GreatBlueHeron

@GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Announcing ARC-AGI-3 - An benchmark that tests if AI can explore, learn, and adapt in unfamiliar situations. Humans score 100%. Frontier AI scores 0.26%.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s fun to point at the crappy performance of current technology. But all I can think about is the amount of power and hardware the AI bros are going to burn through trying to improve their results.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is perfectly logical and I agree. Except that this controversy has prompted me to go learn about Lennart Poettering. I’ve been using systemd forever and I like it - I like journald and remote journald, I like networkd, I even deleted cron off my systems and use systemd timers exclusively. I knew there was some controversy about Lennart, but I didn’t really care. Now that I’ve read a bit about his background and, maybe more importantly, his new company - I don’t have a good feeling for the future of systemd.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve got a Sony and even it’s showing home screen ads - normally it’s just “suggestions” for shows on streaming services I don’t have, but the occasional car ad also comes through. I have a theory that the reason Sony are getting out of the TV business is that they don’t want to develop their own TV OS and they’re sick of their customers complaining about the ads in Google’s OS.

  I’m about to get a 2nd one and I’m seriously considering a computer monitor hooked up to a mini PC running XBMC or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It makes sense to subscribe to niche communities on Lemmy because the popular ones appear in c/all anyway.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Two thoughts -

  1. I believe (with nothing to support it) that “in the beginning” a bunch of communites were created by some sort of automation, to mirror Reddit, and they are now dead because no-one actually wanted them here in the first place and

  2. I often join communites because I’m mildly interested in the topic and am curious to learn more by observing to conversation - I’ll probably never end up posting. I don’t have any weight to pull in this scenario.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not just that it’s slavery, but it’s literally destroying the people doing it. Being exposed to so much horrendous content has lasting impact. It’s like the coal mines (or any number of other body destroying examples) but it’s not lungs that suffer, it’s the brain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Earth needs more energy. Atlanta’s Super Soaker creator may have a solution.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you. I made a comment about it being a shame that we don’t capture the waste heat from some process a while back and someone quipped something like “2nd law of thermodynamics moment”. I went and did some reading, but couldn’t make sense of it. Your explanation makes sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Open Source Developers Are Exhausted, Unpaid, and Ready to Walk Away⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the bigger question is how many corporations are supporting foss projects? I’m sure a lot of us contribute a bit here and there if we can and I’m sure it makes a difference - but if some of these corporations, making billions of dollars profit, contribute just a tiny fraction of their wealth it could make a huge difference.

  It’s the same argument as recycling, turning off lights, walking instead of driving etc. etc. - yes there are 8 billion of us and if we all do it, it will make a difference, but the difference we make is still not significant compared to corporate greed.

  We are being gaslit to accept yet another scenario where we socialize the cost and privatize the profit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA syncthing-fork has changed owners⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting - mine is syncthing-fork 1.30.0.4. When I go to the App Info page it says “App installed from F-Droid” and when I tap on that button I get a small pop-up that says “No such app found.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA syncthing-fork has changed owners⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I installed mine from F-Droid. I just went there to turn off updates and it doesn’t exist. I have not been paying attention so it may have been gone for ages and not related?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK before you buy a replacement for your cellphone that has stopped charging, buy the $10 cleaning kits and spend the time deep cleaning the phone's charging port.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use a plastic one - the ones that have a floss “D” on one end and a pick on the other. They’re very thin and can also be bent to form a bit of a hook.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DDR4 costs soar as manufacturers pull the plug — panic buying and stockpiling impact DDR4 spot pricing as supply dwindles⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure - I don’t measure it. It’s in my home server running Linux. It does everything I want and is >90% idle most of the time - so it’s fast enough. And I just realized I lied in my original comment - my laptop has DDR4 RAM, but it’s already at max. capacity so I won’t have to worry about buying more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DDR4 costs soar as manufacturers pull the plug — panic buying and stockpiling impact DDR4 spot pricing as supply dwindles⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Shouldn’t be a problem for me - I plan to skip DDR4 and go straight to DDR5, or maybe what comes after, at some point. Still running 32GB DDR3 here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft shuts down email account of International Criminal Court chief prosecutor⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I totally agree, and I just switched from Windows to Linux for my desktop, but this isn’t on Microsoft - it’s sanctions on the ICC by the fascist regime running the country where they (Microsoft) are based in support of the fascist regime destroying Gaza. (I know I’m probably over simplifying it, but that’s my take on the article)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today, The Document Foundation is releasing LibreOffice 24.8.7. Our goal is to offer citizens, businesses and governments from around the world quality and free software⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a little different, but works. I was in business operations for the last 20 years and relatively proficient with Excel. I’m retired now but I’m treasurer for a small community non profit organization. I recently switched to Linux desktop and found Calc handled my sheets with pivots etc. just fine. About the only thing I’m missing is End-Arrow to move to the last populated cell in a row or column, but not missing it so much to try to figure out how to do it in Calc - yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't get the love for Nextcloud - alternative for just files?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  simple webdav server that’s compatible with the Nextcloud sync clients

