joshchandra

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Russia cancels main naval parade after losing 33% of Black Sea Fleet in Ukrainian drone strikes in c/globalnews@lemmy.zip
[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It would not only "showcase their vulnerability"; it'd be a vulnerable event itself. If they're smart, they absolutely should not run a parade, haha.

what are good in-person activities for making friends? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

Indeed, I lead a choir and a handbell choir at the church where I work; some handbell ringers became very close friends!

what are good in-person activities for making friends? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, I've met a bunch of interesting people through board games, and one of them is one of my closest friends now! Facebook and Meetup are the top ways to connect, though I try to also promote the lowly, nonprofit GameNight.host whenever I can.

Anyway, Hard to Get is another, solid cooperative discussion game: it's like Codenames, except everyone is on the same team that's trying to pare the grid down to just the 1 assassin word; the clue giver gives highly restricted, awkward/irrelevant clues about it versus all the rest.

There is no safe amount of processed meat to eat, according to new research in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But it's also about quality of life; do you want the last decade to be in increasing pain with challenged mobility or not as bad?

There is no safe amount of processed meat to eat, according to new research in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

One of us is gonna have to email one of the authors to ask for a copy. I've read that they want the public to read their work and that the paywall is just like a default setting.

What's your creative solution to solve the loneliness epidemic? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago

I began offering weekly board game gatherings and dinners for the public, and, aside from the rocky start (no one at the first 2 events), every gathering has always gotten a minimum of 3-8 people here in West Allis, WI!

I've been using this website in conjunction with a Facebook group: https://gamenight.host/@wa_bgn

‘Alexa, what do you know about us?’ What I discovered when I asked Amazon to tell me everything my family’s smart speaker had heard in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I, too, have Rethink: DNS + Firewall + VPN installed. Prior to this I was using NetGuard.

How to check whether a particular url is safe or not ? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Huh. Well, I was watching the URL bar the entire time and it only moved directly from the emoji to the X tweet; I never saw your decoded URL, unless it simply happens that fast, or I'm misunderstanding your last paragraph and that's what was supposed to happen.

Also, that's one heck of a short link, haha.

Villetta Nu - Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch in c/share_anime_art@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

Oh, oops, I see now, thanks!

Villetta Nu - Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch in c/share_anime_art@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Thanks, but I mean that I wanna see your work on them sometime, haha!

Villetta Nu - Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch in c/share_anime_art@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It is nuts to think that this stuff is AI-gen. I'm curious to see how it works with some of the characters from Steins;Gate and 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim.

How to check whether a particular url is safe or not ? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I don't even understand what it is, really; do you have an example of it in action?

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DAE get worn out by deleting old Google account history (Gmail, Drive, Photos, etc.)? (midwest.social)
 

I've been manually going through everything, including merging credentials going back two decades across 2-3 browsers finally to a single password manager, and... geez, there's literal months' worth of reviewing to do if you added up all the time if it was nonstop.

I'm just curious about how others' experiences have been, for those who shifted towards a more anti-megacorp stance later on.

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I keep getting this issue with no option to change (infosec.pub)
 

It doesn't even tell me which instance I'm on until an error appears. I wish there was a drop-down option that you could choose to have you show which instance you're currently on at all times. This never happened until I added another account on a different instance, and now it seems to jumble up the 2 continually.

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Using NoScript to selectively block JavaScript across all websites has opened my eyes to the sewers we wade through online (midwest.social)
 

This comment encouraging me to try out NoScript Security Suite (Firefox) changed my life. googletagmanager is used everywhere!

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FR: Option to prevent All and All Subscribed from appearing in History (midwest.social)
 

This would be nice since it's effectively useless, at least as far as I can tell.

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User-switching bug: instance mismatch popup doesn't appear and there is no way to invoke it/check (midwest.social)
 

Great app other than this issue!

  1. Be in account 1
  2. Switch out to account 2
  3. Get all the way to commenting on a post in the feed with no visual indication that anything is wrong
  4. Instance mismatch; you can't submit the comment, nor even save the post to your account

This has happened to me several times now and getting the mismatch popup to appear to switch instances seems to be difficult to trigger. It'd be nice if there was a manual button or constant indicator showing what instance you're on and prompting to switch if there's a mismatch.

Galaxy S21 FE 5G stuck on Android 12 (don't ask lol; long story)

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Any FOSS Android keyboard that lets you change the typing sound? (midwest.social)
 

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/25718777

I just can't find any!

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Any FOSS Android keyboard that lets you change the typing sound? (midwest.social)
 

I just can't find any!

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What are some ways by which disabled people can discover and volunteer for stem cell treatment? (midwest.social)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by joshchandra@midwest.social to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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Edit: Thanks, everyone!

I know an incredibly smart senior here near Milwaukee County, WI who's disabled by MS and has been restricted to using a scooter for years. He'd love to walk again, but I but I don't know how he can get involved in studies like this: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00863-0

All I could find was the ISSCR (Int'l Society for Stem Cell Research), but I don't think reaching them directly would be fruitful, would it?

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AdNauseam is a uBlock fork that goes further: it actively attacks marketers by auto-clicking every ad before blocking (adnauseam.io)
 

It garbles advertisers' data as a result, but you must disable uBlock Origin to run it; they can't work simultaneously. I recently moved to it and, so far, am never looking back!

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Some UI questions (midwest.social)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by joshchandra@midwest.social to c/summit@lemmy.world
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  1. How do you edit your comment that you make to someone's inbox reply? I couldn't figure out how and ultimately had to visit my own profile to edit my comment from there.
  2. How do you search for a certain post title in just one community, such as /c/summit?
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All are welcome to SJV's free, monthly dinner & game night in Brookfield! (stjohnv.org)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by joshchandra@midwest.social to c/waukesha@midwest.social
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Hi everyone, I'm the pianist at St. John Vianney Catholic Parish in Brookfield, where I began a monthly dinner & game night in Fall 2023 and still run it to this day. All are welcome; you do not need to be Catholic nor a member to participate (I'm not Catholic myself, in fact)!

Have dinner, contribute some potato chips or your favorite dish if inclined (but no need), bring your favorite board & card games or learn others' titles, or just socialize and make new friends!

The link points to a webpage which then points to the following RSVP form: https://forms.gle/p6ApeY6AGzu3LUtt9

Hope to see you there! Attendance on average has been within 10-15, but recent events have seen >20 participants, thanks to new promotional efforts done by a volunteer.

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All are welcome to free game nights with the group West Allis Board Games! (gamenight.host)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by joshchandra@midwest.social to c/milwaukee@midwest.social
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Hi everyone, I run near-weekly board game nights at the Festival Foods grocery store in West Allis, WI for the purpose of fostering community, keeping our minds sharp by learning new games, and defeating loneliness in a fun way. I've also recently branched out into organizing dinners for the group (we go Dutch, though, to be clear), which you can still join even if you don't care for board games.

You are all welcome, even if you don't live in West Allis! For those who prefer it, I also duplicate all events on FB for users' convenience: https://www.facebook.com/groups/westallisboardgames

We normally get a minimum of 4-7 attendees every single time. The headcount has never gone higher than 14. The food court can take 24 people if it were to be totally crammed; I counted the seats!

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