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What is the best hip hop lyric of all time? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 7 points 7 months ago

Step up in this motherfucker just a-swingin' my hair.

Book recommendations for cosmic horror on a spaceship in c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 4 points 8 months ago

Probably not exactly what you have in mind, but I'd still recommend The Reality Dysfunction (and the other two books in the Night's Dawn Trilogy) by Peter F Hamilton.

Android network audio stream client in c/foss@beehaw.org

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks! This looks good, took me a while to figure out the playlist and stream relationship but seems to work well.

Android network audio stream client in c/foss@beehaw.org

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 2 points 9 months ago

This looks like the kind of thing I'm looking for, thanks! Am trying it out.

Android network audio stream client in c/foss@beehaw.org

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks, nice app!

Android network audio stream client in c/foss@beehaw.org

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 2 points 9 months ago

I find the VLC Android app a bit odd for audio only. There's a lot of wasted space and I can't see the name or metadata very clearly.

I agree it works, and I didn't know about the shortcuts and will try that.

VLC is amazing, but it doesn't feel like the best tool for this.

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Android network audio stream client (lemmy.nz)

submitted 9 months ago by Sim@lemmy.nz to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Can anyone recommend a good Android network audio stream client?

VLC works but is too full-featured. I want to set up a couple of bookmarks, open the app and start/stop/view metadata.

Thanks!

Neuralink implants brain chip in first human, Musk says in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 8 points 9 months ago

iBall

What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 4 points 9 months ago

Most things by Snow Tha Product - start with 'Butter' or 'No Cap In My Captions'.

Wireless charger with USB outlet in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks - I'm looking for a pad with no other features other than the USB output, but this does have that outlet.

Wireless charger with USB outlet in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 1 points 10 months ago

Nice, thanks! That's the sort of thing, especially the second one that has USB-C out as well. Neat.

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Wireless charger with USB outlet (lemmy.nz)

submitted 10 months ago by Sim@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Has anyone seen a wireless charger that also has a USB outlet port?

The objective is to wirelessly charge a phone overnight, but at some bedtimes/lazy mornings I want to use my device when it's low on battery so require a cable.

Current solution: don't bother with wireless. Another solution - use a dual outlet charger (or two chargers), one cable to the pad and a spare.

The reason I can't find one is probably because manufacturers need to deal with power requirements if a user tries to use pad and outlet at the same time, or has to turn one outlet off if the other is in use.

What's your favorite instrument that really gets through to you? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] Sim@lemmy.nz 1 points 10 months ago

Uilleann Pipes

As heard on Bryan Adams, When You Love Someone.

‘I would not have pulled Lush out of Russia if it weren’t for public pressure’ in c/world@lemmy.world

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Lowest latency input (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by Sim@lemmy.nz to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I'm using a ZigBee button to call an automation which notifies via Pushover and Alexa. Works fine.

I'd like to reduce latency and use a physical button. I can use a Pi, ESP32 or similar to respond to a closure and tell HA.

What's the lowest latency input to HA? My MQTT server is separate so I'm thinking an HTTP post direct into HA might be best.

Is there anything faster? HTTP is fast enough in my testing, it's an experiment as much as anything else.

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Best approach for Docker resilience with two hosts (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by Sim@lemmy.nz to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I'm running Docker on Ubuntu server; around 50 containers running, most admin via Portainer. Configuration files and small databases for container applications are stored on the local SSD, media and larger files are stored on a NAS.

NAS data and the container folders are backed up.

I have a second identical machine doing nothing. What would you recommend researching to add resilience to this setup? Top priority is quick and easy restoration should the SSD fail - everything else is relatively easy to replace.

I'll create an SSD RAID but I like the idea of a second host.

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Desktop solutions for a self-hosted environment (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by Sim@lemmy.nz to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hi everyone

I've got a capable Ubuntu server hosting Docker, using Portainer to manage many stacks and containers. I'm about to add a couple machines to a swarm for a little fault-tolerance.

Before this, Docker was Windows hosted which gave me a useful addition; a handy remote desktop for those times when I wanted to do something remotely using a GUI at home.

https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/rdesktop seems to work OK but I wondered if the community here have any suggested alternatives. Instead of running within Docker, has anyone simply installed a GUI on the Ubuntu host?

Thanks in advance for your input.