MuttMutt

@MuttMutt@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone in the US also feeling extra suicidal after hearing the news today?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m just sick of all the political junk.

  Trumps a dipshit, all politicians are liars. Maduro was a tyrant in a country full of corruption and massive human rights violations. Two wrongs don’t make right but at the same time doing nothing isn’t right either.

  Edmund Burke: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela#Government_and_po… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Venezuela

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If libertarian socialists are on the left and anarcho-capitalists are on the right what ideology is in the middle?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The leave me alone, live and let live, enough with the politics because every politician lies (we can tell because their lips are moving) middle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some common *unforced errors* to be wary of?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Same, cats are fine. Them crapping in my garden not so much. Cleaning a litterbox… not happening.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some common *unforced errors* to be wary of?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Treating other people like dirt.

  The person you treat like crap today may just be the person choosing whether to save your ass tomorrow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whats the best use for 75 dollars?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In the humble words of Bender B Rodriguez, you could buy one 75.00 hookerbot or seventy-five 1.00 hookerbots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you had too, how would go about running a Instagram account?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My other half runs Facebook and that type of stuff. I handle most of YouTube stuff and two websites. There’re are plugins I use that allows me to email in posts to my website and any posts made are also sent to Facebook in shortened form.

  I record video while scuba diving using a DJI Action 4. On the surface I use my S21 with a DJI Osmo Mobile 6 while recording audio with a cheap wireless lav mic that is usb c. To manage the social media’s i use my tablet and computer she has a Tab a9 for complete management of YouTube, email, Facebook, And whatever else she has setup.

  Most of my stills are from video and only show remote underwater locations or where I am at. I do my best at home to keep views of structures to a minimum. Look up Imagepipe f-droid.org/…/de.kaffeemitkoffein.imagepipe as you can use it to quickly strip tags and resize pictures.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explained: Why you can't move Windows 11 taskbar like Windows 10, according to Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Simple solution is to switch to Linux. Ubuntu Cinnamon 24.04LTS had worked great for me so far.

  If you absolutely can’t or won’t switch look at openshell open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨at what point in life it's too late to go back to school?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your good until your in a pine box or an urn.

  Learning should never stop for any reason. However you do have to temper your expectations when learning a trade or skill you can’t use due to personal limitations. This needs to be taken into account but that is something an individual should weigh on their own with the people in their life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I’m small down there and get my fiancé off with a big dildo. Do you see any issue with this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is nothing wrong with using toys with someone you love and want to give pleasure to. A toy alone works to make a person climax but they are so much better when you have another person there to share it with.

  I look at toys as something that makes it a little bit easier to ring her bell. Sometimes it’s about her desire to orgasm while I am inside of her.

  My late wife found it more and more difficult to climax at all before she passed and I still remember her last one riding me with a toy on her clitorous. If I had been intimidated by a toy I wouldn’t likely have that memory at all as it had been about a year before that when she had last climaxed which also included a similar toy. Being together was the most important part of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Storytime about a PC not booting and looking for help⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep a monitor in my server closet and bring a USB wireless mini keyboard if I need to physically access something but the majority of my hardware has KVM built in.

  Older commercial hardware uses more power than a mini computer in a homelab but has many advantages like often coming with more ram, more powerful (and often multiple) CPU’s, SAS backplanes, plus empty PCIe slots that can support GPU’s and other devices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it a bad idea to learn Russian because of the war?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Learning Russian could be useful in certain geographical areas near Russia, in the military, or translator position. It’s also possible that when hostilities end (or escalate) more position openings could occur. But to learn for personal life the use will be limited.

  I don’t personally see how learning a language could be offensive, it’s knowledge not a lifestyle or way of supporting current hostilities. The hate people have is mainly towards the Russian government and policies, anyone who extends that to a language likely also have a lot of other issues they lump together and are being small minded.

  The only person who can determine the need to learn the language is yourself. I doubt the world will be overrun by Russian speaking soldiers any time soon, Mandarin is more likely in that kind of a situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I get junk mail from T-Mobile & Verizon offering services that when I call them they say my address is not available for service. Both offer those services to my neighbors. How do I deal with this ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t remember what all it was but part of the issue was that the long term residents had internet through AT&T so they figured that was good enough. They also insisted that new residents could get DSL because they had it even though that wasn’t true.

  Beyond that there were going to be more boxes installed in front of a few houses and the complaints about property values being reduced. Along with the HOA president befitting a major jerk since he was in control of a whopping 17 houses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I get junk mail from T-Mobile & Verizon offering services that when I call them they say my address is not available for service. Both offer those services to my neighbors. How do I deal with this ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All the wifi stuff like that is in the public spectrum in the us. Only regulatory requirements are for towers and things of that nature.

