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caseyweederman , to linux in How was your experience using Linux in college?

I set up dual boot but ended up only running Windows once when I had trouble with my Windows VMs. You’ll be fine.
Especially since MSOffice everything is just browser apps anyway.

chevy9294 , to selfhosted in Confused about Podman

I switched from Docker to Podman, because Podman is more secure (if rootless) but it was just hard to autostart containars. You have to start one by one because they don’t have a central service like docker. And watchtower and nextcloud AIO don’t work on Podman. So I switched back to docker.

ryannathans ,

You create a pod and bring the pod up

poVoq ,
@poVoq@slrpnk.net avatar

Its actually much easier to autostart containers with Podman, as it has full Systemd integration, so you can handle them like any other service. All you need to do is write a simple .container file for the Podman built-in Quadlet service, which closely follows the normal Systemd .service file syntax.

chevy9294 ,

Yes but you have to do that for each service if I understand correctly.

poVoq ,
@poVoq@slrpnk.net avatar

Only once during the initial setup, afterwards its all managed by Systemd. Once you know about it, it takes like one minute max.?

pineapplelover , to linux in How was your experience using Linux in college?

I’m currently using Arch Linux in college and my advice will be to dual boot. In some lower div classes my specific professor wanted Visual Studio .sln files so there was no other way (I guess you could VM it but I’m not trusting that with my grade).

Group sharing documents, our schools and most schools are in the MS ecosystem so you can edit on word online through the onedrive thing.

For writing stuff I would mostly use libreoffice with the LanguageTool plugin installed.

For lockdown proctored exams, I would typically get a loaner laptop from school because no way am I downloading their sussy stuff.

Edit: Since you’re studying to be a psychologist, my first paragraph will probably not apply to you. If you want to, dual boot, if not, I think maybe you could boot up a vm if there’s some really niche use cases.

moistclump , to asklemmy in What is your favorite YouTube channels?

I like Legal Eagle (lawyer gives some good context for current events especially), Some More News (deep dives into social or political issues), and Plain Bagel (finance). I’m not a big YouTube person but these are literally the only three I’ll go check if they have new content.

don ,

iilluminaughtii causing her own downfall by trying to go after LE was nothing short of spectacular. Her channel’s completely dead now.

ChaoticNeutralCzech , to asklemmy in Is it wrong to report email as spam when you previously opted out and they either add a new subscription/newsletter, etc.?

If they can’t respect a recipient’s consent, they deserve it being a little harder to deliver to people using that mail server.

sin_free_for_00_days , to nostupidquestions in What should I know about using a wheelchair for the first time?

If you can, get one of these:

https://sopuli.xyz/pictrs/image/bd0cda49-74dd-4243-ae60-a59279e81378.webp

I’ve never used one, but I know 2 people who have and most of what they have said is positive.

lechatron ,
@lechatron@lemmy.today avatar

Exactly what I was going to suggest. My mom had ankle surgery earlier this year and used one for a few weeks while recovering.

Theharpyeagle ,

Definitely this, and maybe a motorized scooter for days that really require you to move around. Also check the conference site or call them to see if they offer any accommodations. But, OP, you’re probably not gonna be making it 15-25 miles a day no matter what you do. Be honest with yourself and others about your limitations and don’t push yourself too hard. Have a backup plan to get around if you need to.

douglasg14b OP ,
@douglasg14b@lemmy.world avatar

This looks sick. 100% might be just what I need.

CosmicTurtle0 ,

From what I’ve been told, these things are terrible on your knees if you put your weight on them. So think of it as a crutch, not a skateboard.

YMMV.

tyler ,

You can pretty much sit down completely on them. I had ankle surgery and rode down the street all the time on it lol.

magic_lobster_party , to technology in Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)

We also need a McDonald’s emoji, Pepsi emoji, Windows emoji and Mastercard emoji. These are also brands that are heavily ingrained in our culture. Probably even more so than Bitcoin.

Or we accept that brands like Bitcoin shouldn’t use emoji as a marketing tool.

pyre ,

Probably even more so

probably? shitcoin isn’t even in the same ballpark universe as something like McDonald’s or Pepsi.

technocrit ,

Yeah McDonalds is based on torturing and murdering animals while destroying the planet… While bitcoin is only destroying the planet like the rest of capitalism.

pyre ,

vegans stay on topic challenge (impossible)

Mubelotix ,
@Mubelotix@jlai.lu avatar

These are not public infrastructure

Chozo ,

Neither is Bitcoin.

AnarchistsForKamala ,

yes, it is. anyone can spin up a node or download the blockchain or make an address.

RxBrad ,
@RxBrad@infosec.pub avatar

Anyone can shit their pants. Is that “infrastructure”?

