friends) are a small portion of the population though. Plenty of people pay for cable TV, IPTV, or a similar service, as well as VOD platforms like Netflix.

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Best Buy has been one of the best places to buy PC components like GPUs from (as long as they’re in stock), since they don’t mark up prices above the manufacturer’s pricing, and they price match with Microcenter in case Microcenter’s price is lower.

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I’m relaying through an MXRoute account but I’ve used SMTP2Go too and they have a decent free plan with 1000 emails per month.

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It doesn’t detect the settings Autodiscovery needs DNS SRV entries to be added for each domain. The legacy Exchange- and Outlook-specific way was a file at /autodiscover/autodiscover.xml but I don’t know if email clients still use that. I have to ignore the certificate warning I’m not familiar with Stalwart but you should be able to use Let’s Encrypt certificates.

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This reminds me of a restaurant we have in Australia called “Lord of the Fries”. So far I haven’t been able to find anything as good in the USA.

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I self-host my emails, but use an SMTP relay for sending. IMO, the interesting part of self hosting email is the storage

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@dan@upvote.au in technology · Dec 05, 2025

Just because something’s written in the terms of service, doesn’t mean it’s legal.

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@dan@upvote.au in technology · Dec 03, 2025

and Chinese EVs. But of course they won’t do that, because they need to protect the US car industry and its outdated technology.

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