StrawberryPigtails @ StrawberryPigtails @lemmy.sdf.org

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Pretty much, yea. I was updating my music player and for whatever reason, I dragged the link for the x86_64 app image to the desktop and got a dialog that basically said "Yea, I can put that there. Are you sure?"

Tried uploading a short screen recording but it wouldn't go. After doing it again though, it may be a KDE thing.

I've bounced between a bunch of different ones. Each time I switched and moved the directory over the formatting and linking tended to break. In the end, I settled on just a raw hierarchical directory structure using raw markdown (using a basic text editor) for typed notes and whatever other relevant media (pictures, pdfs, whatever), and GoodNotes for handwritten notebooks with PDF backups saved to directory on my Nextcloud.

I don't know, maybe my needs are odd but I've just never found a single application that could handle all of my note-taking and documentation needs. Everything is close, but frustratingly annoying in one missing feature or another. And all of them seemed damned slow compared to just opening up a file browser or a terminaland doing what I needed.

As for file syncing, Logseq was pretty easy to handle syncing for. I just put the logseq notes directory on my Nextcloud and Bob's you're uncle. Access on my desktop, laptop and mobile devices. Don't have to use Nextcloud though, just something that would allow you to sync the directory between devices. Syncthing would probably work. Just don't bounce between devices too fast. Causes conflicts you have to correct manually.

Gee! Who could have predicted that! /s

Personally, Iranians hacking a bunch of computer systems are probably the least of our worries now. Jim Salter posted an image that makes a good analogy. https://fosstodon.org/@jimsalter/114730060651034011

I just had to have our meter replaced while we were replacing the water line to our house. The tech who installed it said that the meter cost $5K to replace. Was very glad I didn't have to pay for the new meter on top of the main water line.

Possibly. Probably even. It's still irrelevant.

Nowadays, Apple is only really big for digital music if you are (or were) already really deep in their ecosystem. Not sure I've heard of any devices that play nice with their DRM in a while and last I had looked (admittedly many years ago) they did not have a compatible app for Android.

Apple music was bigger back 15 or 20 years ago for digital downloads due in large part to the iPod, though I occasionally hear of some odd band or another that only releases their stuff on iTunes.

And since this is a linux community, as a heads up, iTunes is only marginally functional, last I heard, in linux. Apparently it can't detect connected devices. You'll probably need a Windows or Mac system to run iTunes if you want to go that route.

For CDs, Amazon, ebay, or discogs. Digital music I usually get from the artist's webstore if possible, otherwise I'll buy it from Amazon or BandCamp.

One heads up, Buying and downloading digital music from Amazon is a pain in the butt if you have an Amazon Music subscription. Easy and straightforward though without.

Apple music is also possible but you have to burn the tracks to CD using itunes to move it out of Apple's ecosystem.

I also hear good things about Tidal but I've never used them.

Agreed

I was about to reply that today's protests seem to have gone off peacefully till this article came up in my news feeds.

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/06/14/portland-police-ice-facility-riot/

As far as I know though, the Portland protest, and the assassinations of the Minnesota legislator, Melissa Hortman, and her husband, seem to have been the exceptions.

In the US, generally, you aren’t so much asking permission as giving notice that your expecting a generate a crowd, despite the phrasing. Freedoms of speech, assembly and association are still a thing.

The purpose behind it is to give emergency services a heads up to minimize obstruction of normal or emergency traffic and to provide some level of crowd control to minimize the chance of flash stampedes. Like if some idiot sets off a firework, everyone thinks it’s a gunshot and started running.

Approval is generally automatic, but failure to go through the approval process could result in your peaceful protest turning into a riot, or being declared a riot.

Good on them!

Alabama here. Battery and mains powered ones are generally called weed eaters.

The gas powered ones are called a string of curses that would get me banned. Usually while trying to get them to crank. There’s a reason I went electric.

I’m more concerned with the military command respecting the court decision. They are the ones with the guns. That would be a problem.

From it's publicly available spec sheet:

Performance and Weights: • Maximum Speed 240 knots (276 mph) • Service Ceiling Altitude 50,000 ft • Endurance 20 hours • Maximum Gross Weight 10,500 lbs

Seems like that would likely cause pilots and any remaining ATCs in the area ulcers. Especially if it wasn't following flight rules. I seem to recall that quite a few planes fly around the LA metro area.

Done. Sorry about that.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-mistakenly-detain-us-marshal-rcna211599

Micro or Kate. My needs are simple. Occasionally if I need something more capable, I'll use VScode

Pain is never normal but back pain is pretty common. Sometimes it's a past injury that's the cause. For most people though, it's often caused by weak back muscles or over exertion. Or both.

Might try some light yoga focusing on the back, but you should definitely go see a doc. A chiropractor might be helpful as well.

Isn’t that basically SyncThing? I thought it was BitTorrent under the hood.

If you have a favorite community you might take a look at the instance they’re hosted out of.

Beyond that, my general advice is to sort Lemmy instances by number of active users, then pick one that’s somewhere between the 10th and 20th largest.

I tend to change volumes to bind mounts. Makes it easier to backup or move the service.

Might want to avoid using relative paths with bind mounts and declare the full path. It has caused me headaches before.