AnarchistsForKamala ,

the sewer is infrastructure. i don’t think you understand the network protocol.

RxBrad ,
@RxBrad@infosec.pub avatar

I’m not using the sewer when I shit my pants. I don’t think you understand pants.

AnarchistsForKamala ,

maybe you should use the public infrastructure.

Mubelotix ,
@Mubelotix@jlai.lu avatar

You think you can fool people by using a simple straw man argument technique? Come on, get your shit together. Bitcoin is infrastructure as anyone can submit transactions to the network and they will be seamlessly processed. As simple as that

RxBrad ,
@RxBrad@infosec.pub avatar

I know that shouting “straw man!” is the first step of trying to deflect from being wrong on the Internet… But if you’re going to do it, at least know what a straw man is.

My argument is that “Infrastructure” != “anyone can do it”.

Infrastructure is something that benefits and maintains the general public. Bitcoin benefits a handful of cryptobros, billionaires… and most importantly ransomware rings.

Mubelotix ,
@Mubelotix@jlai.lu avatar

Your straw man is “shit in their pants”

Read your own comments dude

RxBrad ,
@RxBrad@infosec.pub avatar

The person I was arguing with was saying that “infrastructure is anything which is something anyone can do”. I gave an example of something that anyone can do which isn’t infrastructure.

It’s absolutely a direct refuation — a counter-example which disproves their original statement. It’s not a “straw man”, as much as you get mad and scream that it is.

Mubelotix ,
@Mubelotix@jlai.lu avatar

So you were wrong from the beginning. He never said “infrastructure is anything which is something anyone can do”. You are the only one who said it. He provided an example of a service provided by the infrastructure in question

itslilith ,
@itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Should the fediverse get an emoji? How about Matrix?

AnarchistsForKamala ,

as was already said elsewhere, advocating for an emoji is silly, and advocating against one might be sillier.

itslilith ,
@itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Putting significant energy into campaigning against it? Sure. But what’s silly about saying “this is a stupid idea and shouldn’t happen”?

AnarchistsForKamala ,

that blog post and petition are significantly more than just saying it’s stupid

Emerald ,

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  • AnarchistsForKamala ,

    do you know how I know that you didn’t read the article?

    floquant ,

    Since when is Bitcoin a brand lmao? I’m really struggling to see how it is comparable to McDonald’s or Windows. Having a logo does not make you a corporation

    magic_lobster_party ,

    The Bitcoin logo is the brand. Corporations like exchanges use this brand to market their services.

    AnarchistsForKamala ,

    Bitcoin is a network protocol. not a brand.

    magic_lobster_party ,

    The logo and name is the brand. How do you visually represent a specific payment protocol without using its logo? There’s no emoji for HTTP or TCP either.

    deathbird ,

    I’m actually for the idea of emojis for protocols. Not Bitcoin specifically because I don’t think it has long term potential as a deflationary virual asset, but block chain? Sure.

    AnarchistsForKamala ,

    while there may not be an emoji for http, maybe there should be. there is sort of an unofficial one (a broken lock), and there are other protocols that have logos. as another commenter said, it’s kind of silly to fight for an emojii for it, and probably sillier to fight against it.

    Emerald ,

    while there may not be an emoji for http, maybe there should be.

    No God, Please No!

    We don’t need another gzip or bzip2 logo. Lol

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/848e55fd-d4e2-4cb6-8680-1afdf95698b9.pnghttps://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9ea173ff-f430-4844-980a-acdf30c56d68.png

    ByteOnBikes ,

    Nobody is saying Bitcoin to refer to that, ever. Come on.

    AnarchistsForKamala ,

    maybe no one you talk to, but I assure you, it happens. it is happening right now, in this conversation

    Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In ,

    Bitcoin is digital money. A better analogy would be to campaign for a USD, Yen, euro or British pound emoji.

    Oh wait, they already exist.

    magic_lobster_party ,

    https://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html#Faulty_Comparison

    The existence of other emoji can’t justify the inclusion of a new emoji. Those emojis are old, and it’s unlikely they would’ve been approved under Unicode’s current guidelines.

    Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In ,

    I agree with you.

    I’m not really arguing for a bitcoin emoji. Just against the McDonald’s brand comparison.

    BTC is not mainstream enough (and never will be) to be needed in everyday text speak.

    poo , (edited )
    @poo@lemmy.world avatar

    It’s also a scam. But those who fell for it and NFTs want to downtown cuz mad

    technocrit ,

    How so?

    calcopiritus ,

    The coin itself is not a scam.

