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chillicampari

@chillicampari@layer8.space

Open Source Thing-doer, wandering around the Fediverse ca. 2010. Posts are in English and (some) German with translation help at times.

#foss #florespondence #tzag
#nobot #nobridge she/her

Prior instance (archived): https://mastodon.social/@chillicampari

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

jwz, (edited ) to random
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Before they will let me publish a new release of XScreenSaver on the "Play" [sic] store, Google, the most rapacious privacy violator ever, insists that a screensaver have a privacy policy.

This is where you come in!

I'd like this policy to be a series of bullet points: "Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will not [Thing.] An endless, concise catalog of their sins.

I need both your snark AND a link supporting your snark. It's critical for the joke to land. Include both.

GO!!

https://jwz.org/b/ykUc

chillicampari, (edited )
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@jwz unlike Google, XScreenSaver will not prompt you to call your deceased dad on Father's Day.

https://technologizer.com/2011/06/20/googles-unpleasant-heavy-handed-father-day-surprise/index.html

https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/20/reminder-call-dad-another-notch-in-googles-belt-of-social-fail/

chillicampari, to random
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no

chillicampari,
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@aeva I think so too but I didn't click through to find out

chillicampari,
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@aeva yeah, I took the time to screenshot, edit and respond but actually watching it felt like it would have been a bridge too far

Hang a tether off my ankle, I'm going in

chillicampari,
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@aeva okay, made it through it. He somewhat backtracks pretty quickly in the actual video, and might have some useful information in a different video about cutting your own layers in front (which was what I was actually looking for to begin with) but otherwise it's just the typical "do this, not that" template with stock cutaway footage for emphasis and wacky sounds. Though all of the "not that" stuff looks just fine to me ¯_(ツ)_/¯

chillicampari,
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@aeva yup :D

chillicampari, to random
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It's a bit surreal to see my house (and/or parts of it, like the garage) in the news a few times now with the flood coverage. Retention barriers are holding though a large concern is groundwater erosion. I have been able to see much of the preventative work that has been done the last few years as it happened (I missed the large 2013 floods as I wasn't here yet, though minor to mid-range flooding is normal here) and I am very glad it was done.

https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2024-06/regensburg-hochwasser-donau-ueberschwemmung-schutz/komplettansicht

chillicampari, (edited ) to random
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From earlier today, the water seems about the same as last night and the next street over is still evacuated. There were media, demonstrators and a politician in the neighborhood today. The basement of my place is flooded, otherwise seems okay still.

chillicampari,
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@morph of course. /s

chillicampari, to random
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Home! Just in time for the high water peak (hopefully no higher). The next street over was evacuated shortly before we arrived and moved to a shelter but we are a bit higher and were allowed to enter.

Raised emergency evacuation platform attached to a building.
Flooded walkway with emergency crews in the distance.
Floodwater almost reaching a garage.

chillicampari, to random
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Off of the roadside somewhere in Northern Scotland.

18+ chillicampari, to random
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Camping in Northern Scotland.

chillicampari,
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@morph @hobbsc indeed :)

leigh, to random
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2 weeks after BSidesSF/RSA & I still don’t have my voice back. Tell me all your voice recovery tips! So far I’ve tried:

  • hydration (esp throat coat tea)
  • humidifier
  • cough drops without menthol (Luden’s)
  • 48 hours of near-total vocal rest
  • ibuprofen
  • gargling salt water

Anything I missed?

chillicampari, (edited )
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@leigh that's not good, I am glad you are being seen and hoping you have a quick recovery 💐

chillicampari, to random
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chillicampari, to Eurovision
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I'm not feeling it this year (it's not Eurovision, it's me) but for those of you who are enjoying and commenting, I hope you have a great time! I'll be checking in on the hashtags to catch a glimpse.

chillicampari,
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Only from reading comments, it looks like and so far are the ones to watch on a later catch-up.

chillicampari, to random
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Holy crap that was loud. #gewitter #Regensburg

chillicampari, to Plants
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Some plants are trickier to water than others :) Also, it needs a re-potting and better light setup (it looks like some parts are getting too much light and others too little). This is a Sedum Morganianum aka Donkey or Burro's Tail. In the old location it was hanging from a hook and now it's just kind of draped over a shelf. When the leaves fall off as they do with each move and watering I just drop them back into the pot.

@plants

Closeup of Sedum Morganianum.
Side view of Sedum Morganianum in a curved watering tray.

chillicampari,
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@plants The tray is a curved serving tray for what looks like banquets or catering. I got it at a thrift store for about 1€ and it works great for watering.

hobbsc, to random
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Booked my work flights a couple weeks ago and had my seats selected. Go to check in for my flight and I don't have a seat selection. Managed to get decent seats for the trip out to work (naturally I had to pay extra for them) but I'll have to ride in the middle row for the whole five hour flight home. Real awesome for a tall dude in cattle class. I love air travel.

chillicampari,
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@hobbsc ugh. I think I'll print out my seating confirmation before my next flight to avoid something like that. I've had that happen with the train a few times but worst case with the train you end up sitting on the floor. Can't really do that on a plane.

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chillicampari, (edited ) to Plants
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Doing some spring pruning today. I usually like to let the plants grow the way they want, but in this case (and with some other plants I'll be trimming) they get too unbalanced and can topple over or stem weakening. This Pachyphytum Oviferum branched and offset/cloned a new smaller plant, and then grew sideways.
It was really cute and I wanted to leave it like this but the head of the original plant was too heavy to support over time.

@plants

chillicampari,
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@plants whoops, I forgot the image captions with that post. Fixed and thank you @PleaseCaption :)

chillicampari, (edited ) to android
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I have an Android (and Nokia/HMD) question. After updating to Android 14 my Nokia G42 5G lost AAC codec over Bluetooth support, which downgraded some of my headphones as they are falling back to SBC (more noticeable on some headphones than others and these are without aptX* support, which is still working fine). Developer Options doesn't change it. Has anyone else seen this? I already factory defaulted the phone and recently updated to the April 2024 patch with no change.

chillicampari,
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I can also use an older phone with AAC over Bluetooth support as a dedicated music player but when I am traveling I don't like to juggle phones around much unless I have to.

chillicampari, (edited )
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As an update, there is more going on with the Nokia than just that (audio via speaker is inconsistently working). I don't think there is anything wrong with the hardware, but more that it didn't agree with the Android 14 upgrades. I'm replacing it before traveling but after I'm back I will see if I can force downgrade/re-image it back to Android 13 (reset via the settings menu on 14 doesn't fix things). Looking around quickly I don't see a LineageOS ROM for that model or a factory image.

chillicampari,
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The cool thing about this phone is that there is hardware replacement support via iFixit (and that was one of the reasons I went with this one) but what would really be helpful also is a ROM archive of releases. https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Nokia_G42_5G

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