  You can also setup repeaters in a similar fashion to make it work. An old radio tower from ebay or a telephone pole in a field with a couple units, a battery, and a solar panel creates the link just as easy. The WISP I worked for around 2010 did this to bounce a signal about 15 miles over some rough terrain and a military base. They provided free internet for the land owner to do it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I get junk mail from T-Mobile & Verizon offering services that when I call them they say my address is not available for service. Both offer those services to my neighbors. How do I deal with this ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You have to escalate beyond the regular people. General support staff are basically trained script monkeys who don’t know or understand how things function or even have information that higher tier people have. If you get to a higher tier person who knows why service isn’t available it might be a simple we need to run a line in the area and if a couple more people want the service we will set it up kind of deal.

  Or find a better way to make things work for you. More ISP’s have been created to cover the gaps that others leave than you can imagine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I get junk mail from T-Mobile & Verizon offering services that when I call them they say my address is not available for service. Both offer those services to my neighbors. How do I deal with this ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Helped a guy with a similar issue. His HOA was denying access to an ISP in the area and AT&T was shutting down its DSL service in the HOA due to line issues (the previous owner had DSL but they refused to provide service.)

  Anyway his parents place was basically in line of sight to his place so I helped him setup a long range point to point link vs using a Verizon mifi that would drop to 1 Mbps about a week into the month because the high speed data (10 Mbps at his location) was all used up. His parents connection was around 250 Mbps and he was able to get around 75 Mbps at his house. He used it for around a year before the HOA was told the easement was made for utilities and since the isp was classified as a utility they couldn’t deny access. Didn’t stop multiple people like the HOA president from pulling utility marker flags and putting up signs for no trespassing right at the road edge even though the easement was about 5 feet into their property.

  ispdesign.ui.com is a good way to figure out if it will work for you to set something up. Just be sure that you buy equipment with the same frequency you are using in the configuration (the fresnel zone is different for different frequencies en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_zone) and most any brand equipment will work. If you have questions I will do my best to answer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I get junk mail from T-Mobile & Verizon offering services that when I call them they say my address is not available for service. Both offer those services to my neighbors. How do I deal with this ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you are tired of receiving the offers send them a cease and desist letter via registered mail.

  legalclarity.org/how-to-legally-tell-someone-to-s…

  If they continue contacting after about 30 days it is harassment and you can file for a restraining order and sue them for damages.

  When you go to send the letters be sure to keep a copy for yourself along with the receipts for the mailing and be sure to have a witness to the mailing. I would just ask the person at the post office to do this for proof that what you sent was the same as the copy you keep for yourself.

  If you want the service then you need to find out why your neighbors have the service available and you don’t. That means escalating the call to a support person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are people buying refurb pcs just to strip out the DDR 4 ram with the current price hikes on new ram?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not… but 32gb of ram is good enough for my desktop. And the 128gb in my server is working out great. My router only has 16gb but it’s working fine. I do have 96gb sitting in a server board i need to find a use for though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to answer someone who accuses you of being a bot because they don't like what you have to say?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just tell them exactly how beneath you it is by not responding. lemmy.world/post/39694506

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah. Get the 8gb now and leave the other slot empty. Then later on you can grab another 8gb and double your ram if needed.

  Probably find some cheap sticks on ebay, just be sure to get the same specs for speed and timing and you should be fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does "DNS" work on the dark web?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just thought he was a cross eyed nimrod.

  Then again I don’t follow any politics. As far as I am concerned every elected or appointed government official has the iq of a potato and couldn’t fix a hole in the ground.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone has their own way of dealing with things. I do a lot more research on my tablet as it’s almost always with me. My desktop is used for video editing, some gaming, dealing with SBC (small board computing) devices, managing the homelab, and is also acting as my camera DVR.

  Since most everything is already in the browser for me using something else to save the links is a slowdown outside of emailing something to myself for use on my desktop. It’s also the reason why I don’t use apps for many things, apps are linear and really don’t allow you to explore tangents like a browser with a new tab opening a link.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep tabs open so I can refer back to them when working on stuff or when I am planning things.

  Right now I’m in the middle of house repairs on a former slumlord property. Will be installing 7.2KW of solar panels in a system that can island without causing issues. Need to rip and replace the back porch because the roof was rotten already and the floor is not much better. Trying to run and build a YouTube channel in the SCUBA diving niche. Planning for a dive trip to Cozumel in April so I can get more footage for said channel. And trying to start a non-profit that will support SCUBA training for teens and young adults who survived childhood abuse. While also running a website for the YouTube channel and the non-profit. All while dealing with life, family, a dog, and two vehicles. I do EVERYTHING with my own hands because I don’t have cash to pay others to do it for me.