    However, its main usage is to receive payments from scams or any other kind of computer-related crime really.

    conciselyverbose ,

    Except those are real currencies the world recognizes.

    Most businesses will tell you to fuck off if you try to pay them in bitcoin.

    Emerald ,

    Most businesses will tell you to fuck off if you try to pay them in bitcoin.

    Yes and no. You can indirectly pay for things in Bitcoin using a Bitcoin credit card. Although I’m not sure why you would want to.

    conciselyverbose ,

    It’s not “paying in bitcoin” if you have a random third party on your side converting it to a currency that isn’t a joke.

    Aolley ,

    hail emoji?

    uriel238 ,
    @uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    🍟 <<< Only one brand sells French fries / Chips in this format. And it’s the super-size format.

    magic_lobster_party ,

    Unicode Consortium decide which emoji should be included. It’s up to each vendor themselves to come up with how they should look like. I don’t think Unicode Consortium explicitly state it must look like McDonald’s fries.

    uriel238 ,
    @uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    No. But the description of the Emoji is French Fries in a red carton.

    Now I can’t be absolutely certain only McDonald’s sells french fries in a red carton, nor do I know if red french fry cartons are trademarked (answers to these questions evaded simple websearches) but I have never seen french fries sold in red cartons outside of McDonald’s.

    If you do find non-McDonald’s french fries sold in a red carton, please point them out.

    magic_lobster_party ,

    Red carton is chosen because that’s how it’s commonly depicted in cartoon images.

    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=french+fries+cartoon&t=h_&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images

    uriel238 ,
    @uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    The red and white stripes are the generic 50’s era diner fries. Flat red was introduced by McDonald’s in the 1980s extra-large and super-size cartons. (Before that McDonald’s fries were sold in white waxed-paper envelopes.

    azalty ,
    @azalty@jlai.lu avatar

    At KFC they’re in a red plastic box of the same format. Can’t buy them cuz of reusable packaging laws in France, but that’s what I thought first when I saw this emoji

    uriel238 ,
    @uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    That’s fair. I had forgotten KFC made their own version of fries and boxed them in red.

    deafboy ,
    @deafboy@lemmy.world avatar

    We also need a McDonald’s emoji, Pepsi emoji, Windows emoji and Mastercard emoji

    bitcoin is not a company.

    whotookkarl ,
    @whotookkarl@lemmy.world avatar

    Also not a brand, in the trademark sense

    Emerald ,

    Mastercard emoji

    💳

    WolfLink , to linux in How was your experience using Linux in college?

    My experience was that the school provided free Windows keys for a personal computer if you needed one (they didn’t provide the computer itself) but the majority of computers I interacted with on campus (mostly in the computer lab) were Linux (some Debian variant iirc). I think the printing computers in the library were windows. I took an art class at one point and they had Macs (it was for using the Apple’s Final Cut Pro).

    We never used LibreOffice though. Everyone just uses Google Drive.

    LavenderDay3544 , to linux in How was your experience using Linux in college?

    As a former computer science and economics TA and lecturer all I have to say is please don’t be that guy.

    If your class uses Windows, use Windows, if it uses Linux use the exact same distribution as the instructor and for the love of whatever you believe in if you bring a Mac into my classroom and argue with me that it’s Unix so it’s close enough I will smash it over your head and fail you so you don’t hold up my class because you think you’re special.

    kolorafa , to asklemmy in Is it wrong to report email as spam when you previously opted out and they either add a new subscription/newsletter, etc.?

    I move unsubscribed emails to different folder, so next time they send me email I don’t feel bad in any way as I can confirm that I did tell them not to send me emails.

    I only regret I can’t flag it as spam double time.

    BearGun , to memes in silver medal team

    Bottom left he really looks like he hasn’t smiled in 20 years and the photographer told him to

    LavenderDay3544 , to programmerhumor in Anyone here use assembly?

    OS and embedded dev here. I use assembly all the time. I’ve even worked on firmware that was entirely in assembly of strict requirements that couldn’t be met in C.

    Also even machine code hides a lot about how the underlying machine works so if you really want to do computing from scratch you really do hate to invent the universe because there’s abstractions all the way up the hardware stack just like there is in software.

    hddsx , to nostupidquestions in What should I know about using a wheelchair for the first time?

    Go up ramps backwards to prevent falling onto your head.

    Wheelchair ramps rarely have the correct slope. Every day is arm day.

    I don’t know what’s wrong with you and sitting, but you can put in the brake for your wheelchair and do dips or something if it helps

    douglasg14b OP ,
    @douglasg14b@lemmy.world avatar

    Thanks for the tip and advice.

