zorflieg

@zorflieg@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sometimes I wonder if the "Quantum Immortality" thought experiment is actually real... considering how many times I could've died.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Truly terrifying. But fun to briefly ponder. The book is quite a humbling read and put my mood in a different state for a week afterwards. Among the theories about everything being an accident. There is a chapter about how the Higgs Boson isn’t quite where it should be by our current understanding possibly by accident, and if even one Boson were to correct it’s location by a gigantic energy event there would be a chain reaction that would mean the entire universe would be obliterated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sometimes I wonder if the "Quantum Immortality" thought experiment is actually real... considering how many times I could've died.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. When I read it, my life overall hasn’t been that bad and my immediate thought was a sort of mystical comfort that the end isn’t always an end. Then a few minutes later I thought, what if you had have been human trafficked or some other terrible nightmare. To repeat forever. If there is any truth to it we need to do all efforts to eliminate it today.

  I’m not a physicist but I think the physics behind it is that they have observed some atoms instantly revert back to a previous state that they have been in. If it’s possible that given a long enough time line one atom can go back at random any atom can and sort of like a random dice role. When infinity is in an equation anything that happens even in a 1-1billionth chance will happen because of infinity rerolls. That all atoms in the universe at random and at the same time revert back to a previous state they were in. The book doesn’t like to comment too much on whether the theory is viable or not just that it exists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sometimes I wonder if the "Quantum Immortality" thought experiment is actually real... considering how many times I could've died.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a great book by Katie Mack called The End of Everything. She runs through all the top theories like this. It’s quite enjoyable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saying "Be careful" when someone stumbles is more an admonishment than a warning.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m often surprised how much of an asshat people can be, shouting from what is likely the most valuable portable possession they own. Be a damn shame if something should happen to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unifi Protect - Wife Approval Factor? +HA integration⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Hi, I’ve had a good experience with the G6 dome cams. Works well. The door bell has been difficult. It works better on android than iPhone. Talking to people at the door sucks on iPhone (quiet voice from the phone to the door person) it has been a bug for some time they haven’t fixed. Google forums of people complaining about not working or quiet voice. If all you want is video recording on the door bell it’s good enough. But frequently interacting with multiple phones and guests gets frustrating on the G4 Pro.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Western Digital details 14-platter 3.5-inch HAMR HDD designs with 140 TB and beyond⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder why current consumer HDD’s don’t have NVME connectors on them. Like I know speeding up the bus isn’t going to make the spinning rust access faster but the cache ram would probably benefit from not being capped at 550MBps

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LLM's despite all the flaws it probably made it easier to switch to Linux.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree. I believe that if I know the answer and it’s simple I should just help people out. A couple of days ago, I thought I’d try asking chatgpt a relatively simple cli string of commands. I knew most of it but couldn’t get it right. It just told me the answer in one succinct paragraph. Afterwards I thought “woah it didn’t even snark and cast shade on me for asking, it just handed it over without gate keeping superiority.” What a refreshing experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nextcloud/OneDrive Files-only Replacement⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not free but it’s awesome and cheap. Setup a WebDAV share and join it using “Mountainduck”. It connects to everything like SMB but I find WebDAV’s multichannel is more performant in the long run.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if the Epstein files are the distraction?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun fact for Aussies. The largest retirement fund in Australia is Australian Super. Probably no surprise their standard balanced offering invests in Elbit Systems and weapons companies. But in 2025 they reclassified their ethical “Socially Conscious” investment from “Include companies that make more than 10% profit from” weapons shady shit. To now read “No more than 50%” and that’s profit not turnover. Also both their and Aware Super ethical both include Palantir among their investments. So basically any investment in them is an investment in all the BS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Built a Spotify to Navidrome playlist Exporter. Meet Navispot 😅⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve read on the internet some people export their Spotify to a YouTube playlist to then pass through Parabolic and enter the result into Navidrome. Maybe as a feature you could add a Spotify to YT playlist creator somehow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alternative to Gmail? I currently use my own domain for email, but i miss the priority inbox⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I switched to Fastmail about 2 years ago and have been happy with it. Does everything I want and it is quick and smooth like it’s name.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are we deprogramming empathy in the US?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ignore. Empathy is hot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendations for data backup solutions ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  3-2-1 like others say. Frequency depends on how much you tinker with your hosts. If your host type has a built in backup use that. Otherwise use a deduped and compressed method to a local USB drive and a cheap cloud storage for Configs and host images like hertzner storage box or something.

