Brujones

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[–] Brujones 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have to ask... Are you actually happy with Kodi? Did you find a way to make it more usable?

I set it up on a RPi, got Netflix and Amazon working on it, and I really, REALLY wanted to like it...

But I just can't. The interface is awful. The sorting is nonsensical. You have to manually enable thumbnails. You can change it, but you have to change it for every interface. And then it doesn't remember, so you have to go through all that again the next time you use it.

Sorry if I sound whiny, but I'd love to know if you got it to be more usable than I could.

[–] Brujones 6 points 2 weeks ago

Haha, that's a good call. I certainly should have. I was pretty new with the torch so I suppose I was focused on the task at hand.

And it was just the tip™️. The last inch or 2 on the fork of a small lift won't make a lot of noise compared to the torch.

[–] Brujones 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I was using the forks as a workbench to cut a piece of 1/2" steel with an acetylene torch. I thought I had enough overhang to make it work.

Those forks ended up about 1.5" shorter after I finished my cut.

[–] Brujones 4 points 2 months ago

We each have our own checking account. We also have a joint account. Each of us receives our paychecks in our personal account. We each keep a small portion in our personal accounts for each month for personal expenses, gifts, etc. The rest goes into the joint account.

We set up credit cards the same way. This gives us the means to buy gifts for each other without the other knowing. It also provides redundancy for lost cards.

We can both see the joint accounts. We cannot see each other's personal accounts. Our bank has it set up so I can see everything I have access to on a single online account.

This arrangement has been working well for years.

[–] Brujones 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For my money, it's Puscifer > Tool > APC.

Don't get me wrong, they're all great in their own forms!

[–] Brujones 2 points 2 months ago

Except you can't, at least not completely. As far as I can tell, you still cannot change network settings on Nest cameras through the Home app. Per Google, you need to use the Nest app for that...

[–] Brujones 16 points 2 months ago

Interest, meet conflict.

[–] Brujones 2 points 2 months ago

Yes, yes it is.

[–] Brujones 2 points 2 months ago

I recently had the opportunity to drive from Tennessee to Alabama. I'd never been to this region before. I was amazed at how lush everything was!

[–] Brujones 20 points 3 months ago (15 children)

I don't know about y'all, but I'm trying to find ways to resist what's coming. They want to fuck us over. Don't make it easy!

 

I have Kodi installed on top of LibreElec on a Raspberry Pi. It works well, and I've installed the addons for Netflix and Prime. However, it's frustrating to use because the interface defaults are not great and changes to preferences are not persistent.

The default view is a list format. I'm sure some love that, but I prefer tiles. The default sort is nonsensical (I can't even tell what it is). I can set it to newest or oldest first.

But there is no global setting that I can find, so you need to set it for every interface. What's more, if you change these settings for an addon, they'll revert to the defaults the next time you use it.

Given the popularity of Kodi, I'm sure I'm just missing something. Can anyone give advice on how to set this up?

Thanks!

[–] Brujones 12 points 4 months ago

...and nothing of value was lost.

[–] Brujones 7 points 4 months ago

It's almost pointless to try to go to concerts anymore. Deftones is coming in a few months. I tried to buy tickets about 5 minutes after they went on sale. Already at that point, half of the arena was up for 'resale'.

I chose a couple of seats that hadn't yet been touched. In the few seconds it took me to decide, it let me know they were no longer available. I refreshed, and saw they were now up for resale for +50% or so.

Don't count on Ticketmaster to stop this. Why would they, when they get a cut of the resale? Regulation is needed, and fast.

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