curious_dolphin

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[–] curious_dolphin@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 week ago

I had not thought of this. Thanks for the idea.

[–] curious_dolphin@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

Good to know there are models compatible with Home Assistant. Thanks for the info.

[–] curious_dolphin@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thanks for the idea. In your case, do you still need a phone app to program the various PINs or are they all programmable "on board?"

 

I'm looking into installing a door lock w/ key pad at home for two use cases:

  1. I'm out of town and need to allow someone to enter my home, in an emergency or for any reason.
  2. Nice to have - "oh shit, did I lock the door" - ability to lock the door remotely from my phone, would also solve use case #1 by unlocking remotely.

If there are no privacy respecting / self hosted apps for remote control (use case #2), then a "dumb" electronic lock w/ key pad that enables me to set a PIN that I can give to a friend or neighbor in a pinch and then reset the PIN after I get home, that would be good enough. If no such keypad/electronic locks exist, then my backup plan is to just make a few copies of my key for trusted friends & family and/or hide a key, but I'd like to explore the keypad route.

[–] curious_dolphin@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, I see. I must've misread a tutorial at some point then. I did not realize one could install an app directly into profile #2, I thought root had all the apps and then specific apps had to be pushed to the other profiles. Thanks for clarifying that.

[–] curious_dolphin@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Got that part, but what throws me is, in order to install a Google app on that secondary "google" profile, don't you have to first install the Google app on the main profile so that you can then push it to the secondary profile?

[–] curious_dolphin@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

What does maintaining a separate profile for Google stuff buy you? I'm familiar with GrapheneOS, but haven't internalized the separate profile thing yet.

[–] curious_dolphin@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Charlie Kirk himself called for the execution of the president, nobody seemed to care about that either

@mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca can you please link to a source for this? I gather Charlie Kirk had said many unsavory things, but this is the first I'm reading that he called for executing the president. I tried searching the internet, but the top articles I read did not mention anything about this (or if they did, I missed it).

For example, this article from thenation.com and this article from snopes.com.

[–] curious_dolphin@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 month ago

Because they're dishonest; unfortunately, it's very effective in shutting down public conversations about what's happening over there.

[–] curious_dolphin@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do kind of relish the images, though. Picture's worth a thousand words and all. But it's great to have that choice.

[–] curious_dolphin@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes and no. Sometimes a company or organization can serve as a force for good. That said, absolutely a double edged sword. It's not fair to expect private businesses and organizations to be held hostage by scummy legislators. At the end of the day, no one is entitled to a business's or organization's services, so... Don't want to chase businesses and organizations away? Don't pass shitty legislation.

[–] curious_dolphin@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Port forwarding is trivial in the desktop client. I haven't dipped my toe in the self hosting waters (yet), so I can't speak to that area.

 

EDIT:

I solved the problem by creating the file somewhere editable and creating a link to the file under /home/curious_dolphin/.config/MangoHud, which enables me to configure MangoHud in a text file without using Goverlay. Credit to @j4k3@lemmy.world for the tip. Thanks to all who chimed in.

ORIGINAL POST:

I'm having a hard time configuring MangoHud on Bazzite. I've perused MangoHud's GitHub and Bazzite's documentation, but I'm stuck because once I've created MangoHud.conf, I cannot edit it despite double checking the file permissions. When I attempt to save my changes, it says "Error opening file /home/curious_dolphin/.config/MangoHud/MangoHud.conf: Read-only file system." I get that I'm on an immutable distro, so this is by design, but in this case, how do I configure MangoHud? I'd like to do this without using Goverlay if possible.

Steps to reproduce the issue:

  • In Bazzite, open up the file browser, browse to /home/curious_dolphin/.config/, and create the MangoHud directory.
  • In the file browser, enter the new MangoHud directory and create the MangoHud config file by right clicking and selecting New Document > MangoHud.conf.
  • Right click the new .conf file and select "Open With Text Editor."
  • Make desired edits in the text editor.
  • Hit Ctrl+S to save my changes.

Result:

"Error opening file: Read-only file system"

I've checked the file permissions. -rw-r--r--. 1 curious_dolphin curious_dolphin 9671 Feb 20 12:22 ./.config/MangoHud/MangoHud.conf.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks!

 

I know about SponsorBlock for blocking sponsorship segments and interaction reminders, and I also know about privacy friendly alternate front-ends, such as Invidious. Is there an alternate front-end that not only skips SponsorBlock segments, but also allows one to submit new segments to SponsorBlock?

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