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LarkinDePark , to asklemmy in What's an immediate turn off in a person?

Eating with their mouth open.

nickwitha_k , to selfhosted in Why do so many people use NGINX?

The only reason that I tend to use it is because of the included webserver. It’s not bad but the paywalling of functionality needed for it to be a proper LB left a bad taste in my mouth. That and HAProxy blows out of the water in all tests that I’ve done over the years where availability is at all a concern. HAProxy also is much more useful when routing TCP.

LarkinDePark , to asklemmy in What is a product you would never recommend?

Logitech mouse. They keep making them worse in order to sell more overpriced usb adapters. The software is hilariously bad. The world needs a Logitech alternative. Please China, I’m begging.

charliegrahamm ,

Exception should be made for the MX Master range. I have had all models: 2, 2s, 3 & 3s. They were always great, but have got better and better with each iteration.

MerchantsOfMisery ,

I feel like their MX series is still very good.

wuphysics87 ,

I swear by the marathon mouse. And I love the scroll wheel unlock of logitech mice. Scroll wheel goes brrrrrrrr

LarkinDePark ,

Yes I love that too. I got the MX Anywhere 3 to replace to 2 I had. I’ve had a bunch. They all fail in the same way, they start doing double clicks for single click. But usually after a couple of years, I’m fine with that part.

The bullshit is when they make the new mouse incompatible with the old USB adapter OR THE SOFTWARE! And you have to install Options PLUS! And doesn’t work often and needs to be reinstalled.

They make good stuff but the bullshit is bullshit.

Blizzard , to asklemmy in Where to find reliable reviews/ratings for movies?

I’m using IMDB because it’s the biggest so it’s got the most ratings, hance should be the most reliable. But then I only treat it as a general indicator, not source of truth.

You might wanna find a reviewer that shares your preferences and follow them.

Extrasvhx9he ,

That’s some solid advice

bionicjoey ,

Unfortunately it’s owned by Amazon now so it inflates the ratings of their shows. But other than that it’s still quite good like you said for getting an overview

Hugh_Jeggs ,

IMDb balances out eventually

So many fake reviews to start with, but then ratings drop as real reviews come in.

If you’re patiently sailing the high seas, it’s reliable as fuck

MyNameIsRichard , to linux in Would being a Linux "power user" increase my chances of getting a job in IT/tech?
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

To give yourself a better chance, learn things like:

  • Bash scripting
  • Docker
  • Docker Compose
  • Kubernetes
  • Oauth2 and and an authorization server like Keycloak
  • Build and deployment tools like Jenkins

Also learn how to deploy database and web servers manually.

It sounds like a lot but they’re things you’ll be expected to use.

dino ,

No, dont learn docker, learn containerization and what tools can be used for it. No to Kubernetes that comes much later and/is VERY specific. No clue what keycloak is, but it sounds useful. Never hear about Jenkins. Id rather say get a grasp on python and skim what tools are used to administer servers -> ansible and puppet maybe.

delirious_owl ,
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Well you just got dismissed early in the interview

pastermil , to linux in Would being a Linux "power user" increase my chances of getting a job in IT/tech?

My personal experience: Absolutely!

I’ve always landed on jobs/projects that involve Linux server. Generally startups with not much expense to spare would go for this route. However, even bigger companies would opt for enterprise Linux.

I wouldn’t say that will work on every IT jobs out there, but when it does, you know you’re in for a fun ride!

drmoose , to asklemmy in What would you like to change about Lemmy culture?

more OC

AchtungDrempels ,

Yes. I sometimes wonder if i understood reddit (and i guess lemmy) all wrong, i mean it says it is a link aggregator, but i was really there for personal or OC stuff people were posting to niche commuinities. Many niche communities that i’d be interested in here have hardly any OC or very few people posting.

Blaze ,

Lack of people. With around 45k monthly active users, only a few dozen of those would create OC

There are a few in !gardening for instance

Cowbee ,
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Move from generalist instances to more niche instances with active communities, easy solition.

Pooptimist , to til in TIL kobolds in Japan are dog-people because of a mistranslation in a copy of AD&D in the 80s

Where I live (a German speaking country) a kobold is more like a small humanoid being, more like a gnome

raef , (edited )

American, but I also think of them as like blue, spiky icy imps. I’m not sure where I got it, but seems like a Nintendo era RPG, maybe Final Fantasy

ameancow ,

Pretty sure they are germanic in origin, but I would have to double check.

