owenfromcanada
@owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca
- Comment on My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts 11 hours ago:
Developers are resentful toward AI for the same reason they resented blockchain–it becomes a buzz word that every middle manager is convinced will improve productivity, and it’s forced whether it’s actually helpful or not.
I work on safety-critical code. AI is useless here, but we have to “use” it to appease clueless shareholders.
- Comment on Does anyone use a phone without a protective case? 1 day ago:
I wouldn’t need a case if the phone were designed with proper bevels. You literally can’t set an uncased phone on a flat surface without scratching the screen or camera (which sticks out awkwardly).
And don’t get me started on the screens with curved edges. Complete garbage design (why yes, I’d love to accidentally use touch gestures just by holding the device, frrrrrrt).
- Comment on Delicious 4 days ago:
Weird looks: +200%
Strangers attempting to lick ears: +3000%
- Comment on Safe to run a box fan face down? 5 days ago:
If you don’t care how it looks, and you’re specifically blowing air in with the box fan, you can just use a large garbage bag to direct the air in. Mount the fan vertically facing the opening, cut open a trash bag, and attach it to the remaining three edges of the opening and your fan.
If it’s stupid and it works, it’s not stupid.
- Comment on Microsoft wants to apply Windows Update to all PC software 6 days ago:
Well it’s good that they’re building on a platform that has such a good reputation among users. I know I get all sorts of warm and fuzzy feelings when I hear the words “Windows Update.”
- Comment on Why do people care so much that their friend or family member’s partner is attractive and not just loving? 6 days ago:
People notice things that they are self-conscious about. Not even that they’re necessarily insecure about it, but when you think about something a lot, you tend to notice it in other people as well.
So I’d say it’s because your friends and family think a lot about their own appearances. Likely because they’re insecure about their own appearances.
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 1 week ago:
Undertale
- Comment on Trump migrant detentions at Guantanamo Bay cost $100,000 per person daily, senator says 2 weeks ago:
I’m sure all of that is going to hard-working people and humane care for the imprisoned, totally not being siphoned into some rich dude’s pocket.
- Comment on Bat 2 weeks ago:
Strong 7 over here
- Comment on bestie 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on First file server 2 weeks ago:
The answer also depends on your level of experience and how much you want to learn doing this. You mentioned you haven’t done this before, but are you otherwise comfortable using computers and figuring things out? Are you familiar with Linux and/or the command line? In addition, are you hoping to tinker around and learn a lot from this, or are you more concerned with just setting it up so you can use it?
There are options for all levels of expertise and technical interest, but I recommend starting with any hardware you already have or can aquire for cheap/free (especially if you’re hoping to tinker and learn more). As another commenter suggested, finding an old desktop or laptop and putting a NAS operating system on it would be a great starting project. Then once you play around with it, you’ll know if/where you want to spend some cash on something better. If you don’t have old PCs laying around, check on whatever you use for local buy & sell listings, you can probably pick up something for pretty cheap.
If you’re mostly looking to play around and you don’t have any extra hardware, you can also try things out in a virtual machine (download VirtualBox), which will let you learn without any monetary investment.
- Comment on In America, crisp is used to describe natural food that is very fresh or a nice, cold morning. But crispy is used to describe food that is cooked so long it's become crunchy. 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on In America, crisp is used to describe natural food that is very fresh or a nice, cold morning. But crispy is used to describe food that is cooked so long it's become crunchy. 2 weeks ago:
It’s called a crisp because it’s crispy (at least to my knowledge).
- Comment on What are the minimum or recommended requirements for a personal home server? 2 weeks ago:
I’m using my old desktop from 2010. There’s no such thing as a server that can “do it all”, but any computer from the last 10 years would probably be a fine place to start. The more you do, the more likely you’ll be to hit some sort of performance limit, and by that time you’ll know more about what you actually want.
In short, find old cheap/free hardware and start playing around.
