theskyisfalling
@theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica 1 day ago:
I appreciate it a lot and have saved this comment for the future!
I’m glad we can come around to an understanding too, to sort of illustrate why I reacted as such this comment from this thread kind of epitomises what it can be like trying to get into the Linux space and learn as a complete newbie sometimes and it is very fucking tiring. I realise not everyone is like that and there are plenty of people that provide a lot of help but it is also very tiring and off putting when you are new to a space and you are met with attitudes like this.
Have a good day :D
- Comment on Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica 1 day ago:
No, I am intending to take that course next year, any tips?
- Comment on Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica 1 day ago:
Yeh that is fair enough, maybe I worded it wrong in the first place as it is more that right now I dont have the time or motivation to do the learning due to everything else going on in life and I do conceded that I did jump first to condescension but that was based more on a lot of previous interactions I have had within the broader Linux community so I apologise if that was not your intention but “sounds like a skill issue” is a usual dismissive response that is often meant to be condescending.
I have put a lot of time in the last year into learning Linux to get to a place where I have proxmox running as well as a NAS and that was all from a place of zero prior knowledge and that was a steep learning curve and I think I am some what jaded from that experience going forward too due to some interactions and how not easy to follow documentation is for someone entirely new to the space.
I do appreciate the offer and maybe in the future I could take you up on the offer when I have more time and mental capacity to put back into furthering my learning within this space. Apologies for jumping straight to an assumption of your position based on previous interactions if that wasnt your intention, it just came across as such.
- Comment on Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica 1 day ago:
Yeh these are things I realise and I know there are solutions. The way Plex does it isnt ideal but also it works for me and my current knowledge level.
Maybe in the future as I learn more I can move on but right now it works for me and I dont have the time or motivation to put into learning everything else I need right now, as with everyone else in the world right now there is a lot of other shit going on that it just isnt high on my priority list unfortunately.
I’m still in my first year of self hosting personally and as well as being a Linux newbie I have learnt a lot and it has been a steep learning curve with everything.
- Comment on Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica 1 day ago:
Except that just isn’t true unless you have prior knowledge of lots of other things. As with a lot of documentation within this space it all presumes prior knowledge of different things.
Most things you read or watch will start with just do x but if you don’t already even know how to do x then you have to go down a further rabbit hole to find out how to do that. Everything you try and do is a series of these things so your 20 minute YouTube video turns into hours of trying to learn other things to tie in with it.
On top of that I dont understand the underlying security implications behind opening my network up to the outside world, it is all well and good following some 20 minute video but without understanding the underlying implications of what you are doing how can you really fully trust that information because I dont understand everything behind it?
Again, I never said it wasnt a skill issue, I literally agreed with you that it was…
Also why can I not comment and participate in a self hosting community just because I dont do things exactly the way YOU want me to does that mean I automatically can’t participate?
It is your kind of hostile and condescending attitude along with documentation that assumes too much prior knowledge that makes both the self hosting and Linux communities really unwelcoming to people that are looking to even dip a toe into them. This all or nothing attitude where only your method of doing things is acceptable and anything else is seen as fair game for mockery and condescension.
I’m new to the space and maybe in the future as I learn more about it I can move on to other things as I gain the knowledge I need but people like you, whose attitude is just fucking shitty are really off putting in these spaces. Everyone needs to learn and the culture of condescension and mockery towards new users by a large majority of the existing user base doesn’t make more people want to join in and learn.
Cheers for adding absolutely nothing to the conversation though and further putting me off wanting to learn any more or continue to interact with the communities though. You’re really helping push adoption of things like this.
- Comment on Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica 1 day ago:
No, not at all. Jellyfin you’d have to setup a proxy or some kind of VPN like tailscale for the remote client to be able to access the media. I started to try and figure it all out when I first set up my server but as I have said in another reply j dont really care to waste the time learning how to do it in a secure manner and minimise the friction on my other users so I dont know the ins and outs but jellyfin you absolutely can’t just tick a box and share a library.
Also jellyfin meta data analysis was shit compared to Plex and so I’d have to spend even more time actually managing the server that I dont have to do with Plex.
- Comment on Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica 1 day ago:
Typical condescending reply that I expect, yes it is a “skill issue” and I don’t really give a fuck. We don’t all have the same skills or the same levels of interest in acquiring those skills, some of us just want a solution that works easily for their skill level.
It is your kind of attitude as well that puts more people off learning these things because without a real interest in learning these things those kinds of hostilities just put people off of wanting to participate in those circles.
- Comment on Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica 1 day ago:
Because it does it for me? In Plex I just tick one box in settings to allow remote connections and then choose which libraries to share to which users and bam they can access all that content just by downloading the Plex app and logging in on their end.
No fucking about.
