AlpacaChariot

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Israel announces closure of Dublin embassy due to 'anti-Israel policy' of Irish government in c/ireland
[–] AlpacaChariot 2 points 1 week ago

...and the UK!

UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers in c/world
[–] AlpacaChariot 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm English, I assure you people here eat them all the time!

Are you sure they were invented in America? That seems very unlikely to be true so I googled it, wikipedia says recipes for muffins appeared as early as 1747 in English cookbooks...

UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers in c/world
[–] AlpacaChariot 2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Most English people don't even know what an English Muffin is

Citation needed

UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers in c/world
[–] AlpacaChariot 53 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

Just in case it's not obvious, they mean an English muffin, a kind of flat bread roll. In the UK that's what they sell for breakfast at McDonald's (sausage and egg, bacon and egg etc).

This map will hopefully clear up any further confusion. in c/lemmyshitpost
[–] AlpacaChariot 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Big whoosh

€30K reached🎉! Thank you generous donors! in c/[email protected]
[–] AlpacaChariot 3 points 3 weeks ago

I didn't know about GCompris, I'm going to try it out with my daughter.

It's on Fdroid as well which is cool!

What are the worst / most unique names you've ever personally encountered? in c/asklemmy
[–] AlpacaChariot 7 points 3 weeks ago

Jesus, how high were the parents when they made that decision?

Anon is in college in c/[email protected]
[–] AlpacaChariot 23 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

That's a pretty toxic joke dude

It always makes that sound in c/comedyheaven
[–] AlpacaChariot 8 points 3 weeks ago

Sounds maddening!

Mostly I was posting the information above in case someone else has a beeping fire alarm system as it might be like our one and not like yours. I can't imagine that one took off!

It always makes that sound in c/comedyheaven
[–] AlpacaChariot 32 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

I've lived in a place with a fire alarm system like that, but the beep is because the backup battery is flat or the unit needs to be replaced.

Most smoke detectors are essentially a small radioactive lump with a Geiger counter next to it; if smoke gets in between it blocks the radiation and if the number of radiation "hits" falls below a threshold in a set time period the alarm goes off. So, as radioactive things have a half life, there's a point where the radiation emitted falls below the original threshold and you need to replace it. We fucked around with the batteries in ours for ages assuming one of them was low, but eventually replaced the detector itself and the beeping stopped.

MPs back proposals to legalise assisted dying in c/[email protected]
[–] AlpacaChariot 2 points 3 weeks ago

The legal protection in this case being a literal high court judge having to check the person is not being coerced and sign it off. That's a pretty high bar in my opinion!

MPs vote in favour of historic bill to allow assisted dying after emotional debate in c/[email protected]
[–] AlpacaChariot 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's not possible for that to happen in the UK without a further bill in Parliament. I believe in Canada the law has changed as a result of decisions by the courts.

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Safe seats that may flip (self.uk_politics)
 

Does anyone else live in a safe seat that may flip during this election? Looking at the latest Survation poll, which predicts Labour will win 484 seats (vs 64 to the Tories and 61 to Lib Dems), I can't believe how tight some of the results are projected to be in what have previously been very safe Tory seats as far back as I remember.

https://www.survation.com/survation-mrp-labour-99-certain-to-win-more-seats-than-in-1997/

I've lived in some of these seats and always voted but without any real hope of flipping it. For them to turn red would be a huge change.

One seat, North East Hampshire, was the safest Tory seat in 2015 (by numbers and by %) but this election the projection is Lab: 24.2%, Con: 32.2%, Lib Dem: 29.3%.

Results night could be very interesting!

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Midge defence? (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by AlpacaChariot to c/[email protected]
20 comments fedilink
 

If anyone has any good tips on beating the midges, please share them!

I got absolutely devoured this weekend up by Loch Latrine (edit: Katrine) (completely forgot it was midge season, so I was unprepared).

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Favourite Rome Remastered tactics? (self.total_war)
submitted 11 months ago by AlpacaChariot to c/total_war
6 comments fedilink
 

I've just installed Rome Remastered, the original was easily my favourite game when I was younger.

What are your favourite battle tactics when attacking and defending in open battles and sieges for each faction?

