JayleneSlide

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This is how Uber is manipulating americans. They sent an emergency message to everyone in the city, telling them to protest. The tax is $1 to improve public transit in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

If you can plan a bit ahead, ridesharing/transportation is one of the most popular services in US timebanks.

Disclosure: I am a founding board member of a timebank that uses hOurworld software.

Guide for Smartphone privacy? in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

What is the best and most simplest way to make it a locked down phone

Feed it to an industrial shredder? No, seriously, because ...

avoid tracked and monitoring by officials and corrupt officials... Like I have beef with local corrupt feds level.

This is called an "advanced persistent threat" (APT) in military computer parlance. Advanced because they can bring almost limitless resources against you. And persistent because they can attack you 24-7 to find a flaw in your security. You on the other hand need to sleep.

"Best" and "simplest" are almost mutually exclusive for threats from state-level actors. For example, your phone's radio could have been compromised at the point of manufacture; maybe unlikely, but very possible. Also, even if the radio is fine, you can still be tracked by the cells and Wi-Fi networks to which you connect. Some basic OpSec might get you good return on your investment, but still no match for an APT if you have a smartphone with you.

I'm hoping someone comes along with something meaningful. I'm in my de-Googling journey, but I know a couple things about OpSec and computer security. And it's a game of rock, paper, scissors. Consider asymmetric tactics.

Edit to add: if you need secure electronic communications, consider something like Briar for your trusted circle. Decentralized, peer-to-peer, E2EE.

Edit #2: It sounds like you might have already been down this path, but just in case you haven't seen this: https://ssd.eff.org/module/attending-protest

We need a slur for people who blindly copy LLM outputs in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

AI+diots, not AL+diots. :D

I think Aldi's gets pretty widespread admiration. In contrast to AI, which seems to be almost universally reviled.

Continental Grand Prix TR Review: Most of the legendary GP5000 performance for nearly half the price in c/micromobility@lemmy.world
[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Does anyone else have bad experience with Conti tires? Car, bicycle, motorcycle... I find they wear out quickly, have less traction, are more flat-prone, and have much weaker sidewalls than tires in the same market segment. I gave up on Conti on my bicycle when the sidewalls would start to disintegrate ~1500 miles. My car and motorcycle both came with Contis from the factory. Just terrible. I put Michelin Pilot Sport on the car and motorcycle, and Vittoria Rubino Pro on the daily commuter. Never looked back.

Did anyone else used to have a very jealous partner, especially from trauma? in c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

My second wife was ridiculously jealous. At first, she would go through my phone*, about which I was apathetic and allocated no thought since it initially seemed to assuage her jealousy. She would claim that I was tech-savvy enough to hide my tracks (true, but not worth my effort). But then I got a security-critical job, so her snooping became an instant nope. She flipped the fuck out. So many accusations over completely innocuous things such as a team happy hour (to which she was invited) or the quarterly dude's weekend my friends and I were doing for years. She repeatedly, actively tried to stop me from going to my dude's weekend. And while there, she demanded I send pics and video of attendees to make sure we weren't gangbanging other women (no, seriously, that was her concern). "No, honey, we're playing Mario Kart and sampling Scotch. Here's the proof."

*I later came to learn that this violation of privacy, even through I didn't care, is a huuuuuge red flag.

The irony here is that we had an ENM marriage. I was too busy to date anyone else, but she saw demons in everything. Turns out, that was projection on her part. She would demand terms for our ENM dynamic, which was fine by me since I was functionally monogamous. And then she would completely violate all of these terms. In marriage counseling and my individual efforts to save our marriage, I read everything science- and research-based that I could find (John Gottman's Love Lab FTW). Turned out that her attachment style is anxious-avoidant, and that shit burns down everything around it. As an example of how bad things were, our marriage counselor fired my wife. Yelled at her and threw her out of the session, told my wife that she was actively breaking the therapeutic process, and to never come back. Our counselor said that was the first time she ever lost her temper in over 20 years of practice.

After that marriage imploded, I invested heavily in my own therapeutic journey. It quickly became obvious that my wife had been dealing with lots of trauma. She would pull shit that would turn you white, and claim a dissociative state (which I believe was one of the few true things she ever said). And that dissociative behavior generally indicates deep trauma. What was that trauma? Never came to light.

I tend to stay friends with my exes, or at least socially acquainted, because we are emotionally mature enough to part amicably and able to recognize why we were close in the first place. My second wife is the only ex with whom I went scorched earth. I completely walked away and blocked all contact after the divorce papers were filed. I left only with my bicycle, motorcycle, backpack, computer, and a small bin of stuff. I wanted so little to do with her that I walked away from our house, my sailboat, and all of our joint investments.

So, for your own relationship journeys, I strongly suggest (ideally before getting too deep into a romantic relationship):

  • "Attached" by Levine and Heller; accessible book about Attachment Theory
  • pretty much anything by John Gottman; his research is primary source material on much of relationship science
  • "Non-Violent Communication" by Marshall Rosenberg; even better, take an NVC workshop; this will yield dividends in every interpersonal facet of your life
We need a slur for people who blindly copy LLM outputs in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

AIdiots

Huh. Turns out WE ALL can see ourselves in a Cybertruck in c/funny@sh.itjust.works
[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Ah, yeah, that makes way more sense. TIL mirror wrap is a thing.

