Yes there is a right way to stack the dishwasher. Here are the 5 rules
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy89lr3pl4o
#HackerNews #dishwasher #etiquette #stacking #tips #home #hacks #kitchen #advice
Sabrina Web :privacypride: 📎
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19.02.26 📷 by Naeema
"This is Max's wound.
He is asleep
He needs medicine"
Can someone give advice?
Please help:
🕊 https://gofund.me/e8e853a83
[Rapha]
#catsofMastodon #catsOfFediverse #cats #pleasehelp #advice #GazaVerified #photography
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@naeemafamily/116081831519096263
18.02.26
Good news!
"We found Max
Yes, he's fine, but he has a head wound"
[Rapha]
19.02.26 📷 by Naeema
"This is Max's wound.
He is asleep
He needs medicine"
Can someone give advice?
Please help:
🕊 https://gofund.me/e8e853a83
[Rapha]
#catsofMastodon #catsOfFediverse #cats #pleasehelp #advice #GazaVerified #photography
2 media
hypebot
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Fedi hive mind ext4 filesystem question.
I read, "A Linux partition doesn't need to be defragmented at all. Because Linux has been built to prevent fragmentation: only insignificant fragmentation can arise, as long as the partition has more than 20% of free space."
I was unaware of the requisite free space necessary to prevent fragmentation.
20% seems like a lot.
Is 20% true for both HDD & SSD partitions?
Thoughts?
Source: https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/faq-1.html#ID4
Fedi hive mind ext4 filesystem question.
I read, "A Linux partition doesn't need to be defragmented at all. Because Linux has been built to prevent fragmentation: only insignificant fragmentation can arise, as long as the partition has more than 20% of free space."
I was unaware of the requisite free space necessary to prevent fragmentation.
20% seems like a lot.
Is 20% true for both HDD & SSD partitions?
Thoughts?
Source: https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/faq-1.html#ID4
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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💡🌍 The Quiet Ways People Actually Change the World
It's not all bleak, there ways to fight back and change the world, even in small ways!
https://www.metafilter.com/212060/Underrated-ways-to-change-the-world-Part-1
💡🌍 The Quiet Ways People Actually Change the World
It's not all bleak, there ways to fight back and change the world, even in small ways!
https://www.metafilter.com/212060/Underrated-ways-to-change-the-world-Part-1
calvin 🛋️
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I'm in the process of putting together a real home server for the first time. In the past, I've used repurposed hardware, but this time I have a 4 port NAS on which I plan to install Debian.
I'm planning to run Docker so that I can run:
1) pi-hole for DNS based network-level ad-blocking and stop-shit-that-thinks-it-is-smart-from-calling-home (migrated from different hardware)
2) calibre-web for ebook management and sharing
3) immich for photo and video management
4) ssh, stfp, and rsync for general file storage
5) plex for media (though it may be a while before I do anything useful with this)
Are there any other (self-hosted) services I should look into, especially since I will have serious storage space for the first time?
I'm in the process of putting together a real home server for the first time. In the past, I've used repurposed hardware, but this time I have a 4 port NAS on which I plan to install Debian.
I'm planning to run Docker so that I can run:
1) pi-hole for DNS based network-level ad-blocking and stop-shit-that-thinks-it-is-smart-from-calling-home (migrated from different hardware)
2) calibre-web for ebook management and sharing
3) immich for photo and video management
4) ssh, stfp, and rsync for general file storage
5) plex for media (though it may be a while before I do anything useful with this)
Are there any other (self-hosted) services I should look into, especially since I will have serious storage space for the first time?
“Somehow things happened, odd things, when Muriel was around,” recalled her friend Shirley Hazzard. “Everything that happened to Muriel,” according to … Barbara Epler, “had been foreseen”, usually in her books themselves.
—The unnerving vision of Muriel Spark
13/18
#Scottish #literature #MurielSpark #20thCentury #WomenWriters
“It is a good thing to go to Paris for a few days if you have had a lot of trouble, and that is my advice to everyone except Parisians.”
—extracts from A GOOD COMB, by Muriel Spark, ed. Penelope Jardine – via @literaryhub
14/18
https://lithub.com/a-few-words-of-indispensible-advice-from-muriel-spark/
#Scottish #literature #MurielSpark #20thCentury #WomenWriters #advice #Paris
Idzie
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Anyone here have experience with solar generator kits? The ones that have a small panel array and a battery unit with charge controller, power ports, etc.
Thinking of getting a small one for power outages, occasional bush use, and the looming threat of civilizational collapse.
Tips, brand recs, features to look out for, etc. are all appreciated.
Anyone here have experience with solar generator kits? The ones that have a small panel array and a battery unit with charge controller, power ports, etc.
Thinking of getting a small one for power outages, occasional bush use, and the looming threat of civilizational collapse.
Tips, brand recs, features to look out for, etc. are all appreciated.
Dear Mastodon,
I am a mechanical engineer who is about to make a major #career change. I have received a job offer from an international company for an Application Engineer position. The role involves supporting #CAD (computer-aided design), #PLM (product lifecycle management), and #PDM (product data management) systems and their underlying infrastructure.
As far as I know, most of the applications are #Windows-based, but there are likely some #Unix-like systems involved as well. I do not have formal system administration experience, so I am looking for guidance on which technologies I should focus on to make this transition as smooth as possible. Could you recommend useful books, technologies, or keywords to explore?
For context, I have homelab-level experience with Linux, networking, SSL, reverse proxying, ZFS, Solaris zones, bhyve, and FreeBSD, and I have been using OpenBSD as my desktop operating system for years.
