Takeshidude 2w ago • 80%
self-hosting matrix is possible, and after I got it set up, it works fine. That said, push notifications were acting up a lot at first (might have been fixed by an update since that hasn't been an issue in a while), and it is rather annoying to get your desktop and mobile clients set up to not be annoying about not being verified (iOS apps seem more fiddly with verifying than Android apps in my experience)
Despite my annoyances at first, the Element client really is the best and most mature one out there, and I do recommend it. Don't bother with any of the other ones; despite what the fluffychat settings want you to think, Element is the only client that can do any kind of audio/video calling, and most of the other clients only have web apps, so there's no hope for getting push notifications on mobile.
Ultimately it has worked for me, but my demands are three humans in a voice call once a week, no screenshare (use Parsec for that), and occasional text messages.
Takeshidude 4w ago • 100%
Spacebar looks great, and is exactly what I want, but it doesn't look close to production ready yet
Takeshidude 4w ago • 100%
yeah that sounds like an employer actually providing a benefit in exchange for you working for them
Takeshidude 4w ago • 100%
that's an interesting (and stupid) possibility that I hadn't considered
idk man I just need to vent i guess my employer "provides" health insurance in exchange for my time and labor, and for that great privilege they take $600 out of my paycheck every month (covers me, my wife, and our 1yo son) that's half our monthly mortgage payment; it's 2/3 our monthly grocery bill why?
Takeshidude 4w ago • 100%
Been working on Samurai Champloo and had a triple feature last night with Delicious in Dungeon and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Takeshidude 1mo ago • 100%
don't leave us hanging, what's in those .txts?
Takeshidude 1mo ago • 100%
Yo dawg, I heard you like Windows, so we put Windows in your Windows so you can use Windows while you use Windows
Takeshidude 1mo ago • 100%
Syncthing; it's a modern miracle
Takeshidude 1mo ago • 100%
I'm all in for this
Takeshidude 1mo ago • 94%
*fewer
Takeshidude 2mo ago • 100%
Holy cow "room temperature IQ" no need for the death match after an insult like that
Takeshidude 2mo ago • 100%
I've taken to the term 3rd-wave Trek for the 2010s-present shows to identify the stylistic differences in production compared to shows made in the 80s-90s or 60s.
Each era is molded by the media conventions of it's time. And there I go reinventing Marshal McLuhan again: "the medium is the message"
Takeshidude 2mo ago • 100%
I had a red Veloster I called Swordfish And my friends called my blue Civic "Bad Wolf"
Takeshidude 2mo ago • 90%
We try to, but when you're living paycheck to paycheck, trying to find solutions to the moving target that is your wife's fibromyalgia, have a growing, energetic baby boy, sometimes you can't afford paying twice as much or more for the product that isn't sold on amazon, assuming such an alternative exists.
Unfortunately, lots of people can't afford to shop with a conscience
Takeshidude 2mo ago • 91%
Living without amazon prime is easy; living without amazon at all is more challenging with various manufacturers using amazon as their only storefront
Takeshidude 3mo ago • 93%
I'm new to Linux; what's with the ThinkPad hype?
Takeshidude 5mo ago • 100%
I'll second Firefox as I quite like the web app version of Lemmy. You can even add it to your home screen as a PWA which will remove the address bar and any sign that you're just in a web browser
That said, I'm using the Sync app cause after updating my phone (I'm using Graphene), the PWA wouldn't keep me signed in for some reason. It's perfectly usable without a subscription; every few posts there's an ad, but they aren't super annoying and they all look like adds and not normal posts which goes a long way. You can make a one-time purchase to remove ads instead of a monthly subscription which is also nice.
Takeshidude 5mo ago • 100%
Good! Its not like they do anything but spout corporate jargon word salad and pick which 20% of the company to lay off based on extremely rudimentary data
Takeshidude 5mo ago • 100%
Yeah this is news to me, I love dragonforce
I really couldn't care less if I can follow a Lemmy community with my Mastodon account or comment on a PeerTube video with my Lemmy account. Don't get me wrong, it's neat and a cool achievement of the ActivityPub protocol, but that's like advertising that your awesome new solar-powered, self-driving, flying car also has power windows. I'm glad it's there, but there are way better things to talk about, especially when trying to convince a newcomer to jump on board.