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An Online Kids on Bikes Character Sheet (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cujo@sh.itjust.works to c/rpg@ttrpg.network

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Hi, all!

Just reaching out to see if there are any Kids on Bikes players active in this community! I've been working on a tool to support play groups at my local games shop, and I thought -- why not open it up to more people?

It's 100% free and open source (GLPv3), there are zero features stuck behind a paywall, ads, or other monetization and I intend to keep it that way. Full disclosure: there is a link to donate to the project, but it's out of the way and will never be shoved in anyone's face.

I want to make the tool better for anyone and everyone who uses it, so if it interests you at all please check it out! It's called Handlebar Heroes. Feel free to make suggestions, ask questions, give strongly worded criticisms, whatever you like. I'm here for it all. 🙂

Thanks so much for your time! I hope someone gets some use out of it.

Thinking of immigrating to Italy - am I insane? by cujo in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago

I can't offer much but to say I'm quite jealous, lol. My wife and I have researched just about every possible opportunity to do the same, just to find everything either doesn't apply to us or is just out of reach at this time (and for the foreseeable future). Asking for help around this topic typically leads to an insane amount of backlash online, so I've found...

Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April by cujo in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 110 points 3 weeks ago

Just gonna... Drop this here...

Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone by cujo in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago

Lol! I'm fine with GIMP, actually. As a matter of fact, I prefer it to Photoshop. That's likely due to GIMP being my first introduction to photo manipulation though, and so I'm used to its paradigm.

Photo EDITING, though? There's no competition on Linux for the likes of Lightroom or Capture One Pro (my preferred RAW editing software). I gave up photography for a while because I hated editing my photos on Linux so much. I tried EVERY alternative Linux had to offer, and they all suck. Eventually, I started carrying around a USB-C SD card reader and just transferring photos of my camera to my phone to edit them in Snapseed of all things, I hated editing on Linux so much.

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Taboo Question (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by cujo@sh.itjust.works to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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I have a question about... Gaming on Mac. I know, I know. It's for my wife, though. Lol!

She has a very old Windows laptop that I cannot convince her to let me put Linux on to improve its life. I'm looking to source an upgrade for her. She is an iPhone person, through and through, and I thought it might be nice to get something for her in that ecosystem. So, I'm looking into a MacBook of some sort.

The question: how does a MacBook hold up to light gaming? We're talking Sims 4 and Minecraft, primarily.

Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone by cujo in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 33 points 11 months ago

I'd argue that for the vast majority of users, a stable, modern Linux distro will meet their needs perfectly. Web browsing, watching YouTube, checking e-mail, looking at pictures of cats on the internet...

It's special/professional use-cases that are still lackluster. Try doing professional level photo editing on Linux... It's a nightmare. Integrating with corporate cloud solutions? Nah. Are these things doable? Absolutely. By the majority of users in that specific use-case? No.

But day-to-day, general use PC stuff? Yeah, absolutely. Even gaming is more accessible than ever. There's exactly one game in my Steam library that doesn't just work... To be clear, it doesn't work at all, but that's just because of my hardware setup. (Halo Infinite + Intel ARC + Linux = Game can't even launch. Worked fine with an AMD card, but when I upgraded late last year it borked. Known problem with Vulkan, DX12, and ARC)

*Permanently Deleted* by cujo in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

That's a logo, not a mascot. A logo is a mark that denotes a brand, the apple with the bite taken out for Apple, the footprint for GNOME, the stylized and colorized G for Google...

A mascot is a character that acts as a face and a voice for a brand. The gecko for Geico, Tony the Tiger for Frosted Flakes, Flo for Progressive.

Many brands looking to keep a serious, "sophisticated" brand aesthetic eschew mascots in favor of simple logos. GNOME follows suit with that trend. Nothing wrong with it, in fact I think it works quite well for them. If they were to adopt a mascot now it would be... Strange.

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Microsoft Edge, anyone? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by cujo@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I recently discovered that you can get Microsoft Edge for Linux (🤢🤮) and am curious... does anyone here use Edge for Linux, or have you ever? What was your reasoning for using it?

