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artair, 1 month ago

That, or this may have been a kernel bug issue. 🤣

The problem started around the time I updated both my kernel and OctoPrint to the latest version. However, there was a new kernel version available and I took the update yesterday. I connected the printer, and it stayed online overnight without any issues. Stress-testing stuff now with a long print job that should run past midnight.

We’ll see if the Dark Lord of Bugs has been exorcised when it finishes!

artair, 1 month ago

The print job didn’t fail, so I’m going to write this off as a kernel bug until/unless it happens again. I’m just glad I can run long jobs again!

artair, 1 month ago

Checked that and the systemd timers. No dice. However, this problem started right around the time I updated my kernel package, and there was another update that I applied yesterday. I connected the printer and let it sit overnight. No midnight disconnections.

I’m running a print job now that should run past midnight. Fingers crossed that this was just some kind of transient kernel bug!

artair, 1 month ago

The print job didn’t fail, so I’m going to write this off as a kernel bug until/unless it happens again. I’m just glad I can run long jobs again!

artair, 1 month ago

Nope, but I found the problem. A kernel update also came with a brand-new bug. A subsequent kernel update fixed the issue. I’ve been running prints overnight with no midnight disconnects for days now.

artair, 4 months ago

Those are HUGE increases on the Seneschal abilities. It really validates all the criticisms about them being underpowered when the season started.

artair, 5 months ago

Henhouse is fine, secure says local fox.

artair, 6 months ago

Having tried it, I’m hoping I can forget Bluesky.

artair, 6 months ago

Not only do they still exist, but they also have a Mastodon presence.

Example: @topintech

artair, 8 months ago

You’re not the hero we deserve, but you’re the hero we need.

[Salutes in English Major.]

artair, 8 months ago

If this is the quality of “independent journalism” we can expect on Twitter/X/TwiX, then let it burn to the ground. Clickbait isn’t journalism.

artair, 8 months ago

I’m Gen X and I’ve been in Information Technology for twenty-eight years. My generation was there at the dawn of personal computing. Yes, there are less technically-savvy people in every generational group, but “older Gen Xers” might consider what you’ve said to be… hmm, what’s the right term? Oh, yes. “Bullshit stereotyping based on age” is the term I’m grasping for here.

I’m well aware of the ELF (Extremely Low-Frequency Radiation) panic. This actually started in the 1970s and rose to national prominence around the late 90s, when it was covered to death by every news outlet. And it was just as silly then as it is now. France is just being France.

And that has little or nothing to do with which generational group you call home.

artair, 9 months ago

I’ve never loved the design of Apple’s leather watch bands. I use a leather “biker cuff” band that I bought off Etsy. It looks and feels way better! All the Apple ones felt… skinny.

etsy.com/…/apple-watch-band-41mm-45mm-40mm-44mm

artair, 9 months ago

If you’re a macOS user, try Leomard. Leomard has a client-side option to screen out specific instances from your view.

lemmy.world/c/leomard@lemm.ee

artair, 9 months ago

Amen. I’m super impressed. I struggle to paint all the dungeon tiles and buildings I print, and some of them are so fiddly. The OP is a maestro!

artair, 9 months ago

I don’t think people appreicate the old axiom “when you look into the abyss, it also looks into you” in this case. For a long time, corporate social media algorithms drove what content you saw. This tended to be “outrage” content, because as others have mentioned, it gets clicks. But marinate in that long enough and YOU become the source of the outrage clickbait. The algorithm starts people down that path until their mentality becomes self-reinforcing. They post what they’re used to posting – angry stuff. And they seek out more even without behind-the-scenes manipulation of their feed. Now imagine all those Twitter refugees landing in the Fediverse with that kind of outlook. It’s not surprising that outrage and bile are trending.

The way to break this cycle is… just ignore it. I have an extensive list of keyword filters on Mastodon. It screens out 99% of the political content. I just don’t want to see it. I’m here to engage with people who share the same passions and hobbies as myself. THAT’S what makes my Fediverse social media experience better. It’s not a magical function of crossing the corporate/open-source boundary. I have to be responsible for curating my feed according to what I want to seek.

The same goes for Lemmy. I’m using Leomard as my client on macOS, and it allows me to block out any Lemmy instances I don’t want to see. And I set my default view to “subscribed,” not “local” or “all.” That prevents me from getting psychologically drenched with whatever angry or trollish content might be lurking in those feeds when I open the client. I also sort by “new” rather than “hot,” “most comments,” etc. It’s great that people have opnions about things, but I find relying on up/downvotes to be a poor way of discovering the content I want.

Long story short (too late): your social media experience in the Fediverse is yours to shape. If you rely on the defaults and flow with the tide, you’ll likely end up somewhere you don’t want to be. If you trim your sails and take the wheel, there are all sorts of wonderful destinations out here.

Don’t use other people’s anger and unhappiness as your compass.

artair, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

There may be no direct 1:1 solution at this time, but you can do a lot with IFTTT and Webhooks. So long as your fitness tracker’s host service (Apple, Fitbit, etc.) supports IFTTT, you could – for example – send a post to Mastodon with whatever information you desired. I do something similar with Untappd since there’s no direct integration with Masto at this time.

EDIT: I believe these are the guidelines I used to figure out my own integration. hyperborea.org/journal/2017/12/mastodon-ifttt/

artair, 9 months ago

There’s a feline race in the Star Trek universe called the Caitians. Their appearance varies WIDELY depending on whether they’re live-action or animated.

memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Caitian

artair, 10 months ago

Reasons I use my M1 MacBook Air:

1. Real estate. Thanks to AirPlay and the Thunderbolt port, I can have three desktops going at once with all my open windows.
2. Intel binaries still run on it via Rosetta 2.
3. Control – I have more access to the OS, the command line, etc.
4. Virtualization – Apple Silicon is built on ARM, so I can virtualize any ARM-based Linux distribution using VMware Fusion. (I run Fedora in a VM.)
5. Input – despite iPads having the ability to accept keyboard and touchpad input these days, the pointer is still pretty clumsy.

And lots more, but that’s a good start for me.

artair, 9 months ago

If one is Thunderbolt and another is AirPlay, it works. I have a 50" AirPlay-capable TV mounted in my office, and a 27" 4K display on my desk. I use a cable for the 27" and AirPlay for the 50".

artair, 10 months ago

Right client, wrong operating system. It knows I’m using Leomard, but it thinks I’m on iOS. I suspect it doesn’t handle architecture detection well on Apple Silicon machines.