FlareHeart

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[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Ya... I'm with you 100%. It really feels like commercial software is the "minimum viable product" rather than a complete and quality piece of software. I've opted for FOSS solutions wherever possible for me and it has worked out swimmingly. Only place I'm still struggling is my home PC. Making the jump to Linux and potentially risking game compatibility is still a bit of a hurdle for me, but once my Win10 license loses support, Linux will be a very strong contender for my main OS.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

The video conveniently leaves out that they should NOT be kept as pets! They love their families and are undomesticated wild animals! Leave them in the wild!

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I think (but I have not tested) that if you can use the DeDRM plugins to import your books into Calibre... You might be able to use Calibre's conversion function to make them all ePubs (which are Kobo friendly). I don't have a Kindle but I do use a Kobo and have had to run DeDRM and some conversions to make books compatible.

Good luck!

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Good luck making it through the prairies on passenger rail. Do we even have any stations left? I never see passenger trains. Only freight.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Jellyfin? Or SubSonic? I don't know if SubSonic is still around, but I've heard good things about Jellyfin.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Android auto definitely doesn't work (I tried Calyx briefly earlier this year).

What also doesn't work without a lot of finicky tricks is Google Calendar. I myself haven't quite gotten rid of Gmail and my calendar in Gmail yet, and that was a big headache I was not willing to live without just yet.

Outside of those two things it served my needs but I did not try any of the Microsoft products so I can't speak to those.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is anyone surprised? No? Didn't think so.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Saskatchewan does not have "off-peak" electricity pricing because Saskatchewan runs our power grid on old Coal plants. So not only does it get cold enough for heat pumps to not be sufficient here (even during the day sometimes), our electricity is not a green option either. Natural gas heating makes more sense here in Saskatchewan and it pains me to say that. Until such time as we get a green grid (get rid of the coal), natural gas heating is the best option for us.

Edit to add: I will gladly continue to pay the carbon tax because of 2 things: 1. I get more back on the rebate than I spend (my provincial premier is full of it) and 2. If some of that money from the tax goes to green initiatives, then I gladly support that.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Public Libraries are important. Period.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Every medication has side-effects. The idea is to assess whether the risk of side-effects outweighs the detriments of the disorder being treated.

Not all medications work for all patients and good clinicians will have their patients assessed regularly for effectiveness and change or remove medications as necessary.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The biggest thing to practice at first is tension. If you are yanking the yarn tight, it will make the rest of the work on the project far more difficult and require a lot more force from your wrist. Looser tension and a more relaxed posture in general will reduce strain. But it really just comes with practice. You'll get there if you stick with it and find your own rhythm and way to hold your yarn that works for you.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree completely. There is no quick, easy, silver bullet for this.

But it is a bit of a problem if the lobbyists are actively positioning all of our politicians to keep things as they are.

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