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- Comment on Missed it by that much! 4 days ago:
Boob sechs
- Comment on "This Is The ONLY Home Server You Should Buy" Or, why older computers may be better for the environment | Hardware Haven 1 week ago:
No, the graphics from Intel back in 07-10 were crap. 2012-2013 would be my bare minimum, usb3 if only for loading a new OS.
- Comment on "Recommended System Requirements" for buying a used PC for selfhosting 2 weeks ago:
Couple years ago I wouldn’t have argued, but with graphics cards ballooning to 3+ slots, you have to be more careful about which slots on the motherboard have full enough lanes to support your cards. And you have to make sure your motherboard has the full x16 slot in the highest position which is less common on boards with m.2. otherwise there isn’t room for expansion cards
- Comment on "Recommended System Requirements" for buying a used PC for selfhosting 2 weeks ago:
Jonsbo makes some decent compact nas cases with plenty of space for drives. Look at their N series N3/N4 etc.
matx would be more upgradable than itx, but nobody is making either of them with 10gb Ethernet. So I personally would be looking at full ATX boards so I could add in a nic.
- Comment on "Recommended System Requirements" for buying a used PC for selfhosting 2 weeks ago:
It’s not impossible, but first Gen Ryzen was surprisingly good after AMD shit the bed for a few years. Most major manufacturers weren’t willing to take a chance, though you can find some 2nd Gen available on the used market.
If it were me, I’d look for a motherboard/CPU combo and assemble it into your case of choice. That way you aren’t stuck with the weird form-factors of pre-built office computers.
- Comment on "Recommended System Requirements" for buying a used PC for selfhosting 2 weeks ago:
If you’re ok buying used, I’d go for a first Gen Ryzen 8 core. They’re cheap as chips since they don’t support Windows 11, but the cpu is upgradable so you can upgrade if you need more power or want to run Windows 11. Also it’s a ddr4 platform so the ram is under $100 for 64gb.
A GTX 1050 would be fine for Plex, and discrete graphics would be required if you go with the Ryzen recommendation. I think rtx 3060 is probably the sweet spot for a 12gb vram card, but you won’t need that much unless your streaming to 5+ Plex users simultaneously.
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 2 weeks ago:
What Linux infrastructure? The wikis and torrent links?
Fwiw, I’ve switched 2 computers in my house to Linux. Still researching to find out if I can switch my z13 tablet and keep all the functionality.
- Comment on BeyBlades Made Ever More Dangerous With 3D Printing 2 weeks ago:
Is it just me or has hackaday gone down hill for the last couple years?
They’re reporting on a bringus video from 4 months ago.
- Comment on Britons could soon install balcony solar panels in flats and rental homes 2 weeks ago:
No. the devices on the circuit only pull as much electricity as they need, any unused back feed returns to the main panel/fusebox to be distributed to any other circuits currently using electricity. If there’s still any unused, it goes to the grid to be used.
- Comment on Britons could soon install balcony solar panels in flats and rental homes 2 weeks ago:
Unregistered as in you but the solar panel and inverter and just plug it into a regular wall outlet with a normal plug to back feed the house.
Before anyone suggests it’s a suicide cable, the inverter have grid sending and won’t back feed power without the grid electricity being sensed.
- Comment on Time to redraw America's borders in a way that finally makes sense. 2 weeks ago:
But the target of basically all the hurricanes
- Comment on $440 Charge For A Wheel Scuff Raises Questions About Hertz's AI Rental Car Damage Scanner 2 weeks ago:
I’m in the industry, and the only thing I’ve seen the scanners used for is cya. Make sure the dealer doesn’t get blamed for pre-existing damage
- Comment on Judge backs AI firm over use of copyrighted books 2 weeks ago:
Orcs and dwarves (with a v) are creations of Tolkien, if the fantasy stories include them, it’s a violation of copyright the same as including Mickey mouse.
My argument would have been to ask the ai for the bass line to Queen & David Bowie’s Under Pressure. Then refer to that as a reproduction of copyrighted material. But then again, AI companies probably have better lawyers than vanilla ice.
- Comment on Is sweat there different? 3 weeks ago:
Alright, prison wallet I guess.
- Comment on China hits 1 TW solar milestone 3 weeks ago:
Engineer: wow, these new led lights will use a tenth of the electricity or old lights used!
Boss: So you’re saying we can use the times as many lights then?
- Comment on I want these walls back 3 weeks ago:
Do you mean terrazzo?
- Comment on For me it's $20 4 weeks ago:
2.5 royale with cheese meals
- Comment on In old movies, it's only creepy rich people who have cameras in their house watching everything. Now everybody's creepy. 4 weeks ago:
Only time my dad ever had to check them was when the cleaning service repeatedly ‘forgot’ to clean the 2 bedrooms at the end of the hall. Only weirdos constantly monitor them.
- Comment on Part 2 of car Raspberry pi 4 GPS project 4 weeks ago:
Fwiw, pi zeros have USB host & device/gadget modes, but I doubt a zero would have enough power to do what you need
- Comment on Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets’ Addresses 4 weeks ago:
Seems like there was more reporting on their clothing choice than on the person themselves.
- Comment on Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets’ Addresses 4 weeks ago:
It’s where the term borked comes from
- Comment on Jeff Geerling: Self-hosting your own media considered harmful (updated). Youtube removed his content, saying that self hosting content is "dangerous or harmful content" 4 weeks ago:
He’s on float plane. I think he’s trying to make a living, so I’d assume YouTube ad revenue is a factor
- Comment on Vomiting Emoji 5 weeks ago:
No eggplant, but there are substitutes
- Comment on To whom it may concern. 5 weeks ago:
Was that before they discovered the Romulans were long lost Vulcans?
- Comment on Reddit sues Anthropic, alleging its bots accessed Reddit more than 100,000 times since last July 1 month ago:
They give out free license for their data, but require following their terms of service.
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 1 month ago:
hybrid/electric cars already do it with regen braking.
Not all of them. It is becoming more common, but for a while Hyundai and Kia didn’t do this, and I know my older Ford doesn’t.
Probably just in the US, since brake lights are only required when pressing the brake pedal. Mercedes illuminates them but then turns the brake lights off once the vehicle comes to a stop using regen.
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 1 month ago:
Faster blink is already used to indicate that one of the lights is burned out. It’s a consequence of the mechanical part that operates (used to operate) the blinking; less resistance caused by a burned out light means it blinks faster
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 1 month ago:
They also indicate slow moving road hazards like a semi carrying an oversized load
- Comment on Microsoft wants Windows Update to handle all apps 1 month ago:
windows plans to handle updates the same way Linux does
Windows will have snaps and flatpacks and user repo packages that all update separately using separate update utilities?
- Comment on gotta be sure... 1 month ago:
And remember to rename the resume file from draft-final-final-final-final to something reasonable
