elucubra

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The Crash No One Sees Coming: Food System Failure in c/collapse@lemmy.zip
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 8 points 8 hours ago

Yeah, it's been, with the coming water wars, one of the main concerns for the last few decades.

Want to clean/replace air filter? Remove engine. in c/assholedesign@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 6 points 8 hours ago

I had three scooters that I used for my restaurant delivery. All 3 were piaggio but one of them was from a Chinese joint venture with piaggio. I'm going to assume that Piaggio made the engine and the Chinese the frame, body and assembly. This scooter from hell has the spark plug blocked by a strut. You need to drop the engine to replace. The other two have extra nice access, with cutouts in the plastic parts for easy access, etc.

The Last of Us Season 3 'Planned for 2027' and Could Be the Series' End, HBO Boss Says in c/television@piefed.social
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 5 points 8 hours ago

TWD quickly turned into a let's get more sadistic, without widening it's scope. After the 3rd or 4th season it was just milking the cow.

Bought new fire extinguishers in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 6 points 8 hours ago

I ws trained in the use of extinguishers while in the Army. We used expired extinguishers from a maintenance company. They explained that they had to be maintained every 3 years, not because loss of pressure, but because seals and mechanisms could get stuck. Don't be in a sense of false security

Why do people switch from chrome to Brave browser and not to Firefox? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 hours ago

Try vivaldi. Much less fuckery than Brave

Why do people switch from chrome to Brave browser and not to Firefox? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 7 points 9 hours ago

Vivaldi is nice. Created by the Opera creators. Cookie removal, antitracking, etc out of the box.

Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 hours ago

Nice try mr. dipwepie

Manhattan Prosecutor Who Handled Epstein Cases Is Fired in c/nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 hours ago

There are 3 minutes missing from the tape of her firing.

Republicans Won't Give California Fire Aid Because They Don't Like Gavin Newsom in c/california@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

It's aid for Californians, including Republicans, not for Newsom, assholes!

Happy nonbinary day rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I'm a big, imposing, totally manly, ex-elite military, father, identifying as hetero, who has had the occasional man-crush. But as Robbie Williams said, can't handle the whole "dick thing"

I refuse to use labels. People are people. Period. It's like classifying people by their preferred color.

Exclusive: Families of Israeli captives reach out to Hamas over fate of ceasefire talks in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Of course. Does that justify this?

Love him in c/mentalhealth@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 day ago

I have universal care. I was not diagnosed until my 50's. It's not just poverty, it's not realizing there is an underlying something to your misery/behavior.

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New God tier filament for me (sopuli.xyz)
 

No affiliation or anything. I’m simply stoked!

Elegoo Rapid PETG. I like PETG, but with my printer (Ender 5 Plus, slightly tuned; DD, All metal hotend, dual gear extruder, accelerometer…) regular PETG is sloooow. I’m already up to 180 mm/s it prints beautifully. As with all PETG it likes to be thoroughly dry. Once dry it prints like a PLA+. Beautiful definition.

I paid about 15€ per roll, but buying a 4 pack, it comes to about 12,50€ per roll, so about the same as PLA.

I’m just not buying regular PLA, or PETG anymore. The new generation of materials just leave the older ones in the dust. I had a few rolls of standard PETG that I had slowly been using up, but I sold the last 2, I couldn’t bear the waiting times.

I’m going to try a bunch of the new modified materials, like ABS plus and HT, ASA plus, and especially Polymaker’s HT-PLA-GF, a glass fiber high temp PLA that can be annealed in boiling water without deformation to withstand temps like 150º. Nuts! They are basically sold out until August, but once back in stock I’m buying the stuff.

Interesting times to be in the hobby.

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What is your go to email manager? (sopuli.xyz)
 

Bonus points: Multi platform, Android-iOS... I usually use Thunderbird, but I'd like to explore other options. FOSS not mandatory

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Community and comments too close (sopuli.xyz)
 

I use the app in an iPad, a much of the time when I click with my finger on the comments icon, my finger hits the community link.

Anybody else have this problem?

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So, you've found the light. You are now a penguin herder... (sopuli.xyz)
 

We are happy, very happy, that you have joined the light side of the force, but here you are preaching to the choir. Go knock on doors and help others see the light. Oh, and sending some money to one of the thousands of FOSS projects that keep this running would be nice too.

Anyway, welcome again.

