[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 7 points 3 months ago

Step up in this motherfucker just a-swingin' my hair.

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 4 points 4 months ago

Probably not exactly what you have in mind, but I'd still recommend The Reality Dysfunction (and the other two books in the Night's Dawn Trilogy) by Peter F Hamilton.

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submitted 5 months ago by Sim@lemmy.nz to c/foss@beehaw.org

Can anyone recommend a good Android network audio stream client?

VLC works but is too full-featured. I want to set up a couple of bookmarks, open the app and start/stop/view metadata.

Thanks!

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 8 points 5 months ago
[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 4 points 5 months ago

Most things by Snow Tha Product - start with 'Butter' or 'No Cap In My Captions'.

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 5 points 5 months ago

I wish you the very best, internet stranger. Be yourself.

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submitted 6 months ago by Sim@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

Has anyone seen a wireless charger that also has a USB outlet port?

The objective is to wirelessly charge a phone overnight, but at some bedtimes/lazy mornings I want to use my device when it's low on battery so require a cable.

Current solution: don't bother with wireless. Another solution - use a dual outlet charger (or two chargers), one cable to the pad and a spare.

The reason I can't find one is probably because manufacturers need to deal with power requirements if a user tries to use pad and outlet at the same time, or has to turn one outlet off if the other is in use.

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 3 points 6 months ago

In the 70s we had a cassette tape kids story about a wizard who lived in a mountain and kept all the winds in a box.

The story was about someone who went in and retrieved the winds.

It involved blowing up sections of passageways (the narrator talked of lighting the blue touchpaper), and the wizard woke up and chased the hero.

He had a walking stick so his steps were reproduced including that, and he was calling, "My wind! Somebody's stolen my wind!".

I think it was probably on the front of a magazine or something. I don't know if it's a traditional story or something written for that production but I thought it was brilliant at the time.

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submitted 9 months ago by Sim@lemmy.nz to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

I'm using a ZigBee button to call an automation which notifies via Pushover and Alexa. Works fine.

I'd like to reduce latency and use a physical button. I can use a Pi, ESP32 or similar to respond to a closure and tell HA.

What's the lowest latency input to HA? My MQTT server is separate so I'm thinking an HTTP post direct into HA might be best.

Is there anything faster? HTTP is fast enough in my testing, it's an experiment as much as anything else.

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submitted 9 months ago by Sim@lemmy.nz to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

I'm running Docker on Ubuntu server; around 50 containers running, most admin via Portainer. Configuration files and small databases for container applications are stored on the local SSD, media and larger files are stored on a NAS.

NAS data and the container folders are backed up.

I have a second identical machine doing nothing. What would you recommend researching to add resilience to this setup? Top priority is quick and easy restoration should the SSD fail - everything else is relatively easy to replace.

I'll create an SSD RAID but I like the idea of a second host.

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 8 points 9 months ago

I've found Summit the best for me, personally, on Android. I've been able to configure it closest to how I used RIF which is what I wanted.

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submitted 10 months ago by Sim@lemmy.nz to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

Hi everyone

I've got a capable Ubuntu server hosting Docker, using Portainer to manage many stacks and containers. I'm about to add a couple machines to a swarm for a little fault-tolerance.

Before this, Docker was Windows hosted which gave me a useful addition; a handy remote desktop for those times when I wanted to do something remotely using a GUI at home.

https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/rdesktop seems to work OK but I wondered if the community here have any suggested alternatives. Instead of running within Docker, has anyone simply installed a GUI on the Ubuntu host?

Thanks in advance for your input.

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Nothingness for general anaesthesia. Sedation for dental work was awesome: IV midazolam. Off to sleep just like GA but woke up at some point, super happy and relaxed. Waking up was like a long sleep. I loved it so much I asked if I could come in again for that without the operation. Turns out, no, that's not a thing. Shame.

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 2 points 10 months ago

Openboard with swipe has fixed this for me. Takes a little getting used to but worth it IMO.

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 9 points 11 months ago

For me, they're too fat when folded and too big when open. I don't like the feeling of the crease, and the technology needs time to prove how reliable it'll be in the real world.

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago

RIF was Reddit for me.

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