[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 81 points 3 months ago

The first mistake was liking a company.

[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 41 points 3 months ago

I want to like this place.

People seem too aggressive here though.

And apparently everyone's hobby is using Linux and neurodiverging.

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by shapis@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

As simple as the title sounds I'm having huge trouble getting that working.

Thunderbird only fetches new mail while it's open.

Who the heck knows how to get evolution/geary to play nice with business gmail/protonmail.

Does anyone have a simple way of solving this problem?

edit. Also, somewhat related, is there a good looking, simple e-mail client? Thunderbird looks busy. Geary kinda looks okay but I cant get it to work at all.

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submitted 8 months ago by shapis@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

I end up manually clicking to turn it on anyway every time. Would love to automate it.

[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 35 points 10 months ago

Cool thanks. I just put mine up in my bio. Hopefully in the right spot.

[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 100 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's a relief.

So just go on about my merry way and if someone corrects me respect their choices ?

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by shapis@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I have a few questions on how to best behave to be as welcoming and inclusive as possible without sounding bad. I hope you guys don't hate me.

I'm just a straight male. Are my pronouns he/him? Is that how I should tell people? Do you actually tell them as you meet them ? Do I have to wait for a certain social cue ?

How about online. Should I tell people or have it on my personal profile somewhere?

And about respecting other people's pronouns. How do i figure them out ? Is it a big faux pas if I don't before I know them ? Is it a faux pas if I refer to someone I just met and I assumed to be male as he/him?

I've never seen anyone referring to anyone irl by non conventional pronouns. Is it an actual thing or is it currently being pushed to make the world a more inclusive place?

I'd love some help with all of this.

[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 40 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This was forever ago. But basically we both drove to a mall for I think sushi and a movie ?

The conversation during sushi went swell but during the movies I could tell she was sitting farther away from me than she had to.

On the way out I asked her if she wanted me to walk her out and she said nah. I was taken aback it was late at night. And was like. Are you sure ? She said yes so we parted ways.

I remember thinking man I'm not sure what I did wrong. That whole thing usually works. Lol.

Once I got home I messaged that I apologized if I made her feel uncomfortable in anyway and asked her on her end what went so wrong.

She told me during the movie / on the way out she thought I might attempt to kiss her. And she wasn't feeling that way. I thanked her for being honest and that was that.

I wouldn't have tried tho. I was fully aware that things weren't going ideal. But yeah. Thats the story.

[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 46 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I've only ever had one date in my life that went bad. I had a feeling I was about to get ghosted so I asked her to like. Lemme know why it went so bad from her pov. It was an interesting conversation.

If they bring it up just be honest with them.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by shapis@lemmy.ml to c/casualconversation@lemmy.world

Basically the title. I'm stressed out of my mind with finals and a billion reports go finish and I can't sleep. Talk to me Lemmy. I'm sad and stressed.

Oh. I'm 6/10 done if that helps.

[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 32 points 10 months ago

Full IDEs kinda suck.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by shapis@lemmy.ml to c/trees@lemmy.world

I've never smoked and I've only done edibles once. And it was by and large the worst experience of my life. I literally walked to a corner in the kitchen sat down and asked people to not let me get up because I was having thoughts of throwing myself out of the window.

So I just sat there with my senses completely messed up. Hallucinating ( I don't think you are supposed to right? ) and completely trapped in a trip I did not want to be in and wondering if I died and gone to hell and that's how my brain was coping with dying.

So yeah. Not a good time.

I'm wondering what everyone else's experience is.

And is it luck that causes you to have a good or bad trip? Is it something we can influence ?

[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 35 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not gonna lie. I think most people just don't want work for free for some company's benefit.

Why are you providing a service for some live service game that doesn't pay you for it ?

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submitted 11 months ago by shapis@lemmy.ml to c/liftoff@lemmy.world

Hi I absolutely love the UI and how straight forward the app is.

But scrolling seems very choppy compared to sync on a pixel 7. Am I doing something wrong ? It's very very noticeable when scrolling throughout the main feed.

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submitted 11 months ago by shapis@lemmy.ml to c/technology@beehaw.org

It just feels too good to be true.

I'm currently using it for formatting technical texts and it's amazing. It doesn't generate them properly. But if I give it the bulk of the info it makes it pretty af.

Also just talking and asking for advice in the most random kinds of issues. It gives seriously good advice. But it makes me worry about whether I'm volunteering my personal problems and innermost thoughts to a company that will misuse that.

Are these concerns valid?

[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 56 points 11 months ago

Would love this. I'm still getting the ftpm stutters and there's no way to disable it in my motherboards bios.

[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Good painless alternatives:

  • Chrome -> Firefox

  • Gmail/Calendar> Proton

  • Google Search -> Feels like all search engines got SEO'd into uselessness these days, but duckduckgo maybe.

Good but somewhat painful to switch alternatives:

  • Google Drive -> Proton

  • Office -> LaTeX/LibreOffice

  • ChromeOS -> Linux, yeah technically ChromeOS is also linux but come on, you know what I mean.

Less than ideal alternatives:

  • Maps -> Idk, not really many good options, apple maps is good too, but not sure if that's what you're looking for.

  • Android -> Idk, lol iOS, or de-googled android roms. Not many great alternatives there.

Is there anything else you need an alternative to?

[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 36 points 11 months ago

sudo makemehappy

Pls?

[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago

It needs to "just work". It's not more complicated than that.

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submitted 1 year ago by shapis@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I usually trust my distro repos without checking. Can the same be applied to flathub without much worry?

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

I gave it a fair shot for about a year, using vanilla GNOME with no extensions. While I eventually became somewhat proficient, it's just not good.

Switching between a few workspaces looks cool, but once you have 10+ programs open, it becomes an unmanageable hell that requires memorizing which workspace each application is in and which hotkey you have each application set to.

How is this better than simply having icons on the taskbar? By the way, the taskbar still exists in GNOME! It's just empty and seems to take up space at the top for no apparent reason other than displaying the time.

Did I do something wrong? Is it meant for you to only ever have a couple applications open?

I'd love to hear from people that use it and thrive in it.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by shapis@lemmy.ml to c/privacyguides@lemmy.one

So. I tried bitwarden for a while with 2fa. I absolutely did not realize that if you lose your 2fa you are done in that service. So yeah. Time to rebuild.

I'm attempting to go all in on proton stuff ATM. Drive, email, vpn and password manager.

What's the easiest way to set everything up in a way that the whole system is safe and that minimizes the chance of me locking myself out ?

Stuff like. Do I bother with 2fa? What are yubikeys. Are these the answer? Do I 2fa all.accounts other than the protonmail one ?

Long single use case passwords or memorizable ones ?

Do I do throwaway emails or everything signs up to my main one ?

Sorry if I overloaded questions. But id love go get insight from people with more experience.

Edit. And oh. Threat model.

Id love yo not lose accounts if someone physically steals one of my devices.

I'd love to not get hsckdd online by someone random that is not targeting me specifically

And in broad strokes. I'd like to keep all my accounts as private as possible from private companies and governments. But im flexible on this one if its too much hassle.

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