bluGill

@bluGill@fedia.io

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm unsure what to self-host⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Everything starts with what my family needs/uses. Jellyfin for media. Grocy to track which kid has done their chores. Home assistant to make a nice dashboard in the kitchen to see the family calendar (still on google) and the chores. I've tried a few other things, but those are the ones important to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm unsure what to self-host⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I only have leagally owned movies. I'm technically violating some law but since I can show the judge the originals and they are not available outside myhome they won't dare go after me - a jury won't convict and even if one would I'm a perfect 'normal man' who proved the law is unjust. I won't be as well known as Rosa Parks in history but I'd be a perfect story to rally around to get the las changed and they won't risk that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wendy’s to close hundreds of restaurants as struggling customers cut back on dining out⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If you compare the cheapest burger to the most expesnive cut of steak or something they are. Often people do make such comparisons because they that is what they are cooking at home vs what they eat when they go out. You can buy premade frozen burgers you just microwave to cook as well - I've only seen the price in vending machines where they are more than a fast food burger but you can get them at grocery stores too.

  But if you are cooking real meals with similar ingredients it is cheaper to cook at home.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Digital ownership must be respected’: UK parliament debates Stop Killing Games campaign, but government doesn’t budge⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My supply managemet reys know that, I just know they talk about it is a routine thing and the suppliers salesmen act like it is normal. I'm not in those conversations often but I've heard them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don't understand why legitmate companies are not in arms over this. When that many ads are scams your customers will learn that facebook ads are scams and not buy from you either. Fool me once...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Low cost continuous fiber 3D printer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The bane of 3d printing is generally between layers though. Layers are not strong, but they are much stronger than the between lawyer connections.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Digital ownership must be respected’: UK parliament debates Stop Killing Games campaign, but government doesn’t budge⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There is no reason consumers cannot demand this even though they haven't. There is no reason the law cannot demand it even though it hasn't.

  The important part is that the idea exists and is common enough in OTHER situations. When you ask for it there will be people who know what this means and there is a whole industry of "we escrow your code for you" that can handle the details. If you make a new law you have plenty of examples to look at and so are much less likely to accidentally create some unintended consequence that is worse than the current situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whatever happened to pickup artists? Did they evolve into alpha males or ascend to a higher plane?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That always worked - on a minority of women. There are only a few men willing to descend to those disgusting levels so it worked out for them. (if it was any more society as we know it would break down).

  The men who did it crossed the political spectrum trying to blame people you don't like for everything does your side no favors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can a Smart TV piggy back the internet of a HDMI device?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  After verifying that OP's intent was met I gave a more fun answer that abused the letter of what was asked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can a Smart TV piggy back the internet of a HDMI device?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. However as others have already said odds are you don't have the right devices. Still if you really work at it everything exists. Start by selecting one of the few TVs that support it, then get a good HDMI cable, make sure you have a video card that supports it, with drivers for the OS (you might have to write them yourself), then just setup networking. This would be an interesting hack, I'd love to see someone get it working and show their setup, but it is otherwise useless and will be a lot of work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Digital ownership must be respected’: UK parliament debates Stop Killing Games campaign, but government doesn’t budge⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Consumer devices are not industry. they almost never get that treatment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Digital ownership must be respected’: UK parliament debates Stop Killing Games campaign, but government doesn’t budge⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The code should go into escrow when the first game is sold. This is standard practice in industry - you don't buy something without assurance that if the company goes under you have options.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Digital ownership must be respected’: UK parliament debates Stop Killing Games campaign, but government doesn’t budge⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you don't want to give the sever away (including the ability to use it) then don't shut it down or otherwise make the game unplayable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mathematics disproves Matrix theory, says reality isn’t simulation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We are reasonably confident that mathematical limitations apply to both the inner and outer universe. However they don't understand the mathematical limitations enough to understand how little they matter. Pi is pi everywhere - that doesn't change anything.

