Like the other replier and GP, my Linux and Mac desktops run for months at a time without a restart. I only restart when there’s a software update that demands it. I don’t have much experience with modern Windows, but I expect that’s the norm from a modern OS.

If you’re running into runaway resource issues like this then you may want to spend a few minutes hunting them down and maybe replace the programs responsible. Daily restarts shouldn’t be necessary.

Apparently not in Windows settings:

If the BIOS says it supports Modern Standby, Windows takes it at its word and completely disables the ability to enter S3 sleep (classic standby). There’s no official or documented option for disabling Modern Standby through Windows, which is incredibly annoying.

Side note: for a while, there was actually a registry setting you could change to disable Modern Standby on the Windows side. Unfortunately, Microsoft removed it, and to my knowledge, has never added it back.

I’m not a Windows user, so I can’t confirm one way or the other, but toward the end of the end of the article the author gives vendor-specific instructions for disabling the S0 Low Power Idle capability from BIOS.

For anyone as confused as I was: yes, this is indeed a link post on lemmy.world pointing to an article on kbin.social hosted by kbin.projectsegfau.lt and ultimately linking to social.bbc.

The old Fedi switcharoo.

Alex Russell is a good read on React. His position gives him a broad view of its impacts and has kept him from being sidelined. This Changelog podcast is a decent distillation of his criticisms – it was recorded earlier this year, a few days after his Market For Lemons blog post.

(Sorry for the late reply! I’ve been a bit swamped lately and away from kbin.)

“Good vibes only” seems to be embedded in the culture of web development today. Influential devs’ Twitter accounts have strong Instagram vibes: constantly promoting and congratulating each other, never sharing substantive criticisms. Hustle hustle.

People with deep, valid criticisms of popular frameworks like React seem to be ostracized as cranks.

It’s all very vapid and depressing.

Thanks for this. I skimmed the proposal doc itself and didn’t quite understand the concern people have with it – most of the concerns that came to my own mind are already listed as non-goals. The first few lines of this comment express a realistic danger that’s innate to what’s actually being proposed.

“Casual rescue mission” is a fun phrase. It fits, though. The first bloke I “rescued” in the demo was snoozing like Gulliver when I found him.

Just tried the demo yesterday. The tutorial’s integrated into the gameplay in a way that didn’t feel obstructive to me. It’s less like an old-school sandbox tutorial and more that the game makes it obvious what you have to do for the first mission. And it seems to focus on the new mechanics since the basic stuff is already made obvious by overlays showing the controls.

There will be people who have no capacity for nuance and see this as a boolean thing, and for them: the tutorial’s not skippable, no. But for most people, it shouldn’t be an issue.

Pikmin 4 may be worth a look, then. The time limit’s been removed for this one.

It’s surprising that Apple isn’t listed (among those backing the scheme) given that the company designed the HomeKit standard with security and privacy as key objectives.

I think that’s the conflict: Apple has its own certification programs. From Apple’s perspective, a successful government-backed trademark would compete with Apple trademarks for consumer mindshare and the certification would add new overhead to Apple’s own product launches.

Other brands backing this program have more to gain than lose from it, e.g. because their own certifications aren’t as well marketed, or because it simplifies product screening, or sets up new hurdles for competitors. Apple’s in a unique position where none of those benefits are relevant. It only sees the costs.

This got me to look up iFixit’s guide to Switch battery replacement. It’s better than some of my devices, but as soon as a replacement involves spludgers and adhesive it crosses a “yuck” line for me, going from something that looks kinda fun to sort of dreading that I’ll break it.

For contrast, past Nintendo handhelds made this a doddle, even in the post-AA era: here’s the New 3DS battery replacement guide. The DS Lite even had a little battery door.

A lot of Ujico’s albums as Snail House are more chill/downtempo, but I love the Alien Pop series. Really creative producer. Here’s his Bandcamp for those new to him: https://0101.bandcamp.com

I don’t think he’s a permanent member of any circle but he also does some clubbier tracks on doujin releases: I’ve heard him on compilations from Wavforme, Unitone, and Riparia Records.

I only had occasional luck with this even on Reddit. Some smaller subs for hobby stuff had genuinely good advice, but a lot of times it’d just be people repeating the same brands and products with a shallow recommendation. And there was a lot of astroturfing. Over the years I’ve learned to ask elsewhere:

For major appliances, the best approach I’ve found is to find a local business – a well reputed one that’s been around for years, and does service as well as sales – and simply ask the salespeople what they recommend. If the shop’s willing to warranty it, it’s probably good enough.

