Hello Mondo

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Cake day: February 17th, 2024
  • ericatty@lemmy.mltoPiracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Is this true about Generation gap in Piracy?English
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    2 months ago

    I currently have 130+ tabs open in Firefox and 90+ in Chrome in addition to some other programs open and running (libreOffice, vpn, and others) Everything is working fine on my old laptop with an i5 processor and 16G ram and windows 10, ssd hd

    I can’t really game on this, and trying to run a virtual machine is a slog.

    But VS Code, database, xshell, calibre, audacity, photopea, even basic video editing all run fine. Granted I usually do one project at a time, so I’m not using VS Code and editing videos at the same time.

    The browser tabs are usually always open. Oh, and I actually just cleaned up my tabs. There were a lot more…

    I feel like the memory issues are mostly worked out now for most of us.

  • ericatty@lemmy.mltoPiracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Taking Pirated Copies Offline Can Benefit Book Sales, Research Finds.English
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    5 months ago

    I feel this way about music too. Not just pirated tunes, but copyright takedowns on shorts and in yt vids

    Finding new artists as a fan is hard enough. If someone has reposted your music video as their own, sure I get it.

    But a minute clip or less? Fans or haters talking about it? Let that thing fly free baby! I’ve found so much new music that was background music. I use the family Spotify account or buy merch more than I buy music these days to support.

    I’ve bought so many books from authors that became my favs after they did a free epub once that got my attention.

    There’s always the “do this thing free for the exposure” problem - but people who say that are usually trying to exploit artists for their own gain. Fans are different, they are grass roots and not trying to exploit, but trying to recruit.

  • ericatty@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.ml•20534 memes are taking up space
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    5 months ago

    I have an S7 (yes I know it’s old) I still like it and it works - but - something happens about once or twice a month and it starts hanging up whenever a phone call connects and/or an app will get super laggy.

    Anyway, reboot fixes it (so far) and nothing else I’ve tried does.

    There’s definitely something with these older phones that is like a slow leak and the simple, easy, lasts for weeks fix is to just take 2 minutes for a full “turn it off and back on again”

    Plus the overheating when something gets stuck doing a background thing. Reboot reboot.

    I plan to use this phone until it dies, reboot stops fixing things, or needed apps are no longer working/supported.

    Slack no longer works/supported, but that one I’m just like “oh, noooo” However I expect ones I actually need to start falling off and I’ll be lucky to get a couple more years of use.

    My meandering point, some of us are still using Android phones where reboot helps a lot

  • ericatty@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.ml•This is a real threat :(
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    6 months ago

    I’m the wife and I’m like you. I will stand in the dark and wait for my eyes to adjust rather than turn on a light.

    We have fairy lights and red LED string lights for the high traffic areas to dissuade hubby from flipping on the overhead.

    Low light motion sensor nightlights for a couple spots so that we don’t step on a cat on the way to the bathroom.

    The kitchen lights are dimmable, so we can go bright when needed to cook, and dim if just searching for a snack.

    I love it. He has given in and adjusted. I find it calm and cozy.