Canadian software engineer living in Europe.

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  • I have much the same:

    • Files on the network with NFS
    • Kodi on an old laptop under the TV so we can watch said files.
    • Syncthing on our phones and laptops to pull films from there onto that file server.

    The only difference is that I’m using a Synology 'cause I have 15TB and don’t know how to do RAID myself, let alone how to do it with an old laptop. I can’t really recommend a Synology though. It’s got too many useless add-ons and simple tools like rsync never work properly with it.





  • Lowering the barrier to entry by moving from a technology few use (mercurial) to something popular (git) makes sense. Requiring participation on a proprietary platform owned by Microsoft instead of an open one like Codeberg or GitLab is just lazy. If someone wants to contribute to Firefox, asking them to create an account is a small ask, and I’d argue that if they’re unwilling to do even that, then their participation in the community is likely to be far from useful.



  • Daniel Quinn@lemmy.catoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldLiquid Trees
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    2 months ago

    I had the same reaction until I read this.

    TL;DR: it’s 10-50x more efficient at cleaning the air and actually generates both electricity and fertiliser.

    Yes, it would be better to just get rid of all the cars generating the pollution in the first place and putting in some more trees, but there are clear advantages to this.









  • Many of us have spent massive sums of time and energy supporting Firefox and Mozilla. We’ve donated patches, documentation, and more importantly our good will to the project, promoting Mozilla as the defender of your rights and of the internet. We are rightfully upset to have those efforts stolen and used against us, and we won’t stop raging about it until Mozilla does right by the social contract we all signed on for at the start of this journey.