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Rice cookers - any advise for one that lasts, is easy to clean, and doesn't easily get nasty AF in c/buyitforlife@slrpnk.net
[–] Sim@lemmy.nz 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I bought a cheap Xiaomi because it has wifi, the remote control and monitoring interest wore off but its a great device in it's own right. Produces excellent rice and is very easy to clean. Quick wipe of the non-stick bowl, run the steam chimney under the tap, done.

Book recommendations for cosmic horror on a spaceship in c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
[–] Sim@lemmy.nz 4 points 7 months ago

Probably not exactly what you have in mind, but I'd still recommend The Reality Dysfunction (and the other two books in the Night's Dawn Trilogy) by Peter F Hamilton.

Android network audio stream client in c/foss@beehaw.org
[–] Sim@lemmy.nz 1 points 7 months ago

Thanks! This looks good, took me a while to figure out the playlist and stream relationship but seems to work well.

Android network audio stream client in c/foss@beehaw.org
[–] Sim@lemmy.nz 2 points 7 months ago

This looks like the kind of thing I'm looking for, thanks! Am trying it out.

Android network audio stream client in c/foss@beehaw.org
[–] Sim@lemmy.nz 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, nice app!

Android network audio stream client in c/foss@beehaw.org
[–] Sim@lemmy.nz 2 points 7 months ago

I find the VLC Android app a bit odd for audio only. There's a lot of wasted space and I can't see the name or metadata very clearly.

I agree it works, and I didn't know about the shortcuts and will try that.

VLC is amazing, but it doesn't feel like the best tool for this.

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Android network audio stream client (lemmy.nz)
 

Can anyone recommend a good Android network audio stream client?

VLC works but is too full-featured. I want to set up a couple of bookmarks, open the app and start/stop/view metadata.

Thanks!

Neuralink implants brain chip in first human, Musk says in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Sim@lemmy.nz 8 points 7 months ago

iBall

Wireless charger with USB outlet in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Sim@lemmy.nz 1 points 8 months ago

Thanks - I'm looking for a pad with no other features other than the USB output, but this does have that outlet.

Wireless charger with USB outlet in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Sim@lemmy.nz 1 points 8 months ago

Nice, thanks! That's the sort of thing, especially the second one that has USB-C out as well. Neat.

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Wireless charger with USB outlet (lemmy.nz)
 

Has anyone seen a wireless charger that also has a USB outlet port?

The objective is to wirelessly charge a phone overnight, but at some bedtimes/lazy mornings I want to use my device when it's low on battery so require a cable.

Current solution: don't bother with wireless. Another solution - use a dual outlet charger (or two chargers), one cable to the pad and a spare.

The reason I can't find one is probably because manufacturers need to deal with power requirements if a user tries to use pad and outlet at the same time, or has to turn one outlet off if the other is in use.

Google is putting ads in gmail. WTF? in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] Sim@lemmy.nz 2 points 9 months ago

Perfect :)

Google is putting ads in gmail. WTF? in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] Sim@lemmy.nz 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Fast! Page isn't loading for me now in Chrome or FF (loads but the scroll will not).

Google is putting ads in gmail. WTF? in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] Sim@lemmy.nz 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Nice work! Quick typo on your website - should be, 'anything you can imagine', not 'anything you can image'.

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Best approach for Docker resilience with two hosts (lemmy.nz)
 

I'm running Docker on Ubuntu server; around 50 containers running, most admin via Portainer. Configuration files and small databases for container applications are stored on the local SSD, media and larger files are stored on a NAS.

NAS data and the container folders are backed up.

I have a second identical machine doing nothing. What would you recommend researching to add resilience to this setup? Top priority is quick and easy restoration should the SSD fail - everything else is relatively easy to replace.

I'll create an SSD RAID but I like the idea of a second host.

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Desktop solutions for a self-hosted environment (lemmy.nz)
 

Hi everyone

I've got a capable Ubuntu server hosting Docker, using Portainer to manage many stacks and containers. I'm about to add a couple machines to a swarm for a little fault-tolerance.

Before this, Docker was Windows hosted which gave me a useful addition; a handy remote desktop for those times when I wanted to do something remotely using a GUI at home.

https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/rdesktop seems to work OK but I wondered if the community here have any suggested alternatives. Instead of running within Docker, has anyone simply installed a GUI on the Ubuntu host?

Thanks in advance for your input.

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