How Do You Handle Loud Neighbors? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I took the impractical option, but in fairness, only after all other options failed.

Guess you can't change arseholes but you can sure as shit change houses.

Need help deciding how to stream movies in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I use Fentastic skin with Umbrella add-on.

Need help deciding how to stream movies in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Sorry for the late reploy, but this is what my KODI with trakt looks like on opening the app and the movie section is the same. All widgets are driven by my Trakt account

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Need help deciding how to stream movies in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

A lot will also depend on your personal usage. Whilst I agree wholeheartedly that Stremio UX is much better that Kodi, out of the box, the one thing that keeps me with Kodi is the fact that it has far superior Trakt integration.

I will admit that Stremio is getting better it's still a far cry from Kodi with Trakt integration and it's something I rely heavily on.

That said if Trakt is not your thing then Stremio is probably a better option.

Also, if you're using RD either with Kodi or Stremio there's no real need to use a VPN as well as traffic is passed over HTTPS so the ISP only sees that you're connecting to RD not what you're doing.

Thumbnail Preview Links Broken? in c/meta@lemm.ee

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

ApNews seems to be one of the worst offenders.

Thumbnail Preview Links Broken? in c/meta@lemm.ee

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Awesome news, thanks for taking the time to investigate and,hopefully, resolve.

Thumbnail Preview Links Broken? in c/meta@lemm.ee

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

This would most likely be the cause as the majority are from instances that you refer posting links from the sites you mention.

Thumbnail Preview Links Broken? in c/meta@lemm.ee

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

No, and in last 9 months I've rarely seen weblink preview broken

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Thumbnail Preview Links Broken? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by hellequin67@lemm.ee to c/meta@lemm.ee

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Link previews seem to be broken since upgrade. As you can see this isn't from all instances so is this a federation issue or an upgrade issue?

For what it's worth I get the same experience in Voyager app on Android as well as web-ui.

Anyone else experiencing the same?

Happy cakeday, lemm.ee! in c/meta@lemm.ee

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

3 months to my cake day after moving from a defunct Lemmy instance in the early days of R****t migrations.

All I can say is thanks to you and all the contributors for making this a safe and stable Lemmy instance for now and into the future that I'm happy to call home.

Without saying your age, comment down your favorite film(s) that released the year you turned 18. in c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Beverly Hills Cop and Witness

Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts, Leaked Contract Shows in c/technology

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

The only saving grace with Samsung washing machine was it had two years of warranty and after about the 6th repair in just over 14 months the retailer swapped ot for another brand.

Typing this on a S24 Ultra and have numerous tvs but will shy away from any elctro domestics in the future.

They say not to put tomatoes in a fruit salad, but are they using the wrong kind of fruit? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Pineapple and apple go well in pasta salads. Again not at the same time but the added sweetness and texture helps enhance the salad.

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new smartwatch advice (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago by hellequin67@lemm.ee to c/xiaomi@lemdro.id

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I'm looking to replace my Garmin Vivoactive 4 and most likely with Xiaomi or Amazfit. I'm currently struggling with the dilemma, I've narrowed it down to the following: Redmi Watch 4 - cheapest option but reviews suggest buggy and not that accurate Xiaomi Watch S3 - reasonable cost, long battery life running HyperOS Xiaomi Watch 2 - the new one not the pro, runs WearOS so battery life not as good but overall more feature rich Amazfit GTR4 - must expensive and mixed reviews Anyone owning these watches with real world experience I'd love to hear your take on them.

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Linux Newbie - Curiosity (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by hellequin67@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have an oldish Dell Latitude 7480 which doesn't meet the requirements for upgrade to Windows 11 so I thought I'd take the opportunity to install Linux on it as I only really need it for day to day web stuff / studying / media and light gaming.

My first choice was Linux Mint but, for some reason it would not recognise that the laptop had a wifi card. So I tried Manjaro but felt Arch wasn't for me so opted for Pop_OS and whilst everything I want works I thought I'd use the time to distro hop live environments to see what else was out there.

I know live envs doesn't give you the full picture but to be honest I was more interested in the aesthetic appeal of the DE.

Where my curiosity lies is this, from my understanding Linux Mint is based on underlying Ubuntu as is Pop_OS, so how come both Pop_OS and Ubuntu recognise the wi-fi card out of the box so to speak but Mint doesn't.

This is the wifi card in question:

   description: Wireless interface
   product: Wireless 8265 / 8275
   vendor: Intel Corporation
   physical id: 0
   bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
   logical name: wlp2s0
   version: 78
   serial: cc:2f:71:ec:52:b1
   width: 64 bits
   clock: 33MHz
   capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
   configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=6.6.6-76060606-generic firmware=36.ca7b901d.0 8265-36.ucode ip=192.168.1.6 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
   resources: irq:131 memory:ec000000-ec001fff

And with this in mind, does anyone have any idea how to get this wi-fi card working with Mint, I'm assuming I need a drive which the other drivers have but Mint, for whatever reason, doesn't have.

Update:

I thought it would be easier to edit the post than reply to you all individually and thanks to everyone who took the time to respond so quickly.

I've just re-tried with the latest version 21.3 and it all works, maybe by newbie brain did something wrong with the first install.

I'll probably stick with Pop_OS as it does what I need and I quite like the Gnome interface.

But again, thank you all for your input it's awesome to know that swift help is available for ~~idiots~~ newbies like me.