PieMePlenty

@PieMePlenty@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Replaced my electric resistance water heater with heat pump, dramatic reduction in energy usage⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Got one last September and works really well. Used about 2000 kwh over the winter for central heating for a big house, central Europe. Thats nothing compared to previous use of wood pellets and/or oil.

  We also have solar water heating (via vacuum tubes) so water heating is practically free in the summer. Though you do need a large tank to store it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If it comes to Lemmy, I quit. I’ll go touch grass all day, I don’t mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Why doesn’t valve simply restore games back then? Tell payment processors MC is OK with them (as evident by this statement) and tell them to come back with a reply from MC?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This implies every drink and its display is handled by its own computer running linux. Potentially mtndew has a different IP than coca cola. You need to ssh to this thing multiple times to do maintenance!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Snapchat, the social media platform notoriously most popular with younger users, has long incorporated location sharing with its Snap Maps feature

  Fuck me. I dont even share my first and last name with any social media site, much less my photo. My current location? The fuck is wrong with people?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's not just kind, it's kinder⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You mean a core memory?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS5 update introduces Power Saver option with a trade-off | Polygon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s gonna depend on the game. It reads like it’s a system setting that games can read and adjust their resource demand. Like a game boots up and checks if power saving is turned on and if it is, renders at a lower resolution or something like that. The system software will probably do that as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside China's Mini PC Production: How Tiny Computers Are Made⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks good to me. Venting of gasses, ear protection, two hand safety. It’s not prefect and its menial work but it looks like they have certain standards which are upheld.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose wisely⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So you see school children grow up through the years, see how their behavior, biology and culture changes. You’re a book away from being an anthropologist,

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What sort of grill needs a firmware update lol⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why does a grill need a screen and buttons? Maybe I’m living in the stone age, but what I call grilling involves putting charcoal to a flame.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breaking the generational barriers⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It also fucks up the main plumbing system right down to the water treatment facility and while there, it fucks that too.

  If your taxes pay for wastewater management, you’re fucking yourself up.
  If you pay in addition to your taxes, you’re fucking yourself up.
  If you have your own septic tank, you’re fucking yourself up.
  If it flows to the river directly and you enjoy clean nature, you’re fucking yourself up.
  If it flows to the river directly and your taxes pay for nature maintenance, you’re fucking yourself up.

  Grease down the drain is fucking yourself up and you deserve it. You can not win with it. It will come back to bite you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Switch 2's price won't be impacted by Japan's new tariffs, but its games might⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, no, you don’t get it. It’s the other country that pays the tariffs… duh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA: If the first Smart Search in Immich takes a while⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ahh, calmed me down. Never thought of doing anything like you’re doing it here, but I do like it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA: If the first Smart Search in Immich takes a while⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, you pull new images every time you boot up? Coming from a mindset of having rock solid stability, this scares me. You’re living your life on the edge my friend. I wish I could do that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam controller was ahead of its time⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve owned one since the beginning, and the only major downside to the controller is that it requires relearning. No d pad, touch pads, back buttons are something not found on other controllers, so there is no familiarity you can bring to the device. As a result, you need to rethink and relearn how to use a controller. If you do end up learning it, it can bring a lot to the table because there is nothing like it in terms of customisability.
  Sadly i never put in the time and only played simple games on it. I still bist it out for mario kart.
  The other minor downside is its not exactly comfortable to use. The handles are angled upwards instead of down which feels unnatural to me… again, probably because no other cobtroller does ot that way.
  I keep saying to myself if I ever boot up cities skylines on the TV, I’m waking up the steam controller for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Milking dust⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  First one was grand, didn’t need to be followed up or remade. Now we have a franchise… The only remake I wouldn’t mind seeing is a more brutal first one, closer to what the book was depicting. All I’d be interested in really.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3109: Dehumidifier⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, this is generally what can be done. Disadvantages include:

  • having to buy yet another device
  • knowing which dehumidifier will start working as soon as it gets electricity. The ones sold in my country are all no name brands with little information if they will work or not and few spec sheets.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3109: Dehumidifier⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I can turn it on remotely, that’s a good feature. I have solar, I want it to work when the sun is out and I’m producing excess energy.
  Yes, I know I can use other peripherals to do this (sometimes) but its always nicer if its just built in so I don’t need to waste carbon on other things.

  The only thing I want when manufacturers add wifi to these things is to appeal to open source principles like allowing us to connect to it and communicate with it openly and not tie it down to some cloud service they run.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jellyfin over the internet⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Indeed a good recommendation. I’ve not set it up yet but I’m probably going to do so in the near future.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It was all a lie, wasn't it?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jellyfin over the internet⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I access it through a reverse proxy (nginx). I guess the only weak point is if someone finds out the domain for it and starts spamming the login screen. But I’ve restricted access to the domain for most of the world anyway. Wireguard would probably be more secure but its not always possible if like on vacation and want to use it on the TV there…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signatures skyrocket for Stop Killing Games campaign after big youtubers take up the cause, resulting in 100k signatures in 2 days. (Details on how to help in text body of post)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Drama drives these things. I totally understand Ross not wanting to engage in it 10 months ago but look at what it can do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It is what it is⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Naming it incognito was a mistake. It was always clear to me all incognito is, is a non persistent container to keep your browsing data separate from your regular browsing data. All its hiding is your porn browsing habits from your mom. But of course, the name implies much more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The end of Stop Killing Games [Accursed Farms]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, so many influencers do this. It’s really a shame what kind of world we are building. People who actually have reach - influencers, staying quiet about real issues in fear of cutting the hand that feeds them. Off topic but damn if it doesn’t hold true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A cuppa Jill⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmm… oversight by who?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how are my fellow peeps hosting your music collection these days?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Music folder on a network share. Navidrome and plex and jellyfin all have access to that library, then pick your poison for the client app. Plex is also DLNA enabled so my dumber AVR can access it too. I mostly use tempo app on android though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We live in a society or smth⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  One could argue the article is anti consumerist since its talking about de cluttering, albeit in a weird way. At least, that’s what I’m assuming. As for organic conversation, beats “did you see [sports game] last night”. But that’s just me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Shadwen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What I’m seeing in Europe is a few sellers selling them, sourced from other steam decks. Used parts from non reputable sources. This is what I’m talking about. Yes, I could use them if I really needed it, true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And, as luck would have it, the thing that breaks on mine is the track pad and I cant find a replacement.