EDIT: Well, you all have provided some interesting perspectives I hadn't ever considered. Including one which means I'll have to install Edge, so... thanks, I guess. 😂

What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts? by cujo in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago

Why would you have to manually set them up? Most smart TVs have a Jellyfin channel/app you can install, and failing that there should be some kind of general media server app you can get on them. There's a mobile app for Android (though someone else here says it's pretty trash) and probably for iOS as well. The only device to configure is the server, the app can find a local network server automatically.

What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts? by cujo in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago

I've been looking for a good password manager, and I've heard a LOT of good things about Bitwarden... guess I'll have to bite and see what all the fuss is about!

What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts? by cujo in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago

FF is the way. I found out you can get Edge on Linux now and threw up in my mouth. ☺️

What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts? by cujo in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 years ago

I adore OBS. I've been teaching my friends the basics on how to use it, as they've all been using some proprietary crap that makes their lives marginally easier in one or two areas but adds a huge headache in others.

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What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by cujo@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well.

It gets relegated to playing Fraggle Rock and Bluey on repeat for my kiddo these days, but I am absolutely in love with the software.

What are some other FOSS gems that are a better experience UX/UI-wise than their proprietary counterparts?

EDIT: Autocorrect turned something into "smaller" instead of what I meant it to be when I wrote this post, and I can't remember what I meant for it to say so it got axed instead.

The EU has finally won this one! by cujo in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 years ago

Consistent in frying pins and fraying cables.

Xfce appreciation post by cujo in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 years ago

There is a place for graphically gorgeous distro's

As a current KDE user but extensive user of XFCE in the past, it may not come "pretty" out-of-the-box but XFCE can be a very aesthetically pleasing desktop environment. It can be configured just about every which way, and if I had to switch back to XFCE right now I could have things just about how I want them and be 100% as happy with my desktop as I am with KDE.

It's got defaults that just make sense, doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or the way we interact with our desktops, it's light and fast and reliable. It's associated default programs (Thunar, etc.) follow the same design paradigms and are a delight to use.

I Iove XFCE, and it will always have a special place in my heart.

Any good tax filing tools? by cujo in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Assuming you've got simple taxes (you don't work for yourself, didn't pull from your retirement, etc. You'll probably know it if you have "complex" taxes) and live in the USA, Free Tax USA will let you file free federal and has the cheapest state filing I've found. They're also a fairly trustworthy company that's not owned by Intuit and their corporate allies, so that's a plus.

EDIT: Adjusted the level of trustworthiness.

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DMs, help needed! (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by cujo@sh.itjust.works to c/dnd@lemmy.world

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If you are a member of Blackmoore's Inquisitorial Guild, stop reading.

I don't think any of my players are on Lemmy, but better safe than sorry.

A couple sessions ago, my Dwarf Fighter drew a weapon on a member of the administrative staff of a very prominent magic school. The school is a part of an overarching guild of magi who have branches in all the major cities, and are treated as their own sovereign body. Largely, offenses against the magi are dealt with by the magi, and the state doesn't get involved.

Unfortunately for the dwarf, this staff member has a kind of... Umbridge-esque relationship with discipline. The player has been placed in a magical dream-state to "learn his lesson," the lesson being "I will not incite violence within the school." His guild mates have devised a plan to get him out... by convincing the staff to let them join him in the dream.

His punishment is to face off against a goliath of a man in a colosseum, fighting for his life. If he dies, he wakes up by the colosseum entrance for processing, to be brought back in for the next fight.

The monstrosity he is fighting cannot die, but if brought to 0 enters a sort of stasis where he regains his health slowly, allowing for planning time. Or time to run! He is powered by a crystallized shard of a dead god's soul that the mages are using as a source of nearly infinite magical energy. This is an object of interest for the party.

My struggle here is in thinking of an engaging way for them to acquire said gem and shut down the dream from the inside. Any ideas?

The gem does not have to be physically on the jailer. The solution does not have to involve heavy combat, but it is a welcome addition. The Human Fighter loves a good slog-fest.

Sorry for the wall of text, and thanks in advance for any help!