Matrix has a WhatsApp bridge and an SMS bridge. Perhaps it’s possible to combine these for a WhatsApp <> SMS bridge? I don’t know if these bridges can work in this way. I’m just aware of their existence. Even if it does work, I imagine it’d be pretty suboptimal. But it’s potentially an option.

I’d love to see something like this in a tower format, and with regular 5.25" bays with faceplates rather than these faux floppy drives.

I’d pay a somewhat unreasonable amount for that.

That would suck if so since I obviously utilize it heavily but this doesn’t seem to be the case? Latest release was just a month ago and their github repo is active.

Jellyfin/Plex like many have mentioned.

I personally like Syncthing for petty much everything else. For general file syncing of course. But also with Joplin pointed to a synced directory for notes. With keepass as a password vault. With synced config directories for some apps across devices like newsboat for RSS, and neomutt for email. I also used to use it with rtorrent via a watch directory, though I currently am using a seedbox for that purpose.

VPN (openvpn/wireguard) is a good idea if you want to access your services outside your local network, without exposing them all globally.

True. But most of the platforms used by people around the world to communicate (social media, instant messaging, etc) are owned by US companies. So our shitbag of an upcoming President could have a global impact in this regard.

That being said, I don’t find myself particularly worried about this specific thing. Hopefully I don’t eat my words.

I pirated a Prime show I already had access to just the other day out of annoyance because of their ads.

A selection of up to 30 candidates for a ranked choice does sound daunting. Yet despite that 80% of those that voted did complete those sections. That doesn’t sound unreasonable to me.

Edit: mentioned city council specifically. Changed to more generic phrasing.

I tend to be nostalgic for the tech of my childhood. VHS is an exception. It always was horrid.

(Yes, I know you’re referring to it’s use in horror films.)

I hope it’s a positive experience when you do!

An hour old post about Windows on the Fediverse and no one has said use Linux?

Use Linux.

Almost everything on my store page is AAA or liveservice trash.

Very little on my Steam page is. This is just one data point but still it suggests their suggestion algorithm somewhat works for this.

Just an observation on that specific thing not a disagreement with the problem. Live service is trash and needs to go away if it’s not an exclusively multiplayer game.

I’m just throwing shade for fun.

Feels like the right choice for a shitposting community!

Are ps5’s not useful?

I haven’t bothered with the last generation of consoles, but I haven’t heard anything bad about them.

But maybe my “haven’t bothered” comment is a common sentiment and the answer to my own question?

I’ve never had any trouble running adobe software on Linux.

I’ve also never tried, but still the statement is technically correct.

That’s a new metaphor for me. I like it! And I want some chips now. Either the British or American kind.

Give up on nvidia, IMO.

I feel like most everyone* who cares about distros likes Debian. It may not be the right distro for your use case, but you’re glad it’s around.

* I’m sure even Debian has it’s haters. But I think it’s a minority.

I went to check this setting and it seems to rely on “Allow Firefox to send technical and interaction data to Mozilla”. Which I, and imagine many of my fellow lemmings already have disabled.

Check and confirm though, of course.

Found it mentioned as an alternative when Reddit announced their API changes.

My guess is we’re still too small and niche to be a tempting target.

I think the federated nature of lemmy will make it an easy target when it does come along though.

Disclaimer: I don’t really know what I’m talking about.

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