displaced_city_mouse

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Best Email Client in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I tried KMail and Organizer for a few weeks, but they kept losing connection with Gmail. My calendar would get out of sync, and they only way to fix it was to reset the connection and redo all the appointments.

I'm sure it was user error, since I couldn't figure it out after spending a couple hours on it, so I just dropped back to webmail and not leaving the mail tab open all day.

Is there any Podcast players that autoskip ads? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I like Antenna Pod for this - my BT connections let me use the Forward 30 Seconds feature when m driving or running. Since most ads are 30 seconds long, I can cruise through them easily.

Alacritty, Konsole, or something else? Which terminal emulator do you recommend? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Me too - I'll use Konsole if I need to have the results up all the time, but Yakuake is my main terminal.

Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

My first reaction would be to acknowledge them as a fellow geek, but that's because most of the people who live near me would hurt themselves trying to open Notepad. Anyone who knows enough to start hacking my config files would be a welcome guest in my house.

Then I'd kill them with a hammer. :-)

How to save kindle unlimited books after subscription ended in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I moved from a major metro area to middle of forking nowhere several years ago. I kept my library cards from the metro area, which still work for Libby ebook and magazine downloads, while the local rural library is tied into a regional system for the occasional dead tree book.

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Q: Why do some musical artists bypass STL? (midwest.social)
 

I've a friend who lives in San Francisco who is in a moderately successful band. They recently concluded a tour through the midwest, where they played Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, and Chicago, among other cities. No STL dates at all.

Les Claypool's Frog Brigade is on tour as well, and skipped STL but did play in Peoria, Louisville, and KC this spring.

Last year, the closest Nightwish came was Chicago.

I get Songkick notifications for other bands -- mostly metal and eclectic -- and more often than not, they are playing everywhere but STL. After living for 20+ years in Seattle, I miss having bands come and play even the small clubs.

To avoid sounding petulant, there have been some tours I looked forward to that came to Pop's in Sauget, but I'm sure there are other bands people here like that have bypassed STL venues as well.

So: Anyone have any ideas why STL gets passed over in favor of Nashville and Louisville?

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Buckminster Fuller's home gets one step closer to opening as a museum (thesouthern.com)
 

R. Buckminster Fuller, creator of the buckyball, was a professor at SIU in Carbondale in the 1960's. At that time, he built and lived in a large buckyball home, which has been restored and will soon be a museum to the man and his legacy.

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Carbondale City Council makes more history with new appointment (thesouthern.com)
 

A small town in southern Illinois reaches racial parity in their city council makeup, with a black mayor and equal number of black and white members. Oh, and they also have an openly trans council member as well...

This from a part of the state where some people still fly Confederate battle flags.