For example, when playing as the early Romans vs Gaul and other factions that have huge stacks of warbands, I often find I have a smaller army of mostly hastatii - I often win these battles, but what's the best tactic in this situation? Walk the hastatii up and hurl all the javelins you can then play defensively (guard mode) and wait for the warbands to tire and break / flank them with cavalry if you have any?

And during sieges, what's your move? Flaming arrows on the walls to set fire to the rams and concentrate the enemy into fewer choke points?

How outnumbered do you have to be before you just sit it out in the town square?

Tell me your favourite tactics!

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Debian for Linux gaming? (self.linux_gaming)
submitted 11 months ago by AlpacaChariot to c/linux_gaming
63 comments fedilink
 

I've ordered myself some parts to build a PC for Linux gaming. In the meantime, i'm deciding on which linux distro to use.

For the desktop environment I typically use KDE.

I have used Ubuntu in the past but i'm ruling it out because of snaps and other such annoyances. This also applies to Ubuntu based distros that use the same repos (KDE Neon etc).

I see the wikis recommend Nobara, but I'm reluctant to use a Fedora based distro because I'm so used to Debian/apt (both as a desktop and server distros). I'm not ruling it out completely though.

Any reason why I shouldn't just go with Debian + KDE and install Steam? Will I be missing out on lots of performance improvements or is this easily addressed by using an additional repo for a tweaked kernel and proton version or whatever?

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First build - comments welcome! (self.buildapc)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by AlpacaChariot to c/buildapc
7 comments fedilink
 

I'm working on a build list for a Linux gaming rig. It's my first build so I'd welcome any comments or tips!

I'm mostly looking to run games like the Total War series. I'm not obsessed with getting peak performance, I'm angling more for a reasonable value mid-range build.

Linux support is essential, I won't buy any Nvidia products.

UK market if that makes a difference.

List below...

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£139.99 @ Amazon UK)
  • Motherboard: MSI B550 GAMING GEN3 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£89.97 @ Ebuyer)
  • Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£64.98 @ Amazon UK)
  • Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£84.24 @ Amazon UK)
  • Video Card: PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Video Card (£239.00 @ Computer Orbit)
  • Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case (£74.50 @ Computer Orbit)
  • Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GX2 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£101.62 @ Amazon UK) Total: £794.30
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Krita (f-droid.org)
 

Discovered this one today when looking for an image editing app for Android. I've used Krita on Linux before but didn't know there was an Android app!

The UI is a bit clunky on a mobile but it does the job!

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Whole some mike (lemmy.world)
 
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Has anyone tried Inkbox? (github.com)
submitted 1 year ago by AlpacaChariot to c/linux
9 comments fedilink
 

It's a free software firmware replacement for ereaders based on Alpine Linux.

I've not tried it myself but wonder how it compares to the stock firmware on Kobo, particularly in terms of battery life and general performance.

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How can I stop my TV from turning off when my Linux box is idle? (self.linuxquestions)
 

I have a box running kodi in standalone mode with X11. My TV displays "no signal" if I leave it for too long, does anyone know how to stop this from happening?

I can still ssh into the box and use the remote app Kore so the system hasn't suspended or anything like that.

Pressing up/down etc on the kore remote, which should change what is displayed on screen, doesn't wake kodi up. However, I can wake it up if I tell Kodi to play a video.

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Linux kernel version vs Debian package version (self.linuxquestions)
 

I'm looking for a linux kernel for Debian that is 6.4.2 or above (need it to support the AX101 WiFi module).

The Debian package linked below is "linux-image-6.4.0-2-amd64 (6.4.4-3)"

Does that mean the kernel version is 6.4.0 or 6.4.4?

https://packages.debian.org/unstable/kernel/linux-image-6.4.0-2-amd64

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What's everyone's favourite Linux rescue USB? (self.linux)
submitted 1 year ago by AlpacaChariot to c/linux
23 comments fedilink
 

Tell me your favourite rescue USB image and why!

Also rescue tips and tricks as that's always interesting.

I have been using a Debian installer USB as I had it to hand (DVD image IIRC) but if I boot into a shell without mounting another root FS the number of utilities is quite limited (just busybox basics). For example just now I wanted gzip but it only had gunzip...

I feel like a shell started from the installer USB should have access to a lot more utilities because the files are there on the disk!

Does anyone know a way to set up a kind of USB like the debian installer where you can install packages from the installer into the live environment?

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