Extrasvhx9he

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[–] Extrasvhx9he 67 points 2 months ago (9 children)

The only one i can think of is people not saving their old toothbrushes. A small brush comes in real handy for a lot of situations

[–] Extrasvhx9he 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Thats a great story it’s amazing how sometimes things just resurface and click after years. I'm genuinely happy that I'm not the only one that fiddles around with paracord. I get a lot of looks from family because of it, haha. Think it was either the sheet bend or square knot that got me into this.

[–] Extrasvhx9he 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Rope or really any cordage. Can't begin to tell you how handy learning 7-10ish knots has come, plus lashings

[–] Extrasvhx9he 12 points 2 months ago

Same person made me appreciate my can opener

[–] Extrasvhx9he 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Now that's something interesting. Does it work with piped?

[–] Extrasvhx9he 9 points 2 months ago

Mull on mobile, mullvad and Firefox on desktop

[–] Extrasvhx9he 9 points 2 months ago

Kinda don't think you can its one of the beauties of Linux, there's so many different flavors of it. Best thing that would've helped me as a beginner would've been like a collection of all the wiki's and basic knowledge in a single space instead of searching through different sites for a problem or terminal commands, which I bet exists but I just never looked too hard. Also documentation of common problems would've been big for me (especially for older devices) like drivers no longer being supported by kernels and solutions like using the open source version instead.

[–] Extrasvhx9he 2 points 2 months ago

Hell yeah been using gnome tweaks for this

[–] Extrasvhx9he 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yup Veracrypt is great even has a portable version that can be kept on the drive (might still need admin privileges though) so you won't have to install it on the system iirc . Would also go with cryptomator if you plan on using it with mobile systems but it has a one time payment for mobile.

[–] Extrasvhx9he 2 points 2 months ago

Dang I'm interested too. I opted to just stick on a highly reflective sticker which works for me but interested to see what others have in mind

[–] Extrasvhx9he 1 points 3 months ago

Oh that's fair still recommend it for its price though and don't even get me started on liquid fueled lighters lmao. Don't get me wrong I'm sure peanut lighters are OK so are zippos in the winter but dang if the area you live at gets any heat whatsoever it just evaporates after a while regardless of gaskets and whatnot (mostly via the wick). Such a frustration when you need it. I switched out my daily zippo for the butane insert for that exact reason and been loving it

[–] Extrasvhx9he 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ever thought about switching out the bic for like a clipper or something so you can refill it or is it too big? Like the carry though looks great!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Extrasvhx9he to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
 

Hi again, I went thrifting and found a working, original switch dock for 3$ including the charging cable and assuming I could just plug in my other devices via the usb c input, I brought it. Turns out it doesnt work with other usb c devices for reasons and I dont own a switch personally so I'm kinda stuck with this cool paper weight. Do you guys have any ideas? Alternatively, I could take it apart for spare parts and keep the housing for a project or just donate it again. I usually do research before buying electronics but for the price I took a gamble.

Edit: I'll just donate it appreciate all the feedback thank you

 

Hiya, pretty much the title. I have a dozen tapes I want to backup before age takes its toll. My basic idea after watching some videos online is to buy a hardware based upscaler that can interface with my vcr then throw that signal to a video capture card and record on my computer. I'll go with name brands to avoid problems but is that really the best method? I want to avoid sending them to a service since it will cost more than just buying the hardware in the first place and I got time to kill.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Extrasvhx9he to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
 

Hi, hope I can ask here. I've been using vlc for android as my music player but it really struggles after 5k local songs surprisingly so I'm looking for an alternative. The main problem I have is that after switching to the user account that has my local media, vlc refreshes and clears my playlist and I'm at the point where it's becoming a bit frustrating. I already tried the majority of music player apps on fdroid but they all have issues with the metadata (no album art, unknown genre, etc...). Any help?

Edit: If it matters for troubleshooting, I'm running grapheneos and use vlc on a seperate user profile where my local media is located.

