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FauxPseudo , to asklemmy in What creative project have you long wanted to start but never have?
@FauxPseudo@lemmy.world avatar

I keep telling myself I’m going to draw monsters. But I never do.

Aufgehtsabgehts ,

Would you start with big scarry teeth and draw the rest of the monster around that? Or start with the shape and worry about details later?

FauxPseudo ,
@FauxPseudo@lemmy.world avatar

Body type. Reptile, humanoid, insect, vacuum cleaner, etc.

grrgyle ,

What about starting with a really really small monster. Like a tiny little itty bitty marginalia monster

FauxPseudo ,
@FauxPseudo@lemmy.world avatar

Small monsters outfitted in cast off household junk that has been repurposed is a longer term goal.

The problem isn’t ideas. It’s putting the phone down and picking up the drawing tools.

grrgyle ,

The problem isn’t ideas. It’s putting the phone down and picking up the drawing tools.

I’m quite literally in no position to criticise, but I’d like to brainstorm some ideas with you. I struggle with this too, but have managed to make some progress over the years.

Do you take notes for work or something where you could scratch out a concept or two in between tasks? Would an app/phone timer like Lock Me Out help get your phone time down to a level you’re happier with?

This kind of stuff has worked for me anyway. Not to say it isn’t still a challenge

FauxPseudo ,
@FauxPseudo@lemmy.world avatar

I jot down notes in SimpleNote on occasion. I need to gather my supplies.

grrgyle ,

Like your drawing tools? That’s a good idea. What’s keeping you from that now?

FauxPseudo ,
@FauxPseudo@lemmy.world avatar

A complete lack of organization and an air conditioner that hasn’t worked in three years. It’s frequently been 87 to 89 in my house for over a month now. It kills motivation to move. But I did just go outside and remove all the 4 foot tall grass from my brick patio. So I have that going for me. Which is nice.

I need to draw monsters that do yardwork. They work outside. Elves make shoes inside. Goblins prune and edge.

Ultraviolet , to asklemmy in Do flat earthers think other planets are flat? All of them or some of them? Are stars (including and excluding the sun) flat too?

The claim is “Earth isn’t a planet”, sometimes with the addition of “space isn’t real”.

citrusface , to mildlyinfuriating in I started to get these daily at random hours, even when I'm sleeping. Someone's trying to hack me?

I get em too fam. Sure up your passwords (I use bitwarden) and 2fa everything and you’ll be fine. I’ve ignored them for years and all is well.

count_dongulus , to showerthoughts in Glass buildings are brutalism but for capitalism

… what? They could have more art or variation on the exterior, but the glass lets in maximum light to occupants specifically so the building doesn’t feel confined and dark. You can typically see inside at ground level. The upper mirroring is to improve energy efficiency so it doesn’t act like a greenhouse.

snooggums , to mildlyinfuriating in I started to get these daily at random hours, even when I'm sleeping. Someone's trying to hack me?
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

Do you have 2 factor authentication set to be sent to email? If not, it is definitely phishing but unfortunately they might be able to spoof an official microsoft email account.

Is the “Microsoft account team” email coming from an official email account? If not, it is definitely phishing and you can block the address and report as spam/phishing.

IMongoose , to asklemmy in How to know if university has access to my computer and phone?

If you are not logging into the computer with your school account they probably do not have direct access to the device. If you are using office365 and have online files they probably have access to them. Maybe if you have OneDrive set up to sync folders with your school account they could have access that way.

There is no one school environment though so it would be impossible for us to know exactly how it is set up.

Colorfulhipp OP ,

How do I know if I’m logging into the computer with it? also how to check the onedrive syncing files? would I see that on the app? Cause if that’s it then I’ve already checked, I just don’t know if there might be more to it haha

IMongoose ,

How do I know if I’m logging into the computer with it?

Are you signing into your computer with the same username and password as your university office or email account? Or one that you made when setting it up, or a personal Microsoft account?

also how to check the onedrive syncing files?

I don’t use OneDrive but maybe in OneDrive settings it will show the path or folder syncs. I would google this one.

Colorfulhipp OP ,

Right now I appear to have two Microsoft accounts: my personal one (the same I use for personal email, Gmail, and stuff) and school/work account.

IMongoose ,

You are signing into both when you turn on your computer for the very first time? I’m not talking about accessing programs or email, I’m talking about this screen:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6d111dcd-4e58-4cfd-9db5-ef39c34059ac.png

Colorfulhipp OP ,

No there I just put in a pin (not a password) and it shows my name and surname, that’s all.

cashmaggot , to showerthoughts in Glass buildings are brutalism but for capitalism

So tired of all these buildings, that look the same inside and out. I really love the small details that reigned throughout older architecture. Not sure when they dipped out, but probably in the 70s? I am going to guess a lot of the handiwork I've admired is probably from the 1930s and before. But also I am not in Europe, I am in America. So I only know the architecture inspired by the og stuff (because I haven't been yet, but will go someday I'd imagine - health and $$$ permitting). I actually do like some post-modern stuff very much. I am not sure what these new complexes are in style, but they're like...capitalist modern. They feel soulless, tacky, and outright awful. People applaud them for adding multi-unit living spaces to cities, but who can afford to live there? And renting them feels like Russian Roulette thanks to market priced leasing. Eh. EH! Getting grumpy thinking about it.