My Big Catch! in c/fishing@lemmy.world
[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

You are good! Most of them use their mouth.

:D

I think this is a juvenile sand lance. I probably let the lure hit the bottom and then snagged this poor fella.

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My Big Catch! (lemmy.world)
 

My triumphant return to fishing after a 35 year hiatus is a resounding success! I think I'm ready to go pro. :D

Is that bad? in c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

I collaborate with other people who are also on DRS. Before I had teammates on DRS, I tried using Blender, Openshot, Shotcut, KDenLive. Those NLEs are just not there yet.

I actually started my solid modeling/parametric journey on FreeCAD, and I prefer the parametric workflow. I switched to Inventor when FreeCAD kept crashing when the object tree was ~60 primitives even on my monstrous workstation. I would love to go back to FreeCAD, because fuck AutoDesk in its ear, so hopefully they get the stability + complexity under control.

Is that bad? in c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Rant on, bruddah! I am also in the "must use it for work" group, and I despise my work laptop with the fury of 1000 suns. In my personal work and prior to this new job, I was staying on Win 10 for Inventor, AutoCAD, FL Studio (and a bunch of VST synths I bought), and DaVinci Resolve Studio. My experience with my work laptop has spurred my nearly-complete jump to Linux.

FL Studio has been replaced by Bitwig, new learning curve and loss of the VSTs just being the cost I have to eat. I almost have DRS running in perfectly in Aurora Linux. And my two Win 10 machines will just go into an isolated network until I can figure out workarounds/replacements for the Autodesk garbage.

If there's anyone on here still here's my latest add on to the mercs in c/battletech@lemmy.world
[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nah, thank YOU for sharing! I never got into miniatures because my creativity and painting skills are worse than non-existent. But I get such a visceral thrill from seeing what people like yourself do with these things.

Huh. Turns out WE ALL can see ourselves in a Cybertruck in c/funny@sh.itjust.works
[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 41 points 4 days ago (7 children)

If this is real and setting aside the steaming pile that is the Cybertruck... The effort required to polish that much stainless steel to that level of finish is astounding.

Poor taste but amazing execution!

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YSK You don't need Teflon pans for nonstick (youtu.be)
 

No, this isn't a cast iron thing. Using stainless pans, you can get nonstick effects that, in my experience, far outperform Teflon anyway. The process is called "spot seasoning." I have cooked crispy, cheesy rice noodles with eggs with zero sticking.

I love my cast iron pans, but stainless is my daily go-to. Added bonus: use 100% copper wool to clean your stainless pan. The copper-coated wool at most grocery stores is problematic; you might get a few uses out of the coated garbage and then it starts shedding metal bits.

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B&H Forces Users to View Financing Ad (lemmy.world)
 

In order to add this to the cart, the user must first view their in-house financing advertising. Switching to desktop mode shows an "Add to Cart" button, but focus stealing scripts cause the page to skip around to the point where the page becomes useless.

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What Synthesizer Makes This Sound? (youtu.be)
 

I'm learning how to build up my own synths in Bitwig Grid, but I'm far from the point where I can just imagine a sound and then implement it.

Does anyone know what synth that is in the sweep at the linked time? I realize it's most likely an analog or analog-modeling synth, but which one? More advanced question: what combination of oscillators and filters would one combine to get that sound?

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Surprise Blizzard (lemmy.world)
 

My commute was 25 miles each way, 1400 feet (426m) of ascent each way, with no transit option. Last winter, a surprise blizzard rolled in during the week. My ride home took me 2.5 hours, rather than my usual 1:40, but I managed to stay upright the whole ride despite riding on slicks. Fixies and foul weather, better together!

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RefurbBD: 1986 Batavus Course (lemmy.world)
 

TL;DR: this was my very first road bike, purchased new in 1986, and it came back to me twice.

I bought this new in 1986 after two problematic race seasons on an eighth-hand, hand-me-down Bianchi that fit me poorly. This was my first new bike ever. When I went away to college, I perma-loaned it to my best friend. When he went away to law school, he left it at his parents house, and his evil mother put it out at the curb as a freebie. @#%^&@%^@#$^% No, seriously, she was a horrible person and not just because of the bike.

Twenty years later, I set about trying to replace my lost first love. I had a bunch of alerts set on Craigslist. After about two years of patience, I got a notification for a Batavus Course in NYC; I lived in Portland OR. I contacted the seller, put down a deposit, and bought my plane ticket. I was doubly surprised to find that it was my same bike, same serial number. The bike was in need of some TLC with a lot of paint damage, but was otherwise straight and solid.

I stripped it down and sent it to get repainted with a triple-pearl white. I knew I was going to use Nokon cabling, so I had them color match the pinstriping to the new housing.