- Comment on What are your favourite ps2 multiplayer games? 1 day ago:
Hey, this sounds super interesting and I had never heard of it before. I collected PS2 games for a while so thought I had a good idea of what was out there for a while but then it always becomes evident how vast the catalogue is when things like this pop up that I hadn’t heard of but sound great!
Thanks for the recommendation!
- Comment on Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica 1 day ago:
Because I don’t have to learn about things like proxies to try and open the service up outside my network in a secure manner or try to explain to family they need to run tailscale at the same time and then inevitably have to provide tech support for another aspect of “why is this not working?”
I just check allow remote access and it just works and I can go about my day doing things I enjoy more because fucking about with Linux and providing tech support are pretty low on that list for me :)
- Comment on NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’ 2 weeks ago:
I don’t blame them for feeling that way. If I see anyone using that shitty flag on their house, their shirt, their car, anywhere, I automatically presume they are a close minded racist cunt.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Chav -
“A person in Britain of a type stereotypically known for engaging in aggressively loutish behavior especially when in groups and for wearing flashy jewelry and athletic casual clothing (such as tracksuits and baseball caps)”
That is a more accurate description, class isn’t really anything to do with it, it is more about the behaviour, attitude and style.
- Comment on And what car did you learn in? 4 weeks ago:
99% of people in my country…
- Comment on i enjoy using drugs and that will never change 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions! 1 month ago:
Lots of good suggestions from everyone.
No one mentioned Mr Moskeeto though!
- Comment on Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised' 1 month ago:
Too busy harassing people they think may be fare dodging to protect private companies bottom lines whilst said companies continue to raise prices and drastically decrease the quality and reliability of the service.
ACAB. Fuck the police and fuck the useless fucking train companies.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Left 2 bars have “population” underneath, middle 2 “murder victims” and right 2 “murder suspects”
- Comment on Hyperpop 2 months ago:
Used to love me some A G Cook, GFOTY, PC Music shit back in the early 2010’s. Never heard it called hyperpop however, always heard it called future pop. Either way hyper seems more fitting and I’ll definitely sub :D
- Comment on How did easy access to Porn while growing up impacted Gen-Z ? 2 months ago:
That is one of the great mystery’s of the 90s.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 months ago:
I’ve been playing Noita, it is difficult but great fun so far. I don’t think I’ve really even scratched the surface of what there is either.
- Comment on How did easy access to Porn while growing up impacted Gen-Z ? 2 months ago:
Oh yeh, we used the internet too at that age but like you say on a 56k dial up connection you’d literally be waiting for an image to load, line after line, so magazines were preferable. ADSL ushered in the age of more easily accessed videos for us, we are probably a similar age xD
- Comment on How did easy access to Porn while growing up impacted Gen-Z ? 2 months ago:
Well one thing is for sure, it impacted them in that they were less likely to get in trouble with the filth.
As a millennial my friends and I all had large collections of porn magazines and VHS tapes by the time we were 13 / 14 but they all had to be gained through theft or finding shit in the woods.
I haven’t seen a porn mag in the woods for like 20 years or more where as it used to be a regular occurrence in my youth!
- Comment on Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency 2 months ago:
Air VPN has port forwarding, been using them for years.
- Comment on Signal announces a backup feature that includes 100MB of storage for texts and the last 45 days' worth of media for free, or 100GB of storage for $1.99/month 2 months ago:
It is weirder to me that people back shit like this up. I have zero desire to keep a backup of chat and random images people have sent me.
- Comment on AI generated images are probably amazing to someone on LSD 2 months ago:
Any image can mess with you if you are in the right mindset / point of your trip. AI isn’t going to make anything more “obliteration” worthy than the real world already does.
If anything it would be less appealing because it isn’t real, part of the appeal with something like a normal water bottle is the wonder of the natural world and the way your mind is interpreting it at that point in time.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
90% of other cyclists I see on the road cycle with no lights and wearing dark colours with nothing reflective. It is dangerous enough as it is sharing the road with idiots in cars I can never understand why people make it even more dangerous for themselves willingly.
- Comment on Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn 2 months ago:
Hey, man, it is hard to manoeuvre accurately whilst checking insta or tiktok. It does make it a lot easier to put cyclists in danger though!
- Comment on Best Co-Op Games? 2 months ago:
I’ve only played Borderlands 2 in local split screen co-op.
- Comment on Mass Effect 1 is still my favourite sci-fi game of all time 3 months ago:
Yeh that is fair enough, there is a DODI repack anyway so I’ll probably grab that. I have been considering a 360 recently what with the new exploit that has been made available so maybe I’ll grab a cheap 360 so I can relive some of my favourite games from there too.
- Comment on Mass Effect 1 is still my favourite sci-fi game of all time 3 months ago:
Oh no. EA play, fuck that shit.
I’ll have to find a repack or something -_-
