[-] lordgoose@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 months ago

LEDs on electronics need either a maximum brightness or an adjustable brightness. I have taken to covering the LEDs on charger bricks with Sharpie/tape (often multiple layers of tape) to dampen the brightness because I cannot function with these damn things at night.

[-] lordgoose@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 5 months ago

I swear, I can't tell the difference between AI answers and the shit people make up with inspect element for the memes anymore.

[-] lordgoose@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 months ago

I personally use Matrix. I haven't gotten very far into using it but it does have groups, text, calls, and encrypted messaging so I'd say check it out.

[-] lordgoose@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I got mine for 98 cents a can. Highest price I've seen is like two bucks.

[-] lordgoose@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 8 months ago

Element. It's a popular client for Matrix, which is a federated messaging platform (similar to lemmy and mastodon) with different instances.

[-] lordgoose@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 months ago

Hm interesting. Looking up "1940s solingen pocket knife" gives me some results with either similar profiles or similar grips to the one I have. Nothing identical but it's a good start. Thank you!

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There's a patent number on the smaller of the blades near the hinge (2037943) that led me to a US patent from 1936 but it didn't tell me a lot about this particular knife. Any information on time period, brand, model, cleaning/restoring, etc is helpful. Thanks!

Additional notes:

  • I cleaned off a decent amount of rust with some soap and WD-40 but the inner workings are still pretty messy
  • The yellow layer on the handles is peeling off at the ends

Update: thank you all so much for the information! I've gotten a lot of information and leads on the knife. Still nothing definite on brand but you're probably right that it's a carbon steel blade with an ivory handle from about the 1950s. I'll be tending to it properly with your information on proper cleaning and sharpening of a knife like this. I'll post another update if I find anything more definite on brand/origin. Thanks again!

[-] lordgoose@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 11 months ago

I celebrate Christmas (not as festive as some people but still) but I generally am apathetic to Christmas music at best. That being said, Carol of the Bells by Transiberian Orchestra still kicks ass and I would say it is the one Christmas song that I would actively and willingly listen to.

[-] lordgoose@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure which programs you're using so hopefully something here can help but here's some stuff I've read/done:

  • For MS Office, I believe you can just use it in your web browser or use LibreOffice as an alternative.
  • If you use anything Adobe-based, you'll probably have to keep a Windows partition around or find an alternative. I haven't seen anything for running Adobe in WINE or WINE-based tools and I'm not sure if Adobe functions in a virtual machine or not.
  • Most gaming-related issues can be dealt with via Proton (Steam's compatibility tool). I've successfully gotten just about every game I play to run in Proton, with the only issues being EA's launcher (the game still launches though).

If you have any specific programs that you have questions about, feel free to ask. Hope this helps!

[-] lordgoose@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

I've been using Mint for a few months now after initially trying Fedora and Kubuntu. Mint has been by far my favorite experience and I've even gotten a few people converted to Linux via Mint. Definitely my recommendation for any Linux newbies.

[-] lordgoose@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

It makes a copy of your entire system automatically (and your home folder if you want it to) so, in the event that you break something and can't/don't want to fix it, you can go back to your most recent back-up from before you messed your system up. I've had to use it a few times because I installed some drivers for my drawing tablet that broke more than they fixed and I didn't want to deal with the pain in the ass of removing them and all of the dependencies they installed.

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[-] lordgoose@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 year ago

As someone who switched to Linux primarily because of Windows 11's never ending BS (bugs, resource mismanagement, etc) and the inevitably end of Windows 10, I can confirm that Windows 10 will be my last.

[-] lordgoose@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

Right there with you. I've been living the plant milk life for years at this point and cow milk just tastes so... water-y for lack of a better explanation.

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I moved to Linux Mint fairly recently but still dual boot for a couple of programs that require Windows. I avoid Windows when I can but I like to play The Sims 4 and want to play it on Linux so I tried to install it on Steam (I own it on EA but it's free on Steam right now and I haven't been able to get Bottles to run the EA app without EA crashing before starting) but the EA app just blanks out when I run it. My EA account is linked to Steam (checked on EA's website to confirm that they're linked) and I can't find any other reason for this issue online. Any ideas? Thanks!

Edit: tried again after relinking my EA and Steam accounts and waiting a while to let it boot and so far nothing. Looking at Steam, it seems like it stopped at loading "Microsoft DirectX" so I'll have to go from there.

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