  When I am preparing to make a purchase I also tend to have even more tabs open as I compare prices and costs for shipping among other things. The replacement materials for our roof was about 5K total for just under 3000sq ft of roof and I had to install venting that previously didn’t exist. Just made the next to last purchase for solar and have 6500 invested and about 1000 left to go for the racking and a few miscellaneous things.

  It takes a lot to remember everything so keeping tabs open is a huge stress reliever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So now that it's that time of year again in the US, what are some tips and tricks for dealing with that one relative who goes on about the same bullshit for hours and won't shut the fuck up?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just wish I had gotten away and found them sooner.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So now that it's that time of year again in the US, what are some tips and tricks for dealing with that one relative who goes on about the same bullshit for hours and won't shut the fuck up?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I broke contact with my family over twenty years ago. I learned that blood doesn’t make family, good relationships do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it insane to run a home server on an old laptop instead of a Raspberry Pi for self-hosting - what do I need to worry about?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Couple things to think about.

  Is the CPU supported? Anything 32 bit is pretty well done in the computing world.

  Why do you need caddy and SSL? Unless you plan to expose it directly to the internet which is a risk in and of itself is not needed. A cloudflare tunnel or VPN connection will give you access if needed with less exposure and risk.

  An SSD is great for speed but your going to spend twice as much for the same amount of storage and in most situations a hdd will work fine. So unless you intend to really do some thrashing on the storage with demanding high speed reads/writes or lots of read write operations you will have the ability to put in more storage for the same cost.

  Be wary of using USB drives to extend your storage. I’ve seen people do it and then deal with hassles and data loss. If you need more storage at some point build a NAS from a used server. My server is mostly used parts and has worked great. External drives are fine for offline backups.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. Did 72.5 hours in a 5.5 day workweek (Saturday was 5 hours) when I was 18. Also had an hour commute to and from the jobsite. We paved (concrete) right around 3 miles of road that week.

  Got done bought a set of tires, got home, showered and crashed for about 16 hours. Was awake for a couple hours on Sunday and slept another 12 hours then went back to work Monday morning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope but I would love to be that far under water at least once a day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve yet to find a device that can survive going 30 meters plus under water. So I’m forced to listen to the world around me.

  But seriously there are a lot of times where you need to hear the world around you. Sometimes I go for a walk around town with my earbuds and sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I work on a project with music playing and other times it’s not feasible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does one learn or start to manage thair life better?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  1. To “fix your life” you need to decide what is broken, make a plan, and stick to it.

  2. If you have mental health issues you need to address them. However an issue doesn’t just mean you can just blame that and do nothing, basically that means go to #1.

  3. Saying you are just bad at something and then not following through is a copout. You forget calendars and lists? You forget your cell phone in random places and then have to replace it too then right? No. Well any modern smart phone has a calendar and a to do list. Again return to #1.

  4. The next big one most people state is they don’t have the time. Again it’s a copout unless you are working 80 hours a week or have a multi hour daily commute. The truth is you don’t make the time, see statement #1.

  I’m dealing with the same stuff with my adult stepson. He works about 20 hours per week and complains about his job but won’t take the steps to learn new skills or get a driver’s license. There are 168 hours a week, in those 168 hours an average person sleeps 56 hours. That means there are 112 hours per week you are awake, subtract the number of hours you work and then figure out how many you are currently wasting to play games and watch TV or just goof off. Divide that time in half and dedicate that time to doing the crap you don’t like doing and get it done, then go learn a skill that will put you in a better job or make your life better.

  You have a lot of choices in life, but through action or inaction you make a decision. You can either make better decisions or accept the results of the decisions you make.

  It might sound harsh but the world isn’t going to hold your hand like a toddler, it is however going to kick you square in the face a few times. And believe me I know exactly how it feels.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it weird to simultaneously feel love and hatred towards parents?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Them sacrificing to have you is a copout. THEY made a decision and the result was your birth. After that they had a responsibility and I’m guessing they despised it. Then they took it out on you.

  I’m assuming that your sibling was treated better/differently from you and given me opportunities.

  Get some counseling and prepare to tell them that either the BS stops or you are moving on without them. This is especially important if you are already out on your own. All healthy relationships are give and take but the biggest key is healthy boundaries, if you set a boundary that abusive communication will to be tolerated and that you are prepared to move on without them they will be shocked and begin trying to argue with you and insult you. At that point walk away without saying a word. Break contact initially for at least a month and after that if they have contacted and seem apologetic make contact again with reinforce your boundary and the consequences.

  If they truly care they will make an effort to be decent. If they continue being abusive the odds they are ever going to change is low and you then need to make a decision on whether or not their being in your life is something you want to continue with.

  And go out and make some friends. Build a support system that will be there when you need it and understand that you also need to be willing to support them. I broke contact around 2002 and never got help or really made friends. I’m also very bad at dealing with people because of it.