foggy
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- Comment on I cannot tell you a way my life has genuinely gotten better since the advent of "smart" phones. 7 hours ago:
Oh man where to start.
No tertiary devices. No GPS or iPod in my car. Just my phone. For so many useless gadgets. Cameras, video cameras…CALCULATORS, All in one place. That’s number 1.
2 would be that these devices are all a part of an ecosystem that grew so fast… Not only did our phones suddenly all have GPS, but it’d tell us about traffic. That used to be someone’s news beat. Gone, overnight
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Mobile browser. What?! You mean every time that annoying know it all friend starts confidently talking about something they know nothing about You can just Google it right in front of them instead if having it be some annoying thing.
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For better or worse, I am never bored.
That’s just the first few that come to mind…
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- Comment on What would tools/services would you recommend for hosting without self hosting? 1 month ago:
If you’re into developing and stuff, GitLab
Plex server
Jellyfin server
ELK stack or security onion
Get steam working, connect via steam link.
- Comment on Coming on Lemmy and complaining because there are too many Linux users is like going in to a brothel and complaining that there are too many hookers 1 month ago:
That’s just Linux with extra steps
- Comment on Where to start as a beginner 2 months ago:
Everyone is gonna learn best differently. There’s no best place to start.
Id start with solving a problem. For me, this was not wanting to make a backup to transfer my data from my old machine to my new one. So I built a little Ubuntu Server, setup a rudimentary samba share, setup users/groups, and figured out how to access that data from my network.
Docker is easy, you’ll learn it by mistake. It’ll haunt you like it’s some complicated thing until you realize you’re doing it and it’s literally incredibly straightforward.
From there, Id maybe say go to WordPress and follow instructions about setting up a WordPress site in a docker container. Oops, you just learned docker.
Id hold off on hosting email. I mean it’s a noble goal but it’s a fucking headache. But that’s just me! Like I said, everyone’s different.
Piece of advice, before you go hosting a monero server, dig into cybersecurity. Particularly server hardening. I recommend Hack The Box. There’s tons of platforms, though.
- Comment on Why should we have to continue seeing people's replies when we block them? 2 months ago:
If I block someone, I want to see [blocked] instead of what they are saying. I want to receive no notifications for this. I should be able to view what other people in that comment thread are saying. I should be able to toggle the ability to read these people’s replies, but not reply unless I unblock.
They can still see my shit. That’s fine. Just stop making me see theirs in my inbox. And stop blocking the rest of the conversation where other good folks are continuing to discuss something I was interested in.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Crosses?! No, those are lowercase it’s, for “Time to leave.”
- Comment on YSK that Amazon has different prices for different people 2 months ago:
It is not the best adblocking by far, that is not accurate.
It is better than the free AdBlock extension, yes. It is not better than AdBlock premium. No more cookies popups, no more floating video players on news sites, no more mailing list popups. These are three things that you do not get with ublock origin. I know because I use both.
I already use adgaurds DNS, which is free.
Lastly, I’m more than happy to pay $15/yr to a company fighting a fight I believe in. Now, I wouldn’t pay $40/yr, but if all I need to do is change my VPN from New Jersey to Montreal to get more than 50% off that price, it’s a no brainier.
My only complaint is they don’t have a Firefox mobile extension, so when I’m on my phone I’m stuck with janky-ass ublock origin and nothing better.
- Comment on YSK that Amazon has different prices for different people 2 months ago:
I am using mullvad vpn as well.
I am saying that AdBlock premium has a different cost based on your location, which you can switch with your VPN.
- Comment on YSK that Amazon has different prices for different people 2 months ago:
Adblock premium cost is wildly different based on location.
Using a VPN I have found everything from $15/yr to $40/yr
- Comment on If I was selling a bag of flower and sugar to a CI who thought it was meth or coke can I get in trouble? How or why when I am selling a legal substance? 2 months ago:
You can get arrested, you could be detained under a reasonable articulable suspicion of having committed a crime.
As to whether or not that would ultimately lead to trouble? No. Could it still cost you money, time, etc? Yes.
- Comment on Beware Hollywood’s digital demolition: it’s as if your favourite films and TV shows never existed 2 months ago:
🖕 my home server disagrees 🏴☠️
- Comment on Most file types are just a renamed .zip 2 months ago:
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- Comment on How do you scream? 2 months ago:
If it hurts, stop. Don’t practice in pain.
- Comment on How do you scream? 2 months ago:
I am a decent metal vocalist. I have taught all kinds of people to do deep guttural growls, from children to adults male and female.
Without creating a wall of text that will only confuse you… Two words: Exasperated sigh.
Sigh like you just died on the final boss and realized you never quicksaved.
Sigh like your dad just made the most anguishingly bad pun you’ve ever heard. There needs to be some disgust in this sigh.
