BackYardIncendiary @ BackYardIncendiary @lemmy.sdf.org

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Thank you for the clarification.

Retracted the original comment. It's nice to hear about some positive changes. That's rare these days!

Article link: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-historians-under-attack-for-exploring-polands-role-in-the-holocaust

I've never used Proxmox, so I can't say. But TLP is a utility that starts at boot. I've used it with virtualbox running, so if Proxmox runs atop a host operating system, I don't imagine that it would interfere with TLP.

As an additional note, I usually set the min/max thresholds at 40/80, so the battery will charge any time it's plugged in and below 40% and stops charging when it reaches 80%.

Nice to know that the latitudes work with TLP, since it opens up another set of possibilities for the future!

Batch scripts run on my locked-down work laptop. Powershell requires administrator privileges that I don't have.

I don't make the rules, I just evade them :D

I use a 2011 ThinkPad X120e as an FTP/Syncthing server. It was underpowered as a laptop from day one, but still works fine as a lightweight server. The best thing about ThinkPads is that TLP allows you to set min/max charging thresholds, so that you can keep an old battery in good shape for ... well, I'll let you know. This one's 14 years old and still has a four-hour run time.

One thing I'd like to try is "Wake My Potato" for shutdown / automatic restart when a power outage occurs.

Links:

TLP - https://linrunner.de/tlp/index.html

Wake My Potato - https://github.com/pablogila/WakeMyPotato

If I have to use windows, I write batch scripts. They still work and there is a lot of documentation online. There's even a good set of GUI dialogs with WizApp (or the Zenity port).

When our local internet provider (Telus) first distributed wifi routers around 2004, they didn't turn on encryption by default. I think I made use of nodes in the "neighbour net" for about three years before the majority began setting up WEP.

I've run an XMPP server for a small online user group for about 7 years. It was relatively simple to get a basic server up and running.

One challenge came when my wife and I decided to use it as our everyday mobile messaging service. I had to learn about and configure a number of extensions to get Prosody working well with Conversations (Android) and Monal (iOS).

Another challenge was filtering spam. I posted my administrator XMPP address online and got hammered with spam. It took a while to figure out how to effectively combat it.

With respect to why it's not more popular, imagine if you were trying to sell people on email (with no business use-case). It's a generic federated protocol. I don't know if you can get much more bland.

Akelpad is a nice replacement. I use it on my work laptop. It's locked down so I can't install anything, but I can use portable apps!

https://portableapps.com/news/2024-10-23--akelpad-portable-4.9.9-released

Also, when poor people stop being cooler than rich people :D

Just did!

Hey, yeah, definitely.

It's https://github.com/Visiblink/CanadianRetailers

I just started it when all the tariffy-goodness began, so it's bound to see additions whenever I (or anyone who wants to add to it) shop for things.

A lot of searching. Then I add good alternatives to a "buy Canadian" list I keep at Github. That makes it a lot easier the next time around.

Showrooming Amazon. How Ironic. I love it!

It's time to start negotiating the renewal of the Canada-Mexico free trade agreement without inviting the US.

Late response. I used to host radicale, but switched to MyPhoneExplorer a few years ago. I just sync from the laptop to the phone over bluetooth. It does contacts and memos as well. Reminds me of the old Palm Desktop sync.