So let's talk about these cool cat styles I've seen. American gothic styles, everything feels like your soul is damned and those little gargoyles are coming to get you. Choice! Neo-classical, where am I - in ROMA!? Marble, nice shiny and smooth marble. Don't like it on kitchen countertops, but man it's some kind of beautiful on monuments and other important buildings. Plus you feel like you're tap dancing 24/7. Art deco - man how these buildings take up space. I once seen a custom built art deco house that made me want to slap somebody cause it was so beautiful. Took a picture and I still have that mugger fugger where as so many have fallen off. Dream house! Dream style. Some kinda wonderful. Everything looks like the Emerald City. This style knows how to command space. And nothing needs to be this extravagant, but it is. And I like that. It's kinda like - you smell the cologne/perfume on this one. It's ritzy. Hell it might have literally been the reason for the invention of the word. Classy!

I like Prairie school stuff too but it's just kinda like if you took Japanese architecture and smashed it together with post-modern ideas. Eh! It's cool though.

Also I've always figured that if we're nature infinitely attempting to recreate itself - that buildings are just like...trees/hollows. So we're just making a bunch of steel trees. Meh!

Enjoy this word diarrhea. Enjoy it good.

LaserTurboShark69 , to mildlyinfuriating in I started to get these daily at random hours, even when I'm sleeping. Someone's trying to hack me?

I’ve gotten a bazillion of these in the past couple years. According to Microsoft I can safely ignore it so I guess I’ll just do that since I’m not sure what else to do about it.

LEVI , (edited ) to asklemmy in What is a product you would never recommend?

Huawei, Xiaomi and Samsung phones

  • main reason: anti user freedom, and locking you in to their system, it’s extremely hard to wipe out your phone in order to sell it if you have a Samsung account linked to your phone, and they make it hard to flash a custom ROM, imagine buying a phone with your own money and you still need the manufacturer consent to do what you want with it…
  • confusing and slow UI
  • Ads everywhere on the UI
  • bloated with games and useless apps
  • they don’t take security seriously at all ( slow updates )
  • short update period
  • they lie in their marketing by giving big numbers ( battery capacity and camera quality for example )

And last but not least, they kill your apps

seaQueue ,
@seaQueue@lemmy.world avatar

I’m still waiting for a viable competitor to the Galaxy Tab S line. Literally no one makes a flagship tablet that can compete with Samsung’s build quality on those, they’re pretty much the only ~11in OLED game in town too.

Persen ,

Mi pad-s exist, which are near flagship, but of course mi unlock and no oled.

thegreenguy ,
@thegreenguy@sopuli.xyz avatar

I can’t wait for LineageOS to be available for my Samsung phone.

LEVI ,

Yes, I find that is the only way to use these phones, AOSP makes them usable again, but like I said they’re constantly implementing and improving their digital locks to keep you from running away to a different OS… It’s so anti user freedom

callyral ,
@callyral@pawb.social avatar

Idk if it’ll ever be for mine (Samsung Galaxy A51). Hopefully one day, if such a phone exists, i’ll have a phone that is more open and also supported by something like LineageOS.

Persen ,

Well, I have lineageos on my XM phones (rmx4x and mi11lite5g) and they’re great except for the reliability of the 11 lite. And before you ask about it, yes the mi unlock is terrible, but after you sell your soul to Xiaomi, you can unlock it and have a good enough phone.

pkill , (edited )

also Huawei laptops. Jfc what a trashy counterfeit of a MacBook and if you get an AMD one, better also get a good cooling stand. The keyboard is terrible and costs a fuckton to replace and generally the repairability is like with macs, the USB ports are built in a way that just begs for either them or your peripherals to be broken, they might overheat while charging, they ship bloatware and the speakers are ridiculously quiet. My friend’s mom bought her one contrary to my advice to get a second-hand thinkpad or just any other business-line laptop and it she had to return the first shipment because the screen got bent during shipment.

MIUI… don’t even get me fucking started on this garbage. It literally removes numerous features from vanilla android, presumably to relocate some performance budget to the bloat they add.

Admetus ,

Yep I’ve seen Huawei and Xiaomi MacBook copies and you only need to take one look at the keyboard to know they’re trashy.

I got a second hand ThinkPad and it’s fast and robust. Designed to last like a proper MacBook.

pumpkinseedoil ,

S24:

UI not confusing at all imo, just your typical Samsung Android. And obviously not slow since it’s a flagship phone

No ads

Not really bloated (comes with Samsung’s own apps + Google’s apps but you can uninstall most of them)

Decently fast updates

7 years software support (not only security updates but also 7 years of new Android updates)

Wouldn’t say 4000 mAh 50 MP sounds that fancy, but it works very well (lots of optimisation for the battery and good software for the camera)

Downside: expensive (~600€ new currently)

CaptainBasculin , to asklemmy in What is the best low MB mobile game that you ever played ?

