AnAustralianPhotographer

@AnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendations for privacy-focused, open-source alternatives to corporate apps⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Edit; now I went back and reread the question, I saw opens source. I will leave the comment as it could be a turnkey solution and stepping stone option to going full open source.

  Something like a server on a raspberry pi could be what your after, but I don’t have specific software recommendations for it.

  …

  I’ve just started dabbling, so don’t consider this an expert, but a suggestion.

  Synology nas’s have a focus on data sovereignty . They have Android apps that communicate from your phone to the Nas for media.

  They can also be setup as a private cloud drive initially accessible by VPN to access and a email / web interface as well as instant messager and webdrive

  I gave some though to setting up a small private ‘corporate’ style server where people could access

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know about repeating or being able to have very long playtimes, but I do know the MIDI (.mid) file format can play songs at extremely small sizes compared to mp3 as it effectively stores the sound like music on a sheet which is played by a synthesizer. Also the MOD file format allows samples to be recorded as a sort of blend of synth and recordings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can I play online chess with limited time per move instead of time per player for the game?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You could go to lichess.org and create your own time controls. They let you stipulate an initial time and an increment.

  For example you could have a game with a 30 second time for each player and then add 15 seconds for each move after that.

  I believe the time would be banked for each move rather than a hard fixed limit for each move.

  You could then create a custom game open to others, or make the game available by link to a friend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate this image because idiots will see it, not understand what its showing, and make up some crazy shit based on it.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, it’s showing the moon lit up while it’s behind the earth, so clearly it should all be dark due to the eclipse. So I can only conclude that it’s trying to get the word out that we actually live in a binary solar system.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is my bedroom being heated?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like a job for an IR camera or PolygonDenimLand? lemmy.world/post/25404145

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It varies by army, so this won’t be exact.

  A platoon has around 30 people in it. It has around 20 privates, about 7 non commissioned officers and one commissioned officer. Say 3 lance(junior) corporals, 3 corporals and a sergeant. In overall command is a commissioned officer.

  When you join the army you typically go in as non commissioned as a private or commissioned as a leuitenant.

  Officers are trained to lead people from the start. The lieutenant may have 1-2 years experience and the sergeant may have 16 years experience.

  The next level up is a captain who commands say 3-5 platoons. At the start of saving private Ryan, Tom Hanks character was a captain in command of around 100 soldiers.

  I think around 5 companies make a battalion. And that’s just soldiers.

  You can also make a unit out of soldiers, engineers, artillery, transport and some other specialists like medical and cooks.

  I believe a brigadier general would command a unit around this size.

  To get there I would expect he worked his way up the rank, working at each level for around 2-3 years.

  He would have been in the army around 15-20 years, but some people could get promoted faster.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Worst nightmare⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, that’s another way to be sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOOM® CAPTCHA⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you shoot from cover, some come to find you. Back into corner and rapid fire, not a great plan, but got it on about 6th try.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TURKEY POWER⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Rookie Numbers.It only uses elecitrical power generated. Why not cook turkeys in heat destined for cooling towers ? Gotta push those numbers way up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's pretty cruel, particularly for non-native English speakers, that 'lose' and 'loose' seemingly switched spellings, meanings and pronunciations with each other when no one was looking⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Steady up over their they’re there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where can I buy a mosquito laser system?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Would they be dangerous to mount them on sharks ? asking for a friend.