    Yeah it’s just that poor posture over time (been fixing it with PT) has caused… Problems. Sitting usually results in ever increasingly intense lower back pain, especially if there is minimal lumbar support

    NeoNachtwaechter , to nostupidquestions in What should I know about using a wheelchair for the first time?

    My suggestions:

    Use crutches. If the wheelchair causes even more hurt, it’s no good.

    Switch between standing (with crutches) and sitting as often as possible, all day long.

    Watch your hurt foot: I assume you should not put your weight on it at all.

    Watch your other foot: If you give it double work (that would be the natural thing), it is going to hurt soon.

    Forget the 25 miles. Or, if you absolutely need to go the 25 miles, you need that wheelchair and someone who pushes you.

    douglasg14b OP ,
    @douglasg14b@lemmy.world avatar

    Yeah, I’m learning already after just an evening on it that the other foot pulling double duty is not liking it.

    Is the armpit pain from crutches something you just get used to?

    DashboTreeFrog ,

    I recommend the style of crutches that don’t go to your armpit, forearm crutches. I was on crutches for months a few years back and that was much more comfortable for me at least.

    forearm crutches

    NeoNachtwaechter ,

    Is the armpit pain from crutches something you just get used to?

    I don’t know. Ours do not touch any armpits, they are looking like this:

    m.media-amazon.com/…/61Ay17TzMCL.

    AThing4String ,

    Fun fact: even “regular style” crutches are not actually supposed to rest in your armpits! You are supposed to hold onto the arm portion and use them similarly to the above crutches. When we adjusted that for the spouse, we had to shorten the crutches by like 2-3 inches and he said it was WAY more comfortable.

    There are some videos on YouTube by physiotherapists etc that were supremely helpful - recommend giving them a quick watch and readjusting your crutches.

    Source: spouse recently broke the hell out of his foot and also Had Shit To Do™.

    twizzay , (edited ) to selfhosted in Confused about Podman
    @twizzay@behold.mylegendary.quest avatar

    @MightyCuriosity @selfhosted

    A raspberry pi is not going to be powerful enough to run these things beyond a test setup or, a really small use-case. I'd only setup with the SQlite setup. And don't plan on using it for mass storage. and for heaven sakes keep a backup. :shiba_please:

    That said, if your goal is simply to run these out of your home and you want to access it beyond your intranet, all you would need is a VPN back to your house.

    Avoid openVPN :openvpn: Simply because it's a resource hog, albeit the more reliable option. Wireguard would be better especially considering you're already going to be bottlenecked by the pi :raspberrypi:

    I'd recommend wireguard. here's a guide.

    I don't know much about Podman or Quadlets. But, a Docker instance will work just fine. :docker:

    Updates are not too tricky in my opinion. I can share my own update script for my Docker Nextcloud setup if you want. It'd probably be adaptable for jellyfin and whatever else.

    Just make sure you expose the Nextcloud data directory as a volume outside the container. and before you back it up always try to update so that if you have to reinstall you'll have a better chance of having a compatible backup.

    MightyCuriosity OP ,

    Thanks! Looks interesting. I am not quite a fan of the performance hit a VPN brings but I feel like it’s something that I need to deal with in order to suit my usecase. I thought DDNS could help me out.

    Yeah I might switch back to Docker and use Watchtower to auto update. Thank you again!

    twizzay ,
    @twizzay@behold.mylegendary.quest avatar

    @MightyCuriosity

    Oh, well yeah, you can do that too. In fact, you may not even need a DDNS. I don't have one for my fedi server, and I only ever had to change the IP on my DNS after we got hit by an earthquake and all of the local datacenters went out.

    I choose not to do the DNS option for 90% of the things I host. Partly because my ISP has limitations on which ports can be exposed and, in general, I prefer not to expose any ports especially when I am serving up my own data.

    But that's just my paranoia talking. :cat_rock_on:

    terminhell ,

    Wireguard has effectively zero impact on my setup.

    tychosmoose ,

    VPN + DDNS is what I do. You may be thinking about the perf hit of putting all your home connections through a VPN. That’s not the idea here. For self hosted services you would set up a wireguard “server” at your house. Then you connect your phone back to it to access your services.

    With Wireguard it’s pretty easy to do a split tunnel, so that the VPN connection is only used for traffic to your home servers. Nothing else is affected, and you have access to your house all the time.

    This is better for security than DDNS + open ports, because you only need a single open UDP port. Port scanners won’t see that you are hosting services and you wouldn’t need to build mitigations for service-specific attacks.

    As far as podman, I am migrating to it from a mix of native and docker services. I agree with others that getting things set up with Docker first will be easier. But having podman as an end goal is good. Daemonless and rootless are big benefits. As are being able to manage it as systemd units via quadlets.

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