[-] WenAmon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you all, I think I will have to look around some more for my Linux Laptop.

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Tuxedo Laptops? (discuss.tchncs.de)

I am looking for a new computer and am considering a Tuxedo Laptop. Do you know how easy they are to repair and upgrade? I enjoy my Fairphone too much to her an unrepairable Notebook.

[-] WenAmon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

And they sell replacement parts for a sensible price. I love that site.

[-] WenAmon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

No, sorry. We are playing Age of Rebellion rules during the Old Republic, because the children wanted to be Jedi.

[-] WenAmon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

I second with Vampire: The Masquerade, The Dark Eye, Shadowrun and StarWars RPG in my family. Teach your kids to play and they will never have time or money to waste on drugs. ;)

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[-] WenAmon@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd be very interested in a tiny turbine that gives off 500W per hour to cover the basic power consumption of the house when there is no sun shining. But most stuff I see is junk, and the other stuff is way too powerful for what I need.

[-] WenAmon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

If you'd look two posts below this one:

https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/537419

[-] WenAmon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

The question was posed and therefore answered in German. I do not think any excluding was intended, and translation help like deepl usually is only an URL and a bit of copy/paste away.

Milan himself tries to keep Meta out of his life, but he does not think panicking without solid data is the way to go. He wants to keep an eye on how the situation evolves, and if Meta is practicing non-moderation like on facebook, he will not federate with them for that even before entertaining deeper ethical questions.

[-] WenAmon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I got them made at WASD Keyboards. They have a prepared design file for 104 key ISO (and some more layouts) you can use. My board carries 108 keys, but I don't mind the programmable keys looking different than the main set.

Quality wise, they look good, and I like the slightly rough feel. "Side print" is Qwerty in my own hand, with acrylic marker, for the kids. Profile is Cherry.

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100% Keychron Q6 Neo2 (discuss.tchncs.de)

My new custom WASD keycaps with NEO2 legends have arrived. I wanted nicely readable legends for the layers I used most, not for all as the predesigned caps offered. I also had problems with the color coding, which emphasized the wrong layers.

At the beginning, I had plans to turn my own handwriting into letters, but that proved too much of a task for the time I had, so I just went with stock symbols and Comic Sans.

I also considered having black keycaps, but after I studied up on the finer points of laser printing on dark base colors - bright colors require a white underprint -, I decided to go with colors on wite for crisp outlines.

All in all I am very happy with the result. My children begged me to give them a chance, so I hand wrote QWERTZ legends on the sides.

[-] WenAmon@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago

Thank you all for your suggestions, I will have a look at used thinkpads or tuxedos. Scratches never bothered me.

You are all very helpful!

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As the title says, I am currently learning to be a programmer, and my tablet does not suffice for the job.

I have already finished a small MEAN-Stack application for learning Typescript, learned some Java syntax (I expect nothing more exciting than a sorting algorithm, but exam language is Java, so...) and the next stop will most likely be plain vanilla C to learn about handling hardware.

Windows I hate with a passion, and I don't know squat about Macs, so I am thinking of getting myself a decently sized laptop for a sensible Linux install.

History (I started my Liux journey with SuSE Linux 4.4.1, way back when) taught me to be very wary of driver issues on laptops, so I thought I could ask you for recommendations that play fair with Linux.

(as an aside, if I could play GuildWars2 on it in the evening and attach my two big monitors when at home, that would be super cool)

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Bench cushion (discuss.tchncs.de)

I was quite tired of having to pick up bench cushions all the time, so I invested a bit into a full sized pad and made a cover out of an old baby wrap. We are all quite nappy with this solution.

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Fairphone 5 renders (www.androidauthority.com)

A first look at the Fairphone 5.

[-] WenAmon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Reddid was / is a lot more lively, with enough posts in a day that I had to turn off notifications. Lemmy has not as many users around the world, and subocribing to a lot of communities does not equal reddit traffic at all.

I feel this is restful, and it offers the opportunity to learn new stuff. Also, by subscribing to different communities on different instances, you mix it up and make everything link together more tightly.

There might be a future when you have to currail your subscriptions, but just now, you are doing everything right.

[-] WenAmon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Das Abgreifen von Daten, die über Activity Pub importiert werden, kann immer ein Problem sein. Jenseits von "spiel nach EU-DSGVO oder werd verklagt" fällt mir da nichts Wirksames gegen ein. Wenn man einen Beitrag loslässt, gibt man damit auch die Kontrolle darüber auf. Das hat uns ja schon das Usenet beigebracht.

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Kanadagans - Canadian Goose? (discuss.tchncs.de)

These geese thrive near our local river in southern Germany. Its only a mobile phone snapshot, but I tried. :D

[-] WenAmon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

My attention span is shot, too, but I mostly blame my stressed-out lifestyle. If I try to read a book, I fall asleep on the first two pages and can't remember a word I read before I nodded off. But the few times aactually succeeded in sitting down with a book, I was absolutely surprised how relaxing it was reading from paper and not from a screen. There is a peace in paper I don't find on a phone.

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Running a Lemmy instance (discuss.tchncs.de)

I wonder what the stats on running a lemmy instance are.

How much time needs to be invested, how much data storage is needed, what kind of traffic volume is to be expected?

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Keychron Q6 with Max Keycaps (discuss.tchncs.de)

My first (and only) 100% keyboard with Gateron red switches and Max semitransparent keycaps. The QWERTY legends are on the sides, on the tops I painted NEO legends, which I prefer for work and serious writing.

I am still looking for a print service that will make me custom legend keycaps within Europe. But I am afraid that will stay a dream.

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Do you have any ideas for a password safe that stores its data locally (an encrypted cloud drive is available for synchronizing), offers clients for Linux, Win and Android and has some amenities like filling in passwords in browsers?

My family needs to learn password safety, and I want to make it easy for them.

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