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Diana Barbosa :cravo:🇺🇦🇵🇸<p>HELP!<br>I need to install a <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/TOTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOTP</span></a> app and don't want to use Google's. Any recommendations that are more privacy compliant? <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/hivemind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hivemind</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/degooglify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degooglify</span></a></p>
Will Tuladhar-Douglas<p>Hello academic <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/hivemind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hivemind</span></a> - especially colleagues in <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociology</span></a> and <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> - this is outside my field so pointers to foundational texts and current debates both welcome - and my apologies because this will be a lively toot.</p><p>Where can I find the best critical, empirically grounded debates on the definition of <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>?</p><p>Please boost and fold in anyone who might have a well-honed contribution...</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/sociology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sociology</span></a></span> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>
Will Tuladhar-Douglas<p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/hivemind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hivemind</span></a> help please,</p><p>I'm trying to find a humorous video that was on Youtube three years or more ago. Junk search means I can't find it any more.</p><p>It was about a nightmare exam paper. The student sits down to write the paper and it is absurdly easy to begin with, but progresses to delivering a baby, defusing a bomb, and so on.</p><p>Ring any bells with anyone?</p>
Michael Jenkins<p>While I'm bugging the <a href="https://floss.social/tags/hivemind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hivemind</span></a> for feedback and ideas: Who can recommend a good <a href="https://floss.social/tags/passwordManager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>passwordManager</span></a> for a <a href="https://floss.social/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a> and <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> user? I'll repay your wisdom with virtual <a href="https://floss.social/tags/highfives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highfives</span></a> and a <a href="https://floss.social/tags/follow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>follow</span></a> if you're so inclined.</p>
Martin<p>Hey peeps, I have an issue with a neighbour over a broken concrete fencepost, could anyone identify the possible causes of the breakage from the pictures? (trying to be vague to not influence opinions) <br>Boosts appreciated. <br><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/HiveMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HiveMind</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/fedihelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedihelp</span></a></p>
Jay Baker<p>Hey <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/HiveMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HiveMind</span></a> in the UK! Does anyone know of any implications for <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalCredit</span></a> recipients helping to manage a <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> group account on <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/OpenCollective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenCollective</span></a>? <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FediHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediHelp</span></a></p>
GentleMan Gef<p>Is there an adapter that goes from USB-C to HDMI? </p><p>I want to put downloaded video from my iPhone to the TV in the camper </p><p>Has to be hardwired for use without WiFi or cell service </p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/HiveMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HiveMind</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/TooLazyToSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TooLazyToSearch</span></a> </p><p>Edit: Of course there is! Thanks for all the help, further replies no longer necessary!</p>
JollyOrc<p>MOAR <a href="https://social.5f9.de/tags/hometheater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hometheater</span></a> <a href="https://social.5f9.de/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://social.5f9.de/tags/hivemind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hivemind</span></a> questions:</p><p>We have a home Plex Media Server, a Disney+, a YouTube Premium and an AppleTV subscription.</p><p>And a Samsung TV that runs all that.</p><p>For $Reasons, I am thinking of removing the network from the TV and thus use some own hardware under my control to do all the viewing. Not being able to watch Ted Lasso or Andor or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@TechConnectify" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TechConnectify</span></a></span> isn't an option though.</p><p>Any suggestions on a couch friendly setup that I can install on ye old Intel NUC?</p>
j_bertolotti<p>Dear <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/HiveMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HiveMind</span></a> <br>Can you help me find an old blog (?) post describing the story of a <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/LaserSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaserSafety</span></a> accident at a small company where people decided it was a good idea to take the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/laser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laser</span></a> out in the car park without realizing their beam was hitting a car's door and reflected all around? 🙏</p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p>Dear sound/audio folks and engineers,</p><p>I have a directory with 3.5GiB of audio files (chiefly opus &amp; m4a) which are spoken word recordings.</p><p>Some of them are quite low, and some of them are quite dynamic such that it's a whisper at times and nearly a shout at other times.</p><p>I've processed a lot of them with <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/audacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audacity</span></a>'s compressor filter or <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/ffmpeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ffmpeg</span></a> (<code>ffmpeg -i audio.m4a -filter:a "speechnorm=e=50:r=0.0001:l=1" audio-normalized.m4a</code>), but there are some unprocessed files in the collection, which are a pain to individually find and fix.</p><p>Is there a way from the <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/commandline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommandLine</span></a> to detect the loudness and/or dynamic range of audio files so that I can automatically flag them for processing with ffmpeg?</p><p>Thanks!!</p><p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audio</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/sound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sound</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/soundengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundEngineering</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/hivemind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HiveMind</span></a></p>
