pupbiru
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- Comment on What are the minimum or recommended requirements for a personal home server? 4 days ago:
i’d modify the CPU requirement and say you can sub that out for a 2nd hand cheap nvidia card if it’s easier
here’s the table of cards with nvenc: …nvidia.com/video-encode-and-decode-gpu-support-m…
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
which are 2 types of bi
- Comment on YSK You don't need Teflon pans for nonstick 5 days ago:
slightly wet your fingers and flick little drops of water into the oil for the same “fizzy” test for regular oil… it’s not enough water to be problematic, but plenty enough to give you a light to heavy fizz to tell you how hot the pan is
- Comment on Philips debuts 3D printable components to repair products 6 days ago:
you clearly don’t have a beard mate… i use 3 tools to trim my facial hair, and 1 of them is a safety razor… it is not an all-purpose tool: it does exactly 1 thing, and only 1 thing
- Comment on Philips debuts 3D printable components to repair products 1 week ago:
safety razor isn’t even slightly comparable and scissors… that’d take me like half an hour to properly trim my beard and it’d probably be patchy and uneven… i prefer the 5min it takes me now and i’ll pay for it thanks
- Comment on The clueless people are out there among us 1 week ago:
i hate that that’s a thing for you
- Comment on The clueless people are out there among us 1 week ago:
idk i think our aussie plugs are a good middle ground: they’re about mid way between UK and US in size, are not reversible, don’t have a fuse (but laws govern the type of current things can handle: extension cords MUST be 10A which covers a standard 10A home circuit - i believe there’s some extra built into the rating too), power boards the same, and have a 10A safety switch built into them which prevents daisy chaining over the current just like the fuse
repairability probably not so good, buuuuut i’ve never had a cable break so maybe we do something different with the construction that solves that need?
- Comment on The FBI launched a special task force targeting anti-Tesla ‘domestic terrorism’ 2 weeks ago:
“both foreign and domestic” i guess is the repurposed phrase aye?
- Comment on LibreOffice: We still see people on the fediverse recommending OpenOffice, despite it having year-old unfixed security issues 2 weeks ago:
right? :(
- Comment on LibreOffice: We still see people on the fediverse recommending OpenOffice, despite it having year-old unfixed security issues 2 weeks ago:
afaik onlyoffice is russian, and has contracts with the russian govt and military
- Comment on sus 2 weeks ago:
“screens for everything”.
“screens for three diseases”.you never answered my question about what other diseases are relevant to the conversation
these are the STDs that are actually relevant to talk about. there are no others, unless you have some information on some novel new STD, in which case i’d love to hear about it
caution information and talking about sex is not FUD
i agree! what is FUD is overstating the risks with statements like “pustules on your genitals” and suggesting that there are relevant STDs that aren’t well tested/treated/prevented
there are risks, but the risk of contracting STDs if using condoms is very low. the risk of contracting antibiotic resistant STDs is also incredibly low
there is, however, and actual risk in stigmatising these things so that people don’t talk about them and educate themselves
getting an STD is absolutely fine! get tested, get treated, tell sexual partners, no drama… that’s exactly what the public health messaging is because that’s what works to keep people healthy
mitigate risks, don’t pretend like they’re irrelevant.
of course: you should always mitigate risks… but don’t act like something is more dangerous than it is… you’re making out here like having sex is as dangerous and base jumping, and that’s such an unhelpful position to take that it is actually dangerous to people’s health
- Comment on sus 2 weeks ago:
it’s a lot of risk that is worth considering before making an informed decision
i would agree that there is some risk and it’s always worth being educated but stigma and FUD contribute to people not wanting to talk about sex
“getting tested” doesn’t cover most STI’s unless you’re symptomatic
patently untrue. a standard STI screen covers HIV, chlamydia, and gonorrhea
these are by far the most common STIs that’s cause anyone issues without other complications, and tests accurately catch them within weeks. standard public health advice is STI tests every 3mo for sexually active individuals (and in fact if you’re on PrEP to cover you against HIV, you get a 3 month script so it’s pretty much ensured)
HPV, Herpes, and many others are diseases for life
the HPV vaccine is very effective, herpes i’d agree with but causes minimal issues for the enormous majority of people without complications, and i don’t know what you mean by “many other”. if you can list them, id be happy to engage but otherwise the rest of that is more FUD
skill in knowing who to trust…
nope not at all! it’s public health. it has very little to do with trust, other than trying to limit as much as possible to people who know that telling their sexual partners when they get a positive test result is a healthy thing to do, and they won’t be berated for it… the main thing here is that you should feel confident that your sexual partners are going to tell you ASAP when you’ve been exposed, and that more than anything reduces that 3mo timeline and keeps everyone safe… but that only happens when people don’t stigmatise and fear the outcome
or you can just make sure everybody “gets tested” but that’s not how getting tested works.
