I was shopping at a big box furniture store and as I was checking out they asked the usual “do you have a phone number with us?”. I replied “no”, to which they asked “are you sure?”, to which I replied “yes, I’m certain, I don’t do rewards programs”. They asked if I “didn’t just want to try a number to be sure”, so I said “okay”.

When the PIN pad prompted me, I entered my number as 000-000-0000. It locked up the whole POS (in both senses of that acronym) for a good 2-3 minutes before they finally pulled the plug. As it was starting back up, I said “we don’t have to check, it’s okay”.

Naturally, the cashier said “okay, let’s try again”. So their POS crashed. Again. And they had to open another register and move me and everyone else to it. I wasn’t really embarrassed though. I’d like to think they learned something, but I doubt it.

Thanks for the writeup! I think bidirectional sync is what I’m used to but very few solutions seem to support it outside of the big tech ones, like you mentioned. Perhaps I need to re-evaluate whether I truly need it; I guess it’s not often I switch between editing a document on my phone to my laptop and need those changes synced instantly, and I did find a way to get Cryptomator to immediately upload any pictures or screenshots I take. I would still like my Obsidian notes files to upload instantly too, though, I think.

Thank you! I did just find in the FolderSync docs that 2-way sync isn’t supported for encrypted files, which is a bit of a bummer. I think Nextcloud on Android had a similar limitation where it would only actually sync at most every 15 minutes. I did find the Cryptomator app on Android does have an “immediate upload” folder, but it’s only for images captured with the camera and screenshots… which I guess for now fulfills most of my needs, so I may stick with that after all.

Thanks for the suggestion! I have a few questions, if you don’t mind: what did you like more about rclone than Cryptomator? Is it suitable for sync, or is it more for backups? I’m ideally looking for near-ish to real-time sync for contacts, notes, files, and pictures. Are there any frontends for Linux you’d recommend, or do you script out the functionality you’re looking to implement?

Did you try Syncthing at all? I ran into the same issues with Nextcloud on Android and I’m trying to decide on Syncthing or FolderSync and I wanted to see what people thought. I’m currently using Cryptomator but it doesn’t do everything I’d like yet.

Yeah I just spent a few days trying to get Nextcloud on Android working and it was a disaster. I ultimately decided to use Cryptomator to handle the sync since I’m already using it on my PCs, but I’m looking at maybe Syncthing or FolderSync (not sure which is better) because Cryptomator lacks some functionality like keeping local copies and making files available to other apps like galleries, music apps, etc.

Better yet:

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Thank you so much, this fixed everything!

Oh, it’s you. It’s been a looong time; how have you been? I’ve been really busy being DEAD. You know? After you murdered me? Look, we both said a lot of things you’re going to regret, but I think we can put our differences behind us. For science. You monster.

I find… we’ll just say “the villain” of Undertale compelling, but it’s one of my favorite games so I’m a little biased.

I think I’ve always sorta “known”, but since much of my family and most of my country (or at least the part I’m in) are phobes, I didn’t really have the chance to really accept it until my late 20s.

Haha well if it sounds that way it’s only because I got tons of great info from you, the resources at the UK Barn Owl Trust you mentioned (which is an absolute trove of info), and our friend anon6789 here!

Rest assured if I can get a little owl family to move in, this will be the place I post it!

Thanks! I sent you some info. The UK Barn Owl Trust is a great resource (and also has some pretty great owl cams!)

Thank you! I was exploring the pole mount options as our building mount options are a bit limited by roads, which, as you mentioned, should definitely be avoided. I had also been reading about their nesting habits and seeing that barn owls often use a nest box for a long time, so that was some of my impetus for wanting something that would last them a good long while.

I checked out the Barn Owl Trust and there was a lot of great info there - thank you again and best of luck to you in the course!

A real crine against humanity, truly.

As a lover of both crows and owls, I’m not sure whose side to take here!

Don’t threaten me with a good time!

smacks top of head this bad boy can fit so many fucking wolves in it

Yeah what if I’m an Aarakocra? Asking for a friend. I’m definitely not a large humanoid bird trapped in a sweater.

I’ll look into that, much appreciated! I think I was originally looking at predominantly English- and Spanish-speaking countries because those are my language proficiencies, and I was worried about the time it would take to learn Dutch (or another language) as I feel that’s an important step to understand and integrate with the broader culture. That said, I guess there’s never a bad time to start learning something new!

I’ll add to that: or a job. It’s almost impossible to get hired (as an outsider) even if you’re in a field many countries consider “critical”. Not that I blame them, I’d just give up a lot to live somewhere less homophobic.

Plot twist: they’re the same brick.