twovests

Where do you pirate fiction books?

Submitted by twovests at March 6, 2021, 8:21 PM in just_post

twovests wrote at March 4, 2021, 5:18 PM

this but unironically

the left has once again cancelled Dr Seuss... the publishing company has stopped publishing "The Pocket Book of Boners", "The Seven Lady Godivas", "Scrambled Eggs Super!", but not "The Foot Book".

Submitted by twovests at March 3, 2021, 4:53 AM in just_post

(NSFW) A genetic algorithm that was taught to produce NSFW has surpassed its original goals and has grown cat ears

Submitted by twovests at February 24, 2021, 6:46 PM in just_post

twovests wrote at February 24, 2021, 12:02 AM

historians 300 years in the future not knowing this is a joke and putting this in the virtual 21st century tour

twovests wrote at February 17, 2021, 11:16 PM

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https://1password.com/sign-up/

it's $3/mo or $5/mo when billing is shared with up to 5 people. (BTW, none of the 5 people can see one anothers passwords unless they explicitly choose to share.)

Can't go wrong with 1password tbh

twovests wrote at February 17, 2021, 9:58 PM

in passing rush limbaugh has brought a new gender neutral bathroom into the world

twovests wrote at February 11, 2021, 6:27 PM

Oh yea! I skimmed the article to the end originally and I realize I came off as more negative than I intended lol

I appreciate the input the author has too. For historical appreciation of videogames, I really think it's important people know that emulation and media like these restorations aren't true to the source.

E.g. I love Shovel Knight and The Messenger and all the modern pixel-art aesthetic but they aren't replicating the real look of pixels blasted onto a CRT. I have a strong memory of being surprised by the realism of the hand in SNES clue. The dithering looks different when it's a tad fuzzy. I know this is a lukewarm take but I'm excited for if indie devs experimentally regress in technology, and are releasing experimental games for specialized hardware with shitty displays (or whatnot). Like Panic's 'PlayDate' with a monochrome display and a hand-crank.

twovests wrote at February 11, 2021, 4:19 PM

i love this

twovests wrote at February 10, 2021, 2:24 PM

This is the first I heard of this trend and I'm binging these once I'm out of this meeting. I see what the author is going for but I am excited nonetheless

twovests wrote at February 6, 2021, 7:15 PM

yes

twovests wrote at February 5, 2021, 11:24 PM

Funny enough, not on the default Files app, but at least on an officially-supported client (plus most "good" file managers I'm aware of.)

Something I dislike with Apple products is that so much basic functionality is locked behind expensive apps. I need to pay $10 to get a calculator on my iPad or $20 to control audio volume per-app on MacOS. So it's very refreshing to me that Samba support is built in to Files.

twovests wrote at February 4, 2021, 10:14 PM

This is exactly what I did to get files from my computer to my phone! Samba is what got me both directions. 'Samba' is a popular server that follows the SMB network protocol.

Samba really is where it's at. I'll make a small guide. This is for Ubuntu. I am using a Raspberry Pi with an SD card. Nothing too special, since this is just a transitory space for transfering files.

Here's what I do on Ubuntu. You might want to make a new user just for the Samba share, since the SMB username is taking from users on the machine.

# install samba
sudo apt install samba

# allow samba through firewall
sudo ufw allow samba

# make a file for the samba share
mkdir /home/USERNAME/samba

# edit the conf to add the lines
sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf

# add these lines to smb.conf
[sambashare]
    comment = Samba on PiHole
    path = /home/USERNAME/samba
    read only = no
    browsable = yes

# set a password for the samba share
sudo smbpasswd -a USERNAME

# start the samba server
sudo service smbd restart

Then, on the iPad or iOS device, add a network location (Files > three dots). You'll need the local IP of your Samba server. The details will be like:

Address: `smb://192.168.1.123`
Username: USERNAME used to set start Samba on Ubuntu
Password: Password set with `sudo smbpasswd -a USERNAME`

There's a bug on iPadOS and iOS where the share will be read-only until you disconnect and reconnect to the server. You may need to do that a few times, or restart your device.