ShepherdPie
@ShepherdPie@midwest.social
- Comment on I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists? 3 weeks ago:
Unfortunately not all theives understood the difference, so while your car might not be stolen, you could still end up with a smashed window.
- Comment on Microsoft has pulled back on over a gigawatt of planned data center capacity, suggesting that they do not think there is a growth future in generative AI 1 month ago:
Exactly. It’s not as if this tech is going in the dumpster, but all of these companies basing their multi-trillion-dollar market cap on it are in for a rude awakening. Kinda like how the 2008 housing market crash didn’t mean that people no longer owned homes, but we all felt the effects of it.
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 1 month ago:
Important to consumers, yes. Important to OEMs? No, quite the opposite. I don’t think that applies to screen size.
If you believe this then why even argue against us with this “the market decided” BS argument in the first place? You’re arguing out of both sides of your mouth and contradicting your previous comments.
What did you even mean if not to imply that people weren’t buying specifically large phones because they didn’t include these anti-features?
I wasn’t implying anything. I stated that manufacturers put things like a headphone jack into a phone that seems like it was built by Fisher Price and then point to it’s lack of sales and claim “people don’t want headphone jacks”
So then you agree consumers want bigger phones?
Uh, no, I’m saying that consumers don’t always act rationally and make the best decisions which is why “market trends” can’t just be taken at face value. 1/4lb is actually smaller than 1/3lb if you weren’t aware, but consumers saw the bigger number and thought the smaller burger was the better value even though reality says otherwise.
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 1 month ago:
You forget that all phones used to be small.
I haven’t forgotten that. You may have forgotten that all phones came with swappable batteries, small screens, and headphone jacks and they sold millions of them for decades. That proves these are important features because they sold well, right?
Also all those examples you gave apply to all phones, not just small one
What does that even mean? All phones come with old hardware and are poorly built outside of a couple key features?
Apple sold a 13 Mini, which was nearly identical to the 13, as much as is physically possible, and it was a dud.
So identical that they were nearly the same price which could put a lot of buyers off if they feel like they’re getting less value for their money. Consumers also think that 1/4lb burgers are better than 1/3lb burgers because they’re bigger as A&W found out in the 1980s when trying to compete against McDonalds. “The market deciding” doesn’t mean anything rational happened or that it reflects reality. You’re simply cherrypicking the result you want and shaping it to fit your argument.
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 1 month ago:
What edge cases are you referring to? Screen size doesn’t matter if the resolution is the same.
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 1 month ago:
They’re saying the smartphone market is too homogenous and there should be more options so that people actually have a choice in the device they buy.
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 1 month ago:
If it was outselling the main model every year then they’d keep making them small.
Why would they do that if they make more money on the main model? It’s not like you have a choice in iOS manufacturers.
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 1 month ago:
Maybe because people aren’t given a choice as everything is dictated by the manufacturers.
Slapping 10 year old hardware into a phone with a small screen is a guaranteed way to make people not buy your phone but that doesn’t mean people don’t want small screens, headphone jacks, replaceable batteries, etc. They just don’t want the garbage manufacturers lump in with these great features so that these phones don’t cut into their high-margin device sales.
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 1 month ago:
Unfortunately phone itself is not impressive especially from OS update standpoint
I swear to god manufacturers do this on purpose so that they can point to the low volume of sales and claim “See! People don’t really want these features” when in reality they’ve just slapped a couple good features onto a completely dog shit device.
- Comment on Close Call 1 month ago:
The black cylindrical piece with the blue cap at the bottom in the front right of the extruder assembly
- Comment on Close Call 1 month ago:
Ah yes the filament. I totally didn’t think it was a close call with the bed probe crashing into the print until reading the body of your post.
- Comment on A funny thing in Iran is how they repackage old PlayStation consoles 1 month ago:
Where are you finding it for so cheap? It’s $60 in American dollarydoos.
- Comment on Can I consider myself bi or should I just say straight if I want to date women but just can’t find any that attract me? 1 month ago:
I’m pretty sure this is a woman though.
- Comment on can you boot a server if someone tries to connect 1 month ago:
I think you’ll want to look into Wake On LAN to do this. I can’t give you instructions (tried once unsuccessfully on a Windows installation) but that should be enough to get you started.
- Comment on Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn a 5-star safety rating in Europe | Euro NCAP will introduce new testing rules in 2026 requiring physical controls for the highest safety score 1 month ago:
Is it possible that you’re just following too close if you feel these new turn signals aren’t fast enough for you to react?
- Comment on YSK: Gas stoves cause cancer 1 month ago:
Your data is only half the story though. What would your air quality meter be reading if you were cooking with an electric stove?
- Comment on Why aren't all rooms holodecks? 1 month ago:
They have replication technology, so their resources are infinite, provided they have enough energy.
- Comment on What are the democrats actually doing to help? 1 month ago:
If the 2028 election was happening tomorrow I think the Democrats would lose again.
Absolutely. They’d probably try to court Mitt Romney to run under their ticket.
- Comment on Server upgrade/replacement help 1 month ago:
I think this is what I’m leaning towards as I have very briefly played around with Proxmox on an Optiplex micro and was impressed with it.
