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[-] gazter@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Fatmap. It was freemium, but now it's moving into Strava, who knows how much of it they'll hide behind subscriptions.

There's so many great FOSS maps, but I haven't seen any that give you the 3D view that Fatmap does. It's essentially Google Earth with overlays of routes for various activities.

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago
  • USB PD can negotiate pushing up to 240W now at 48V, which is a fair bit.

So if I wanted to wire my home to take advantage of this, supposing I had a house battery on solar, would I have some kind of DC-DC converter from battery to 48V, then cable to outlets with some kind of USB PD adaptor? How much advantage do I get from this, vs using existing 240V outlets + wall wart?

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

My exposure to Linux is pretty minimal, especially Linux with a GUI, so forgive my ignorance. Even reading over this thread I'm confused as to the issue here.

I don't need an ELI5, but maybe someone can explain it like I don't know what Wayland is?

My understanding is that an app should ask the system to display an object at X size, let's say text at size 14. The system then works out that at the currently selected display resolution, size 14 will be Y pixels big. If needed, the system can scale that based on user preferences- a small, high DPI screen could render size 14 at only a couple of millimetres, for example.

Is the problem that devs are building things in a way that bypasses scaling? For example, hardcoding size 14 text to be Z pixels high?

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago

Hardware should lead. It's easier to upgrade the software to make the hardware work, then it is to upgrade the hardware when the software decides to support it.

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Just because I don't really know the geography there, I thought I'd look it up. Sticker range on the cybertruck is apparently 500km, which (as the crow flies) would get you from Moscow to Kursk, or from Kursk to Kyiv.

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 2 points 4 weeks ago

The Adventure Zone is good for the same reason as Dimension 20. A lot of DnD 'actual play' podcasts are people who play a great game of DnD, but don't make a great podcast.

TAZ is a bunch of comedy podcasters who decided to play DnD for a goof, and it works. The first arc has a rough first couple episodes, but it turns into one of my most beloved pieces of media across any format.

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 13 points 1 month ago

I stopped using my MacBook Air after 9 years. I did a battery swap at some point, and I think I replaced the charger after the cable frayed. Best windows machine I ever ran.

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

It's pretty niche. I'd be interested in it as a device for messaging between folks who are out of mobile range - think farmers, hikers, mountain climbers, forestry workers, fire service, etc.

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Plenty of type I come out sideways- they are lower profile than most I've seen, slightly more so than type G.

https://media.prod.bunnings.com.au/api/public/content/5bac39a3c6d04c53be207f9021e9546b

This can actually be a bit of an annoyance, sometimes... If the socket is right next to the floor, or in a densely packed area, for example, it can make plugging difficult.

And if it does have a ground pin, it's mandated that the ground be longer than the power pins, for exactly the reason you mentioned about G,D,M.

The recessed feature of F I do like, even if it makes the plugs physically larger than they need to be.

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 11 points 1 month ago

Ok, so when I'm next driving through a Swiss tunnel, and suddenly the tunnel twists inside itself infinitely, I can blame FreeCAD.

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month ago

I feel like the level of snark in your reply is... High. It doesn't make for a pleasant interaction, and it doesn't help make lemmy a nice place to be.

So, if the image you want to put into your email is not hosted somewhere, what's the best way to go about this, ensuring compatibility?

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Type I. The angled pins make it much more stable than F, and there's heaps of options for cable exiting sideways, upwards, downwards, straight out, etc .

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