StrawberryPigtails
@StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org
- Comment on How can we make lemmy have more relevance? 1 day ago:
It’s the content that makes a platform relevant. So follow the usual youtube call to action.
Subscribe, comment, share and post.
Don’t bother preaching, it’s a waste of breath and is just annoying to the average person.
- Comment on How come id Software / Bethesda have never sued Bungie / Microsoft over the similarity between Doomguy and Master Chief? 3 days ago:
If I remember the Halo books correctly (it’s been a while) the Spartan armor started out a golden color but dulled to green hue due to hits from Covenant energy weapons over time. Not particularly relevant to this discussion but I thought it was an interesting bit of lore.
I need to go back and reread them. Great series and well written for the most part.
- Comment on How come id Software / Bethesda have never sued Bungie / Microsoft over the similarity between Doomguy and Master Chief? 3 days ago:
Originally doom guy was just a face at the bottom of the HUD that grunted and got bloody as you took hits. The only images of him I remember was just a marine in green combat armor, not too dissimilar to modern real world combat armor, standing on a pile of dead demons and zombies(1993) and the 3rd person cinematics from Doom 3 (early 2000s ish?) where again he looked just like a normal human marine.
Halo come around in the mid 2000’s and Master Chief was never shown outside his armor or with his helmet off. Outside the TV show I’m not sure if that is still the case.
Not sure when the modern images of doom guy came about but I think it was around 2015. Probably not earlier.
- Comment on France drops sharp bombs in Sweden in show of force to Russia, strengthening defence ties 3 days ago:
Thank god it was with Sweden’s permission. For a moment there I thought we had yet another surprise war coming out of left field.
- Comment on Looking for ... inventory management, I guess? 3 days ago:
There’s a couple of options.
I’ve used Grocy. It’s not intended for that particular use case but it would work. More for Grocery management.
Might want to check out awesome-selfhosted.net
- Comment on If Nothing is Exposed, Am I Safe? 2 weeks ago:
Depends on your threat model, but you’re probably fairly secure from remote unauthorized access right now.
Given that I’m American, I would put the *arr stack behind a dedicated VPN container like gluetun and set Gluetun up using a “no logs” VPN.
For remote access, Tailscale can probably get around that double NAT. If you have it on your devices as well as your server, you won’t necessarily need to expose anything publicly.
If that’s not an option, you could set up an external VPS to run a reverse proxy (Caddy perhaps) and use the Tailscale connection to connect the VPS to your home server. There are fully self hosted ways to do this (Headscale comes to mind), but Tailscale is how I personally would solve this.
- Comment on Framework Laptop 12 is now available for pre-order for €569 and up (but not in the US) 2 weeks ago:
Good article, but dear god, either hire an editor, or put it through a spelling and grammar checker. Preferably both.
- Comment on Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’ 3 weeks ago:
I would have been surprised if they hadn’t fired her. Good on those two for causing a ruckus for a cause they believe in though. Nonviolent one too, well done.
- Comment on Trump cuts funding to FOSS projects. 3 weeks ago:
They load. I have to specify http:// to get it to work though.
- Comment on How do I use HTTPS on a private LAN without self-signed certs? 3 weeks ago:
I’ve never done it myself but this may be what you’re looking for.
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- Comment on Why plans are already in motion for a Trump third term – no matter what the law says 4 weeks ago:
No.
- Comment on Self-hosted media server to share with 5+ people? 5 weeks ago:
It’s doable. I personally run my Jellyfin instance publicly available and there’s maybe 3 people who use it regularly. With my internet connection, WAN side users are limited to about 720p but I’ve had the 3 of us all playing different media at the same time on occasion. The main limiting factors on the number of simultaneously active users is how much upload bandwidth you have and how quickly you can transcode video files. Any 10 year old box will be able to handle 1 or 2 users at a time provided it doesn’t need to do a bunch of transcoding. If your building a box, would use a 11th or 12 gen Intel or if you must go AMD, have a graphics card to handle the transcoding. The “build a box” route can probably handle 4 or 5 simultaneous users, possibly more depending on your hardware choices. The main limiting factor in that case would be your upload.
- Comment on Digg is about to be rebooted. Thoughts? 1 month ago:
Dig long ago dug its grave. Then Reddit jumped in too. Long live Lemmy.
- Comment on Donald Tusk announces military training plans for all men in Poland - BBC News 1 month ago:
That’s what got me to read the article as well. After I read it, figured I share it.
