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Cake day: July 16th, 2023

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  • I once sent a friend this clip to explain who I was going to see that night- Austin Lucas. He’s one of the artists I tell people about when they think that all country music is the same. Great singer, great storyteller. I had to explain to my friend that Emily Barker wouldn’t be there, as awesome as that would be, but I was still super psyched to finally see Austin in person.

    He transformed that small back room in a dingy London pub into a raw hug of emotional energy. He was off the stage, circled by a small crew just vibing and loving what he was sharing, watching the tears in his eyes.

    And then he said his friend was in town, and he’d like to welcome Emily Barker to come and sing.




  • My exposure to Linux is pretty minimal, especially Linux with a GUI, so forgive my ignorance. Even reading over this thread I’m confused as to the issue here.

    I don’t need an ELI5, but maybe someone can explain it like I don’t know what Wayland is?

    My understanding is that an app should ask the system to display an object at X size, let’s say text at size 14. The system then works out that at the currently selected display resolution, size 14 will be Y pixels big. If needed, the system can scale that based on user preferences- a small, high DPI screen could render size 14 at only a couple of millimetres, for example.

    Is the problem that devs are building things in a way that bypasses scaling? For example, hardcoding size 14 text to be Z pixels high?







  • Bike locks are a spectrum, and I’ve generally sat on the small and light end of that. My reasoning is that any lock can be broken, it’s more about how difficult you want to make it for the thief.

    I’m happy with any lock that prevents someone from just picking up the bike and riding off. As soon as someone has to bring out speciality tools, they’re breaking the social contract regardless of those tools being hydraulic jaws and angle grinders, or just bolt cutters. That’s the step in trying to prevent.

    So I just roll with a thin cable and a little padlock. Small enough to chuck in a pocket, long enough to wrap around fences/trees/friends bikes.

    Your mileage will definitely vary.







  • gazter@aussie.zonetoProgrammer Humor@lemmy.mlEmails are hard
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    2 months ago

    I feel like the level of snark in your reply is… High. It doesn’t make for a pleasant interaction, and it doesn’t help make lemmy a nice place to be.

    So, if the image you want to put into your email is not hosted somewhere, what’s the best way to go about this, ensuring compatibility?