FlareHeart

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[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Ya... I'm with you 100%. It really feels like commercial software is the "minimum viable product" rather than a complete and quality piece of software. I've opted for FOSS solutions wherever possible for me and it has worked out swimmingly. Only place I'm still struggling is my home PC. Making the jump to Linux and potentially risking game compatibility is still a bit of a hurdle for me, but once my Win10 license loses support, Linux will be a very strong contender for my main OS.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 22 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I think (but I have not tested) that if you can use the DeDRM plugins to import your books into Calibre... You might be able to use Calibre's conversion function to make them all ePubs (which are Kobo friendly). I don't have a Kindle but I do use a Kobo and have had to run DeDRM and some conversions to make books compatible.

Good luck!

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Good luck making it through the prairies on passenger rail. Do we even have any stations left? I never see passenger trains. Only freight.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 14 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Jellyfin? Or SubSonic? I don't know if SubSonic is still around, but I've heard good things about Jellyfin.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Android auto definitely doesn't work (I tried Calyx briefly earlier this year).

What also doesn't work without a lot of finicky tricks is Google Calendar. I myself haven't quite gotten rid of Gmail and my calendar in Gmail yet, and that was a big headache I was not willing to live without just yet.

Outside of those two things it served my needs but I did not try any of the Microsoft products so I can't speak to those.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Is anyone surprised? No? Didn't think so.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Saskatchewan does not have "off-peak" electricity pricing because Saskatchewan runs our power grid on old Coal plants. So not only does it get cold enough for heat pumps to not be sufficient here (even during the day sometimes), our electricity is not a green option either. Natural gas heating makes more sense here in Saskatchewan and it pains me to say that. Until such time as we get a green grid (get rid of the coal), natural gas heating is the best option for us.

Edit to add: I will gladly continue to pay the carbon tax because of 2 things: 1. I get more back on the rebate than I spend (my provincial premier is full of it) and 2. If some of that money from the tax goes to green initiatives, then I gladly support that.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Public Libraries are important. Period.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Every medication has side-effects. The idea is to assess whether the risk of side-effects outweighs the detriments of the disorder being treated.

Not all medications work for all patients and good clinicians will have their patients assessed regularly for effectiveness and change or remove medications as necessary.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

And still no word on any plans to ensure houses are bought by people who don't already own a whole bunch of investment properties.

Until we address that issue, building more will continue to make the rich richer. But this is to be expected of the politicians whose lobbyists consist of real estate investors.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is if it is too cold for too long, things break. When I've experienced long durations of extremely cold weather, things get bad.

Ice accumulates inside, vents freeze over, cars don't start, etc. It's not good.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've not used it personally (I use Plex), but I have heard great things about Jellyfin. Does it maybe have the feature you need?

Jellyfin.org

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