After some more research I realized that TrueNAS probably won’t work as I have drives of various sizes pooled together so maybe UnRAID, OMV, or something else. Do you know if Proxmox’s native NAS can handle that or does it also require you to have multiples of the same drive?
- Comment on See highest paying hourly jobs in my area 1 month ago:
“unemployedclaquer”
- Comment on See highest paying hourly jobs in my area 1 month ago:
Their username is “unemployedclaquer”
- Comment on See highest paying hourly jobs in my area 1 month ago:
Bud, if you got hired, you’d have to delete this account, so I think you really need to ask yourself what is most important in life.
- Comment on What would happen if I took a thc gummy as a suppository? 1 month ago:
And your Thanksgiving turkey will never look at you the same way again.
- Comment on What would happen if I took a thc gummy as a suppository? 1 month ago:
Yeah cause then you can fire her for drug use and you don’t have to pay any unemployment!
- Comment on Server upgrade/replacement help 1 month ago:
I would (read: does) keep it that way. When your server inevitably goes belly up because of a misconfigured firewall or whatever you’ll thank yourself when the lights still turn on and your robot vacuum keeps going.
I have considered that and am not 100% decided either way but would love the convenience of having everything in one place though this can also he a drawback like you mentioned and “in one place” is just a matter of opening a new browser tab even if it’s on a separate machine, so maybe not really worth it. The Pi actually boots off a SSD since I’ve been burned by faulty SD cards in the past so it should be solid.
What’s wrong with keeping your old hardware?
I would actually love to reuse as much as possible since a primarily media server doesn’t need a lot of horsepower. I am wanting to go to an Intel GPU so that I could ditch the 1080TI and I can get them for a discounted price, but another user suggested the 5700g which would allow me to keep the mobo and RAM. The case is actually fantastic for being quiet, and the PSU is a decent platinum grade from when it was originally built. So all is looking good here except for the data transfer aspect since I need an intermediary machine to transfer from but I do have a few SFF PCs, micro PCs and laptops sitting around collecting dust that might be up to the task.
As for the OS. “Not Windows” is probably a bit intimidating at first but you seem to be pretty technical so it isn’t really an issue as long as you can read and process information.
This is going to be another challenge as I have played around with Ubuntu in the past and have a basic understanding of CLI, but struggled with random issues and getting myself into trouble and not knowing how to get back out of it. “You don’t know what you don’t know” was really in play after stuff like an update would cause everything to come crashing down and not knowing why. With my hobbies, it seems like something I really should learn but have really struggled with. I’m sure a lot was hidden with editing magic but the video I watched on TrueNAS made it look easy to pick up with a nice GUI so that I’m not spending all my time pasting esoteric commands into a terminal.
I wouldn’t mind a mini rack but don’t have anywhere to put it. Maybe when we move to a new house someday, that’ll be one of the first things I get.
- Comment on Server upgrade/replacement help 1 month ago:
How’s transcoding on the 5700g? I know Intel is praised for their iGPU and recall AMDs being less universally compatible but this was with discrete GPUs and may be several years out of date.
- Comment on Server upgrade/replacement help 1 month ago:
I actually do have a couple Optiplex micro PCs sitting around so maybe I’ll try one of those out for my general PC needs. I had considered using them as the brains of a server in the past but there’s no logical HDD storage option outside of a NAS and I’m not going to drop $2k on a box to hold and control some HDDs. DAS boxes and other external drive enclosures just seem pretty risky and unreliable.
You’re right that the migration is going to be the biggest hurdle, especially without adding some new machine in the mix. If anyone wants to volunteer to come hold my hand while I fumble through it, let me know 😅
- Comment on Server upgrade/replacement help 1 month ago:
-I don’t have a set budget, but like I said, would prefer to spend the least amount while meeting my needs (I understand this is ambiguous). That could be $500 or $2k, but I don’t want to buy something like a Synology as I feel they’re a big waste of money especially with how many drives I have.
-Possibly. I have thought of hosting a Minecraft server for my daughter, Frigate as mentioned, and who knows what else. I think I have ADHD and pick up new projects left and right
-Physical space is actually a huge issue. I currently have my Fractal Define 6 sitting on my desk but my office is already jam packed with stuff and I can’t think of any other practical space in the house to keep an entire server plus all my networking stuff is in the office. The Define is actually quite silent for having 11 drives, a GPU and 6 fans inside of it.
-Electricity isn’t terribly expensive. I think it’s around $0.12KWh, though conserving energy would be a good thing, so I don’t think an old Xeon server would be a good fit.
-I think I have somewhere around 15TB free still. My storage is JBOD so some are only 8TB while the larger ones are 14TB (currently for parity). I plan on buying at least two more 14TB when I get this going so that I have plenty of space to condense things and form the new pool, and to phase out some of the smaller HDDs so that I can better utilize the storage and not waste TBs of space.
- Comment on Server upgrade/replacement help 1 month ago:
Pretty much. The system isn’t designed to run 24/7 and I wind up with lots of glitchyness, programs freezing, and just generally weird behavior as of late. I want something I can just tuck away and ignore for the most part.
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