mulcahey

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End of an era: Nova Launcher's parent company lays off practically everyone in c/android@lemmy.world
[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Are there any launchers that have Nova's 2 best features?

  1. Swipe-to-open folders (with tap to open the first item in the folder)
  2. Set any icon you want as an app icon?

I've tried Lawnchair and it was missing these 2 features. I will switch to any launcher that supports these!

Why publishers are preparing to federate their sites - Digiday in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I didn't read Solrize's comment as saying "There shouldn't be paywalls," just asking the very legitimate question as to how they will interact with federation.

Interestingly, 404 just solved something kinda related: they developed a way for subscribers to get a custom RSS feed address, so they can access paywalled articles directly in their RSS reader. TMK, they are the first publication to do this. I imagine they would do something similar for federation. (I believe that if any of the custom RSS feeds show huge traffic numbers, 404 shuts it down, but I'm not sure)

[blog] how we get drivers on board in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"We're gonna get all the poors off the road so it's only nice cars"

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[blog] how we get drivers on board (lemmy.world)
 

I genuinely believe that car owners could be tricked into supporting FuckCars policies by a very crafty politician/campaign. It would work like this:

  1. Proclaim your love of cars. Loudly. "I want to make our city the best city in the world for drivers!"
  2. "What are the biggest problems drivers face today? Traffic and parking! Therefore... We need to open up roads and parking spaces..."
  3. "And that's why we're going to cap the number of cars that can enter downtown. With increased public transit, we can free up these roads for drivers! That way: more parking, less traffic, a better life for drivers"

Do the same thing for bikes:

  1. "These bikers want to share the road, but studies have shown that whether you use sharrows, plastic bollards, it doesn't matter: people still get hurt.
  2. And here's the thing: when a car hits a cyclist, it's bad for everyone, including the driver. Nobody wants to hit a cyclist. But the sad truth is that it might just not be possible to share the road
  3. "That's why I'm proposing that we make some roads car-only, to protect cyclists." [Crowd of drivers cheer, and you quickly say:] "Also we'll make some streets bike-only, for the same reason." [And then when you get in office, just be like "Yeah the highway is for cars"]

I'm available for speeches if anyone's hiring

Or we could do metric time in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Surprisingly, one of the only groups to use this calendar IRL was a giant international corporation: Kodak

Are housecats aware of how much bigger people are? in c/casualconversation@lemmy.world
What are some of the more novel forms of fediverse software? in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There's a push to get OpenReads to work with BookWyrm

https://github.com/mateusz-bak/openreads/issues/96

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Why does a prospective employer need my address? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by mulcahey@lemmy.world to c/workreform@lemmy.world
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This happens a lot: I apply for a job and they ask for my complete address. Why? I would understand if they just want to know what city/town I'm in: That has bearing on how easily I can get to the office.

But why do they need to know my street address?

The only thing I can think: Indeed/LinkedIn/take-your-pick is building a profile of me based on this info, using my street as a proxy for my income, credit score, or, ultimately, for my social class.

From now on, when they ask me, I'm just going to put a rich person's address. For this one I used a Brooklyn townhouse where Maggie Gyllenhaal and one of the Saarsgaards lives.

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Does anyone have an archive of the @ErmnMusk Twitter account? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by mulcahey@lemmy.world to c/datahoarder@lemmy.ml
0 comments fedilink
 

Last year Elon Musk accidentally revealed that he has a burner account on Twitter called @ErmnMusk.

Now that account is gone.

I'm looking for an archive: its tweets, its likes, anything and everything. Does anyone know where to find?

Can't load my own profile in c/eternityapp@lemdro.id
[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Wow, that was it. Thank you!

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Can't load my own profile (lemmy.world)
 

I'm unable to load my own profile in Eternity. Having this issue across multiple accounts. Tapping "Profile" in the sidebar brings up my profile but it's empty, no posts load. Anyone know how to fix?

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Weird feed behavior (lemmy.world)
 

I just joined lemm.ee from lemmy.world. I was drawn to lemm.ee bc it federates with all the right instances.

But my feed is behaving oddly. (I view Lemmy through the Eternity app on Android.)

  • I'm seeing posts from communities I haven't subscribed to, even when I view my "Subscribed" feed
  • I get a weird error when I try to comment on some posts (in Firefox@lemmy.ml, most recently)

These issues didn't happen previously. Anyone know how to fix?

Video DownloadHelper Firefox extension puts a giant QR-code on converted videos and charges $30 to remove it. in c/firefox@lemmy.ml
[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm confused. I've been using this extension for years on desktop without this issue. I think it has an option where you can install a companion conversion app on your machine and bypass the QR code. Am I mistaken?

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Truly a duel of fates (lemmy.world)
 
Pixel 3a is a soldier. in c/android@lemmy.world
[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

My Asus Zenfone 8 is still going strong after 2+ years. Case and screen protector help, of course

Barely skirting that lawsuit in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago

Boots with the fur

The detail is "where do they park?" The answer is they don't. in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Sorry but you have clearly never imported and raised giant kangaroos for mass transit. $80 billion is nothing to them. Nothing.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (5 children)

It's not real but I don't understand who benefits from faking this

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Is there a gallery app for Lemmy? Like Scrolldit? (lemmy.world)
 

I'm looking for a way to pull images from my Lemmy feed and display them on desktop tiles, similar to Scrolldit. Ideally, the images would refresh every so often.

Does anything like this exist?

Thank you

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Any tools like Scrolldit for Lemmy? (lemmy.world)
 

I'm looking for a way to pull images from my Lemmy feed and display them on desktop tiles, similar to Scrolldit. Ideally, the images would refresh every so often.

Does anything like this exist?

Thank you

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FM Radio jamming? (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by mulcahey@lemmy.world to c/flipperzero@lemmy.world
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Can you jam an FM radio signal with a FZ?

Let's say, hypothetically, there's a guy who parks on your street once a week and -- for some reason that no one understands and he refuses to explain -- he absolutely BLASTS a butt rock radio station from his car speakers for 20 minutes at a time, so loud that it bounces off all the buildings on your narrow street and it sounds like it's coming from every single window. And when you go out and say, "Hey dude, I'm taking a call for work, could you not do that here? Or anywhere, really?" he smirks and looks at you like you're the one acting crazy.

Again, this is a hypothetical.

But in this hypothetical situation, could you use a FZ to jam his car radio? How? (I know that many people might call the police/311 and ask them to do something about this. That is not how I want to do this.)

Thank you for indulging this completely made up scenario.

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good life rule (lemmy.world)
 
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Issues w/ fullscreen since last update (lemmy.world)
 

I'm having an issue w/ fullscreen videos since the last update (22 days ago). My computer will enter Suspend mode, even if I make a video fullscreen. This happens when I'm watching Netflix, YouTube, or any other fullscreen video.

This is unusual; In the past, if I made a video fullscreen in Firefox, my computer would stay awake.

I'm wondering if this is related to a bug fix in the latest release: Bug 1853896, which addresses a previous bug in fullscreen video.

  • Is there a way that I can fix this?
  • Or, if not, can I roll Firefox back to an earlier version?

I'm running Firefox 120.0.1 (64 bit) on Linux Lite 5.6 My hardware is an old HP Chromebox connected to a display via HDMI.

Thank you Lemmy folks!

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memo-ruley hole (lemmy.world)
 
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