Novocirab

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[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago

Came here to point to this.

Also, if outside noise is preventing one from keeping the windows open over night, get custom-fitted silicone earplugs.

[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

What hardware do you currently use and what software do you intend to run on the new machine? And what's your budget situation?

In any case, I would always recommend to buy used or refurbished hardware. Even if it's not necessary financially, it's better for the environment.

[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (7 children)

That's very cool indeed – although I dread the moment he starts talking to his followers about Lemmy.

[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 53 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I think a better title would be "Gnome is Asking You to Switch from Lump Sum Donations to Regular Donations, Even If the Total Amount is Smaller"

[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

There's a provision that says the trust structure can be changed without everyone's consent if the intended change is in the interest of all trustees. Rupert, Lachlan and their team want to exploit this by arguing that the ongoing financial success of the media empire is dependent on it retaining its staunchly conservative editorial line, so that it is in fact (from a financial point of view) in the interest of the three non-conservative children if they don't get to have any influence. The first judge wasn't buying it; let's hope that the others will rule the same way. (One argument in their favor is that the $787 million settlement that Fox News has to pay to Dominion Voting System due to a defamation lawsuit was a consequence of Rupert's or Lachlan's die-hard conservative messaging.)

What's less good: I remember dimly that, should Rupert live long enough (past theö year 2030?), he can change the trust at will again.

[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thank you, that's interesting and good to know. At least it's probably a good idea to not increment/decrement properties in very small steps (like 2% at a time) on a regular basis. I suspect the 5% steps I'm using for brightness should be fine, but I'll implement some shortcuts that go in bigger steps just to be sure.

[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The most staggering thing though is that the show has had quite noticeable repercussions on the dealings of the real-life Murdochs. Anyone who would like a long read on all this can check out the Atlantic article linked in the post description.

[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The Atlantic article that I linked in the post description talks at length about the spicy shit (especially about the family relations and only comparatively little about the legal aspects).

 

Note that the outcome of the underlying case, which is about the future of the Murdoch media empire (i.e. whether control over it will fall exclusively to conservative Lachlan Murdoch or be evenly split among all four heirs, of whom three are comparatively liberal), will be extremely consequential for both media and politics on a global scale.

[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm curious about both things you mention. Do you have the name of the kernel module at hand? And can you point me to a source on the monitor flash memory (as I couldn't find anything on that)?

[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

I feel you basically. I have given up trying to control the RGB on my RAM (even though it's probably decently documented somewhere).

[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your comment has now motivated me to add a Windows section :)

 

This makes it much easier to set your screen's brightness to a comfortable level at each time of the day, and to save energy.

(For Windows, see the very bottom of this post.)

On Linux, if you currently have no keyboard shortcuts for that available, a good way to create them is via ddcutil. Once you have ddcutil installed, have your displays' properties printed in the command line by typing ddcutil detect.

This should show you a list of parameters for each of the displays you have connected. For a display of your choice, try these commands:

ddcutil -n <Serial number> setvcp 10 - 5 # reduces brightness by 5 %
ddcutil -n <Serial number> setvcp 10 + 5 # increases brightness by 5 %

ddcutil -n <Serial number> setvcp 12 - 10 # reduces contrast by 10 %
ddcutil -n <Serial number> setvcp 12 + 10 # increases contrast by 10 %

ddcutil -n <Serial number> setvcp 10 0 # sets brightness to minimum
ddcutil -n <Serial number> setvcp 10 100 # sets brightness to maximum

If these commands all work, you can create in your desktop environment's settings (e.g. KDE) custom keyboard shortcuts that execute these commands. Personally, with my two displays and with dedicated "Brightness up" and "Brightness down" keys (macros) on my keyboard, I am using combinations with the modifiers Alt to address the secondary instead of the primary display, Shift, to adjust contrast instead of brightness, and Control to set an absolute value (0% or 100%) instead of going by increments.


Further notes:

Instead of addressing your displays via their serial number, you can also address your display via most other parameters shown in ddcutil detect by using another option than -n, e.g. via bus number or manufacturer name, but I've found that bus number is not persistent over the years, and manufacturer name ("Mfg id") may contain spaces which may lead to problems.

A full list of all other possible vcp commands (the numbers after setvcp) can be obtained through ddcutil vcpinfo.

If you're using a laptop, brightness adjustments for its internal screen are of course almost always a no-brainer.


On Windows 10 and perhaps 11 as well, you can apparently do the following:

Step 1: Press the Win + A to open the Action Center.

Step 2: Press Shift + Tab to select the brightness slider.

Step 3: Use the left and right arrow keys to adjust the screen brightness.

 

This makes it much easier to set your screen's brightness to a comfortable level at each time of the day, and to save energy.

(For Windows, see the very bottom of this post.)

On Linux, if you currently have no keyboard shortcuts for that available, a good way to create them is via ddcutil. Once you have ddcutil installed, have your displays' properties printed in the command line by typing ddcutil detect.

This should show you a list of parameters for each of the displays you have connected. For a display of your choice, try these commands:

ddcutil -n <Serial number> setvcp 10 - 5 # reduces brightness by 5 %
ddcutil -n <Serial number> setvcp 10 + 5 # increases brightness by 5 %

ddcutil -n <Serial number> setvcp 12 - 10 # reduces contrast by 10 %
ddcutil -n <Serial number> setvcp 12 + 10 # increases contrast by 10 %

ddcutil -n <Serial number> setvcp 10 0 # sets brightness to minimum
ddcutil -n <Serial number> setvcp 10 100 # sets brightness to maximum

If these commands all work, you can create in your desktop environment's settings (e.g. KDE) custom keyboard shortcuts that execute these commands. Personally, with my two displays and with dedicated "Brightness up" and "Brightness down" keys (macros) on my keyboard, I am using combinations with the modifiers Alt to address the secondary instead of the primary display, Shift, to adjust contrast instead of brightness, and Control to set an absolute value (0% or 100%) instead of going by increments.


Further notes:

Instead of addressing your displays via their serial number, you can also address your display via most other parameters shown in ddcutil detect by using another option than -n, e.g. via bus number or manufacturer name, but I've found that bus number is not persistent over the years, and manufacturer name ("Mfg id") may contain spaces which may lead to problems.

A full list of all other possible vcp commands (the numbers after setvcp) can be obtained through ddcutil vcpinfo.

If you're using a laptop, brightness adjustments for its internal screen are of course almost always a no-brainer.


On Windows 10 and perhaps 11 as well, you can apparently do the following:

Step 1: Press the Win + A to open the Action Center.

Step 2: Press Shift + Tab to select the brightness slider.

Step 3: Use the left and right arrow keys to adjust the screen brightness.

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Celebrate! (feddit.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Novocirab@feddit.org to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
 

delYUGE, amirite?

Live stream with more disappointed faces

Earlier, for example:

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Camera panning a bit to the left

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You just gotta love this.

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You're on camera, boys, hide the pain!!

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Someone's getting all jittery

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Shh hey, try playing it cool, we can make it through this!

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Kinda... Well let's see how the secretary of the navy is doing, surely he won't get disheartened by a little bit of water?

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Well one can always turn to the commander in chief for leadership.

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And to JD Vance.

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Gallows humor, why not. Well, the nation's finest are yet to come.

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Composure, we're at least half-way through.

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Only a few moments until the President will speak and do the oath-thingy with the West Point guys.

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Huh, "and domestic"?

Oh look, the band!

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See also this open letter by the Free Software Foundation Europe that everyone can sign.

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