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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 minutes ago* (last edited 9 minutes ago)

Polarion. Wouldn't recommend it but it's what my employer wants me to use.

For personal stuff, I use a private MediaWiki instance (same software that runs Wikipedia) as my external brain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

While I might even agree with you on the lack of discipline, I think you may be overcompensating, especially considering your son being 15 already.

Now, I may be biased as someone who has spent most of his waking time since teenage years figuring out how to convince computers to do my bidding but a daily screen time of just two hours doesn't seem enough to build proper media literacy and an understanding of how modern technology actually works which to me is a serious concern in a world where almost every job requires us to interact with that technology. And a curfew that's significantly more strict than what his friends have to obay will eventually make him an outsider.

We don't know the full story and maybe he is happy with your methods but please please please talk to him about his feelings. I've seen hundreds if not thousands of young people who loathe their parents for their strict parenting methods but are too afraid to say something for fear of being punished with even stricter rules. Then, the second they turn 18, they break all ties and never look back.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

How was your own upbringing? In hindsight, what do you wish your parents would have done differently?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

See my first bullet point:

“I don’t like either option”: pick the lesser evil or vote third party

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago

There are 36 million Ukrainians. I doubt you'll find any property that they all have in common, except for being humans.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Honestly, that was the option I had hoped for when I made that joke. I‘m happy for you.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (12 children)

So? What are those reasons?

  • "I don't like either option": pick the lesser evil or vote third party
  • "But Harris won't stop the genocide in Palestine": neither will Trump.
  • "My vote wouldn't change anything": it would. See OP.
  • "I can't vote because I have to work": vote by mail. Demand that elections are held on a Sunday or national holiday like in most other western democracies. (As an aside, I wonder why conservatives haven't pushed for this yet. Voting on a Sunday and setting up polling stations next to churches would probably help them a lot)
  • "I can't vote because I can't physically get to a polling station (disabled, sick, too far)": vote by mail
  • "I can't vote because my state's ruling party won't let me": you should be furious about this and do anything in your power to change this.

Did I forget any? Probably. Enough to change the election outcome in the majority of states? Most certainly not.

Yes, the US have some fucked up rules that make voting hard for some people and for that exact reason urgently need a voting system reform. Make voting easier and make changes that break the two party system.

Honestly, here in Germany we're infamous for still using fax machines for half our bureaucracy and even we manage to do it better than you. Here, elections are always on a Sunday when the vast majority of voters has the day off. Every elegible citizen gets a letter a couple of weeks before the election, informing them of their assigned polling station, based on their primary home address. If for any reason you can't be at your assigned polling station on election day (you work on Sundays, are on vacation, whatever), requesting a mail-in ballot is as easy as going to a website and entering your address and a PIN from the letter. Alternatively you can request one by mail. If for any reason you don't get that initial letter, figure out which polling station is the correct one for you (usually the closest one; ask your neighbors), show up on election day and show some government-issued ID. Done.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Sooo... have you decided yet, which one you want to be?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Even worse: with an odd number of sides, there are cases where none is up.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

For me, the key was finding a regular time during the day when I do the lessons. That's why I recommended you do it during the ad breaks.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Learn a language. Ad breaks are long enough for one or two lessons in Duolingo and probably other apps as well.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Asklemmy is not a support community, you might have more luck in photography related communities.

That being said, you basically answered your own question. Your integrated flash is either stuck or blocked. Hard to tell without seeing it in person. You might try to help the camera by carefully pulling on the flash while holding the flash button (on the left side of the camera body). Maybe there is some dirt trapped in the hinge. If you can get it open (please, please, please don't break the hinge), try carefully cleaning it.

But here comes the kicker: the integrated flash on most cameras is absolute garbage and I'd recommend you just disable it. There is a reason why high end cameras don't even have an integrated flash. An integrated flash is 20-30 times smaller than even the most basic external flash so it makes extremely hard shadows. (Edit: also, you can't modify the flash brightness and the flash is so close to the camera body that you may see the shadow from your lens in your photos) If you can afford it, buy a cheap external flash (I'd recommend one from Yongnuo) and a mini softbox that you can put on the flash. It will make your photos A LOT better for not that much money.

If you're interested, I can dig out my old 760D and take some comparison shots between internal flash, external flash without softbox and external flash with softbox.

 

For tabletop miniatures I prefer to use a flexible resin to avoid small details breaking off when removing supports or when a mini falls off the table. So far I've used Ameralabs TGM-7 but now that my current bottle is almost empty I'm thinking about looking into alternatives. At over 75€ per liter, TGM-7 is really expensive compared to other resins.

Amazon recommended me RESIONE TH72 as an alternative and there are others on the market like Sunlu Standard Plus. So far I couldn't find a good comparison between them. Do any of you have experience with any of those or other recommendations?

 

Finally found out what kept me from uploading photos directly to lemmy so hopefully it will work this time.

This is part of a series that I shot in 2020 and now I’ll finally have the chance to show them in an exhibition on Berlin later this year.

