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- Comment on Never-before-seen Linux malware is “far more advanced than typical” 3 days ago:
Ars technica is usually legit.
- Comment on The AI explosion isn't just hurting the prices of computers and consoles – it's coming for TVs and audio tech too 4 days ago:
Why do TV’s and audio gear use memory? TV’s ok I can sort of understand a little, but audio? That’s still analog right? Or anyway mostly analog.
- Comment on US Senator proposes bill permitting AI data centers to bypass federal power rules via off-grid energy infrastructure development 4 days ago:
Meaning fuel powered generators? Bah.
- Comment on Silent Storage Solutions for Homelab? 4 days ago:
I’d DIY it instead of buying a proprietary NAS in a box. What’s the point of self-hosting if you’re going to be at the mercy of someone else’s software anyway? If you’re DIY’ing, there are 3.5" drive enclosures with soundproofing stuff in them that should keep the drive pretty quiet. Or if you can afford enough SSD’s for your storage requirements, then use those.
- Comment on Cheapest way to back up a *lot* of data? 6 days ago:
In the backup world, 50TB isn’t really a lot, and you’re not really ready to talk about tape systems or maintaining an always-on disk system. Also, HDD’s have been getting more expensive due to AI idiocy. But, cheapest is probably a second raid system, like 4x 20tb drives. Do the backup at home and then move the backup system off site and either keep it spinning, or make sure to spin up and test the individual drives every so often.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
Air filtration? Lookup Corsi-Rosenthal box. It’s an air cleaner you can make from a box fan and 4 furnace filters.
- Comment on Easily available 940 nm transparent films? 1 week ago:
You want it opaque in the visible spectrum but transparent to infrared? Unexposed (but developed) Ektachrome slide film works for that. I had a piece of it around here from some years back but can’t find it now. If it turns up I can send you some. It’s from when I was fooling around with the night vision feature on an old camcorder.
- Comment on This EV Was Already Cheap, Then Dacia Knocked Off Nearly $6,000 1 week ago:
“The all-electric Dacia Spring now starts at just €11,900 (around $13,900), thanks to a massive €5,000 (around $5,900 at current exchange rates) discount.”
24kwh battery, 300 km range or so .
- Comment on Wondering if running a single user Lemmy is an overkill 1 week ago:
I’ve thought of doing it for privacy and other reasons. I don’t have the sense that the resource load is high, but I haven’t checked carefully.
- Comment on I’m not saying that I agree with right- or center-wing views, and I do condemn transphobia. However, do you think there should be a distinction between critiquing beliefs held by transgender people, and engaging in transphobia? 1 week ago:
I don’t see a question here.
- Comment on Is there a self hosted mTLS manager? 1 week ago:
You mean a self hosted CA? Yes there are tons of those.
- Comment on Should I get the Measles and/or Mpox vaccines if I had them as a child? 2 weeks ago:
I didn’t realize mpox vaccine had been a thing for that long. Regarding measles vaccine, obviously ask your PCP, but I don’t see anything about getting a renewed vax in the wikipedia article (I wouldn’t believe cdc.gov at this point). I did get some kind of repeat vax a few years ago and half remember that it was MMR but I’m not sure of that at all. Depending on your age you might also get the shingles vaccine (two shots a few weeks apart).
There was apparently a period in the mid 1960s when they gave a killed measles vaccine instead of a weakened one, and CDC says if you were born in that period you should get another shot.
- Comment on Contract for self-hosting help 2 weeks ago:
Just ask your questions here. You’ll pay a ridiculous amount for help at real consultant rates.
- Comment on People who have eaten since December 31st, 2025, why are you trying to start new shit? 2 weeks ago:
It’s January 1 here now. I’d like a coconut macaroon please.
- Comment on Do I have extreme anxiety? 2 weeks ago:
How long has this been going on? As many others have said, this sounds medical. Tbh I’d try to see an MD first, rather than therapy. They might refer you of course. Have you checked your temperature, blood pressure, hydration and all that kind of stuff? Anyway I have no clue and am just mentioning obvious things. If you had a viral illness recently (flu, covid) that can leave lingering symptoms too.
