LastYearsIrritant
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- Comment on Scientists say quantum tech has reached its transistor moment 2 days ago:
Many companies already have transitioned to mathematically proven quantum resistant encryption.
Sure, some old stuff will be vulnerable, but we’ve known the risk for a while and have already started preparation.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
mariushosting.com/how-to-install-portainer-on-you…
Keep your Synology and start hosting docker containers with open source replacements for the Synology branded ones.
That way the storage is still solid and maintenance free, but you can experiment with different options on top.
- Comment on FreeCad in docker 1 week ago:
I liked this series. Dude is designing a bike in freecad and showing you how to follow along.
- Comment on Why doesn't my phone put all of my apps to "sleep" by default? 1 week ago:
Waking up an app costs processing power and time. If it’s an app you open regularly, like messaging, or a social app, then putting it to sleep and waking it up makes for an annoying user experience, and also wasted battery.
- Comment on Is history about to repeat itself? 1 week ago:
It’s half cause people aren’t used to it, and half cause there’s no infrastructure to keep the roads clear.
- Comment on Should speakers hum when they're connected to a stereo, but the volume of is turned all the way down? 3 weeks ago:
You can’t compare a $30 Amazon stereo to anything made before 1990. That would be equivalent to something costing $10-$15 back then, which wouldn’t have even existed.
There’s plenty of extremely high quality audio equipment that is made today, it just costs real money, just like it did back then.
Yes, for a lot of people, used gear would probably work fine, but it wouldn’t have the inputs they need (no HDMI, no Bluetooth, etc.) heck, a lot of folks would expect it to have WiFi to cast their Spotify music to it.
- Comment on Researchers turn spoiled milk into 3D printing materials — extracted proteins from dairy waste combined with polymers to create plastic alternative 3 weeks ago:
It’s almost impossible to find gas without at least 10% ethanol included here.
Some gas stations sell 85% ethanol, and other ratios, but it’s really the 10% mix that’s the bulk of the sales.
There are a few stations in my town that sell 0% ethanol gas, but they are increasingly rare.
- Comment on Is self-hosting on personal computer practical? 4 weeks ago:
FreshRSS has an API that can be called by different apps in the app store.
I use FreshRSS web interface on my computer, and then use the Readrops app on my phone.
- Comment on Home electricity bills are skyrocketing. For data centers, not so much. 4 weeks ago:
800w is less than half what you could pull from any outlet in the US. Standard electric breakers are rated for 15amp continuous at 120v. Most heating appliances designed to run for long periods of time (like electric heaters, or countertop cooking) run around 1800watts. So you could pretty easily plug in two 800w solar panels to back-feed a single circuit.
50amp 220v is about the limit on one circuit for most residential homes (for ovens, or electric central heating) which is what would be used for the fastest electric car charging at home.
That’s plenty of headroom for in-circuit solar generation.
- Comment on Home electricity bills are skyrocketing. For data centers, not so much. 4 weeks ago:
You could when solar fist started becoming available. Energy companies quickly realized that if everyone did that, they’d have way too much power during the day, and none at night.
Our local co-op power generator barely makes it useful to have solar unless you also have battery storage.
- Comment on I can still smell them 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Do drug dogs ever get addicted when working or during training? 4 weeks ago:
K9 handler and K9 handler trainer here - K9 handlers are WILDLY different between agencies, even in the same region.
Good K9 handlers never let their dogs get in contact with the drugs. I’m sure there’s plenty of bad handlers that let their dogs accidentally make contact.
I’m sure there are plenty of dogs that OD or have problems, but there’s no way a dog would be able to self-administer enough to become “addicted”.
- Comment on If I go crazy will you still call me Superman? 4 weeks ago:
Scrubs theme song
Superman - Lazlo Bane
- Comment on If I go crazy will you still call me Superman? 4 weeks ago:
Sunshine Superman - Donovan
- Comment on That doesn't look good. 4 weeks ago:
Fuck, I thought I had a pretty typical body, but I had no idea it was abnormal to have skin.
I guess it’s time to go to the doc again for a flesh-ectomy.
- Comment on T2 butter mold 4 weeks ago:
Just 3d print a mould and use it twice before you forget it exists.
- Comment on Humans May Be Able to Grow New Teeth Within Just 4 Years 5 weeks ago:
If you only care about technology that’s commercially available, why are you on the technology community?
- Comment on "i can hear the difference" 5 weeks ago:
I worked at a big box electronics store back in the day. Problem was we only sold two kinds of cables.
1 - shitty cables with the ends crimped on that will fall off after three uses.
2 - way overpriced gold plated cables that cost 10x or more.
I’d love it if we sold something in-between, but you absolutely could tell the difference between those options. Mostly cause the RCA ends didn’t make an actual decent connection to the equipment, so it wiggled around and induced static into the signal.
- Comment on Why does my overhang/bridge look so bad? Isn't this small enough to be done better? 5 weeks ago:
Raise the area directly around the hole one layer, so the outside two large bridge parts get printed independently without being connected, then the next layer only has two tiny bridges under and over the hole, then the rest will be printed normally.
If it was a round hole, it would be a little more difficult, but a square hole would be really easy.
- Comment on Looks legit. What do you all think? 1 month ago:
I think the base picture is a car dealership. It could still be AI, but the original base picture is probably still a dealership.
- Comment on How long until we can start shorting years to 2 numbers again? 1 month ago:
Our quirky university president tried very hard to make “aughty-aught” happen for 2000. It did not catch on.
- Comment on Explained: Why you can't move Windows 11 taskbar like Windows 10, according to Microsoft 1 month ago:
No exaggeration, this was my breaking point for switching to linux exclusively.
- Comment on what seeing even more political posts on the shitpost community does to a mfer 1 month ago:
Really old laser pointers used AAAA batteries.
- Comment on THIS is an inventive idea 1 month ago:
No, most things slide under a shingle so the water never touches the fasteners.
Some things screw right through with sealant on top, but that’s not the best way to do it, cause sealant will break down over time.
- Comment on THIS is an inventive idea 1 month ago:
safetyrailsource.com/products/nextgen-hitchclip
With just a little pre-planning when the weather is ok, you can install some brackets or fall harness mounts under the shingles.
Solar panel mounts would also work. There’s plenty of things designed to mount to the roof while still maintaining water proofing.
- Comment on A Christmas tale 1 month ago:
The Thing takes place at the south pole.
- Comment on Notepad++ updater installed malware 1 month ago:
notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v889-released/
Since you have to opt into tracking to read the article (which I think is illegal) here’s the source.
- Comment on Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)? 1 month ago:
There is no center of the universe.
- Comment on It's the Christmas light video again - 2025 edition 1 month ago:
He mentions flicker several times in the video.
- Comment on Proton launches privacy-first alternative to Excel and Google Sheets 2 months ago:
If you’re buying an annual plan, Mozilla resells Mullvad for cheaper. Monthly, buying direct is cheaper.
Also, I assume, but don’t have any evidence, that buying from a reseller is a little more private due to separation of billing and services.