Other changes:

  • Velo Orange 165mm triple crank
  • Velo Orange Grand Cru mirror finish headset
  • Velo Orange Grand Cru brakes
  • Nitto Grand Randonneur 46cm handlebars

When I moved onto my sailboat in 2013, I sold the bike because I couldn't stand the idea of subjecting this bike to the salt air environment. The buyer fell in love immediately, and I was happy that my first love was going to a good home.

Cut to November 2024... the woman who bought the bike got in touch and asked if I wanted my bike back. ABSOLUTELY! It was again in rough shape and poorly maintained, but nothing that couldn't be fixed in an afternoon with a couple beers and some good music. I'm not letting it go this time.

My partner works in a bike shop, and I get to ride all of the top shelf bikes they have. None of them feel like this. I steadfastly believe that modern bikes do everything better, but something is missing. Taking the Batavus out for a sunny day fast ride, it's easy to understand how vintage sports cars are so popular. These old machines might not be the best at cornering, accelerating, and braking, but they just feel so connected and visceral. The Reynolds 501, definitely an entry level tubeset, is flexy, but in all the right places. It feels like love.

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Wappingers Falls Train Station | Canon A2e | Sigma 135mm f1.8 | Ilford XP2 (lemmy.world)
 

Original XP2 is a bit mushy on contrast. Printed on Ilford Multigrade RC Glossy with a 3 1/2 magenta filter to get that sharper contrast.

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South Station Boston | Canon A2e | Sigma 50mm 1.2 | Fuji SuperG 400 pushed 2 stops (lemmy.world)
 

Fuji SuperG 400 pushed 2 stops sends the saturation into ridiculous range. The overcast day with a lot of skyscraper glass gave the concrete a heavy blue cast. Printed on Fuji Maxima glossy.

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Shakespeare Garden, Vassar College | Canon A2e | Sigma 50mm 1.2 | Fuji SuperG 400, pushed one stop (lemmy.world)
 

Fuji SuperG 400 was my favorite film ever. Pushing it one or two stops sends the reds and greens off the charts into surreal territory with a creamy grain. Printed on Kodak Royal II paper.

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Refurbished Bike Day (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by JayleneSlide@lemmy.world to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca
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This Raleigh Raveino 4.0 is the first road bike my partner ever bought. She used this for everything: touring, triathlons, commuting, grocery getter, and joy rides. It was in desperate need of love and had been sitting neglected in favor of her mountain and gravel bikes. She was making some comments about just giving it away since we don't have space for things we don't use. We recently reached a place in our lives where road biking is back on the table. She wanted a new road bike, but nothing she test rode really spoke to her, regardless of budget. This bike has a lot of sentimental value for her, so I low-key encouraged her to hang onto it. I stealth-asked a bunch of questions about her component preferences with the intent of surprising her with a whole new modern group, but she still holds this bike as her platonic ideal of a general road bike for flogging. No major component changes, got it.

Sorry, I don't have a good pic of before the overhaul.

What was wrong:

  • Front brake track was worn way beyond the safe limit; I've never seen a rim that worn without blowing out
  • Chain was past 125% wear; fortunately the jockey wheels and chainrings were still okay
  • Seatpost was single bolt design and we couldn't dial the angle for all-day comfort
  • Cable sheaths were cracked and worn-through
  • Bar tape was worn through in places
  • Saddle was packed out, torn, and no longer comfortable
  • Bent derailleur hanger

What got changed:

  • Deep clean everything, ultrasonic parts wash for the brakes, derailleurs, and crankset
  • NOS cassette (holy hell, finding the exact match cassette involved some bike part archaeology)
  • New cables and housing
  • New Raceface zero setback seatpost
  • New Terry saddle
  • NOS Bontrager Aeolus Comp 5 bladed spoke rims
  • New cartridge pads
  • New Rubino Pro tires
  • New chain
  • Aluminum lock bar end plugs

Yeah, the pedals are gnarly, but she wanted the old pedals. And I'm waiting for a pack of Fastenal stainless M5 bolts to backfill the braze-ons on the stays.

Her first test ride was a climb up the biggest hill in town and was a resounding success. She's overjoyed!

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YSK Your Rights Around Dealing with Funerals and the Death Industry (funerals.org)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by JayleneSlide@lemmy.world to c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
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Given the recent front page posts about Vanessa Guillen's funeral fuckery, you should know what your rights are surrounding disposition and treatment of the recently deceased. My late mother-in-law Lisa Carlson devoted much of her life and professional career advocating for consumer rights in the death industry.

The death industry is very slimy and relies on high pressure sales tactics when people are grieving. Don't let them. KYR!

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Suggestions on Shimano Gear? (lemmy.world)
 

I am getting a killer discount on three Shimano rods and three reels. I will be targeting pelagic fishing for food while under sail, and some surf fishing. I'm targeting fish like salmon, tuna, mackerel, trevally/jack, and whatever good-eating fish are in the open ocean and surf. So... three of those rods and reels to rule them all. We will have two downriggers on our sailboat, if that's a factor for selection. Thank you in advance for any insights and guidance you can provide!

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