shortdorkyasian

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FBI demands more records from Oakland, including police reports related to Duong family in c/oakland
What open-source software would you like more people to know about? in c/[email protected]
[–] shortdorkyasian 20 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Darktable Great digital photography RAW editor. Alternative to Adobe Lightroom.

How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money in c/technology
[–] shortdorkyasian 2 points 6 months ago

Once I started using the tool lending libraries in the San Francisco East Bay, it was a game changer for simple maintenance.

Some bike shops also have public work benches with tools. https://www.boxdogbikes.com/about-1

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New firmware update for the Nikon D850 and D7500 DSLR cameras released (nikonrumors.com)
submitted 6 months ago by shortdorkyasian to c/nikon
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Sam Altman Says AI Using Too Much Energy, Will Require Breakthrough Energy Source in c/technology
Issues filling forms in PDFs in c/[email protected]
[–] shortdorkyasian 4 points 9 months ago

I've been a user of Master PDF for years now. It's my go-to for PDF markup in Linux. Their yearly renewal can be kinda wonky, but their customer service has been excellent.

[Resolved] Debian 12: trying to auto-mount a NTFS-formatted hard drive by making an entry in fstab. Getting the error "mount: /etc/fstab: parse error at line 18 -- ignored" in c/[email protected]
[–] shortdorkyasian 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does this help? https://superuser.com/questions/527495/how-to-mount-partition-with-spaces-in-path

Looks like you need \040 in place of the space.

Honestly, I would just change the name of the mount directory so there's no space.

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Last/best Versions of the Trinity Zooms with Aperture Rings? (self.nikon)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by shortdorkyasian to c/nikon
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I've been doing some fantasy GAS daydreaming and thinking about my film Nikons.

What were the last set of "trinity" zoom lenses with aperture rings? I'm guessing the following, but if most recent does not mean best, please suggest which ones are better.

Thanks.

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[–] shortdorkyasian 13 points 10 months ago (3 children)

How do you like that trackball? It looks like a nice one.

What distros have you tried and thought, "Nope, this one's not for me"? in c/[email protected]
[–] shortdorkyasian 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ubuntu when they first switched to Unity. I had been running Ubuntu for 2 or 3 years at that point, but I was already thinking about switching to Debian at the time. I hobbled along for a few weeks on that first version of Unity, but I didn't like what I was seeing. I took the plunge into Debian, thinking, "If I'm going to have to learn something new anyways, I might as well try switching."

What are your favorite fonts for technical reports? in c/[email protected]
[–] shortdorkyasian 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I was going to say use the old timey fixed width typewriter fonts that the US Army Corps uses (PDF page 5 and beyond), but I guess that they've switched to Times New Roman.

Maybe use open source fonts like DejaVu and Liberation?

Why more women live in major East Coast counties while men outnumber them in the West in c/news
[–] shortdorkyasian 6 points 10 months ago

Had to look it up, and of course there's a Wikipedia page. I guess the population centroid has been just west of the Mississippi River in Missouri circa 1980. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_center_of_the_United_States_population

How many of you actually use the headphone jack on your phone? in c/technology
[–] shortdorkyasian 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was in a similar situation. Not sleep-phones, but just a particular type of headphones that I like. Have you thought about getting a Bluetooth receiver for them? It's super annoying, but it's the only way I've been able to keep my headphones. Just thought I'd suggest it if you hadn't thought of this solution/kludge yet. https://www.fiio.com/btr3k

The other option is to get a USB-C adapter. https://us.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-play-4

SPOILERS - Doctor Who: The Star Beast Discussion in c/doctorwho
[–] shortdorkyasian 5 points 11 months ago

After that spill, at least a coffee table.

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Dustrunner (lemmy.world)
 

Received my copy of Dustrunner yesterday. Read the instructions last night and played three games today. Failed 3 different ways. Simple game, but still fun.

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