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  • Like others have said, your best bet is to just buy new a new scope mount and rings from any firearms shop. Easier and less headache. You will need to know your scope's tube diameter.

    However, if you are dead set on repair rather than replace (and are in the US), for oddball engineering projects like this I tend to use McMaster Carr. If they if they don't have what you need I would be very surprised. They are an engineering supplier, and have prices to match. But they sell anything thats not electronics. Excellent customer service too.

    For electronics builds or repairs, I recommend DigiKey.

    Between the two you could build or repair just about anything.

  • I'd say no.

    I don't think they federate. Least ways, I don't think I've ever seen a post from a bluesky account, on lemmy or mastodon, and SDF hadn't blocked them server side last I checked.

    I think they're a bit like truth social, not federating and off doing their own thing.

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  • Here’s the text of the press release if anyone is blocked for some reason. About damn time.

    Today, Congressman Shri Thanedar (MI-13) introduced articles of impeachment against Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, citing a sweeping abuse of power, flagrant violations of the Constitution, and acts of tyranny that undermine American democracy and threaten the rule of law.

    "Donald Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he is unfit to serve as President and represents a clear and present danger to our nation’s constitution and our democracy," said Rep. Thanedar. "His unlawful actions have subverted the justice system, violated the separation of powers, and placed personal power and self-interest above public service. We cannot wait for more damage to be done. Congress must act."

    The resolution includes seven articles of impeachment outlining a range of constitutional violations:

    1. Obstruction of Justice and Abuse of Executive Power: Including denial of due process, unlawful deportations, defiance of court orders, and misuse of the Department of Justice.
    2. Usurpation of Appropriations Power: For dismantling congressionally established agencies and impounding federal funds.
    3. Abuse of Trade Powers and International Aggression: Including imposing economically damaging tariffs and threatening military invasion against sovereign nations.
    4. Violation of First Amendment Rights: Through retaliatory actions against critics, media, and attorneys exercising constitutionally protected speech.
    5. Creation of an Unlawful Office: By establishing the Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”) and unlawfully empowering Elon Musk to unilaterally violate the Constitution.
    6. Bribery and Corruption: Involving dismissing criminal cases, soliciting foreign emoluments, and extortionate settlements for personal and political gain.
    7. Tyrannical Overreach: Seeking to consolidate unchecked power, erode civil liberties, and defy constitutional limits on presidential authority.

    Rep. Thanedar emphasized that the American people deserve leadership rooted in accountability and integrity, not authoritarianism, saying, "This is not about partisanship. It’s about protecting our democracy and ensuring that no one, not even a President, is above the law."

    Congressman Shri Thanedar proudly represents Michigan's 13th Congressional District, which includes Detroit, Downriver, and the Grosse Pointes. As a champion for working families, Shri is committed to advancing economic opportunities, education, healthcare access, and entrepreneurship for underserved communities. Drawing from his journey from poverty to success, he works tirelessly to uplift Metro Detroit, ensuring every resident has the resources and support they need to thrive.

  • I have to agree with @Wilco@lemm.ee, though the issue is not really while going down the road.

    Language barriers become an issue at pickups, drop offs, truck stops, weigh stations and anywhere else where you might need to follow a precise set of oddball instructions.

  • It's the content that makes a platform relevant. So follow the usual youtube call to action.

    Subscribe, comment, share and post.

    Don't bother preaching, it's a waste of breath and is just annoying to the average person.

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  • If I remember the Halo books correctly (it’s been a while) the Spartan armor started out a golden color but dulled to green hue due to hits from Covenant energy weapons over time. Not particularly relevant to this discussion but I thought it was an interesting bit of lore.

    I need to go back and reread them. Great series and well written for the most part.

  • Originally doom guy was just a face at the bottom of the HUD that grunted and got bloody as you took hits. The only images of him I remember was just a marine in green combat armor, not too dissimilar to modern real world combat armor, standing on a pile of dead demons and zombies(1993) and the 3rd person cinematics from Doom 3 (early 2000s ish?) where again he looked just like a normal human marine.

    Halo come around in the mid 2000’s and Master Chief was never shown outside his armor or with his helmet off. Outside the TV show I’m not sure if that is still the case.

    Not sure when the modern images of doom guy came about but I think it was around 2015. Probably not earlier.

  • I use poweoff generally. On my laptop, the cellular card prevents sleep, and my desktop often refuses to wake from sleep.

    Honestly not much fussed about it as both systems boot so quickly that it's not much of an issue.

    As for SSD longevity, again not much fussed about it. In the last 20 years I've only had 1 SSD fail so far. A 40GB drive that bought in 2007ish finally failed last year.

  • Vanilla? XFCE was looked a bit like Win 95/98 the last time I used it, say 5 to 10 years ago. I’ve been using KDE which reminds me more of XP or Vista in default configuration. Probably why I like KDE so much.

    What your probably looking for though is a theme.

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    cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/20187958

    A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his employer Indiana University, and had his homes raided by the FBI. No one knows why.

    Xiaofeng Wang has a long list of prestigious titles. He was the associate dean for research at Indiana University's Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, a fellow at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a tenured professor at Indiana University at Bloomington. According to his employer, he has served as principal investigator on research projects totaling nearly $23 million over his 21 years there.

