Another shitty thing about Plexamp is there is no easy way to download your entire library in a converted format and auto download any new additions.
The developer said that “this is not the intended use of Plexamp”, but the reasoning is flawed IMO
The only thing keeping me on Plex is iOS downloads supported natively.
The second Swiftfin gets that I will be switching fully to Jellyfin
Unless Plex adds something new and exciting that pushes them beyond FOSS offerings
As much as I like my Steam Deck, replacing the battery is not as easy or clean as it should be because of the glue.
Yes I know there’s a reason they glued it, and yes its good that it is “user replaceable” to some extent, but I hope this pushes for easier replacement in the future.
I would imagine that the battery cell manufacturers also play a role here, although I have absolutely no way to back this up so take it with a grain of salt. Because 99% of consumer mobile devices have glued in batteries, it is likely that Li-ion manufacturers have adjusted their supply chain to accommodate and make it less expensive for device makers to buy batteries that need to be glued. So it would be reasonable to assume if more companies need to switch to easily replaceable (read: not glued), the suppliers would shift to accommodate and stay competitive.
Yeah I saw a post about it a long time ago on Reddit for users with lots of devices
Basically it is just setting up one or two “central devices” that know all the client devices, but not linking the client devices individually.
IE: One server is connected to your phone, laptop, tablet, desktop, etc. But the phone is not directly connected to your laptop or desktop or tablet.
To be fair I don’t actually know if this is the best approach anymore or if just connecting all of them in a mesh is better 🤷
Here is a forum post describing it.
Yeah I think that would be an OK case and these specific things can be up to the moderators of communities. I know that some communities require mod approval before self promotion is allowed, so I think in the CGP Grey community case it would be a non issue.
I think starting with a super specific rule around affiliate disclosure as proposed would be good enough to avoid this particular problem.
I can get on board with this, my main concern is the disclosure.
I think what you posted is specific can be a good start. And then if any other dark patterns emerge they can be dealt with.
Yeah and I just want to make it clear I am not arguing that no one should post anything that benefits them. We all gotta eat, get that bag 💰, etc.
I think if affiliates are allowed, the rule should be that the proper disclosures are in place so anyone viewing the community knows who is benefiting. Then the community can decide if they are okay with whatever is happening, as long as the users know exactly what’s happening.
I posted in a reply below but here is the FTC’s stance
You should disclose your relationship to the retailer clearly and conspicuously on your site, so readers can decide how much weight to give your endorsement. You could say something like, “I get commissions for purchases made through links in this post.” In some instances – like when the affiliate link is embedded in your product review – a single disclosure may be adequate.
I disagree, not making it explicit adds a level of abstraction and assumes that everyone needs to know how online affiliate programs work. Users should know, without any question or confusion, who exactly is benefiting and how whenever they use an affiliate link. Otherwise there are perverse incentives.
And its not just me, here is the FTC’s stance.
You should disclose your relationship to the retailer clearly and conspicuously on your site, so readers can decide how much weight to give your endorsement. You could say something like, “I get commissions for purchases made through links in this post.” In some instances – like when the affiliate link is embedded in your product review – a single disclosure may be adequate.
I know FTC is American, but I think its a good guideline.
Yeah I am not against people making money. In this case if just felt distasteful and not properly disclosed.
Most people will probably know that that affiliate link benefits the mod of that community, but many won’t. People might just think “Oh wow that’s cool, thanks for sending me in the right direction you charitable mod”.
The problem is the lack of disclosure and the overall disingenuous feeling, not that someone is making cash.
Yeah I am okay leaving it to mods. But I think in this particular case if the mods themselves are posting affiliate links with no indication they are getting money for each use, that seems like misaligned incentives.
There were some subreddits that would have stickied posts or something that allowed affiliate links, but that aggregates it all into one place and also lays it out clearly for whoever visits.
My main concern is not that someone is making money, we all gotta eat, its just when people aren’t aware they are potentially being manipulated for someones benefit.
Sneaky as in the wording doesn’t convey that they are getting a benefit (which they are). And it’s also written to intentionally confuse using wording like “use our affiliate link”. Who is “our”? It’s just one person who is trying to make some cash?
It’s just so out of place on the platform and shouldn’t be allowed IMO. Especially added by a mod in the sidebar of a community. Better approach would be a stickied post with affiliate links posted by users or something similar.
“If you’re interested in joining Wealthsimple, you can take advantage of our referral link. By using it, you’ll receive up to $3,000 in cash to trade stocks or crypto when you fund a DIY trading or Managed Investing account. Use code XXXXX or the link below to sign up.”
Plex, PiHole, Photoprism, Home Assistant, Syncthing in a hub and spoke config, Caddy for reverse proxy, custom containers for: yt-dlp, restic, and rsync.
Yeah my dock is a glorified charging station. Might just sell it to be honest. I thought of using it for the TV for some party games, but even still the experience is just a bit too buggy TBH.
I think docked mode is more useful if someone wants to use their deck for occasional productivity/browsing on a monitor.
I bought a .com for like $10 CAD from Cloudflare that uses a URL not linked to me.
Maybe overly paranoid, but it also makes it easy to get SSL certificates for my lab.
Yeah and I have thousands of hours in League of Legends, but have probably enjoyed only about 10 minutes
Agreed! Been here for a week and am way more active with likes, comments, etc. here.
Feel way less “gross” spending some time on here vs. Reddit, Twitter, etc.
I run everything in rootless containers using systemd service files generated with podman generate systemd.
Podman Compose is a “community effort”, and Red Hat seems to be less focused on its development (here is their post about it).
There are ways to get it working but I find it easier to go with podman containers and pods through systemd because the majority of documentation (both official and unofficial) leans in that direction.
I don’t know how much you already know, so here is just a summary of things that worked for me for anyone reading.
Podman uses the concept of “Pods” to link together associated containers and manage name spaces, networking, etc. The high level summary for running podman pods through systemd:
podman pod create --name=<mypod>.podman run --pod=<mypod> ... and reconfigure until containers are working within the same pod as desired.Note: for standalone containers that are not linked or reliant on other containers, you can should skip creating the empty pod and can skip the --pod=<mypod> when starting containers. This should result in a single service file generated and that container will operate independently.
This post goes over pods as systemd services.
This doc goes over containers as systemd services.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux docs have a good amount of info, as well as their “sysadmin” series of posts.
Here are some harder to find things I’ve had to hunt down that might help with troubleshooting:
loginctl enable-linger <username> or else rootless pods/containers will stop when you log out of that session.[] section of the systemd file, see this doc page. Podman generate systemd should take care of this.container-selinux that has some useful booleans that can help with specific policies (container-use-devices is a good one if your container needs access to a GPU or similar). Link to repo
Yeah, management positions are often filled by people who:
A) Want to get a higher paying job and don’t care about the product or the industry necessarily (MBA-circlejerk types).
B) Are Devs/Artists/Creatives that wanted increased compensation, and the only way up was as a manager where they have less aptitude.
Executive staff needs to better integrate management as “servant leaders” within teams, and compensate EVERYONE better