For gadgets I tend to start looking at recognizable review sites that are easy to skim (RTINGS is especially useful, but Ars, The Verge etc. all have decent reviews) and then expand out to YouTube for the products I’m most interested in. Sometimes it’s a good idea to look up the company itself for anything that might change your mind about them (Western Digital’s unlabeled change to SMR drives is a recent example).

Shoes and clothes are the hardest thing to get good advice on. The most useful advice I’ve received has been very general stuff about what to look for in fit and quality. I’ve also found that high ethical standards from a clothing company tends to go hand in hand with quality and longevity.

Cars are an area where Reddit was still helpful. YouTube can be helpful here, but not so much typical car review channels: the most helpful YouTube videos are often from people who’ve owned a particular model for a year or so and can speak with experience about its quirks.

Finally, and most of all, I’ve learned to check the instinct to look up reviews. It’s worth spending some time to research stuff between you and the ground, or that you’ll use daily, but I’ve wasted too many hours comparing details that really don’t matter. Make sure it’s something you legitimately care about before you reach for other people’s opinions.

Is there an English translation/edition of The Magic Mountain that you feel stands out above the rest?

I knew about Wi-Fi and cell towers being used to improve location data, but this is nifty too:

Ultra can cache orbit predictions for up to a week. That means you can go offline and still get an immediate location fix because you don’t need to wait for your watch to decode that information; it’s already there.

I used to carry an independent GPS device while hiking, but mostly stopped because my phone gives much better data with fewer anomalies. I still sometimes carry it on trips so I can match the GPX data to photos with Houdah Geo.

On that note: I kinda wish I could export GPX recordings from Health/Fitness. It feels redundant that I have a “hiking” workout and a Gaia recording running at the same time. Gaia’s able to export tracks as a workout, but of course there’s no heart rate data etc. in Fitness if I do it that way.

The Verge article is paywalled for me, but the screencaps Alex shared in his toot don’t really support his summary. The article mentions that Threads can import content from Mastodon as an example of the sorts of things ActivityPub supports, and that’s about as close as it gets.

And then there’s this:

The company is planning to create a roundtable for administrators of other servers and developers to share best practices and work through problems that will inevitably arise, like Meta’s server traffic putting strain on other, smaller servers.

Emphasis mine. How would Meta’s server put strain on other, smaller servers if it’s not federating with them?

I’m fully willing to believe Meta wants to EEE ActivityPub, but this particular claim doesn’t seem to check out.

Or should I swap the switches out for something heavier/clickier?

Definitely. You made a good choice getting a hot-swappable keyboard. That makes it easy to experiment with different switches until you find one that’s comfortable.

You might find that changes over time too, or even that you have different preferences for different keys or contexts, so it’s worth keeping the old switches around.

But don’t try to convince your fingers that they need to be retrained to type more lightly. The reason there are so many different kinds of switches is that different weights and haptics feel better for different people.

Anyone found any decent wireless ones with replaceable batteries? I was interested in the Fairbuds XL but it’s not well reviewed.

For a while I had a pair of Sennheiser TV headphones that took AAAs, but they required a dedicated transmitter and weren’t great for music anyway.

A lot of nuance and empathy in this piece, it’s worth a close read.

As women, we didn’t feel we should have to defend ourselves against such a ridiculous statement, we shouldn’t need an uncomfortable public confrontation; but why did none of the men say anything? This is where it got interesting. They felt they didn’t want to speak on our behalf, didn’t want to be perceived as jumping in and taking our voices. We were surprised, we felt they didn’t have our backs and didn’t see it as an issue. They felt confused as to how to act.

I’ve had similar experiences on both ends of that. Confrontation is wearying so usually I just do an internal eye-roll and move on. But at other times I’ve felt something ought to be said, but thought I lacked the expertise or lived experience to make a convincing case.

Sad news: ATP shared the same trick a few months ago and received feedback that it’s easy to work around:

Multigreg writes, I set a screen time restriction with the passcode, without the option to remove it using the Apple ID. I tapped cancel and hit skip. When I try the forgot passcode link, it still guides me through the options to enter my Apple ID or device password or find a forgotten Apple ID…

So the mitigation that we said last time, that specific one about the screen time password, if you did that on your phone, just remove it because it’s not actually helping. I mean, I don’t know if you want to remove it because it will slow them down. It will slow down the thief a little bit because now they have to go through the forgot password flow, which is kind of annoying. And you know, so it’s a speed bump, a tiny speed bump, but that’s about it.

AFAIK the best advice we can give people is to set a strong device passcode and never use it in a public space. Always use FaceID, and have “Require Attention” toggled on.