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Seems like dpkg failed in configuring things in a previous update? Perhaps it was interrupted. You can try to run the configuration process again with:

    
sudo dpkg --configure -a

  

See if that helps.

It's not a terrible idea... I actually use the mentioned Space Bar and really like it (makes me miss i3 less :)).

Just upgraded... seems OK so far. My USB-C dock is fine, but I'm on Tiger Lake and have only been using it for a few minutes.

Will do more testing and will report back if any issues come up.

I'm a fan (and contributor) to Photon. This is my main lemmy client on desktop and on mobile (I usually use the compact view, which I implemented).

That's not quite true. I self-host libreddit and it continues to work fine. The public instances with many users will not work because of the new API limits, but if you run one yourself, it should continue to work.

That said, I've mostly switched over to lemmy and mastodon and haven't had a need to go to reddit or twitter.

No, but basically jmp.chat takes over your phone number... it acts as your carrier for voice and SMS (similar to Google Voice). Maybe not exactly what you want.

From the FAQ:

You can use JMP to communicate with your contacts without them changing anything on their end, just like with any other telephone provider. JMP works wherever you have an Internet connection. JMP can be used alongside, or instead of, a traditional wireless carrier subscription.

The benefit of this is that you can receive voice and text on anything that can serve as a XMPP client.

Probably? I use Firefox-UI-Fix, so I have normal looking tabs.

You could consider using something like jmp.chat. It delivers SMS via XMPP (aka jabber), so you could self-host a XMPP server and receive SMS that way. It also has some support for MMS (group chat, media), but my experience with it was mixed (I used it for about 3-4 years).

I wonder if it is because of the various outages on both instance and the new "dead instance" detection, lemmy.ml has temporarily stopped receiving updates?

The federation code now includes a check for dead instances which is used when sending activities. This helps to reduce the amount of outgoing POST requests, and also reduce server load.

I have a similar setup (external USB drive that I periodically plugin to backup stuff), and I use rsnapshot which is based on the venerable rsync utility. It is a command line solution that I've used for many years and it allows you to do daily, weekly, or even monthly backups.

I also use rsnapshot for handling remote backups as well, so it is pretty versatile.

Yum, I usually do this with tofu, maybe some curry as well.

Did you use eggs?

Indeed... :|

This looks incredibly cool and fun. Would be interested trying to re-write some of the games myself when I have some free time.

Yeah, initially I didn't plan on going, but my sister took her kids and really enjoyed it... she said it reminded her of her time living in New York's Chinatown.

I subsequently took my family and we all really liked it too. It's not groundbreaking or world changing, but it was a solid and enjoyable film. It is definitely an immigrant story and about how to live up to the expectations of those who sacrificed so much for you, while also finding your own way and living on your own terms, which deeply resonated with me.

Oh yeah, I forgot this existed... I just setup the Firefox Redirector extension to send NPR links to the text only version of the site now. Thanks for reminding me.

Yeah, I got a cordless stick vac a few months ago and it has been a game changer, particularly for the stairs. It is powerful but also lightweight enough that my kids can use it (and thus help around the house) effectively.

One thing I would note is that when I received the metapackage update on July 26th, it reinstalled Libreoffice, which I had previously removed. It was no big deal as I was able to uninstall it afterwards.

I experienced the same thing (had previously uninstalled libreoffice, but it came back after the update). I didn't get snapd back fortunately (though I do use Firefox packaged by Pop).

Part of the change is that Pop!_OS is moving away from ubuntu-minimal and ubuntu-standard meta packages and towards their own metapackages as shown in this this recent commit.

After the update, I simply uninstalled libreoffice... hopefully it doesn't return in the next update :]

I agree 100%. It's one of the first apps I download on a new phone and I've been using it for about a decade.

Very cool, though it is not very usable on mobile (the popup/modal when viewing posts is just too narrow).

Another new alternative UI for Lemmy is Photon, which I've been contributing to for the past week. It is still early days, but it is usable (I am currently daily driving it using the compact view that I implemented) and is constantly improving.

You can find a hosted version at nu.lemdro.id and photon.xylight.dev.

That said, I think having multiple UI's is great and hopefully everyone can find one that works for them.