  Remember you aren’t just backing up the data but also backing up the hours of effort it takes to rebuild and get it how you want. If frequently backing up just the service OS you can store heaps for $2 on offerings like OVH cold archive.

  Remove yourself from the backup you’ll forget or it will be inconvenient the week it blows up, so automate it, check the automation monthly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The richest people in the world are morally bankrupt⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad that worked for you. Everything changed in 2008. I would say the old cycles of the market and PE valuation rationality is gone in favour of meme stock style gambling. I think that anything written prior to 2008 on the subject is less useful and the yearly value taking cycle is only still maintained by the old school investors. Some who want some sort of comfort in their approach and want to believe they can make it work. Those people are just handing money to each other now while the billionaires just gamble large sums for bragging rights.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We shouldn't have to go to college in order to afford a house by 30.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And build your own shelter with the results.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What OS do you like for digital signage/kiosk/dashboard only?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  RPi Digital Signage is really good. Binaryemotions.com. it’s built thoughtfully for a bunch of different situations. The kiosk mode paired with some sort of start page would work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Server notifications on fedi⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you have a Google account you can setup webhooks to a chat space. That’s the best way if it supports it. If you continue to have this problem with email only you could setup n8n to receive notifications via other methods and forward them to a webhook.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which would be better?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Ikea stuff works fine. When it comes to smart plugs, The IKEA switches make a louder solenoid “chonk” sound when they turn on. Xiaomi plugs are quieter and the smallest I’ve seen. Means you are more likely to fit something next to it. They are a little bit more expensive but I think worth it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which would be better?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks a little pricey but probably would work fine. I bought my first zstack based Texas for $25. Worked fine for a couple of years till I realized it had a limit on how many devices it could handle. so I upgraded it to the next model up for another $25. That’s when I found out if you change methods you have to re adopt everything. But if I kept it on the same method (zstack Texas zha) all I did was swap the dongle and everything kept rolling just with a higher limit of devices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explaining your traumatic past IRL feels so underwhelming compared to when a character in a movie or tv scene revealing their traumatic childhood.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You could always punch a semi detailed account of your experience into goblin.tools/Formalizer set to “more passionate” or even “more sarcastic” and see if that grips your audience more. Then find a cafe or store that plays music, wait for a sad song to come on and let it rip.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you think is the best (and cheapest) way to host a new nextcloud instance and website for my local scouts organisation?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you VPS it, remember to add a snapshot backup. Such as $5 vultr VPS always add the $2 snapshot backup option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Need help with printer recommendations⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had an XYZ back then. It worked overall but was frustrating to use. I also got “back” into it and bought a second hand creality ender 3 V2 in a tent. It works effortlessly every time and I was pleased. Can’t do tpu because bodum can’t do tpu but it is reliable. Then my friend bought a Bambu and another friend bought an anycubic and I was mind blown about how far they’ve come. Speed and reliability and colour change reliability. Crazy. I think the modern machines are worth the extra money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If autism is a spectrum, does that mean everyone is on the spectrum?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And if you mean everyone as in everyone on Lemmy? Yes yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if this is a coma dream.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But… then I’d be compelled to concern myself with those who are getting bombed into the dirt for being born on the wrong side of a DMZ…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm curious.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Done. I’ll miss you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm curious.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ahh, I think you’ll find it’s Dunder-McKruber.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tailscale addressing concerns over potential enshittification of the platform⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can connect a headscale derp server to a tailscale environment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Careful Design Lets 3D Print Emulate Kumiko | Hackaday⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Neat!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even in space it's possible to get hit by a self-driving Tesla.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You factor in that it’s SpaceX calculations. So an example could be between 10000 years or 10000 seconds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MIT researchers crack 3D printing with glass — new technique enables inorganic composite glass printed at low temperatures⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like it would be a super fun nozzle clog situation.