K‮ly‬e @khird@qoto.org

@RL_Dane there's a utility I used at one point that can remap the sound jacks, so you can use the mic as line out. I think it was this, but I'm afraid I don't remember for certain and the machine in question is long gone, so I can't check.

https://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/HDA_Analyzer

If your mic jack is TS, it'll be mono output. If it's TRS, you may be able to get stereo.

@lapingvino I've seen such situations too - but I still think the marker is useful despite not being infallible.

The most reasonable norm would seem to be for the recipient of advice to ask the giver as to his whereabouts, if he suspects it might matter. That seems nicer than expecting someone to disclose his location as a matter of course, especially when he's doing something to help others.

It's not just Americans who mistakenly assume their experiences are universal - my favourite example is actually Australians trying to get their minds around the northern hemisphere school year. That there isn't a perfect one-to-one correspondence between calendar year and grade level is hard to imagine without experiencing it for oneself.

@lapingvino If they're offering their advice in American English, that they're in the US seems as good a default assumption as any. I think it might make sense to clarify if they're speaking some language that suggests another origin.

On the other hand... free advice is worth what you paid for it, right? So you should exercise due diligence in verifying it *anyway*, even if it comes from someone you know to be your countryman. If you follow advice from random strangers on the Internet, "it assumes I'm American" is probably not the failure mode about which I'd worry most.

@yerald IEEE

@trinsec @skanman it's not that it works loose from the frame, it's that the frame itself (really just some plastic ribs moulded into the thin bottom shell) cracks away from being overstressed. The problem is that the hinge plate is only a centimetre or two wide, perpendicular to the hinge axis, whereas the screen is maybe twenty centimetres tall. So when the laptop is in use, and the screen is opened up to maybe 120 degrees, its weight has a big mechanical advantage.

I've lost two consecutive HP laptops to this failure mode. My hypothesis is that they went for parts commonality, since they have a series that runs from 13 up to 17 inch screens, and the hinges aren't deep enough to effectively distribute the weight of the larger screens.

@realcaseyrollins I really respect you checking it out BTW - so many Americans disparage it for the lower calibre of player and the unfamiliar rules, which is a shame because it's so exciting. Thanks for giving it a chance!

@realcaseyrollins there were a lot of exciting moments in the second half! I'm sorry it gave you trouble - worked fine for me on Firefox - but glad you were able to get it working in the end.

Generally, it's not nearly as big as in the US. Of course, the main reason is that football isn't the primary sport in the country - Canada loves hockey, and there's Canadian teams in the NBA, MLB, MLS,... but not the NFL. There's the CFL, of course, but it doesn't have the same prestige.

Even among those who watch football, viewership is fragmented between people who want to watch their hometown or alma mater play and people who rightly point out that the calibre of play in the US is much higher and prefer American leagues. Many elite athletes will play in the NCAA for better coaching and to learn US rules if they aspire to play in the NFL.

Specifically college ball isn't as well respected because it's not the only path to a professional career in Canada the way it is in the States. Hockey players generally play on a team in what's called "major junior" leagues before reaching the age to play professionally. Similarly, Canada has the CJFL where football players aren't affiliated with a university, and some very notable CFL players have come up through that.

Finally the climate plays a role; the game today was played in subzero temperatures, and Laval's previous game against Western Ontario was even colder. It's a bit of a hard sell to get fans to sit for three hours in such conditions.

@realcaseyrollins of course! I just wanted to advertise the option since it'll be the last game of the season.

@realcaseyrollins in case you're still interested in the USports version, the Vanier Cup (nat'l championship) is tied at 17 heading into the 3rd:

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2113766979632

@acjay You could maybe jury-rig something like this in mastodon if you have a cooperative admin. As a sketch of the solution:

You set up webfinger on acjay.com to forward to QOTO. The admin here adds acjay.com to ALTERNATE_DOMAINS in the config.

Then if you mention @acjay@acjay.com it should redirect to your account, but I don't think you'd be able to make your outgoing toots appear as if they were from that domain.

When you want to take your identity elsewhere, you point acjay.com's webfinger at the new site.

If you try this, let me know how it works!

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/spec/webfinger/
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/config/

@lavenderlens

@RL_Dane I just hide boosts; generally that does the trick. It only applies to timelines, not profile view, but I rarely use profile view anyway.

It helps deal with the problem that people have wildly different thresholds for "interesting enough to boost" and keeps my home timeline down to a manageable flow of content.

@realcaseyrollins It also has several nice widgets for your homescreen with a few options for customisation.

@freemo generally okay. I'd cut the bit about anti-cisgender/anti-straight, because that's going to be a lightning rod - the people who are already looking for an excuse to block will cry foul because you're "punching down" against marginalised groups, and the free speech ideologues will complain about you declaring *anything* off limits, so the less expansive this section, the better.

I strongly approve the change to academic freedom rather than free speech, given the current trend for a free speech to degenerate into 4chan

@freemo I'll see what I can dig up. It's getting on toward night here, so probably going to tackle this in the morning.

@freemo if it's an actual URL and not an IPv4 address, there's a good chance I'll catch it this week when I tackle the SEO linkstuffers