aubeynarf
@aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com
- Comment on Democratic 'frontrunner' for 2028 goes after his own party for not clapping during Trump's speech 17 hours ago:
OK, how many do you post, across all your sock puppet accounts?
- Comment on Democratic 'frontrunner' for 2028 goes after his own party for not clapping during Trump's speech 17 hours ago:
Even if they do, you’ll flood them out with your 20-30 garbage posts per day. Like its your job.
- Comment on What host names do you use? 1 day ago:
I gave up on cute or clever names a while ago; now I go with “storage0”, “router0”, “wap00”, “vmhost0”. Always with a numeric suffix because there will be a -1, -2 some day.
- Comment on What's the Standard Operating Procedure for if someone steals your phone while you were using it and its unlocked? 1 week ago:
maybe get a lanyard to reduce the snatch risk
- Comment on RFK Jr. confirmed as health chief :) 2 weeks ago:
I think we found UniversalMonk!
- Comment on Alarmists Bemoan Climate Research Funding Freeze 3 weeks ago:
It was 20 degrees above average here in Georgia last week, yesterday we had 6 inches of rain in a few hours. Human-caused climate change is real.
Did you know we’ve increased the CO2 concentration by nearly 50% since 1930?
CO2 was known as a heat-trapping gas over 110 years ago. Have you seen this 1912 newspaper excerpt?
- Comment on DOGE Discovers $1.9 Billion HUD Money ‘Misplaced’ By Biden Administration 3 weeks ago:
It’s 0.4% of of Musk’s gluttonous fortune, and 0.02% of the total federal budget.
With transparency measures being dismantled by the hour, and “mission aligned” talking-point-driven outlets repeating government statements without question, how will you know if this turns out to be an erroneous conclusion ?
- Comment on Why are there silly license requirements? 3 weeks ago:
There are 14 GMRS frequencies. How soon do you think they would become unusable if even 10,000 casual users in a metro area all went and bought 50W radios?
- Comment on Do you think progressives understand the difference between legal and illegal immigration? 4 weeks ago:
Hey cow boy. Progressives are generally more educated and aware, so yes. Meanwhile, most conservatives don’t understand the difference between, for example, asylum and undocumented border crossings; or that “encounters” doesn’t mean “entries”; or that coming on a vacation visa from South Africa or eastern Europe and starting a business or doing modeling work is illegal.
- Comment on 'These Are Some Of The Insane Priorities' USAID Has Funded: Karoline Leavitt 4 weeks ago:
Called building goodwill. Influence over power
- Comment on How can a US citizen invest outside the reach of the federal government? 4 weeks ago:
Well, they can seize a lot of things because of reciprocal anti-terrorism money laundering agreements with most of the countries you’d want to trust with your money.
resources aimed at wealthy people offshoring their assets might be useful to you
- Comment on How can a US citizen invest outside the reach of the federal government? 4 weeks ago:
well, first you would need to set up a brokerage account outside the US…
For now, though, you can invest in an Ex-US ETF, Vanguard has one that is essentially the total world stock index minus US companies.
- Comment on What is your self-hosting setup for home thermostat? 4 weeks ago:
Zigbee or Zwave temperature/humidity sensors are common. Add a 3-circuit relay box and you can simulate the behavior of pretty much any thermostat with a few rules.
HA or any other system that can toggle outputs based on sensor thresholds would work just fine.
there are some subtleties with real HVAC thermostats, like running your AC compressor at least five minutes and ensuring that it stays off for at least 5 minutes when it’s turned off.
- Comment on Switching out UPS batteries 5 weeks ago:
No, your UPS is tailored to the characteristics of the lead-acid charge/discharge cycle. Some LiFePO4 battery assemblies are built with charging electronics that simulate lead-acid for a drop-in replacement, but those are never cheaper than traditional lead-acid batteries.
- Comment on Obama's Failure To Close Guantanamo Meant It Was Open for Trump To Use 5 weeks ago:
what is this, account number seven or eight?
Ridiculous to say that anything the Democrats did in the past is to blame for actions Trump takes now.
- Comment on What are your Homelab goals for 2025? 2 months ago:
Never good to intentionally pollute.
- Comment on Thermometers reading different temperatures on cold printer? 3 months ago:
are these packaged thermometer devices, such as the DS18B20, or a bare thermistor bead?
If it’s just a bead, you probably need to calibrate them.
- Comment on what's stops one from scavenging the best parts of old phones and putting them into a new one? 4 months ago:
LOL, yeah. Capitalism.
Like the great socialist countries are way ahead with modular, standardized mobile handsets.
- Comment on Federated social media from before it was cool 4 months ago:
Usenet or Fidonet would be a more apt comparison
- Comment on CBS Debate Moderator’s Immigration ‘Fact Check’ Against Vance Has More Holes Than Swiss Cheese, Experts Say 5 months ago:
Wait, I thought JD Vance was telling you not to listen to experts!
- Comment on Vance Follows Up Debate With Receipts On X: ‘As Promised’ 5 months ago:
guess who is going to be building the new housing stock? How are you gonna get that done if you kick out all the immigrants
- Comment on Simple connector for single conductor 0.75mm² (18 AWG) that will remain connected under tension while being spooled 5 months ago:
They are kind of like two hands making a handshake - they just twist/slide into each other and each is then looped around the back of the other. Very simple and effective
- Comment on Simple connector for single conductor 0.75mm² (18 AWG) that will remain connected under tension while being spooled 5 months ago:
Have you seen these knife connectors used in aviation? They are genderless and lock together. Of course your crimp better be solid - meaning proper connector for the wire size and proper crimping tool die.
- Comment on What can I do with US$10K that is a good investment? 5 months ago:
SPY returns an average 12%
- Comment on What can I do with US$10K that is a good investment? 5 months ago:
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pay off high interest debt
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top off your emergency fund so you don’t run into expensive short-on-money situations
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take care of deferred maintenance on your car or house that might turn into an expensive repair
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If you have an employer sponsored 401k, increase the contribution amount to get 10k more tax free into it before the end of the year and use the $10k cash in hand for expenses.
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Open a roth IRA and contribute the maximum amount you can (which may vary based on your income)
VT, VTI, and SPY are good broad-market funds with good historical growth.
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- Comment on [USA] How can sales tax brackets affect purchasing behavior when prices are pre-tax? 5 months ago:
Yeah, I agree the tax needs to be visible in the price to be effective
- Comment on [USA] How can sales tax brackets affect purchasing behavior when prices are pre-tax? 5 months ago:
Good argument for the price inclusive of tax to be the price shown.
I think it’s fairly uncommon for sales taxes in the US to be intended to incentivize behavior - moreso, they are for funding local government and higher taxes are placed on things that are politically palatable in local elections - hotel rooms or restaurant/alcohol sales come to mind.
So I just don’t think we’re well practiced at mechanisms that make them work as a point-of-sale incentive, and changing the way a single class of items are priced would be complicated and surely receive pushback from retailers and the industry involved.
- Comment on The recent events will probably be the first time that Gen Z and Gen alpha are hearing about 'Pagers'. 5 months ago:
- Comment on The recent events will probably be the first time that Gen Z and Gen alpha are hearing about 'Pagers'. 5 months ago:
vinyls
FYI it’s called a “record”, or music could be “on vinyl”. They were never referred to as “vinyls”.
Also VCRs were never called “VHS’s”
- Comment on Why does trump try to alienate black voters than expect them to vote for the dickhead? And why use Kamala's race as even a talking point let alone even a thought? 6 months ago:
No, we don’t. Why would you make a statement like that?