harryprayiv<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> you should add “closed minded <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hivemind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hivemind</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hipster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hipster</span></a> shitting on entire classes of technologies and problem spaces that I refuse to take the time to understand” to your CV.</p><p>Don’t come crying to the crypto devs you mocked when your country sends you your tax return in a central bank digital currency with a spending time-limit that can be tracked FOREVER.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> seems to be a problem that you won’t understand until you are utterly imprisoned by centralization.</p>
Jim Killock<p>Hi there <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/hivemind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hivemind</span></a>!</p><p>Who would be a good EU hosting platform for an <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>openrightsgroup</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/peertube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peertube</span></a> instance?</p><p>Bearing in mind, we would need a lot of (expandable) disk storage.</p>
Diana Barbosa :cravo:🇺🇦🇵🇸<p><a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hivemind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hivemind</span></a>: do have any recommendations for trustworthy and affordable <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/transcription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transcription</span></a> software? If it's open source and European even better! Thanks! ☺️<br><a href="https://masto.pt/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Comms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comms</span></a></p>
Plague Island Resistance<p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/HiveMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HiveMind</span></a> <br>So my boss has 'invited' me to a client facing Teams meeting.</p><p>This is not a normal part of my job, not something I'm comfortable with and definitely not something I want to happen again...</p><p>So... Any ideas on how to sabotage the meeting? The sweet spot obviously is the boss deciding not to invite me again while staying on the side of me not getting sacked. </p><p>At this point I am looking at ways to fry the router. 🤣</p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p>Yo <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/nerdfriends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nerdfriends</span></a>,</p><p>Is there any way to make Linux wait <em>longer</em> for an HDMI monitor to wake back up?</p><p>What happens a lot of times is that my laptop monitor will wake up, HDMI monitor will <em>start</em> to wake up, but by the time it actually becomes fully available, the desktop has given up on it and re-sized all of my windows to fit within the smaller resolution of the laptop monitor.</p><p>It's... annoying.</p><p>KDE Plasma 5.27 on X11 on Debian 12.</p><p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/hivemind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HiveMind</span></a></p>
Rachel E. S. Loesche<p>If I record myself reading a copyrighted book and share the recording with some friends (for free), is that copyright infringement?</p><p>If so, can I claim fair use by, idk, dressing up in a funny outfit or something and turning the reading into a performance art piece, which I then record and share?</p><p>Is it copyright infringement to extract the audio from said recording of such a performance art piece and share that? There must be a legal way to do this...</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FairUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairUse</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HiveMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HiveMind</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/audiobook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audiobook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FileSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FileSharing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
The 53 Vocho 💖🐛<p>Question for the <a href="https://petrous.vislae.town/tags/hivemind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hivemind</span></a>:</p><p>What Markdown editor would you recommend for someone like me, who is:</p><p>1. Relatively new to using Markdown;<br>2. Using macOS; and<br>3. Is rather cheap?</p><p>I’m currently testing Typora, and while iA Writer has a good rep, it’s not a cheap app. </p><p>Ideas?</p>
maxsidman<p>Hey <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HiveMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HiveMind</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> fans/users… Does anyone use the Stories function in Signal? And if so what’s your take on it? I’ve got a growing number of friends and contacts on the app (finally) and am intrigued by, but not yet sold on, the prospect of using Stories to share moments (in lieu of similar time-bound post types on corpo social apps that I’m not on anymore). Thoughts and ideas welcome. Thanks in advance.</p>
Janika_Hoffmann<p>Hey Mittelalter-/Larpbubble. Ich habe aus der Familie ein Mittelalterzelt überlassen bekommen, das 13 Jahre nur eingelagert war. An einer Stelle (die auf dem Boden des Leinensacks war) hats leider Schimmel.<br>Ehe ich jetzt mit Chlor/Schimmelex dabeigehe: Irgendwelche guten Tipps?</p><p>Danke schonmal!<br>(Teilen erwünscht 💪🏼)</p><p><a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Mittelalter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mittelalter</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Larp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Larp</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Reenactment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reenactment</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Mittelalterzelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mittelalterzelt</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Hivemind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hivemind</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Schwarmwissen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schwarmwissen</span></a></p>
Diana Barbosa :cravo:🇺🇦🇵🇸<p>Today was the day!<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tutanota</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Internxt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Internxt</span></a></span> installed.<br>Still learning the ropes. Hoping to transition as soon as possible.<br>Lacking a calendar widget, though.<br>Lacking a sync feature for my phone's pics.<br>Still dependent on the Android features connected with Google.<br>I'm I missing something? Help?<br><a href="https://masto.pt/tags/WeLoveOpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeLoveOpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/DeGoogling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeGoogling</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/fosstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fosstodon</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Feditips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feditips</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hivemind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hivemind</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/EuropeanAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanAlternatives</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/EncryptedEmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EncryptedEmail</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/EncryptedDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EncryptedDrive</span></a></p>