[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Chromium... I'm so getting downvoted with this one.

Why? Anyone is free to use whatever browser floats their boat 🤷‍♂️

Firefox itself is quite sluggish and slow to open on that piece of hardware

Do you get the same issues on an older version of Firefox for that device? If yes, proceed with caution - your device's internal EMMC might be nearing EOL considering how old Android 6 is

But the problem is they all do not support modern arm64 apps that most Android phones use nowadays. Instead they need this other type called armeabi-v7a

They probably just stopped building for Android 6 devices. The SDK and various third party libraries continue to add new features all the time, and unlike Firefox, the majority of devs do not have the time or resources to manually code-in the missing bits to retain compatibility with old versions of Android. As a side effect, these custom implementations may have bugs or issues that go unnoticed due to the shrinking install base.

One of the more noticeable bits that changed is the Share API, which is why Firefox's one looks so different vs every other app. There are other things like enhanced battery optimization and the storage API, which have changed a lot since Android 6.

IMO your best option is an older version of FF, or install Lineage (etc) on that device and use another browser

Edit: change "age of device" to "shrinking install base"

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

IIRC Beehaw doesn't federate downvotes. The OP has been pretty heavily downvoted for no valid reason

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I've tried both on my low powered HTPC and came to the same conclusion - especially noticeable where video acceleration is concerned

[-] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago

Something about that channel feels "off", don't know what it is. Maybe all the rants and abundance of negative opinions?? Perhaps it's the culture difference in how he communicates on camera?

The only positive videos I've seen are him moving to macOS, the dell laptop one, and i guess the keyboard one, the other ones seem to be mostly opinion pieces & rants. There are other channels that do a better, more balanced job of this I think

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Explains why I was having issues with this in Gnome on my HTPC...

Ended up making a remote button shortcut to maximise and restore apps

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I used to have only 4GB in my old Linux HTPC, didn't take much for it to choke when using the browser. Upgraded to 16GB and no issues since

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Some websites I know actually do this - usually end up getting around it by using selectors to identify elements nested in a particular order, rather than using class names. Nowhere near as reliable though

[-] [email protected] 82 points 1 week ago

Got to really wonder what's going on at Mozilla. Between the previous CEO milking it for cash, the purchase of an ad company, and now this?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Absolutely love the ability to share links from my android and have them open automagically on my linux HTPC. Also made a command shortcut for my laptop so I can unlock it from my android. Really versatile

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Precisely this

Mine can also dehydrate food super quickly with a variable fan speed, which my traditional oven can't do without burning through a ton of unnecessary energy

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

FFmpeg (libavcodec) is just one of 22 codecs that VLC is shipped with

https://wiki.videolan.org/Contrib_Status#Codecs

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Micromobility is pretty active if you're interested in product coverage and news. As for more organic content, it's pretty infrequent in any of the existing bicycle communities ☹️

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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

This is a pretty neat tour of Prusa's printer factory on the Strange Parts channel

They have an absolutely massive 600 printer farm, with the same mk3 and mk4 machines that they sell to customers, which is really impressive.

They do almost everything in-house, including manufacturing the printer mainboards, for faster project planning and turnaround times.

Note - the video is pretty long at about 40 mins!

After watching I'm a little tempted to pick up some prusament filament to support the company, really like how they are supporting local talent.

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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I've wanted one of these for a while, decided to bite the bullet a couple days ago! Seeing as I was somewhat familiar with CAD software (from engineering classes several years ago) it seemed fairly straightforward.

As someone completely new to this, there have been a TON of things I've learned from binging 3d printing channels...

  • First layer adhesion 😭
  • Bed levelling
  • Types of extruders (bowden/direct) and how they affect what materials you can print
  • Tons of printing materials, personally will be using PETG and PLA
  • Keeping filament dry in a vacuum bag

And soo much more - but there is still a lot that I have absolutely no idea about.

The printer is a second-hand Flsun Q5, the seller sent it fully assembled (very, very brave of them, but it arrived unharmed). I had a brief look around at other options, but for the price of an easythreed, this was a no brainer.

I think the seller had some issues with bed adhesion, as there was a ton of slimy stuff on the print bed when it arrived. Used some isopropyl alcohol and a dish sponge to scrub it off, seems all fine now!

I had some issues with the Z-offset but got it good enough to where there is some first layer adhesion.

Model finished printing while I was drafting this post, I sprayed some contact cleaner onto the glass bed to take it off (is that bad?). There's some stringing:

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What's your solder of choice? (images2.imgbox.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I recently came to the realization that I've been kinda punishing myself with cheap no-name solder that is really difficult to work with.

I reluctantly bought this (rather expensive) lead free solder for around $25 and the difference really took me by surprise - it melts and flows so easily!

Kinda got me wondering what everyone else has been using for solder, or what's worked well for you so far at least?

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