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I was under the impression that the sodium-ion batteries weren't dense enough to put into cars.
Re:Cory Doctorow on how we lost the internet on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @08:52AM (#44115497)
Didn't know this[1] existed, thanks

[1] https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1353

Re:Choosing a Name for Your Computer on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @01:55PM (#43987402)
> Don't choose a name after a project unique to that machine.

The second paragraph of page 1 describes exactly what happened with your setup :D

Re:Hyprland is now independent, dropping wlroots on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @09:07AM (#41056698)
I started with hyprland when I switched my desktop from windows to arch recently (june) and moved to sway. I ran into bugs and behaviour I don't like:

- Having two monitors and turning them off (either physically or through dpms) shifts all workspaces to the last monitor that is on, even if it's on for a split second,

- Turning off monitors (physically/dpms) caused waybar to crash.

I don't have those issues on sway, so I'll stick with it until hyprland matures a little more.

Re:How to copy a file between devices? on Thursday February 15, 2024 @08:22AM (#39382363)
I just tried it and it works as expected for Windows <--> Android.

I was using syncthing but this will replace it for one offs.

EDIT: I checked out another app in the comments and their website mentioned that it didn't work with a VPN. I can also confirm that LocalSend works when connected to VPN.

Re:Why I Like Obsidian on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @09:43AM (#39028360)
Mine's close to yours also

desktop: nvim + syncthing + vimwiki (md markup instead of default)

mobile: syncthing + Markor[1]

On mobile I have a todo.txt[2] in addition to the vim wiki files which are all synced.

All this works pretty well for my personal needs. For work I use OneNote because the whole company uses OneNote.

[1] https://f-droid.org/packages/net.gsantner.markor/ [2] http://todotxt.org/

Re:Canada's "Linked Tax" Can't Replace a Real Tax on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @11:18AM (#38614222)
> This deal, given to Google, once again shows how these laws reward large corporations, and hurt small start-ups who can not broker or afford such exemptions.

Can you explain how this hurts small start-ups?

Re:OpenSubtitles is not open anymore on Thursday November 16, 2023 @01:24PM (#38293370)
I doubt they are under copyright, if they were, cover bands or bands making covers of songs would be getting sued willy nilly.
Re:Why You Should Write Your Own Static Site Generator on Friday November 03, 2023 @01:26PM (#38132018)
Just like a bunch of us here, I also wrote an SSG.

I setup a cronjob to fetch weather data and run the SSG to parse the XML and render a weather "website" on my VPS.

But for the blogs I've had/have, I just use a pre-existing one (zola). There are hundreds of SSGs out there, why bother building yet another one if one already exists for transforming your preferred base doc (markdown, asciidoc, morse code, etc)

Re:Canada to Regulate Podcasts on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @09:34AM (#37764932)
> it's just that you need a specified amount of air time from French Canadian and indigenous presenters.

It's only specific to Canadian and Indigenous content. The content does not have to be French.

Re:Ghostfolio: Open-Source Wealth Management Software on Thursday August 31, 2023 @12:42PM (#37339989)
Wealth is an industry term. It doesn't imply that one should be wealthy (rich) to use this tool. Wealth management is a tool for planning your own personal wealth for the future.

For example, you add all your accounts/investments and have the software calculate how much you need to save so that by age 65 (retirement) you have $X which you will need so that by the time you reach life expectancy (say 90 y/o) you have > 0$ left.

There is other stuff you can add in, like "I would like Y$ saved by 20XX so that I can purchase a house. How will that affect the amount I need to save now and how much will that affect my savings at retirement."

> Or do they have meetings with their accountants, bankers, brokers.

It is probably a good idea to have a financial advisor do this for you since they have the know-how (and certification depending where you live) and will know about regional benefits you can apply which can increase your "wealth". However, if you want to do this yourself because you know the space then there is software like this, or Wealth Simple for example.

Ah yes, to have flashing marquee text scroll across the screen. The good old days :D
> In this case, the sin was not making the potential for inaccuracies clear enough.

I completely agree and the tone of some of the comments in the issue are disproportionate to the problem.

> If in fact wood turns into a truly viable alternative for satellite manufacturing, it does have some potential benefits compared to the typical metal alloys used in today’s constructions. For one, it is more environmentally friendly, across the board. It is easier, cheaper and cleaner to produce, and is much more disposable when it comes to a satellite's end-of-life.

There's no mention of how a wooden satellite would compare to a "standard" satellite in terms of weight. Would they be similar?

Re:The Future of Thunderbird on Thursday February 09, 2023 @04:56PM (#34732133)
Thanks for sharing, I hadn't seen these.

With all the negative comments in the thread I had expected some kind of massive changes but it basically looks the same. Sure, nitpick about this or that but in the end the overall look remains nearly identical (for calendar, again, havent seen the other screens).

Re:The Future of Thunderbird on Thursday February 09, 2023 @04:02PM (#34731415)
I am seeing similar results. That being said, I'm only using thunderbird on Windows, so I can't speak to Mac/Linux perf.

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