By most played it’s Drop Wizard Tower. It’s 65MB, a consistent 15 minute time waster for me. Not the best game; but i kept playing it ever since I broke the world record for fastest climb to the top. I still try to beat my old time; don’t have much luck though.

By best; easily Tap Tap Revenge 3. I remember playing that game on my iPod Touch 2 with 8GB of memory, it should be taking a low filesize. Too bad the game’s delisted on stores, there will never be a rhythm game that good for mobile ever again. Fuck you disney for buying out Tapulous and doing absolutely nothing with them.

just_another_person , (edited ) to selfhosted in FOSS Alternative to Chromecast?

There’s a litany of them, but the issue is more about what apps will connect to them reliably. The support on apps is really what you’re looking for, as a single app can support multiple streaming targets.

Since you’re talking about some pretty widely adopted apps, maybe look at an Airplay alternative as well, since there’s also a ton of those, and a lot of them are actively developed.

UnH1ng3d ,

Can you give some examples 😅

just_another_person ,

Well, I don’t understand your technical wants or needs, but you can Google or hit GitHub and find dozens pretty easily. Look into what Home Assistant is using these days as an easy starter list maybe. Also worth using Raspberry Pi as an included search term to find projects specifically geared for turning an RPi into a Chromecast or Airplay target.

Mango , to mildlyinteresting in These mouth guards are flavored?

hides the strawberry lube

Yeah man, really weird.

ictRider , to asklemmy in Best Free remote desktop software for windows?
@ictRider@lemmy.world avatar

Rust desk

LostMonkey ,

This. I left TeamViewer after they flagged me as commercial. I’ve been using them for my home computers and 3d printers for ever. Now I do rust desk

Evotech ,

They flagged me too, but i just contacted them and said I’m not. Got unflagged pretty fast.

I only use it to support family members though

hddsx ,

FOSS or freeware?

B0rax ,

Well the first thing it says on their website is „the open source alternative to teamviewer“

DetachablePianist ,

+1

VantaBrandon , to lemmyshitpost in Twitter

Its almost funnier to see every news publication constantly refer to it as “X (formerly known as Twitter”), the constant need to remind people of how stupid the decision was it amusing

funkless_eck ,

I prefer “Twitter (temporarily known as X)”

CaptnNMorgan ,

That would imply he or someone else will change the name back to Twitter

vithigar ,

That’s the joke.

ynthrepic ,
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I fully expect him to sell it before long and the new buyer will change it straight back again.

funkless_eck ,

or it’ll close down

suzune ,

Ex Twitter

aniki , to fediverse in Move to defederate *.ml, hexbear, lemmygrad, etc.

Why not just call out their tankie bullshit? It’s fun, entertaining, and rewarding.

Is this defederation bullshit going to be the next post that every newbie makes? You can do it yourself – don’t tell me what to do.

SupraMario ,

Because they just ban you and delete the post. There is no way to call them out if you’re unable to respond to their tankie bullshit.

MyOpinion ,

1000% agree that is exactly what happens. These hexbear snowflakes are terrible.

meldrik ,

Then don’t participate in communities on those instances?

SupraMario ,

Yea I don’t, but just like nazis I’d rather not have them allowed a voice here on lemmy. It’s poison.

Makhno ,

Learn to shut up and move on? Your opinion isn’t always necessary?

Don’t waste time arguing with tankies

SupraMario ,

The fuck? I was answering why it’s better to remove .ml than to argue with them. Just like Nazis, communist authoritarian shits should be stamped out. Both ideologies are posion to humans.

Your opinion wasn’t needed here either but you gave it champ.

intensely_human ,

Sometimes you can stomp the ideology out of a person without having to stomp the person.

SupraMario ,

So you’re willing to work with Nazis to change their mind then?

intensely_human ,

You find me a Nazi and I’ll give it a shot. My hunch is you haven’t been within a hundred miles of a Nazi in your life.

SupraMario ,

Lol I live in the south and part of my family is from eastern Europe…you have no clue who I am.

intensely_human ,

So send me a picture, that you took, of a nazi that you saw.

Or if it never crossed your mind to take such a picture, next time you see a nazi, get a photo.

Simple as that. Show me evidence that you have nazis in your world, because I don’t believe you.

SupraMario ,

ROFL you’re either blind or ignorant if you think the south doesn’t have neo-nazis and white nationalist.

intensely_human ,

I don’t post on the tankie instances. I just call them out in the comments.

So far they haven’t banned me. So far as I know I’m only banned from one community, which is something about climate change.

The tankies, to their miserable credit, seem ready for a fight. I respect that.

SupraMario ,

You’re lucky then, cause every time I’ve said something its ban and post removal. same thing when i see someone else comment.

ArmokGoB ,

I got a two week instance ban on .ml for calling out their tankie bullshit. No respectable instance should federate with them unless they replace their admins, at the very least.

gamis44 , (edited )

even easier is posting this sum weird things happening

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