- Donald Tusk announces military training plans for all men in Poland - BBC Newswww-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org ↗Submitted 1 month ago to globalnews@lemmy.zip | 2 comments
- Comment on Least terrible domain registrars 1 month ago:
I’ve always used NameCheap. Can’t speak to their ethics, but customer support has been excellent the few times I’ve needed it.
- Comment on Whats the most downvoted comment/post on lemmy? 1 month ago:
Damn. That might be the most votes I’ve seen on any post, period.
- Comment on Between Linux or Windows which do you think will be first to have a viable OS for quantum computers? 1 month ago:
I suspect the Linux kernel would support quantum first. Somehow I don’t see a multi billion dollar multinational moving fast enough to beat some caffeine addicted teen looking for street cred.
- Comment on Looking for a VPS. I don't know who to choose. 1 month ago:
Before I grew enough spare capacity at home to self host our family’s server, I was using MCPro hosting. It was fine and at the time, cheap. I understand they’ve been bought by Apex now though. No experience with them.
- Comment on Marjorie Taylor Greene Threatens Criminal Referrals Against ‘Democrat-Run’ USAID that ‘Brainwashes World with Globalist Propaganda’ 1 month ago:
Hey Ma! The crazy “Jewish Space Laser” lady is at it again!
Damned fool of an idiot.
- Comment on See highest paying hourly jobs in my area 2 months ago:
Different folks, different strokes, different threat models.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
An asshole. Maybe a pervert. Definitely someone I’d block. Not every negative example of humanity needs a specific name.
- Comment on Email provider for home server alerts 2 months ago:
I started running into the same problem about 2 years ago. Found a company called Send in Blue ( which has since been bought and is now called Brevo). They’re a commercial mail sender but have a free tier. How long that will continue to be available, I don’t know, but for now it solves my email sending issues.
- Comment on Anyone know where I can ask about football (soccer) streaming sites? 2 months ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Because even if you have the skills needed to referb an old printer, there is no garentee that the drivers will function on a modern OS. Or in my case, in Linux. It’s a lot easier to just buy a new printer from another brand if you need a printer.
Honestly though, most people don’t print enough anymore for buying a printer to make sense. Cheaper to just go to your local Kinko’s or whatever and have them print out the 3 or 4 pages per year. If that’s not an option, get a laser printer.
- Comment on Elon Musk says millions in Social Security database are between ages of 100 and 159 2 months ago:
Probably because it’s not that big a deal and would cost far more to fix than it cost us in fraud. The only problem free system is a nonexistent system. WTF should I care that some database thinks someone is as old as our nation. Who knows, it might possibly be true.
- Comment on Elon Musk says millions in Social Security database are between ages of 100 and 159 2 months ago:
Pretty sure I heard about this when Bush Jr. was President.
- Comment on Five Confusing Fediverse Things 2 months ago:
So this is my third go at replying. First attempt was damn near collage level. Second attempt found me rewriting the Internet for Dummies book that originally taught me about how the internet works when I was 10. Seriously, if you can find a copy of that particular edition, give it a read. It’s the third edition from 1995. You may need help from !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to find it though.
Honestly, the Fediverse has the same problem that the internet itself has. That is that it is far easier to just use than it is to explain what it is but the fediverse and the internet itself work almost exactly the same way, at least at the user level.
I’m going to completely ignore everything under the hood for the sake of simplicity. Additionally I’m going to over simplify to the point of inaccuracy, because it gets really complicated really quickly once you scratch the surface.
Imagine a spider web. Each point where the web interconnects is a server. Each server on that web can communicate with every other server on that web (don’t ask how, that’s part of the bit we are ignoring).
Now each fediverse service is kinda on its own web. Lemmy is on one web, Mastodon is on another, Pixelfed another, websites, email, Matrix, NextCloud, XMPP, IRC, Gopher, Usenet, and a million more are each on their own little webs.
It doesn’t really matter which Lemmy server you pick to join the conversation on Lemmy but your account is only with that server. But because that server is a part of the Lemmy web you can talk to anyone that is also on that web.
That’s the best Eli5 explanation I can give. It’s not particularly accurate because anything, any system, involving more than about 3 people will contain more exceptions than rules. And the fediverse has a lot more than 3 people in it.
My advice for new users on the fediverse is, once you have decided what service (Lemmy, Mastodon, Pixelfed, email, or whatever) either join a server that is most in line with your interests, or look up the largest servers of that service and pick one from the lower end of the top 20.
- Comment on Five Confusing Fediverse Things 2 months ago:
God, this video makes me feel old. The fact that folks can be confused about how a federated service works boggles my mind. I mean, I get it. Walled gardens have been the default for 20 years now. But still.