Originally, in the middle ages miners experienced toxic gasses and other weird effects while mining iron, such as ore exploding when smelting. They attributed some of the problems to mischievous creatures they would call Kobolds hiding in the mines.

It was eventually discovered that these problems were caused by another whole element creating impurities in the ore, when separated and identified, it came to be known as Cobalt.

Wizard_Pope ,
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Isn’t Kobold basically just German for goblins and gremlins and the like?

theshatterstone54 , to asklemmy in What are some good software suggestions for windows?

I highly recommend trying out a tiling window manager. Yes, they exist for Windows. No, they’re not as good as on Linux or BSD, but it’s a completely different workflow and you won’t know if it’s for you until you try it. Komorebi seems to be a popular choice. I tried workspacer but it was a PITA to configure (I say that as someone experienced in configuring and using a tiler). The Komorebi discord seems to have a channel for sharing configs so you can check it out as a source of inspiration or as a base to build your own config onto.

Also, a package manager like scoop or chocolatey. If I had to return to Windows, this would be a nonnegotiable.

Also, Chris Titus’ winutil for debloating, removing spyware, installing good common software and running a range of tweaks (including disabling or delaying feature updates for better stability).

Vivaldi. Yes, it’s technically proprietary (if you care about that stuff) but it’s really good, if you’re a power user in the browser, or if you’re a tab hoarder. I can’t see myself living without workspaces in the browser now. And the panel is nice if you’re into it.

That’s about it.

derbolle , to til in TIL kobolds in Japan are dog-people because of a mistranslation in a copy of AD&D in the 80s

that explains the kobold enemy from quest64. that one confused me for ages

PolandIsAStateOfMind , to asklemmy in What is the current state of Lemmy?
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What is the current state of Lemmy?

After reddit flood, Florida. Maybe Virginia.

superkret , (edited ) to linux in Would being a Linux "power user" increase my chances of getting a job in IT/tech?

Yes, because you’re already familiar with the command line. But for a job in the professional Linux world, also try out RHEL (not Fedora), and familiarize yourself with best practices in patch management. There’s a lot more to it than just dnf upgrade if you have applications depending on specific versions of packages, CVEs need to be mitigated ASAP, downtime needs to be minimized and reverting a borked upgrade (including the installed database) needs to work 100%.
Also, get familiar with containerization, SELinux, VMWare hypervisors, a version control system, the LAMP stack and Samba.

dino ,

Good advice here, although I would recommend going for debian instead, get a grasp how different package managers in linux do the same thing.

  • Containerization
  • KVM
  • webserver apache/nginx yatta (ceritifcate handling, god I hate this)
ex_06 , to piracy in I used to love Android but I want to move, and I don't know if it's the right thing.

The telegram thing is caused by telegram itself

Login with a pc and disable safety filters for your account and you’ll be fine

iirc the play store version of telegram is the same as the App Store version, but on android maybe you downloaded it directly from the telegram website (?)

Anyway, safety filter can be disabled

foremanguy92_ , to piracy in I used to love Android but I want to move, and I don't know if it's the right thing.

On mobile you have 4 choices :

  • Stock Android, the worst you can get, simply not use it
  • iOS, as worst as android but with better UI
  • Degoogled Android, good choice, avail able on many devices 👍
  • Linux phones, the best but in early development and only available on some devices only
theshatterstone54 , (edited ) to linux in What is something you want to use, yet are NOT using?

Also I stopped Using Emacs… because it’s very slow

I’ve been using a mix of Emacs and Neovim and plan to switch completely to Neovim when I have replicated enough of my Emacs config to be comfortable in Neovim. And speed is the main reason why.

Also, qutebrowser. I want to use it but it lacks workspaces support and as a self proclaimed tab hoarder I need my workspaces. I’m also still looking into a pasword manager for it (though I can always just use Bitwarden as an app)

cizra ,

pass, the standard Unix password manager. www.passwordstore.orgSupports auto-typing, GPG encryption (multi-target, ie. each PC or phone has their own keys), Git history of all changes, synchronizing the storage via Syncthing. Probably something else I’m not remembering right now.

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