- Comment on How We Lost Communication to Entertainment 2 weeks ago:
Message boards etc. still exist but I generally have thought of them as distinct from “social media”. The distinguishing characteristic is algorithmic feeds. Also, Lemmy is mostly link aggregation, which is much less of a thing on message boards. Lemmy is even more like that than Reddit was, despite the implementations being similar.
- Comment on How We Lost Communication to Entertainment 2 weeks ago:
The culture shift is from communication to entertainment. Author describes some fediverse issues as symptoms, though they aren’t always perfect matches.
- Comment on How We Lost Communication to Entertainment 2 weeks ago:
The premise isn’t about the fediverse, it’s about a culture shift. And re “join another one”, um no, there are 14 competing standards and we don’t need a 15th.
- Comment on How We Lost Communication to Entertainment 2 weeks ago:
No idea about Pixelfed, which I don’t use. I thought the article gave an interesting perspective on the internet in general, not just the fediverse. So the concrete stuff about Pixelfed, cross-fedi accounts, etc. didn’t seem that important.
There are some interesting posters on Mastodon and also on Lemmy, but I think the fediverse in general is nowhere near what Usenet or Reddit used to be. No idea about Facebook or IG, both of which I stay away from, though there is a musician on IG who I was thinking of emailing to suggest cross-posting on Youtube.
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- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Why is CSS taken as anything more than a style hint? The final decision about styling should always be on the client side.
- Comment on Raspberry Pi Gets Desktop Form Factor 2 weeks ago:
You’re better off with a Beaglebone if you want GPIO. The Raspberry Pi doesn’t have any analog pins, for one thing.
- Comment on What're your strong opinions from an aged / dead fandom? 3 weeks ago:
Your post made me realize B5 is nowhere near dead. It’s just resting. Lensman series anyone?
- Comment on What're your strong opinions from an aged / dead fandom? 3 weeks ago:
What? I have no idea what any of that is. I was thinking of Babylon 5.
- Comment on What’s up with Myrrh being more prevalent? 3 weeks ago:
It’s mentioned in a well known Christmas carol that is often heard at this time of year. I’m not into it myself. Its bitter perfume breathes a life of gathering gloom. Too emo for me.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
My buddy’s folding Samsung phone is really cool and you might look into it. It unfolds to a single screen of maybe 10" diagonal and square perspective. I think for full page PDFs though, I need something bigger so I’ve given up on pocketability.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I’m still looking for a good answer myself! There are lots of possibilities but all have drawbacks from my perspective. I guess the 13" Onyx Boox sounds nice if you don’t mind the cost. I haven’t tried it though. Same with the 14" TCL Android tablet if you don’t mind Android.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
This? pine64.org/devices/pinetab/
It’s just 10" and looks like an old design. Micro USB, oops. The Inkplate is 10" ESP32 epaper so it uses very little power. Alternatively there are tablet-style x86 laptops and I almost bought one last year. Now the price is way up due to DRAM shortages and so on, oops. I have some scrounged HDMI monitors so I want to try using one in portrait mode with my raspberry pi 400. If that works I could see getting one of the Waveshare dual screen monitors and maybe a Pi 500+.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Oh hmm, I just use my phone for that. It doesn’t seem worth having an additional, limited purpose device. I assume a 7" e-reader is too big for a pocket.
The Inkplate 10 isn’t pocketable but it’s very light, easy to put in your backpack or whatever. I just wish they had a 13" version. The 13" Ipad Air is really very nice if you don’t mind Apple products.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
pair of 648×480 e-paper displays
Um lol no. I could see using a pair of Inkplate 10’s connected by (at least metaphorical)) duct tape. Doesn’t seem worth mucking with special hardware.
Every affordable e-reader I know of is simply too small though. I mostly want to read stuff like ArXiV preprints (A4 sized pdf’s) so would want at least a 13" screen. Someone a few days ago posted a link to a 14" Android tablet with a semi-reflective display at around $300. It seemed interesting but I’d rather degoogle.
There are some hinged Waveshare displays that look nice but they are regular TFT displays so wouldn’t be great for a portable e-reader with long battery time.