Edit #2: Phonograph plus seems like my best option rn but feel free to give more options to help others

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Extrasvhx9he to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
 

Hi, I've been using vlc as my music player but it really struggles after 5k local songs so I'm looking for an alternative. The main problem I have is that after switching to the user account that has my local media, vlc refreshes and clears my playlist and I'm at the point where it's becoming a bit frustrating. I already tried the majority of music player apps on fdroid but they all have issues with the metadata (no album art, unknown genre, etc...). Any help?

Edit: If it matters for troubleshooting, I'm running grapheneos and use vlc on a seperate user profile where my local media is located.

Edit #2: Phonograph plus seems like my best option rn but feel free to give more options to help others

 

In short I need a cheap external disc drive and dont want to cough up the 20$ and buy online so thrift store it is. I cant really come up with a way to test these usually usb powered drives besides somehow setting up a computer or asking the workers for help (doubt they will). Does anyone have an idea to narrow down if a drive is defective or should i just take a chance and hopefully the store has a return policy?

 

Trying my luck here since I really couldn't get an answer on the grapheneos forum. I see thumbnails from videos not available to the currently used profile for the audio tracks that are playing, only on the notification popup though. Not sure if this is a bug or whatnot but I'm kinda concerned if this indicates that data is being leaked between profiles. I already checked the metadata/tags for the audio tracks and confirmed that they are correct also storage scopes are enabled. Should I be concerned? Any help will be appreciated.

Edit for some more information: vlc (permissions removed and not setup) is installed on the default "main" profile, where the video files are at, since I use it to install updates downstream to other profiles where vlc is also installed.

Edit #2: whatever bug was causing this seems to be taken care of after the latest update.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Extrasvhx9he to c/anime@lemmy.ml
 

Not sure if I can ask here but I honestly need to clean my palate after watching dreaming boy is a realist. I seen a couple dozen already so if you got any hidden gems I would really appreciate it.

Edit: thank you, everyone. Cant wait to watch some of these

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Extrasvhx9he to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
 

I seem to be generating excessive amounts of saliva to the point where I need a disposable cup to kinda drool it into every couple of minutes. This makes sleeping kinda hard and so I'm wondering is there a trick? I had to make a sort of makeshift bib out of a towel just to combat this last night and that allowed me to get a few hours but man was it uncomfortable. Any advice?

Edit: the excessive saliva finally went away last night. Appreciate all of your help

 

Howdy, not sure if this is the right place to ask but I figured this community has the best chance of using libreoffice. I recently started to learn about gpg and decided to try to digitally sign an odf file I created via libreoffice writter. Thought I could do the same with a pdf file but turns out you need a third party ca certification, so now I'm wondering, assuming only open formats can be signed, why even sign an odf file in the first place? Is it just for niche situations or do official/mainstream entities now support that format? Would it be considered legally binding? I heard that microsoft office gained support for the odf format back in 2021 so if the digital signature could still be verified on their end then I don't see a problem. Is that the case? My bad for all the questions I'm just trying to see the usecase for this seems to me that for anything professional signing with a third party ca cert. would be the better option.

 

Hey so I'm new to the world of gpg/pgp. Using a test gpg key pair I created, the goal was to digitally sign a odf so I was wondering what do I backup so I could keep signing digitally using this key in case shit hits the fan and my computer no longer works? Using seahorse, I perfer it to the terminal, the options are to either export the public key or the secret key and I'm honestly confused should I do both or just the secret key? I did notice people also just take a copy of their .gnupg directory but I feel thats just to backup all of their keys including imported ones rather than a singular one. Any help is appreciated preferably as if you were talking to a 5 year old

The TLDR: Just created a gpg key pair now how do I back it up?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Extrasvhx9he to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
 

After the last 2 update I noticed that a lot of times fennec and mull just hangs or freezes when opening a website and needs to be force closed with cache cleared. I disabled dark reader and so far the issue hasn't happened. Is this just in my case or are others also experiencing it as well? Edit: I also have ublock origin if that matters

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Extrasvhx9he to c/googlepixel@lemmy.world
 

Hey everyone, I was just wondering if this has happened to your devices or if its the hardware failing. On my pixel 6 every couple of weeks or so the bottom loudspeakers just arent being used meaning they dont play whatever media im consuming at the time but after a force restart it does go back to normal. What are your guys thoughts? Is this a common hardware problem or just a a software glitch?

Edit: I'm using grapheneos

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