Yeah, they were definitely down again: https://lemmy.today/post/23792488

And they definitely got spammed again.

Kendrick calling Drake a pedophile

OH SHIT! That's right! I forgot! Kendrick was doing the half time show! 😂

Thank you for posting this! I gotta watch the half time show now!

See: https://lemmy.today/post/22524765

ägg!

I also don't like the grip YouTube has on me. I found it really hard to break because sometimes there are legitimate reasons to be watching videos on YouTube, such as for home repairs. Still, most of my time there is wasted.

I've tried installing Leechblock and that has helped for a lot of other sites.

Although, since YouTube is special (tutorials), Leechblock gets too much in the way and I end up disabling it.

Instead, I found Unhook is a better fit. It doesn't block the website like Leechblock. It just removes the addictive parts of the websites, like feeds and recommendations.

(Also works on Firefox mobile!)

This has been great because I can still watch YouTube for repairs, tutorials, etc for as long as necessary, but I don't get pulled into a rabbit hole with all the addictive crap.

But I dont wanna use my phone. Usually, I try to keep that as far away as possible.

I wanted touch screen and Android

https://electronics.sony.com/audio/walkman-digital-recorders/walkman-mp3-players/p/nwa306-b

Oooooh, wait. Does Quadlet let you run containers via systemd unit files??

Quadlet is a tool for running Podman containers under systemd in an optimal way by allowing containers to run under systemd in a declarative way.

https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/quadlet-podman

That's cool! Thanks! TIL!

I currently own a Framework 13... and... after daily driving it for a year, I decided I don't like it.

The deal beaker for me is the high dpi display. Linux just isn't 100% compatible with hpi displays. I'm tired of my apps either having blurry fonts or tiny text. Ironic because hi dpi displays are supposed to look better.

With Framework, you'll be pushed into using Fedora (it doesn't solve all the scaling issues) or pushed to stop using apps you like because they're using older GTK (some times there are no alternatives). You'll also have to dive into debugging scaling issues.

I just switched back to my Dell XPS 13 9310 FHD and it was a breath of fresh air having everything just work. Any distro, any apps, no scaling debugging, text is readable and crisp, app UI elements look properly sized.

I only ever switched out the modular ports once, but honestly it would have been better to buy a dongle instead because that would work on any computer.

Oh, and I tried the higher resolution screen. It didn't fix the scaling issues.

Oh, and, I actually had a display fail on me! After like 8 months, half the display went black. Thankfully, they were nice enough to send me a free replacement, but it definitely left me feeling like the Framework isn't that sturdy or durable.

The shell also dents easily. I dropped a small music player from desk height onto the top lid and it left a small dent. (I have like 3 dents on the lid.)

Repairability is the one feature that the Framework beats everyone else on, but to me the cons outweigh the pros.

Fucking noice, dude. 👏 Honestly, yeah, why even diamonds. They brainwashed us good.

Create a new repo locally.

git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"

Then to create a new remote repo, you can do this.

git remote add origin git@git.sr.ht:~user/my-new-repo
git push origin main

You'll get a message that says.

remote: 
remote:         NOTICE
remote: 
remote:         You have pushed to a repository which did not exist. ~user/my-new-repo
remote:         has been created automatically. You can re-configure or delete this
remote:         repository at the following URL:
remote: 
remote:         https://git.sr.ht/~user/my-new-repo/settings/info

I'm currently using Migadu. It's $20/year for their cheapest plan. They give you a lot of control over the email service, so it might not be the best if you're a noob. In fact, they require you bring a domain name. But, they let you create unlimited users, aliases, have fancy routing, etc.

https://purelymail.com/ looks interesting too. And is cheaper at $10/year.

If you do decide to get a custom domain, just some tips:

• get something that ends in .net or even better .com because shitty companies with shitty IT departments will block other TLDs (I've had this happen with FedEx and my local garbage company). There is no spam folder for them, the email just explodes.
• probably don't pick a domain with one of your names it in for better anonymity, unless I guess you have a popular last name? john@smith.com looks cool, but consider if you want random sites like lemmy to have that data.
• don't pick a homophone or weird word because at some point you'll have to speak your email to another human and it's really awkward to tell your bank that your email is john@piggy.park or john@maill.com or was it john@male.com?

Also, the web interfaces of some of these other email services might not be as good as Gmail's UI. It helps to use an email client instead. Thunderbird is fine or you could use something simpler like claws-mail or even something like mutt.