Thank you in advance for any #advice or recommendations.
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Implementation, configuration, and maintenance of software and systems related to the supported area in line with corporate requirements.
- Installation, configuration, and maintenance of critical software systems, as well as providing expert-level support to end users.
- Management of application-related changes, handling major upgrades, and the introduction and testing of new systems and developments.
- Publishing and testing new releases.
- System administration and monitoring to ensure the performance and proper operation of supported software and systems.
- Troubleshooting and problem resolution, including the management of system updates and fixes.
- Analysis of business requirements and implementation of related processes.
- Support for project management, including the preparation of documentation and reports.
- Communication with clients and business units to maintain synergy between business requirements and system solutions.
Dane 🇮🇪🇺🇦🇻🇪🖖⚛️☮️☸️🕉️
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This is probably a stupid question:
What do you do with thin bars of soap that are too thin to use without breaking? It seems to me that there should be some way to combine them somehow into a new bar. But I don't know *how*.
They don't stick together well, even if I wet two at a time and try to squeeze them together. Could they maybe be melted down somehow, maybe in a microwave or on the stovetop? Or should I just throw them out? That seems kind of wasteful!
Does anyone have any solution?
This is probably a stupid question:
What do you do with thin bars of soap that are too thin to use without breaking? It seems to me that there should be some way to combine them somehow into a new bar. But I don't know *how*.
They don't stick together well, even if I wet two at a time and try to squeeze them together. Could they maybe be melted down somehow, maybe in a microwave or on the stovetop? Or should I just throw them out? That seems kind of wasteful!
Does anyone have any solution?
Any #Android #devs with #advice for publishing to #fDroid for app distribution?
I've got a flutter project that's nearly ready to publish, and it would be great to publish there as well as the official play store.
Looking for guidance, tutorials, learning resources, etc. Anything to help me test and deploy.
#boosts appreciated
d@nny disc@ mc²
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hey, in my super late (I swear, I got permission) #emacsconf half our talk recording, I want to reference McCarthy's Programs With Common Sense (1958/1959). https://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/mcc59.pdf . In McCarthy's the-six-things-lisp-was-intended-to-be-good-at, "programming the advice taker (hypothetical program)".
But I want to tread carefully around the term advice in emacs, which I think has a specific and common meaning; does anyone have a book or link for me to look over? #mastoquestions
Hazelnoot
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PSA for my US trans friends: there's a Telehealth HRT clinic called QMed (QueerMed) that serves adults and minors in 47 states (excluding DC, unfortunately). They accept lots of private insurance (but not medicare/medicaid), and also offer a payment plan that covers appointments and lab tests for people without good insurance.
Their program is great for people going stealth or living in unsafe environments, as they don't need referrals or anything else from your primary doctor. They send all lab orders to a LabCorp location of your choice, and prescriptions are sent to any pharmacy. (including mail-order pharmacies and chains like Walgreens and CVS that will ship your meds for a small fee.) If necessary, the entire process can be private and zero-contact except for the labs.
They work with transfem, transmasc, and non-binary people, and many of their staff are themselves trans! They follow WPATH SOC-8 and target modern (cis-equivalent) hormone levels, while still being flexible enough to work with whatever your personal goals are. In my experience, their target seems to be "whatever makes you feel best within safe limits". With me, they've been willing to explore non-standard doses, injection schedules, and hybrid approaches as long as I can provide research showing it's effective or at least safe.
I can't speak to the transmasc experience, but I first started seeing them as a fem-aligned non-binary person who was already on oral Estradiol, Progesterone, and Spironolactone at mild doses. They had no issue with that, and later helped me increase those doses as I explored whether more "female" hormone balance would feel better. (still as part of a "non-binary" hormone plan!)
When I eventually realized I was binary transfem, they were just as understanding and helpful. They suggested changing Estrodiol forms to stabilize my levels at higher doses, and later helped me transition to injections when Spiro stopped working and other T blockers weren't an option for health reasons. (side note: they were actually willing to prescribe puberty blockers as an anti-androgen, but insurance wouldn't cover them and I couldn't afford the cost. I still think it's cool that they were forward-thinking enough to even offer that option, though!) I want to emphasize that I was not an easy patient for injections. I had severe needle-phobia, was clueless about the process, and proceeded to freak out many times over non-issues as I slowly learned how to inject. Through all that, they were patient, supportive, and never made me feel bad for panicking. Eventually I figured it out and even cured my needle phobia, for which they celebrated with me.
Now that I've finally achieved stable levels at the dose that feels best to me, they've let me transition to long-term HRT maintenance. This means 12-month prescriptions, infrequent tests, and minimal appointment requirements. This is something I was rather worried about, as my last provided never allowed long-term maintenance for various reasons. But with that, I'm now fully onboarded into the program and can speak to the whole experience. My overall opinion: QMed is the best HRT provider I've used, and the entire process has been smooth, flexible, and affirming.
#HRT #Transgender #Trans #PSA #Advice #Transition #Gender #GenderAffirmingCare #QMed #QueerMed
hey, in my super late (I swear, I got permission) #emacsconf half our talk recording, I want to reference McCarthy's Programs With Common Sense (1958/1959). https://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/mcc59.pdf . In McCarthy's the-six-things-lisp-was-intended-to-be-good-at, "programming the advice taker (hypothetical program)".
But I want to tread carefully around the term advice in emacs, which I think has a specific and common meaning; does anyone have a book or link for me to look over? #mastoquestions