MiddledAgedGuy

@MiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Actually had to use this old friend at work the other day⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For some reason otherwise obsolete setups that live on for a specific purpose please me. But also you can get a USB to serial device on the cheap.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If X was a sandwich: Spock⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t track for this human.

  This meal: would try. X: won’t try.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what do y'all actually host?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  NixOS on an AMD mini itx board.

  • NGINX for reverse proxy
  • Jellyfin
  • Syncthing node
  • Homeassistant OS on a VM (QEMU/KVM)

  OpenWRT on a Raspberry Pi4

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please defederate from threads.net⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They will go bad things. They have a proven track record. So fear? Sure. No uncertainty or doubt though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I remember getting a PS3 just to avoid this back then⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t doubt this this is generally the case, but most of the games I enjoy playing with friends offer their own servers. Which got me thinking about it, and they tend to be indie games.

  So it’s not gone. Niche, perhaps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crystals good, fungus bad⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not much of a fan of Discovery, as many Trek fans seem to be. It’s alright though. But this aspect I found myself enjoying. I liked the whole mycelium network angle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GoOn⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They just want to have some fun!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I love it! I think these two might be my favorite pairing of the entire franchise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's an easy way to remove metadata from a .mp4 file? [Windows 10]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I have to use Microsoft products for work and I’ve stumbled across their forums for issues before. I don’t think it’s ever once been helpful. Solutions on Linux forums are hit and miss, but still much better.

  Welcome to the Linux community!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL that Jordie directed some episodes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You can do anything! Just take a look, it’s in a book.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's an easy way to remove metadata from a .mp4 file? [Windows 10]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Glad it worked out!

  Disclaimer: soapbox. I feel like Windows is commonly considered to be user friendly. It may be easy enough to use, but I find it’s quite user hostile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's an easy way to remove metadata from a .mp4 file? [Windows 10]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  My two cents is that it’s a bit unintuitive, but ymmv. It’s not overly difficult though, and a great piece of software. So do try!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Edge could use a win⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It depends on what circles you’re in I suppose. But I suspect you’re right for most people that dislike it. For some of us it’s the Chromium engine it runs on, and/or the company it comes from.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which software do you mostly use for programming, and why?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh I wouldn’t say I’m a beginner. I’ve been scripting and coding for… 20 something years. I’m just not very skilled. Stuff I write tends to be simple and small, so all I really want from my editing is auto indenting and syntax highlighting.

  I think if I was trying to manage a larger project I might find use in an IDE, though perhaps it is more of a crutch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which software do you mostly use for programming, and why?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Vim.

  If I were a more competent coder I might use a bigger IDE, but for the basic stuff I do, it works great for me.