CrazyLikeGollum

@CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tape drive backups⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If they’re considering optical media, typical BD-R, while viable, may not be be the best choice. BD-R M-Discs would probably be a better choice for backups. Especially if they’re planning on needing access to the data over a period of decades, which would be potentially useful for familiy photos/videos and critical documents.

  They are more expensive, as is the drive needed for them, but not by enough to be out of reach or even unreasonable given the additional durability of the discs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robot performs first realistic surgery without human help: System trained on videos of surgeries performs like an expert surgeon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The article mentions that previously they used pig cadavers with dyes and specially marked tissues to guide the robot. While it doesn’t specify exactly what the “lifelike patient” is, to me the article reads like they’re still using a pig cadaver just without those aids.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  At least according to the USDA pork is a red meat. Presumably long pig is the same.

  However, that particular red meat is ethically sourced and environmentally friendly to consume. The lack of sustainability is, in this case, desirable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the differences between 1) probabillities, 2) possibillities, and 3) plausabillities?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  1. Probabilities - The mathematically determined chance that something will happen given a specific scenario.

  2. Possibilities - The set off all things with a >0% chance of happening given a specific scenario.

  3. Plausibility - The outcomes of a specific scenario, that when presented to a reasonable person, that person would determine that they are possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One rule of thumb for cybersecurity is that if an attacker has physical control over your device for any period of time you should treat that device as if it is already compromised, because that is how generally easy it is to compromise something you have physical access to.

  However, do you actually have reason to suspect your roommate of being an attacker? Just because they have a degree, a job, and maybe some level of skill doesn’t mean they have the motivation, lack of integrity, and criminal intent to actually carry out such an attack.

  If you’re concerned about something like that, there are things you can do to mitigate risk, like setting start up passwords, using disk encryption, powering off devices you’re not actively using, and physically securing unattended devices. However, basically nothing you can reasonably do will stop a determined attacker if they live with you and thus have or can easily gain physical access to your devices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex has paywalled my server!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve tried submitting recategorization requests through the links provided by my workplace on the block pages. The requests have been denied.

  If I’m remembering right, it’s a Symantec web filtering solution that we use and they’ve decided that my domain is in the “personal blog” category. Which is a blocked category. Jeff Geerling’s website actually falls under the same category, which also kind of sucks, because I like reading some of the stuff he puts out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex has paywalled my server!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  pretty much the only reason I still use Plex is because I like to be able to watch stuff during downtime at work and plex.tv isn’t blocked on the work network while my private domain is.

  And no, using a hotspot off my phone on a personal computer isn’t an option, both because the security requirements of my job site prevent us from using personal devices in the main area where I work and because the building itself is a massive concrete structure that blocks most cell signals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are we the dark timeline?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The Murphy timeline.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WTF is a rural town in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_(United_States)

  The term village is used to describe certain categories of populated areas, either colloquially or legally, in 27 states.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"You can't just have Geralt for every single game" says his voice actor, and if you think The Witcher 4 making Ciri the protagonist is "woke," then "read the damn books"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  With regards to Ciri’s age, she’s 21 during the main events in The Witcher 3.

  At the end of the books she’s 17.

  No idea if they’ll play down the salaciousness or not, but given when the game will likely take place that at least won’t be any issues with the main character being a minor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you like to see a mainline Pokemon game created in the old style?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If it means a return to random encounters, no absolutely not. There’s a reason I don’t go back and replay the older games even though I have fond memories of them. That reason is largely Zubat. Fuck you Zubat.

  But also, aside from a handful of bugs and performance problems Scarlet/Violet and Legends: Arceus are the best the franchise has ever been. I’d rather they refine what they’re already doing and keep making things better rather then regress purely to appease someone’s misguided nostalgia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half Life 3⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll believe HL:3 is real when it is for sale, purchased by me, and played in it’s entirety. And even it just be a particularly vivid delusion.

  HL:3 is gaming’s dark matter. Until all other possibilities are definitively ruled out, it’s not HL:3.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I use Zip Bombs to Protect my Server⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yes, the infamous “stinky cheese” email virus. Who knew zip bombs could be so destructive. It erased all of the easter eggs off of my DVDs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #12⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like it’s just the brand it’s sold under in that market.

  I was more just pointing out that they are the same thing, since it wasn’t clear if you knew that or not and I think it’s important that people know what the drugs they’re taking actually are. Tends to be safer that way.

  Hopefully, you’re either taking it as prescribed or having fun responsibly. Benzos can be fun, but they’re also some of the most addictive substances on the planet.