as i’ve stated previously, it is with PrEP and with gay men - i don’t know much about the heterosexual community, but we have very active sexual health campaigns and they work
- Comment on sus 2 weeks ago:
and walking down the street isn’t 100% safe
- Comment on Right-leaning Australian opposition leader loses election, and seat 2 weeks ago:
his concession speech was actually quite reasonable. i wouldn’t say he’s a sore loser: he acknowledged the defeat, took responsibility, congratulated the PM and even said that the minister he lost to would do a great job for the local area
i hate the guy but you gotta give credit where credit’s due
- Comment on sus 2 weeks ago:
that’s a much more reasonable way of putting it that i did, yes, thank you
- Comment on sus 2 weeks ago:
would you like to elaborate?
because
- HIV is preventable through PrEP
- gonorrhoea is curable with antibiotics
- syphilis is curable with antibiotics
- chlamydia is curable with antibiotics
- mgen is curable with antibiotics
- many of the above are preventable with DoxyPEP
- herpes is treatable
- HPV is preventable through vaccination
- Comment on sus 2 weeks ago:
STIs are all curable, treatable, or preventable
- Comment on Several phone brands rumored to be planning a major shift away from Android 2 weeks ago:
a duopoly is better than a monopoly but 3 platforms would be better
- Comment on List of Alternatives to Adobe Programs 2 weeks ago:
personally, my reasoning for saying it trounces it is the integration of all the tools: no switching to after effects etc
but beyond that, ppro colour correction is just soooooo far behind
granted i haven’t really used it much, so i might not have “got” its workflow - it took a while for resolves to click - but it just seems so disjointed and clunky to do anything beyond cutting together a basic video
- Comment on Chances for the fediverse? Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves 2 weeks ago:
yes and no… essentially they’re http services that people run, so they can either be closed or FOSS… i could see a future where there’s like those 1-click “run on <serverless platform>” on github pages and you can audit the code if you want, and self host
- Comment on Chances for the fediverse? Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves 3 weeks ago:
and you’re just using the term accessibility to mean a11y… the word accessibility is far broader than simply accessibility standards for people with disabilities
- Comment on Chances for the fediverse? Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves 3 weeks ago:
and bluesky doesn’t have a default algorithm either, but allows you to subscribe to algorithms created by other people
being able to choose how the information is presented is the way
- Comment on List of Alternatives to Adobe Programs 3 weeks ago:
Davinci Resolve has to be one of the most jam packed free software packages available… seriously, it absolutely trounces Premiere at evvvverything
the model of free for everything except if features you’d want for producing a professional movie, and financed by hardware sales - that you don’t need unless you’re a professional - is absolutely incredible for home users
- Comment on DRM-Free OnlyFans Downloads See Widevine Project Nuked From GitHub 3 weeks ago:
not everyone that downloads content isn’t paying for it… they might just want it in a place or format that isn’t being provided
- Comment on The YouTube Alternative Nobody's Talking About ! Peertube 3 weeks ago:
every creator that i’m aware of that has done a “how i make money” video rates adsense very low
- Comment on What is Docker? 3 weeks ago:
a chroot is different, but it’s an easy way to get an idea of what docker is:
it also contains all the libraries and binaries that reference each other, such that if you call commands they use the structure of the chroot
this is far more relevant to a basic understanding of what docker does than explaining kernel namespaces. once you have the knowledge of “shipping around applications including dependencies”, then you can delve into isolation and other kinds of virtualisation
- Comment on The YouTube Alternative Nobody's Talking About ! Peertube 3 weeks ago:
afaik most YT creators get their money from sponsor blocks rather than ads these days, so nothing really changes there… i think the combination of sponsors and some patreon-style system is plenty, so i’m not sure monetisation is the issue
- Comment on More Americans are financing groceries with buy now, pay later loans — and more are paying those bills late, survey says 3 weeks ago:
and since you’re paying through the cost of groceries etc whether you get the benefits or not, you may as well get the benefits
- Comment on YKK’s Self-Propelled Zipper: Less Crazy Than It Seems 3 weeks ago:
and unfortunately for them a large number of the backup applications consist entirely of “attach a string to it”
- Comment on Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads 3 weeks ago:
i think some form of advertising is useful no matter the structure of your society: if you have a cool idea for a new product, getting the word out is an important way of making it a reality
what we don’t need is the constant, and ever-present repetitive drone of advertising mundane things that you already know about