A friend of mine has a dumb TV that she wishes to use to watch various "internet" based services like BritBox, YouTube, and Netflix. I suspect that an Android based "media player" box is the easiest way (without buying a television) for me to make that happen. She does not want to hook up a laptop to the TV and use it to play media.
Is there a better option than an Android box? And if not, what do I need to know about buying one of the many available boxes? One of my concerns is that at some point the lack of updates will force her to buy a new box. Is that a likely thing?
Question: is there an alternative frontend to Substack – like Scribe to Medium? I loathe the platform and never share articles from there, but there is at least one publication that would be worth it.
I've been asked to do an online meeting on Friday and this will involve screen sharing. I tend to avoid these things like the plague and have already told them I don't use Zoom or Teams.
Are there anythings I need to be wary of from a privacy point of view?
I'm jealous of the little Python logo badge many of y'all have next to your names and many #Python community folks I appreciate (@fedidevs, @ThePSF, and many others) are on fosstodon.
I've been posting on mastodon.social for a while and I have no meaningful complaints though (ever since the servers were upgraded!).
Should I switch to fosstodon.org? (Multiple select voting is allowed)
My #ActivityPub server is receiving “GET /poco” requests from #Friendica servers (based on the user-agent). Can anybody point me to the documentation for this behavior? #AskFedi
Been reading r/worldnews for a decade now and lately it has been really revealing what a propaganda machine it has become. Just got perma banned for pointing out that "legal war targets aren't necessarily ethically correct"
With Artifact gone, reddit basically gone - what other sources do you use for #geopolitics?
You would not believe the struggles I've had sourcing footwear. For five years now, I have been completely unable to find a shoe that satisfies all three of:
Fits me and is comfortable to wear and put on;
Doesn't break within weeks (including not just aesthetic damage but breakage in the sole letting water in, which is both uncomfortable – I've had to buy waterproof socks – and makes the shoe stink and therefore unusable long-term);
Is of even a broadly acceptable style.
Ordinarily, "get an artisan to make you one" is not the most helpful answer to the question of how to acquire something, but in this case I'm desperate. Hence, this #AskFedi, where I'm seeking a shoemaker in the South East of England who I can commission to tailor me a pair of shoes.
I'm willing to pay a fair bit of money (but not huge prices), because I can't afford to keep replacing shoes that are functional for maybe a whole fortnight if I'm lucky, or taking a punt on the latest shit that Long Tall Sally assures me will actually fit on my feet at all this time.
Ok, hear me out! I was just wondering if I close my eyes (and therefore shut down my sense of vision), does my brain reduce its power consumption?
I mean: is all those sophisticated image processing in there turned off when there is no input? And if it saves power, how much?
Thirty years ago, a friend and I concocted a TTRPG with its own system (custom stats and mechanics etc) and setting, and it might be fun to try and make a CRPG out of it.
Assuming zero specific knowledge and non-existing art skils on my side, is there a free (or close to free) engine that could allow me to get something up and running to see if makes sense?