 

I made this list based on the instructions PDF that's available from LEGO's website. For most of these, it doesn't really matter if they are black, dark bluish gray or light bluish gray so I picked them based on what will most likely look good with the surrounding colors and what is cheapest on Bricklink.

Two notable parts: Technic, Axle and Pin Connector Perpendicular Double with Axle Connector 2L is only available in white (the same color as in the set) and for the Technic, Axle 1L with Pin without Friction Ridges "old" light gray is significantly cheaper than any of the newer colors except the included tan.

In general, if you want to save a few bucks, you can probably leave all tan and white pieces as they are. For me, the complete replacement (250 pieces) cost about 35€ plus shipping.

Count Number Name Original Replacement(s)
2 6346389 Technic, Axle and Pin Connector Perpendicular Double Split, Reinforced Sides White Dark Bluish Gray
5 6058177 Brick, Modified 1 x 2 with Studs on 1 Side White 4x Dark Bluish Gray, 1x Black
6 6289797 Technic, Axle 2L with Pin without Friction Ridges White Light Bluish Gray
4 4208160 Technic, Liftarm Thick 1 x 3 White Black
2 6370532 Technic, Axle and Pin Connector Perpendicular Double with Axle Connector 2L White Not available
10 371001 Plate 1 x 4 White 6x Dark Bluish Gray, 4x Light Bluish Gray
2 6360069 Technic, Liftarm Thin 1 x 5 - Axle Holes White Light Bluish Gray
2 389401 Technic, Brick 1 x 6 with Holes White Black
2 6001831 Technic, Liftarm Thick 1 x 9 White Dark Bluish Gray
4 6013938 Technic, Pin 3/4 Tan Dark Bluish Gray
6 4666579 Technic, Axle 1L with Pin without Friction Ridges Tan Light Gray
1 6117975 Bracket 1 x 2 - 2 x 2 Tan Dark Bluish Gray
8 4121921 Plate 1 x 3 Tan 4x Dark Bluish Gray, 2x Black, 2x Light Bluish Gray
4 4118790 Plate 2 x 3 Tan Dark Bluish Gray
4 4201062 Brick, Modified 1 x 4 with Studs on Side Tan 2x Dark Bluish Gray, 2x Black
5 4550323 Arch 1 x 4 Tan Black
2 4550324 Tile 1 x 4 Tan Black
1 6186258 Slope 45 2 x 4 Tan Dark Bluish Gray
2 4143409 Plate 1 x 10 Tan Dark Bluish Gray
7 6271820 Technic Bush Red Light Bluish Gray
30 6378120 Technic, Pin 1/2 with Friction Ridges Red Dark Bluish Gray
20 6360104 Technic, Pin with Friction Ridges and Tow Ball with Round Pin Hole Red Black
2 6384112 Bar 1L with 1 x 1 Round Plate with Hollow Stud Red Black
31 4142865 Technic, Axle 2L Notched Red Black
7 300421 Brick 1 x 2 Red 4x Dark Bluish Gray, 3x Black
1 6385920 Technic, Brick Modified 1 x 2 with Hole and 1 x 2 Plate Red Light Bluish Gray
2 6271827 Technic, Liftarm, Modified Bent Thick L-Shape 2 x 4 Red Black
3 6130002 Technic, Axle 6L Red Black
1 6335578 Tile 2 x 6 Red Black
2 379521 Plate 2 x 6 Red Dark Bluish Gray
1 6130005 Technic, Axle 10L Red Black
7 4206482 Technic, Axle 1L with Pin with Friction Ridges Blue Black
20 6299413 Technic, Pin 3L with Friction Ridges Blue Black
4 6271167 Technic Bush 1/2 Smooth Yellow Light Bluish Gray
14 654124 Technic, Brick 1 x 1 with Hole Yellow 8x Black, 6x Dark Bluish Gray
1 6344181 Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with Pin Hole on Top Yellow Light Bluish Gray
8 6130007 Technic, Axle 3L Yellow Black
1 6072627 Technic, Liftarm, Modified T-Shape Thick 3 x 3 Yellow Light Bluish Gray
2 362224 Brick 1 x 3 Yellow Black
2 6170294 Technic, Liftarm Thin 1 x 6 Yellow Black
4 6474196 Bar 1L with Tow Ball Orange? Dark Bluish Gray
4 4164022 Brick 1 x 2 Lime Green? Dark Bluish Gray
1 4164037 Plate 1 x 2 Lime Green? Dark Bluish Gray
5 4537937 Plate 2 x 2 Lime Green? 1x Light Bluish Gray, 4x Dark Bluish Gray
 
 
 

Can we please get a post that explains what this community is for? Seems like nobody reads the sidebar (which is hard to access on most mobile clients) so we constantly get flooded with questions that would rather fit in [email protected] or [email protected]

I understand that many people are still confused by how lemmy works but we should make clear that this is for general questions and discussions similar to what /r/askreddit was and not a place to ask technical questions about lemmy.

 

The fediverse is discussing if we should defederate from Meta's new Threads app. Here's why I probably won't (for now).

(Federation between plume and my lemmy instance doesn't work correctly at the moment, otherwise I would have made this a proper crosspost)

 

I hope plushies are welcome here.

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