/Not_a_Rant

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Please explain this to me. Are consumers that dumb?!? (sopuli.xyz)
 
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Voyager browser. (sopuli.xyz)
 

Is there a way to have Voyager use an external browser to display web links? In iPad I’d like to use Brave, to minimize ads

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Happy coincidence (sopuli.xyz)
 
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Synology with hybrid RAID alternative? (sopuli.xyz)
 

I currently have an HP micro server gen 8 with Xpenology with hybrid raid, which works fairly well, but I’m 2 major versions behind. I’m quite happy with it, but I-d like to have an easier upgrade process, and more options. My main use is NAS and a couple of apps. I’d like to have more flexibility, to easily have an arr suite, etc.

Considerdering the hassle of safely upgrading xpenology because of the hybrid raid (4+4+2+2 Gb HDDs) I-d like a setup which I can easily upgrade and modify.

What are my options here? What RAID options are there that easily and efficiently these these disks?

I don-t have the spare money right now to replace the 2Gb disks. Planned in the future

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Alternative for Synology with hybrid RAID? (sopuli.xyz)
 

I currently have an HP micro server gen 8 with Xpenology with hybrid raid, which works fairly well, but I’m 2 major versions behind. I’m quite happy with it, but I-d like to have an easier upgrade process, and more options. My main use is NAS and a couple of apps. I’d like to have more flexibility, to easily have an arr suite, etc.

Considerdering the hassle of safely upgrading xpenology because of the hybrid raid (4+4+2+2 Gb HDDs) I-d like a setup which I can easily upgrade and modify.

What are my options here? What RAID options are there that easily and efficiently these these disks?

I don-t have the spare money right now to replace the 2Gb disks. Planned in the future.

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Since people have asked: SMART Recovery and resources. (sopuli.xyz)
 

DISCLAIMER: I'm a SMART volunteer, a meeting facilitator, among other things. I do this to give back. SMART is essentially run by volunteers.

SMART Recovery US website: https://smartrecovery.org/

There are others world wide. A web search with SMART Recovery (language/country) should give you the right result)

https://smartrecoveryglobal.org/

has resources for countries without an established branch

Also, a link to a non-official recovery server, (there are also other program rooms) that leans SMART: https://discord.gg/6YGQFR3b where 1000s of people with addiction issues hang out, as well as many experienced volunteers. We call it "the support group in your pocket"

SMART is the leading science-based addiction peer self-support organization world wide. Non-profit. Meetings are free and confidential, with thousands of online and face to face meetings. There are 1000s of meetings weekly world-wide.

There are publications, like the participant handbook, which are a paid, but very affordable resource, not necessary but very helpful. That said, most of the material is available free of charge on the website. The handbook simply provides a structured way to understand the concepts and tools.

Spirituality, like higher powers, is not needed, that is left to the individual.

The program is is based on self empowerment, behavioral training, how to learn to cope with what leads us to addictive behaviors.

The program is not strictly abstinence oriented. It's about identifying goals, and help you achieve them. It supports therapy, professionally prescribed meds, it's not adverse to moderation and harm reduction, as current addiction treatment research supports.

SMART doesn't shame, doesn't stigmatize, doesn't do labels. We are people with an addiction management problem, not alcoholics, or drug addicts or whatever.

There are no steps. It's a 4 point program. Points (or areas) can be approached individually or at the same time:

  1. Build and maintain motivation
  2. Cope with urges and cravings
  3. Manage thoughts, feelings and behavior
  4. Lead a balanced life

The program is oriented towards the addictive behaviors, and doesn't focus on the substance or maladaptive behavior , but how to deal with it. It works for Alcohol, nicotine, drugs, and for things like porn addiction, eating disorders, gambling...

The program is considered one of multiple pathways to recovery, does not claim to be the only way. Many combine it with 12 step, or whatever helps them also.

I hope this helps. If anybody has any questions, please ask.

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Am I welcome here? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by elucubra@sopuli.xyz to c/stopdrinking@lemmy.world
11 comments fedilink
 

I'm a SMART Recovery Facilitator. We support informed choice. SMART provides tools, and you do you. I'm personally abstinence focused. Am I welcome here, or should I GTFO?

What I mean is: Is Stop drinking is a 12 step only sub, or is it a Stop drinking sub

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Is there a way to watch YouTube without ads in iPad OS like in Android (sopuli.xyz)
 

I’m usually an Android/Linux user, but also use an iPad. In both Android and Linux I manage to have a mostly ad free experience, with Piped, for example, or with a plugin combo in Firefox. Is there a way to have this on the iPad? The whole no plugin thing in iPad Firefox is quite maddening.

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