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Reps. Burchett and Luna confirm House UFO hearing date is July 26th in c/ufos@lemmy.world
[–] squarewagon@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I read somewhere they'd be releasing the list of witnesses on July 20th

[OC] [F] Can I wake you up like this? in c/gonewild@lemmynsfw.com
[–] squarewagon@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm scared of clowns

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What date and time is hearing and where can I watch it live? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
 

What date and time is hearing and where can I watch it live?

hmmm in c/hmmm@lemmy.fmhy.ml
What goes good with American Cheese? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] squarewagon@lemmy.fmhy.ml 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Grilled cheese - American cheese is the only way i enjoy a grilled cheese. Also, Black Forest ham and American cheese sandwich with lettuce tomato and mayo on a baguette or other real tasting bread.

Be honest, do you still use reddit? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] squarewagon@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have always lurked Reddit, I have never made an account. With Lemmy, I contribute instead of lurk as I feel I have a part to play in it's early growth for it to succeed. But that being said, I occasionally check the front page and a few specific subreddits but not quite as frequently since I joined Lemmy.

Oh, and when I do, I use LibReddit to view reddit, so nothing even official.

Has anyone used or contributed to OpenStreetMap? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] squarewagon@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I contribute where I can, nothing significant.

However, nothing beats Apple maps IMO. I have an iPhone which I hotspot data to and basically only use it as a GPS when driving. I can't use my Android device as I prefer using Apple CarPlay and GrapheneOS does not support Android Auto.

I use Magic Earth or OSMand when I don't have my iPhone with me.

What is your favorite open source software? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] squarewagon@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Favorite? Hm... I would have to say Codeigniter (PHP framework) but I love these projects as well: Linux/GNU, VLC, LibreOffice, qBittorrent, VSCodium, Filezilla, GIMP, Firefox, Wireguard, GrapheneOS, Matrix, F-Droid.

If I won the lottery I'd donate to these projects or their respective foundations.

Team Fortress 2 reaches new player count record at 250k players in c/games@sh.itjust.works
[–] squarewagon@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great, more bots... Did they fix the horrible bot problem? I haven't played in 6+ months due to this.

Why all of a sudden tech companies are not being favorable to their users? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] squarewagon@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's a reason big tech companies are worth hundreds of billions of dollars yet most of their users have not paid a dime. So yes, data is valuable.

Data is very valuable. Google shows advertisements like they're listening to people's conversations, except they aren't. Their data profiles and predictions are so good they know what you want to buy before you even know you want to buy it.

Search the Cambridge Analytica scandal.. I am not grossly over estimating anything.

Why all of a sudden tech companies are not being favorable to their users? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] squarewagon@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

AI training and data mining. The value of data has surpassed the value of oil long ago. The world's most valuable resource is no longer oil.

Does Anyone Host a Discord Alternative? Like a Matrix/Synapse Server? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] squarewagon@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Check out rocket.chat

It is what my company uses. It is free and open source. Same features as Discord. Not too difficult to setup.

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Upvote Counts Change Rapidly (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by squarewagon@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/general_discussion@lemmy.fmhy.ml
3 comments fedilink
 

Does anyone else notice how upvotes for some posts and comments are (for example) jumping from 20 to 150 votes and vice versa within the matter of 30 seconds? I am seeing that numbers for posts and comments fly all over the place within mere seconds. Is this just a result of heavy user traffic? Or could it be bots?

SOLVED - Cant find community in c/freemediaheckyeah@lemmy.fmhy.ml
[–] squarewagon@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh man, now it works. Lol. I swear I was jusy getting a 404 error on that exact URL. Thanks.

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Long time Linux user feeling burnt out (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by squarewagon@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml
48 comments fedilink
 

Surprising to myself, I have been a Linux user for over 12 years...

Through the many years I have bounced between and tried Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Arch, Parrot OS, Linux Mint, Manjaro. I have tried Gnome, Cinnamon, XFCE, KDE, Mate, Deepin. And more. I have 3 computers, all using a Linux distro right now.

I love the idea of Linux - free, free as in freedom, free of telemetry. And well, I thought I would never entertain the idea of switching, here I am today, strongly considering Mac OS.

Lately, I have become extremely frustrated and tired of dealing with little bugs, crashes, versions, and dependencies. Not to mention notable UI issues. It is starting to hamper my productivity when working.

Right now I am using Ubuntu and I cannot drag and drop into VS Code from Nautilus, I can't drag and drop from the default archive manager, I am experiencing screen tearing issues, one piece of software I use crashes often but not Debian and vice versa, I have to manually reset screen brightness when it dims after timeout, etc. I have experienced issues of similar nature across all distros I have used and I am becoming burnt out.

I think part of the issue is that there is a huge variety of Linux distros, different combinations of kernels, desktop environments, window managers, package managers, file managers, network managers, etc... Not to mention devices. There is too many variables, and too many projects to maintain.

Sorry for the rant, I have seen many similar posts, but I have been using Linux for over 12 years, powering through, ignoring and working around these issues and I am pretty fed up.

While I am conflicted, I am thinking Mac OS looks like a good middle ground.

Any suggestions? What has been the most stable distro and compatible for you?

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Can someone explain how the federation works exactly? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
 

I created a community on this server /c/youtube after confirming that it did not currently exist (yes, I selected "all" not just "local").

However, when searching on to Lemmy.ml instance I am seeing my community does not exist and there is already a YouTube community existing on there.

I was under the impression that communities were shared across servers or does it work another way?

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