[-] dudenas@slrpnk.net 1 points 37 minutes ago* (last edited 37 minutes ago)

I was lucky to find https://purelymail.com/ which fit my budget and needs - primarily supporting multiple domains for my family and personal projects without extra costs.

[-] dudenas@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 days ago

You might get surprised - I looked at default KDE, Gnome and docs for a couple WMs. Yet my question is not "how do I get different backgrounds", but rather, "how come is this the usual thinking"? Why? Are there serious drawbacks technically or from UX perspective that I didnt think of?

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Virtual desktops are here for a long time, and I never got comfortable with them. One of the main reasons that it takes effort to think and assign different desktops for different workflows/situations, and when you do that - it is still not easy to track in which desktop you are at the moment. Usually you have to look for some little number or highlighted square somewher in the taskbar, which is a distraction.

For a "space" to be identified as particular / different, it should be easily recognizable. A different background or even colour scheme is an obvious solution. But in practice most virtual desktops on Windows and on Linux don't even have a possibility to have a different backgrounds, not even speaking of other differences. Why?

[-] dudenas@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 week ago

Why downvoting? It is good for community to know this, even if content is far from cheerful. Expressing criticism in comments does more for public awareness than making the message less visible.

[-] dudenas@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago

Given most of water comes from public facilities it is structurally just unsanctioned and ineffective transmission of power from shared pump to private generator. Would be a simple energy theft if you didnt pay for water. A waste of water and energy anyway.

[-] dudenas@slrpnk.net 35 points 3 weeks ago

If I understand it right.. it will be much more costly to host videocentric platform than other types of content. A serious proposal for sharing the burden of hosting will likely be vital - through funding or decentralized storage/processing. Havent heard about that yet.

[-] dudenas@slrpnk.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

One other reason I imagine is to establish a single family name, especially with children in mind. I'm not sure it actually works better than a double damily name, but it probably seems so to some.

[-] dudenas@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

Just my emotional reaction: I am amateurishly selfhosting for more than ten years with only basic linux knowledge. This training is probably more focused on pros and general web development than self hosting. In my imaginary perfect world self hosting would be a common skillset taught in a secondary school.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by dudenas@slrpnk.net to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

I think that would be not only appropriate but also helpful to frame Ukraine as "defending their land" instead of "being at war". So why dont politicians and journalists primarily use this word?

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I'm having hard time to help my parents troubleshoot their equipment remotely, when they try to observe the objects both with their eyes and manipulate phone camera for our video chat simultaneously. You can get sick of camera shaking, and they are getting tired too. I thought maybe if they had a VR headset and could stream their view directly to the chat, it could be helpful. Maybe I could even somehow point at things in their view to tell, for example, which cable to check. I do not own a headset, and I couldnt find info of such tools via simple/AI search (maybe wrong keywords). Maybe you know of such domestic solutions?

[-] dudenas@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 month ago

They forgot the lifespan of the monkey, those thought experimenters.

[-] dudenas@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 month ago

I can tell them for free: its 42.

[-] dudenas@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 month ago

Because how could you sell contact data to google and apple if they already have it?

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submitted 2 months ago by dudenas@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

My parents are getting a new tv, and are asking for recommendation. I think all I can influence is the brand/model (not realistic to propose rpi and more complex systems). I instinctively avoid google/android and lean towards anything else open source, so probably LG WebOS.. But I had bad luck searching for more detailed comparisons. Maybe you have experience or opinions?

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SEB, a Sweden based bank is now displaying warnings on its web app when opened in Firefox, recommending to switch to Chrome. Do they have any obligations to comply with web standards? Or is it just a question of competitiveness in the market?

[-] dudenas@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago

Just making structural changes sound like "changing the leader".

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