StrawberryPigtails
@StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org
- Comment on Is Pop_OS! kind of bad? 1 week ago:
It could be both you and your PC.
Depending on your specs, the OS could be poorly configured for your setup.
As for the Distro itself, I’ve tried it but the default UI didn’t work for me. If I remember correctly, it was Gnome based at the time and I kept fighting its opinions on how I should be working.
Solved the problem by nuking the install and installing NixOS with the KDE6 desktop.
- Comment on Boys and beans and... 2 weeks ago:
I got tired of the torn up cuffs and jean cuffs are uncomfortable to walk on when you don’t have shoes on.
- Comment on I found an interesting USB-C alternative to barrel jack wall warts. Thought I'd share... 3 weeks ago:
I think that is basically what this is. I was actually looking for a replacement power supply for a cat feeder when I found this. Considered it for a minute then discarded the idea as cool, but overly expensive in my case. If I had had a spare 30w USB-C power supply, might have gone another way, but the older wall wart style power supply only cost me $15.
- I found an interesting USB-C alternative to barrel jack wall warts. Thought I'd share...www.adafruit.com ↗Submitted 3 weeks ago to technology@lemmy.zip | 11 comments
- Comment on Does anyone know where or even IF I can purchase this scope mount part? 3 weeks ago:
Like others have said, your best bet is to just buy new a new scope mount and rings from any firearms shop. Easier and less headache. You will need to know your scope’s tube diameter.
However, if you are dead set on repair rather than replace (and are in the US), for oddball engineering projects like this I tend to use McMaster Carr. If they if they don’t have what you need I would be very surprised. They are an engineering supplier, and have prices to match. But they sell anything thats not electronics. Excellent customer service too.
For electronics builds or repairs, I recommend DigiKey.
Between the two you could build or repair just about anything.
- Comment on How can we make lemmy have more relevance? 4 weeks ago:
It’s the content that makes a platform relevant. So follow the usual youtube call to action.
Subscribe, comment, share and post.
Don’t bother preaching, it’s a waste of breath and is just annoying to the average person.
- Comment on How come id Software / Bethesda have never sued Bungie / Microsoft over the similarity between Doomguy and Master Chief? 4 weeks ago:
If I remember the Halo books correctly (it’s been a while) the Spartan armor started out a golden color but dulled to green hue due to hits from Covenant energy weapons over time. Not particularly relevant to this discussion but I thought it was an interesting bit of lore.
I need to go back and reread them. Great series and well written for the most part.
- Comment on How come id Software / Bethesda have never sued Bungie / Microsoft over the similarity between Doomguy and Master Chief? 4 weeks ago:
Originally doom guy was just a face at the bottom of the HUD that grunted and got bloody as you took hits. The only images of him I remember was just a marine in green combat armor, not too dissimilar to modern real world combat armor, standing on a pile of dead demons and zombies(1993) and the 3rd person cinematics from Doom 3 (early 2000s ish?) where again he looked just like a normal human marine.
Halo come around in the mid 2000’s and Master Chief was never shown outside his armor or with his helmet off. Outside the TV show I’m not sure if that is still the case.
Not sure when the modern images of doom guy came about but I think it was around 2015. Probably not earlier.
- Comment on Why plans are already in motion for a Trump third term – no matter what the law says 1 month ago:
No.
- Comment on FBI boss makes clear swift capture of 'Most Wanted' fugitives was no accident – expect more to come 2 months ago:
Um, that’s not what I found. This list is mostly drug dealers and people who ran from murder charges with only one who was wanted on fraud charges.
- Comment on Why is Trump not able to end wars (as he promised he said he would) 2 months ago:
He hasn’t done so because he doesn’t actually want to do so. He wants to put on a dog and pony show and make himself look good. Not actually solve real problems.
Additionally, regarding the Ukraine War, there’s not a damn thing the US could do to end the war except wipe one or both parties off the map completely, killing everyone.
As far as Israel’s aggression, we could put a damper on it for a little while by not selling Israel any more weapons, but that again wouldn’t actually stop the fighting. Israel is actually pretty good at making weapons themselves. Again the only way to stop the fighting in the region, for real, would be to go in and just kill everyone. The bad blood between all the parties runs too deep.
A slower more peaceful solution in both regions might have been possible a few months ago, but our international credibility has gone down the tubes faster than I would have thought possible.
The best advice I can give anyone right now is stop listening to what they say and start watching what they are actually doing.
Best not to spend too much energy worrying about what’s going on the other end of the globe right now though. I suspect things in our own country are going to get a lot more interesting before too long and it may not hold off till midterm elections, let alone the next Presidential election.
- Comment on Whats the most downvoted comment/post on lemmy? 2 months ago:
Damn. That might be the most votes I’ve seen on any post, period.
- Comment on Between Linux or Windows which do you think will be first to have a viable OS for quantum computers? 2 months ago:
I suspect the Linux kernel would support quantum first. Somehow I don’t see a multi billion dollar multinational moving fast enough to beat some caffeine addicted teen looking for street cred.
- Comment on Marjorie Taylor Greene Threatens Criminal Referrals Against ‘Democrat-Run’ USAID that ‘Brainwashes World with Globalist Propaganda’ 2 months ago:
Hey Ma! The crazy “Jewish Space Laser” lady is at it again!
Damned fool of an idiot.