Kind of say “uhhh” and “eww” and “ugh” at the same time.
The goal is to push air hard and leave the throat muscles loose. This will make your throat flap about and distort the sound coming out.
Okay we’re getting toward wall of text, but, have you ever had a cough for a long time? And your cough got nasty sounding, even after you were all better? You trained your muscles to relax, thats why it sounds different, and you did it to help push mucous out. Screaming is pretty much the same. Once you’re comfortable with all this, give it a nice loud: “Ahhhhhhhhhh!” But relax your throat as you push more air/push harder. That’s where the distortion comes from.
- Comment on Do rotating plates in microwaves help when heating food? 2 months ago:
No you’re completely missing the point.
It’s about how much of the volume the object can take up due to the plate spinning.
If it’s perfectly centered, it only takes up its own volume. If it is off to the side it swoops around and takes up the volume that it takes up but on every quadrant of the plate as it rotates
I don’t have any interest in discussing this with you any further
- Comment on Do rotating plates in microwaves help when heating food? 2 months ago:
You’re missing the point.
The issue isn’t just about the physical center of the plate or the microwave itself. The key point is how microwaves heat food unevenly. Microwaves create standing waves, which result in hot and cold spots. The center of the microwave tends to be one of the cold spots, regardless of where the turntable is.
When the plate rotates, the food gets exposed to more areas where microwaves are stronger, leading to more even heating. However, if you place something directly in the center, it’s less likely to move through those stronger areas, which is why the center tends to be the least optimal spot for heating evenly.
It’s not about whether 99% of the pie is centered—it’s about how the energy is distributed within the microwave.
- Comment on If the Olympics and presidential elections only happen once every 4 years, why the hell are we not doing them on February 29th???? 2 months ago:
Feb 29th should be election day, agree.
But the Olympics take weeks, homie.
- Comment on Do rotating plates in microwaves help when heating food? 2 months ago:
The center is the least optimal place for even heating.
- Comment on Do rotating plates in microwaves help when heating food? 2 months ago:
As long as you don’t put it in the center, yes.
- Comment on Would it be weird if I took something my neighbor put out for trash? 3 months ago:
Yeah mattresses, gross. Even a couch.
But coffee tables, TV stands, bed side tables… Bed frames computer desks… So much good shit.
- Comment on Would it be weird if I took something my neighbor put out for trash? 3 months ago:
When I lived in a college town, the last week of May was the best time to get used furniture.
College kids everywhere abandoning all kinds of shit on the greenbelt that they had no way of bringing home.
I’m sure there is furniture in my current home that came from some stranger college kid.
- Comment on Why do phone manufacturers use in-display fingerprint readers instead of fingerprint readers on the power button? 3 months ago:
The S9 had the fingerprint reader centered on the back. It was awesome.
- Comment on Why are people on the internet (and Lemmy) so quick to say someone "deserves to die" 3 months ago:
Idk anyone who can’t figure this out deserves to die.
/s
- Comment on Could I patent harmful technology to prevent it from being put on the market? 3 months ago:
If it makes you feel better they were tiny compared to what’s at home depot
- Comment on Would you buy "self-hosted in a box" hardware? 3 months ago:
Their procurement policy is basically “has it been recommended? Is anyone else using it? Is it cheap?”
I work in public sector.
- Comment on Could I patent harmful technology to prevent it from being put on the market? 3 months ago:
This oddly reminds me that the original patent for the chainsaw was for aiding childbirth.
I’ll let anyone curious enough google that.
- Comment on Would you buy "self-hosted in a box" hardware? 3 months ago:
Market to tax funded institutions. If you can market “self hosted” as cheaper and easier than mother solutions you’ll have guaranteed clients for a long time.
- Comment on What does dying from all causes mean? 3 months ago:
Less likely to die from being hit by a bus*
- Comment on Farts And Poop! 4 months ago:
I’m… Are…
Do you…
Oh, go fap away you crazy kids.
- Comment on I feel like a flashbang went off in my head, so the only question that I can think of is, "What now?" (Details in body.) 4 months ago:
Yo man, love is not what you thought it was, and this is a part of it. It’s very normal for stuff like that to come up when a child is born. It’s common to find yourself in tmruts where you don’t feel attracted to one another. Most of all, it’s super fucking healthy to talk about it and not just pretend like everything is great.
Best advice is that you, her, and the two of you as a couple all get in therapy. Talking with people about this stuff is what helps that settle the dust after that flashbang.
My therapist would say “yeah, you’re not going to be wild about each other all the time without MDMA or cocaine. And it wouldn’t be healthy. This is healthy.”
If she’s shutting down when you suggest mental health support for her, suggest it for her for you. She might not think she needs it but you two are a dyadic unit. You live together, her her mental health affects you both, just as yours affects her.