  Now THAT is interesting - when I was last experimenting with Nextcloud I learned that the files part is just a webdav server. Unfortunately I also learned that they have a bit of a handshake before the webdav so the client wouldn’t work with my apache2 webdav server. Thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't get the love for Nextcloud - alternative for just files?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That seems to be the case. Really sucks that the documentation at nextcloud.com directs people to the AIO. I guess they hope that if you have a bad time trying to install your own server you might buy their cloud service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't get the love for Nextcloud - alternative for just files?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I can see how someone that has “grown up with it” could be happy. But as and experienced sysadmin coming at it for the first time - the documentation is a bit lacking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't get the love for Nextcloud - alternative for just files?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because an android client is one of my requirements. I can get files from SMB on Android using any number of file managers, but I can’t map a SMB share to a filesystem so files are available for an app to use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't get the love for Nextcloud - alternative for just files?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes! There used to be a little utility that could map a SMB share in Android, but that got killed years ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't get the love for Nextcloud - alternative for just files?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, use something else

  That’s why I’m here - looking for suggestions

  like Seafile.

  I’ll have another look - you’re not the only person to suggest it. My recollection is that it seemed to be old and not really maintained.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't get the love for Nextcloud - alternative for just files?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never used the AIO image. I’ve heard it’s weird.

  It does seem to be. So, I find it weird that the “core” documentation leads a new user to installing AIO.

  You could also try OpenCloud, which is a Go rewrite of ownCloud.

  Sounds interesting - thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't get the love for Nextcloud - alternative for just files?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You need to understand the difference between a docker run command, and detaching to run a container in the background. Just running it with ‘run’ keeps it in the foreground.

  Yes, I understand this. I was just highlighting that it’s not a great experience for a new user to follow the instructions to setup a server and be left with it running in the foreground.

  For the passphrase issue: github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/discussions/1786

  Thanks! This should get me past my current hurdle so I can do some more testing. Again - not a great experience to have to come to a forum to get help to find a passphrase. I’m pretty sure I didn’t miss any steps?

  Lastly, if you’re not familiar with containers, and this is a single purpose machine, you’d be better off just running the bare project on the host. If there’s no need for containerization, just skip it.

  I’m familiar with containers, but think they’re overused. Stupid little things that are a single Python script (for example) shipping as a Docker image! But, I thought Nextcloud was complex enough to be worthy of a container? This is not a single purpose machine, but I’m an old, retired, sysadmin - I have no problem running a few different servers on the same host.

  Are you referring to the “Archive” Community Project installation method?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't get the love for Nextcloud - alternative for just files?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Use docker or podman compose hub.docker.com/_/nextcloud/

  I could do that - I guess I was just pointing out that someone coming to Nextcloud and following the install instructions does not have a great experience.

  Nextcloud does not need a domain. Ip is fine.

  So, their documentation is wrong?

  github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one?tab=readme-ov-fil…

  Again - not a great experience for a first time user.

• I don't get the love for Nextcloud - alternative for just files?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US Citizen, joined Army, Peace Corps, professional firefighter-spoke out against the tRump dictatorship while vacationing in Vietnam and may not be allowed back into the country.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And if they don’t like the look of you, or your proof of citizenship, and decide detain and deport you - what recourse do you have?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You should know there's a font designed to make reading easier, especially for people with low vision. It's called Atkinson Hyperlegible Next. It's free for personal and commercial use.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t work for me either. Just reading the text on the page linked here was uncomfortable. It’s not like you describe though - for me it’s like there’s too much white space and there’s this mass of words almost floating around the page and it’s hard to keep track of where I’m up to. I am a bad/slow reader and all reading is like that for me - that font just seems to make it worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Gas stoves cause cancer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I also live in an area with frequent power disruption. We have a backup generator. It is more than enough to power the electronics in our propane gas range, but nowhere near enough to power an electric range.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone remember this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep - me too. I had to go to our “mainframe room” where we had our only Sun workstation - the only thing that would run the first versions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone remember this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a while ago and things are getting foggy, but I recall that the first browsers didn’t even run on Windows - I had to go to the “mainframe room” where we had a Sun workstation that would run NSCA Mosaic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to 'feedback'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, it’s just evil to their own staff. It seems every time I have to call some call centre these days, when I finally get to a human the conversation starts something like “I’ve just spent 40 fucking minutes trying to get to talk to a person and I’m really pissed off. I know that’s not your fault and I apologise in advance if I struggle to contain my frustrations while we talk. Now…”