- Comment on See highest paying hourly jobs in my area 2 months ago:
Different folks, different strokes, different threat models.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
An asshole. Maybe a pervert. Definitely someone I’d block. Not every negative example of humanity needs a specific name.
- Comment on Anyone know where I can ask about football (soccer) streaming sites? 3 months ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Because even if you have the skills needed to referb an old printer, there is no garentee that the drivers will function on a modern OS. Or in my case, in Linux. It’s a lot easier to just buy a new printer from another brand if you need a printer.
Honestly though, most people don’t print enough anymore for buying a printer to make sense. Cheaper to just go to your local Kinko’s or whatever and have them print out the 3 or 4 pages per year. If that’s not an option, get a laser printer.
- Comment on Elon Musk says millions in Social Security database are between ages of 100 and 159 3 months ago:
Probably because it’s not that big a deal and would cost far more to fix than it cost us in fraud. The only problem free system is a nonexistent system. WTF should I care that some database thinks someone is as old as our nation. Who knows, it might possibly be true.
- Comment on Elon Musk says millions in Social Security database are between ages of 100 and 159 3 months ago:
Pretty sure I heard about this when Bush Jr. was President.
- Comment on How can I search lemmy for answers similar to how in 2019 you could google search "[problem] + reddit"? 4 months ago:
You might try searxng, though due to the way federation works, that’s not really necessary. All you need to do is search one of the more federated instances like lemmy.world or lemmy.ml or lemmy.sdf.org and you will pull up anything that server has seen related to your search. User blocks aren’t really an issue, since you don’t need to be logged in. The only time searching multiple instances would be helpful is if you know the post originally might have come from an instance that doesn’t widely federate or is heavily blocked from federation.
Also I’ve seen quite a few folks from lemmy.ca so you might try your instance’s own search. It will usually search federated content as well as local content.
The main issue though is like @CameronDev@programming.dev suggested. Lemmy is young, it doesn’t have nearly 20 years of back archives that you can search nor the huge user base that Reddit had to create such a rich back archive. It’s getting there, but it is a problem only time and usage of Lemmy will solve.
As for the best Lemmy app, You might give Voyager a go. I use it on iOS and have been quite happy with it.
- Comment on If a word can have as many meanings as we assign to it. Can was assign every meaning to one word? 5 months ago:
You’ve certainly shown the diversity of the word.
- Comment on Should I bring in the battery for my electric mower in the winter? 6 months ago:
Check the data sheet or user manual for your equipment or battery, but generally batteries should be stored indoors at a human comfortable temp and humidity.
Here’s the manual for mine, but yours may differ:
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Ryobi really needs a better URL for their manuals to be stored at. If the direct link to the file sketches you out, for the moment at least this, this link will lead to the same file:
- Comment on why does every single flashlight have multiple settings that you have to scroll through? 7 months ago:
After writing this, I thought I could use another flashlight, but seems that Ryobi has discontinued the P705 and seems to have replaced it with the PCL660 which has a different form factor.
- Comment on why does every single flashlight have multiple settings that you have to scroll through? 7 months ago:
I know the feeling. Most of those features are only useful in low probability events.
If you’re looking for simple flashlights, Maglight has always made decent flashlights, though I’ve been buying Ryobi flashlights for the last 15 years as they are relatively affordable and I’ve already a bunch of their 18v batteries. Not sure how weather proof they are but I’ve never had an issue with the “new” (I think it’s a 10 year old design) led flashlights.
- Comment on Do drivers in the USA have to yield to alien UFO's? 7 months ago:
In my profession (trucking) the only thing that matters is preventable/nonpreventable. Liability is something for the insurance company to worry about (mostly).
This might be an interesting topic to suggest to Mike Rafi or Legal Eagle though.
- Comment on Do drivers in the USA have to yield to alien UFO's? 7 months ago:
I know it’s a joke question but here’s a serious answer:
I would treat it same as any other aircraft landing on the roadway. Give them space to do their thing because objects of greater potential energy ALWAYS have right of way, regardless of what liability laws say. Can’t sue ‘em if you’re dead.
As for laws, a quick search didn’t find anything in Federal or Alabama law about it except that the FAA here in the US says pilots consider it only as a last resort option due to safety concerns. If figure it’s probably not a common enough occurrence for laws to be made about it. Other states or counties may have something about it though.
- Comment on What careers are relatively easy to get into with decent unions behind them? 7 months ago:
Pretty much any “trade” job will have what you’re looking for. Most have good unions.
Probably the only trade that is the exception to that would be the trucking industry. This is where I am.
Decent pay, relatively easy to enter, but it’s a lifestyle, not so much a job and the Teamsters (the main trucking union) and I very much don’t get along. That is an understatement due to community and instance guidelines. We’ve had… words.
- Comment on Why am I seeing "plan your voting day strategy" so often? 7 months ago:
Not always. I live in Alabama. Usually in and out in 20 minutes. But then I do live in a more suburban area.
- Comment on How is anime and manga more popular than comics and western cartoons? 7 months ago:
I suspect the fact that I had to think a minute before I could name a recently released western cartoon that wasn’t Disney or aimed at the under 6 crowd may have something to do with it.
Sadly Saturday Morning cartoons just aren’t a thing anymore in the US.
As for comics, when was the last time you saw a comic at a grocery store or gas station? I know Marvel still makes comics but I haven’t seen them in a store in almost 30 years.
Japan likes their anime and manga so there’s a lot of variety, but for whatever reason our corporate overlords here in America decided that we didn’t want our equivalent anymore.