- Comment on In America, crisp is used to describe natural food that is very fresh or a nice, cold morning. But crispy is used to describe food that is cooked so long it's become crunchy. 2 weeks ago:
It’s almost like multiple types of food can have a brittle texture…
- Comment on In America, crisp is used to describe natural food that is very fresh or a nice, cold morning. But crispy is used to describe food that is cooked so long it's become crunchy. 2 weeks ago:
As opposed to the UK, where a crisp is a chip and a chip is a fry.
- Comment on Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way? 2 weeks ago:
Chaotic stupid: bread is stapled to various trees
- Comment on Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way? 2 weeks ago:
I feel like this alignment chart doesn’t consider how evil you could get. Leaving the bag open seems pretty tame for CE. I suggest the following:
- Lawful Good: bread box w/ the bag
- Neutral Good: bag clip
- Chaotic Good: twist and tuck
- Lawful Neutral: bread box w/o the bag
- True Neutral: original bread clip
- Chaotic Neutral: twist or tuck, not both
- Lawful Evil: bag is tied shut
- Neutral Evil: bag is left open
- Chaotic Evil: bag is torn open in the middle
- Comment on Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way? 2 weeks ago:
Also worth noting: a bread box generally isn’t sealed that well, I would still recommend keeping the bread in a bag (depending on what type it is and how quickly you plan to eat it).
- Comment on hey 2 weeks ago:
HELL YEAH BROTHER
- Comment on Lemmy when it finds out the beans aren't ready yet 2 weeks ago:
I came here to eat jeans and wear beans
and I’m all out of jeans
- Comment on Tea ☕ is leaf juice. While, coffee ☕ is bean juice. 2 weeks ago:
The two most popular flavors of ice cream are both bean flavored.
- Comment on hey 2 weeks ago:
The motorcycle.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Ah, but consider the following scenario: you’re returning from the grocery store with a bag of bachelor chow and a twelve pack of Low Brau, and you need to press the elevator button. With the stick, you’d need to set one of them down first. The Finglonger, on the other hand, has no such drawback.
- Comment on We finally moved in! 3 weeks ago:
I normally don’t go for two-tone cabinets, but you’ve brought this together really well–the vent area wood tying in with the countertops is great, and the colors all compliment each other well. I’m hoping to redo my kitchen soon, and if mine ends up half as nice as this, I’ll be content. Great work, enjoy it!
- Comment on Raising a toddler away from home 4 weeks ago:
Hey fellow dad, that’s a tough spot to be in. Especially tough for a toddler, because a month or two feels a lot longer to them than it does to us adults.
A few things you can try, though:
- Try to maintain regular routines and “rituals”, especially ones that you can replicate from home.
- Send messages (either digitally or through snail mail) to her friends and school. Include pictures of where you’re staying or other fun things you’re doing. If it’s appropriate, you could ask her friends’ parents or teachers to send messages back.
- Talk about the things you’ll do when you get back home. Encourage her to draw pictures of things that she misses and talk about them. It might seem counter-intuitive to focus on those things, but it’s better to talk about them to allow her to process all her emotions.
- Comment on Game design question : how to make a "trapped" player character? 4 weeks ago:
What kind of gameplay do you have in mind? I’m guessing a puzzle-type game (like a room escape), but you could honestly do a number of different things (tower defense? Platformer?).
I think the answer to your original question largely depends on this. Did you have anything else in mind about the experience?
- Comment on “Bionic Girl” Debuts New Wireless Hands That Even Work When Detached From the Main Prosthetic 4 weeks ago:
There’s one other advantage to wireless here: a bionic prosthetic is moving a lot, and that’s not great for wire harnesses or connectors. Going wireless potentially allows for greater range of movement (or at least removes the engineering challenge of making it durable long term).
- Comment on “Bionic Girl” Debuts New Wireless Hands That Even Work When Detached From the Main Prosthetic 4 weeks ago:
Damn, if she has any tech-savvy siblings, this would introduce a whole new level of “why are you hitting yourself”
- Comment on Women often take initiative on the food finding 5 weeks ago:
Women tend to eat smaller portions
[citation needed]