  Also, these articles you’re posting are some quality writing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #12⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun fact “Velium” is just a brand name for Diazepam. As is Valium.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you use your blinker in a car?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. You’re supposed to use it anytime you’re about to turn or change lanes, including if you’re sitting in a turn lane at a red light or backing out of a drive way of parking spot.

  Not doing so makes you a road hazard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨France to ban students from keeping smartphones in schools⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Boredom is the key to learning something it’s just very likely that it won’t be the thing school is trying to teach. Especially if the thing school is teaching is the thing boring you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At least as I understand it (and there’s a good chance I’m wrong) there’s nothing in US law preventing a state from seceding. It was determined that the way the southern states decided to do it in the runup to the civil war was unconstitutional (and possibly treasonous? seditious? Something like that), but there’s no law saying a state can’t secede. It’s just that there’s no defined process for it and the only way it has been tried was determined to be wrong.

  From what I’ve read on the topic, there is technically a way it could be done. The country would basically have to follow the same process as passing a constitutional amendment, just with an additional step.

  • The state in question would have to pass a ballot measure to secede
  • The state house and Senate would have to ratify that measure with a 2/3rds super majority.
  • It would have to be passed as a ballot measure by the majority of the country.
  • The US house and senate would have to ratify that measure with a 2/3rds super majority.

  So, not technically impossible just so difficult that it is effectively impossible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, not on a modern Xbox. On the OG XBox however…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hackers could access medical equipment and pose a threat to lives, Northeastern cybersecurity expert tells Congress.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, just remember the S in IoT stands for security and IoT devices are just embedded devices connected to the internet.

  And the Medical industry is the proof for the rule.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does Bambu lab transparent petg just suck as a material?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  PETG is very hygroscopic. It’s one of those filaments that you should dry before using every time. Even if it’s a freshly opened package.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teslas have been consuming a lot of gasoline lately.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  PPS: ICE cars exploding in flames when shot is a Hollywood myth. Not so much for EVS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top 3 episodes (all shows) for a newbie⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  TNG: Drumhead, I, Borg, and Chain of command (or if you don’t want a two parter, take your pick of Q who, Measure of a Man, or Yesterday’s Enterprise)

  DS9: In the Pale Moonlight, Inquisition, and It’s Only a Paper Moon.

  VOY: Living Witness, Tuvix, and Year of Hell (or again, if you don’t want a two parter, go for Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy)

  TOS: The Devil in the Dark, The City on the Edge of Forever, and Mirror Mirror.

  ENT: Similitude, Regeneration, In a Mirror Darkly (don’t really have a good non-two parter to suggeat over In a Mirror, Enterprise doesn’t have a lot of great standalone episodes IMO)

  Movies: if you want to use these as examples, The Wrath of Khan for TOS and First Contact for TNG.

  And I don’t really have a list for LD, PIC, DIS, SNW, or PRO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that if you lose your Social Security Card (USA) more than 10 times, the Social Security Administration will have to, by law, refuse to issue anymore replacement cards, for the rest of your life.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not everyone has a passport.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The weather is definitely changing.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, where I live, growing up I’d go trick-or-treating in waist deep snow (I was much smaller at the time, so more like knee deep on an adult). Now, first snow isn’t until mid November and we don’t get massive accumulation until mid-december.

  Both high temperatures in the summer and low temps in winter have also increased by like 10F. What used to be a major heat wave 15 years ago is now normal. Sub-zero temps used to be normal for weekly lows in late January into mid-late February. We have multiple false breakups each winter where temperatures get above freezing for days at a time and all of the snow starts melting.

  Shit’s very noticeable if you’re paying attention over time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some slow acting poisons?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Depending on your setting and desired outcome for the poisoner, uraninite (aka pitchblende) might be an option. It has historical uses in glass making and pottery glazing, which could provide justification for why someone would have it.

  It contains Uranium, which is radioactive, but I don’t believe will bioaccumulate, but can build up on surfaces, tools, and clothing providing a source of long-term radiation exposure. In addition, it contains lead, which does bioaccumulate, providing a source of gradual long term poisoning as well as radium which also bioaccumulates and is radioactive, providing an additional source of longterm radiation exposure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨calibre 8.0⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Calibre cant natively strip DRM from ebooks, but there are third-party plugins for it that can and integrate pretty seamlessly into the process of adding the book to your library.

  I used it to strip the DRM from all of my Amazon bought ebooks back before they removed the download option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “I’ll have you know there’s no pusseeee!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's weird that a room with just a toilet and sink is called a "half bath", when it in fact has zero bathtubs.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  True, we should call it the “shit 'n rinse.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Check your DVDs for disc rot — Warner Bros. says it’s replacing them⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As would Sony and Disney. It is surprising that WB is doing this.