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Yeah it would be screen mirroring

Yeah, there is a software you can install on the Pi called scrcpy (which is a terminal utility), you can get a GUI for it with guiscrcpy

Here’s the link going over it: here

And for the GUI part here

I haven’t use it, so not sure how well it works. There could also be other software to support casting that I’m not aware of.

Thanks for the clarification! That does make it more interesting than just an ActivityPub clone

How is this different to ActivityPub protocol that the fediverse uses? Seems like its trying to accomplish very similar things? Like how KBin and Lemmy can interact with the same content and have different layouts, apps, etc.

I suppose it’s good to have alternative protocols for decentralized communication, but wouldn’t it be better to focus on one and put more effort into improving it?

As far as I’m aware, the only way to get a private streaming box would be to use a RaspberryPi. You could use Google Chromecast but then you get Google, Nvidia have Nvidia Shield but that costs a lot and I’m not familiar enough with it to know if it has spyware.

With RaspberryPi, all you really need is to just install the Raspbian OS (they have detailed instructions on their website) and you basically have a mini PC with an Internet browser and all that. So you could just do that?

There is also this Chromium DRM compliant browser which supports Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix, etc. Which you can install on the Pi for streaming support. Here’s the link

Just stay away from Chinese made Android Boxes. Linus did a good video covering those here

Yep, correct

Different companies have different requirements, but generally if you know a bit of SQL and a bit of Linux terminal commands you should be good. Maybe have a browse through a testing framework like Selenium, though frameworks would vary depending on what the company does, so don’t fret too much about that.

QA work has a fairly low barrier of entry, and from there I’ve known a few people who moved from QA into Developer roles. So there’s that route.

They are very similar. The main differences are:

• LogSeq uses bullet points. Obsidian is just pure markdown
• LogSeq is open source. Obsidian is closed source
• LogSeq has a predefined structure to it (folders). Obsidian allows you to have whatever folders you want

Personally, I use LogSeq for my day to day work. Primarily because I prefer the bullet point approach when taking notes. But some people would prefer writing long continuous text with Obsidian.

So to each their own. If you’re interested, try both (they’re both using markdown, so you can transfer between the two). I went back and forth a few times before settling with LogSeq

So like LogSeq, Obsidian is a free note taking application which stores notes in Markdown format locally on your PC. Unlike LogSeq however, it is not open source and is designed more for long form text (LogSeq is more bullet points).

You can check out Obsidian here

Same! I’ve become like a walking advertisement for LogSeq at work. Its great

Ever since I discovered LogSeq and Obsidian, I stopped checking out other note-taking software

You can use Lutris. But if you don’t want to go that way, you can simply use proton directly.

I have a script that I use on my linux machine that automatically detects an “exe” file in the same directory and runs it via proton. With that I’ve been able to play non-steam games easily enough.

There are plenty of tutorials online on how to run proton via CLI, here’s one

EDIT: As @nottheengineer@feddit.de said, you can also add exe files to Steam and have it run that way. Its probably the easier way compared to running it via terminal

By having more instances and better user distribution. Running a small-ish instance isn’t very expensive, around 5-10 euro a month (some VPS providers are cheaper, etc). As Lemmy development continues, and more optimizations come in, these smaller lemmy instances will be able to support more users.

There is also a discussion on GitHub to introduce user and community migrations between instances. So once that feature is implemented, it will be easier to redistribute everything across all Lemmy instances.

The limit can be changed, but it’s up to the admins of the instance.

It also might be nice to change the error so that users know to shrink their images.

Its not strictly a Lemmy error, but in Nginx (or at least for me it was there), which is a service that sits between you and Lemmy and redirects traffic. But yeah, the frontend could still handle it better and at least give a better error message

Just gonna leave this little gem here, enjoy.

https://sfba.social/@sysop408/110639435788921057

You don’t need any special hardware. I have my instance running on 1 CPU and 2GB of RAM just fine (granted, its just me there so there isn’t really any massive load).

So yes, you can use your PC if you want. The only thing I’d say is that if you plan to have your instance federated (i.e. make posts from it, message people etc), you’d want to have it running all the time. Otherwise, if your PC is down and Lemmy isn’t running, your images and posts might not show up properly for people on other instances.

Which is why most people prefer to rent a server or VPS (virtual private server, which is usually cheaper). Since you can have the server running 24/7.

Other than that, you need a domain name. Again there are websites that can give you free domain names. But in my case I prefer to just buy a domain.

If you check out https://join-lemmy.org/, there’s “Run a Server” option which goes over the steps.

This probably won’t work for everyone, but whenever I’m learning or trying out something new and unfamiliar, I always tend to follow the philosophy of “Just jump straight into the deep end and you have no choice but to swim”.

So for those thinking of trying out Lemmy/Fediverse. I suggest trying to get your own instance running. It’ll get you more familiar with what Lemmy is and how it works (at least on a high level). Its also really rewarding when you get it all up and running, it becomes something more personal to you since you took the time and effort (instead of just clicking sign up on some instance).

But again, that just how I prefer doing things. To each their own.

This is where VPNs come into play. You can ban me all you want, I’ll just come back with a different IP.

I’d much rather sink money into a bunch of VPN providers than disable my adblocker or worse, pay YouTube.