  There are truths we can't prove true - again it doesn't say anything about all the other trues we can prove.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What OS do you like for digital signage/kiosk/dashboard only?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Cage is not what I want from a kiosk. I want window management, I just want a few fixed windows in fixed positions. Sometimes I want to rotate between a few windows. I'm running Magicmirror now which gives what I want, but it is too slow and too locked into the everything is a web app model.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PRUSA releases the OpenPrintTag, open source standard for filament spool identification and data tracking⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm sure the likes of Bambu will never support this, but lots of other makes likely will. Some will jump all in right away (it is cheap and a useful feature for their customers), others will jump in when forced. Some of the cheap ones will never jump in because that is $.50 they don't want to spend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What does anything matter. If you deal with someone else at least one of you needs to learn the others systems. You and your neighbor probably speak the same language so it is easy, but the more differences the more there is to learn. You can choose to not deal with people in the US who only know US systems, or you can work with them by learning. I have no idea what your motivations are, but whatever they are they becomes your reasons to do or not do something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What OS do you like for digital signage/kiosk/dashboard only?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a pi3 with a 20" touchscreen that I'm using. Raspbian booting to magic mirror. It works, but Magic Mirror is slow bloated/slow that I'm not happy with it. I'm about ready to make my own QT based signage - I suspect it will be much more performant as well as more flexible. Still it is a lot of work and so I hesitate to bother (even if version one could be done in a day - I have enough other projects).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sigh... Everyone is used to what they have used all their life and refuse to learn anything else...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From what I've seen, public transit is either expensive and terrible or cheap and good.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Trains are still expensive - they just have enough users that the amnortized cost is cheap.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Are There Fourth Notes in Bars That Only Count to Three?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  notein 6/8 or 2/2 - both are useful. You can not reduce fractions as time signatures are not fractions even thouth they appear that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Extept in very rural areas there are far too many people around for it to be useful. Unless somehow we can enforce strict rules on what you are allowed to say.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Divide kmh by two and round toethe nearest 5/10 is close enough to mph for discussion purposes. It is off at times, but for discussion purposes it is close enough that your impression of how they drive is the same. (90 vs 100 kmh - not enough to matter in discussion - it matters in court so don't try this in the real world)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From what I've seen, public transit is either expensive and terrible or cheap and good.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Good transit is always expensive. Where the money comes from can be hidden from the end users, but it is always expensive. If you only look at the fares it might seem that good transit is cheap, but that is just because the costs have been moved elsewhere - a political question that has nothing to do with transit.

  Good transit means you can get a lot of places (there are a lot of routes, with good transfers), and you don't have to wait (meaning there are a lot of vehicles). That costs a lot of money no matter where you are.

  However if you look at it a differently - your alternatives are either worse or more expensive.

  Your share of the cheapest car (meaning 10 years old and you do all the maintenance yourself) is still going to be more that a great transit network. Most people live in a "family" situation so you could save money if you went down to one car/truck for those random things transit cannot do and use transit for everything, but this is only possible if you have great transit such that for more people this is a reasonable option.

  A bike (ebike) is cheaper, but you can get much less distance in a reasonable amount of time. (or at least should be able to - many bad transit systems are slower than a bike!).

  Walking is very cheap, but you cannot get very far in a reasonable amount of time and so it is limiting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many people would a generation ship need to have for inbreeding to not be an issue?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course once they arrive and population expands we can expect random mutations to build up over the next 100k years or so. If you can last that long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do people get rid of or sell stolen jewelry? I ask cause the news says the the Louve thieves can never sell it because it so known?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are lots of options. Honest jeweler buyers (likely including your local jewelry store and pawn shows - which might be dishonest in other ways but not that) are notified by the local police when jewelry is stolen and they consult the latest description list when buying and inform the police if anything is on that list.

  So as a criminal your options are: use it yourself (either wear it, or as gifts to friends); sell in a different city where hopefully it isn't on the list; sell it to someone who doesn't care that it is stolen; sell to a fence (who will in turn sell it to someone); melt it down for the metals (gold and silver) and jewels.

  Note that buyers of metals are also on the list of those watching for stolen goods. If you bring "a lot" of something to anyone buying metals expect questions. Metals are easy to melt and hard to trace, but if you are selling more than the average person is likely the police will be told to check you out. Often the point of a "fence" is to mix your illegal gold with legal gold and sell to locals jewelers who think everything is legal.

  As other have said jewels are cut.

  You lose a lot of value in all of the above. Jewelry is already way overpriced in general (that is the value is much less than you pay), and hiding your tracks is hard. It is really hard to make this type of crime pay because the police are good at their job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which operating system should I choose?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  FreeBSD - it won't be easy, but I've been a BSD guy at heart for decades... You will learn a lot and eventually be able to create better systems, but it will be years before you should risk putting anything important on a system - as a noob you have a lot to learn the hard way. Once you think you know FreeBSD you should try the other BSDs, and things like gentoo linux: you will really learn how this works.

  You can follow the advice of the others and get a system going sooner. It isn't a wrong choice, but you won't learn as much and if something doesn't work the way you want you are stuck since you can't dare change anything. As such I have to advice against it despite all the time/effort my advice will cost you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't police use rubber bullets instead of live rounds? I get if someone is holding a loaded weapon. But wouldn't a rubber bullet have the same effect with out putting holes in another person?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The typical cop will never use his gun except during the mandatory training exercises. When they don't need lethal force there are better tools for the job. Their uniform alone is often enough, in more difficult cases their baton is used regularly - while it could be lethal it is a lot easier to control the force to ensure it isn't, once in a while a Taser, though the cops I've known never needed their taser outside of exercises.

  We need cops to have all the tools they need on hand for their job, but each one adds weight and so limits their ability to the the job. Since there are already several good non-lethal tools they use, adding one that isn't going to be used often isn't worth it. They still should have the last resort lethal force tool - but typically it is a backup they never need. (TV shows do not show the reality of being a cop)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to start off small with the intent to expand⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can start with used but modern x86 - the n100 line - has very low power usage and will long term be a better investment. A pi is about the same cost once you get the accessories needed and uses as much power to get work done, but can do less work. (If the computers are idel the pi wins)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨JLCPCB Locking Accounts, Mentions “Risky IP Addresses, Activities” | Hackaday⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not when the target is expected to know that. Spelling it out is for when the reader might not know.