    He has also co-authored scores of academic papers on a diverse range of research fields, includi

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    EU urges citizens to stockpile 72 hours’ worth of supplies amid war risk

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    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/30720427

    One bit (out of context) from the article that made me chuckle:

    Rubio told Sikorski: “No one has made any threats about cutting Ukraine off from Starlink. And say thank you because without Starlink, Ukraine would have lost this war long ago and Russians would be on the border with Poland right now.”

    In fact, Russians are already on the border with Poland because the Russian region of Kaliningrad lies on Poland’s northern border.

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    One bit (out of context) from the article that made me chuckle:

    Rubio told Sikorski: “No one has made any threats about cutting Ukraine off from Starlink. And say thank you because without Starlink, Ukraine would have lost this war long ago and Russians would be on the border with Poland right now.”

    In fact, Russians are already on the border with Poland because the Russian region of Kaliningrad lies on Poland’s northern border.

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    Is it possible to mount a ZFS drive in OpenMediaVault?

    Original Post:

    I recently had a Proxmox node I was using as a NAS fail catastrophically. Not surprising as it was repurposed 12 year old desktop. I was able to salvage my data drive, but the boot drive was toast. Looks like the sata controller went out and fried the SSD I was using as the boot drive. This system was running TurnKey FileServer as a LXC with the media storage on a subvol on a ZFS storage pool.

    My new system is based on OpenMediaVault and I'm am happy with it, but I'm hitting my head against a brick wall trying to get it to mount the ZFS drive from the old system. I tried installing ZFS using the instructions here as OMV is based on Debian but haven't had any luck so far.

    Solved:

    1. Download and install OMV Extras
    2. OMV's web admin panel, go to System -> Plugins and install the Kernel Plugin
    3. Go to System -> Kernel and click the blue icon that says Proxmox (looks like a box with a down arrow as of Jan
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    astaluk.com 2 Month Review of the Ryobi USB Lithium Compact Speaker (FVA51)

    I’ve been looking for a good Bluetooth speaker for a while now. My old one, a 1st gen Anker SoundCore that I bought in late in 2018 decided to quit working on me 2020 when the battery failed. I decided that I didn’t want another one that would only last me a year or two before it failed. The ones th...

    I've been looking for a good Bluetooth speaker for a while now. My old one, a 1st gen Anker SoundCore that I bought in late in 2018 decided to quit working on me 2020 when the battery failed. I decided that I didn't want another one that would only last me a year or two before it failed. The ones that have actually decent sound just cost too much for me to be able to justify that. That one requirement turned out to be a big problem as almost nobody makes a decent Bluetooth speaker with a replaceable battery. Except, the power tool makers.

    About 15 years ago (give or take) I had owned a Ryobi Bluetooth radio. The sound was crap and it wasn't exactly what you would call compact but it was loud and it took a good 5 years of actual, honest to god, abuse until it finally died. It fell into a pan of used motor oil. I cried. Not so much over the radio but rather over the 4ah 18v battery that had been powering it. Those things were damned expensive at the time.

    So when I noticed that Ryobi h

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    The Rage and Glee That Followed a C.E.O.’s Killing Should Ring All Alarms

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    Changing a Tail, Reverse or Rear Turn Signal Light Bulb on a 2016 Nissan Altima

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/24957830

    So I had a taillight bulb go out on me this week, and changing that bulb was simple enough, but also not particularly obvious. Had to look it up and could only find a overly long winded youtube video on it. In the interest of saving some one else the headache of scrubbing through a 20 min video to get answer that could have been explained in 2 minute short, I figured I would write it out.

    Tools and Parts list

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    Changing a Tail, Reverse or Rear Turn Signal Light Bulb on a 2016 Nissan Altima

    So I had a taillight bulb go out on me this week, and changing that bulb was simple enough, but also not particularly obvious. Had to look it up and could only find a overly long winded youtube video on it. In the interest of saving some one else the headache of scrubbing through a 20 min video to get answer that could have been explained in 2 minute short, I figured I would write it out.

    Tools and Parts list

    • Flat head screwdriver
    • 8mm deepwell socket or wrench (A standard socket might work, but a baby socket won't. Long bolts.)
    • Replacement bulb
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    US farmers back Trump but face pain from China tariff threats

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    A better dehumidifier control

    So sue me, I don't keep up all that well with all the changes in Home Assistant and I recently found something that is quite useful to me.

    Because I live in the American South and because we recently had our water plumbing explode, the humidity in our house tends to be sky high. Like 60% or higher high. To counter this, a while ago I picked up a large dehumidifier from Amazon which has worked pretty well controlling the humidity in the house until recently.

    Recently though, I noticed that the humidifier kept turning off and on. Dehumidifier was set to 35 but the household thermostat was reading 55% humidity. As a check, I set the dehumidifier to run continuously. It stayed running and the humidity in the house started dropping and went to the 30’s in the room where the device is located and down to 46 at the thermostat. My conclusion was that the humidity sensor on the device had failed.

    I could go the hard route. Take apart the dehumidifier, try to find the problem and do a board l