thejml
@thejml@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on ANTI PEE PAINT 5 hours ago:
This is what I was thinking… they didn’t get rid of gravity. Also, who pees on the wall, even without a coating it’s going to splash at least a little.
- Comment on 16-inch laptop with Blu-ray drive, USB 4 and AMD Ryzen 7: Fujitsu FMV Note A launches 11 hours ago:
Someone has to rip it in the first place.
I prefer to rip my own, as well as CD’s and DVD’s I already own. I also do a lot with retro hardware that doesn’t always have a USB port.
BluRays are also fairly decent for offline, offsite backups, though writable media is getting expensive.
- Comment on Microsoft builds on Recall with Gaming Copilot — fails basic privacy tests 1 day ago:
Everytime I hear the name “Game Bar” all I can think of is this.
- Comment on Amazon to replace 600,000 US workers by 2033 with robots 2 days ago:
You are way more positive about the future than I.
- Comment on Built to last 1 week ago:
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
- Comment on ICE just bought new tool to monitor hundreds of millions of smartphones. Experts say it’s dangerous 2 weeks ago:
Does Nokia still make a solid feature phone?
My biggest use case for a smartphone is MFA for work, so if I can convince them to give me a yubikey instead, I’d be interested.
- Comment on Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation. 2 weeks ago:
You could probably make it up. You know they’re not really reading it.
- Comment on Managing memes 4 weeks ago:
The hero we need.
- Comment on Who the fuck needs an x axis anyway 4 weeks ago:
“8 year olds, dude.” - Walter Sobchak
- Comment on Who the fuck needs an x axis anyway 4 weeks ago:
I honestly don’t know why they even list the birth year. It explicitly states “8 Year Olds”, we can do the math.
- Comment on QUACK QUACK QUACK 4 weeks ago:
I believe they say it’s only for the pregnant mothers taking it causing autism to their unborn babies.
This perfectly fits into all MAGA’s Project 2025 tenants:
- Women don’t matter and Women’s healthcare should be reduced and their bodies controlled
- Don’t care about babies that have been born, just the unborn ones
- Blame things without any evidence to enforce solutions that profit the companies who pay into the administration and people who have been appointed there.
- Comment on WACK. 4 weeks ago:
Just make sure you have a decent current in it so you don’t breed mosquitoes and It’s all good.
- Comment on GitOps for docker compose stacks 4 weeks ago:
Currently, I have a 3 node Proxmox cluster with 6 kube nodes on it (3 masters, 3 workers). Lets me do things like migrate services off of a host so I can take it out, do upgrades/maintenance, and put it back without hearing about downtime from the family/friends.
For storage, I’ve got a Synology NAS with NFS setup and then the pods are configured to use that for their storage if they need it (So, Jellyfin, Immich, etc). I do regular backups of the NAS with rsync. So, if that goes down, I can restore or standup a new NAS with NFS and it’ll be back to normal.
- Comment on GitOps for docker compose stacks 4 weeks ago:
If feel like, for me at least, GitOps for containers is peace of mind. I run a small Kubernetes cluster as my home lab, and all the configs are in git. If need be, I know (because i tested it) if something happens to the cluster and I lose it all, I can spin up a new cluster and apply the configs from git and be back up and running. Because I do deployments directly from git, I know that everything in git is up to date and versioned so i can roll back.
I previously ran a set of docker containers with compose and then swarm, and I always worried something wouldn’t be recoverable. Adding GitOps here reduced my “What If?” Quotient tremendously.
- Comment on Tim Cook, Sam Altman, and more attend Trump's UK state banquet 5 weeks ago:
At this point, I feel like its gone from “these companies are disgusting kissing up to the orange one” to “if they don’t go, they’re risking being on the receiving end of a massive company ending lawsuit/cancel war from the right and his Orangeness.”
Both are disappointing and I’d rather go elsewhere, but the second is far more dystopian and probably more reflective of the current state of things.
- Comment on What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025? 5 weeks ago:
I dint do calls often at all, so a flip/dumb phone doesn’t appeal to me much. However, i have been very tempted to upgrade my existing smart watch to one with LTE connectivity and skip the smart phone completely.
The Apple watch, for instance, with LTE can do maps/directions, calls, texts, etc., without needing a smartphone near by. It would be much less to carry, less distractions, and way more convenient.
The bug thing it can’t currently do, however, is MFA for my job. It can do Authy and many others, but the one we require doesn’t work, I’ve tried many times, so I’m stuck carrying a smartphone around if I want to remain employed.
- Comment on Backing up easily 1 month ago:
I use an
rsyncjob to do it. Rsync by default uses the files metadata to determine if the file has changed or not and updates based on that. You can opt to use checksums instead if you’d rather. IIRC, you can do it with a Synology task, or just do it yourself on the command line. Ive got a Jenkins setup to run it so i can gather the logs and not have to remember the command all the time (and i use it for other periodic jobs as well), but its pretty straightforward on its own. - Comment on Spotify Add Lossless Audio(24-bit / 44.1 kHz FLAC) for Premium Subscribers 1 month ago:
I would if they didn’t lose me a long time ago. On bluetooth headphones it doesnt make a huge difference. But I used to stream to my Home Theater setup and Spotify sounded horrible compared to the source material. I could also tell a difference with a quality headphone amp and my 250ohm DT770 pros.
- Comment on Scientific unprogress... 1 month ago:
I hear thats a good way to determine if some one is King as well.
- Comment on TPU trouble, mostly dialed in but... 1 month ago:
I don’t for PLA/PLA+, but TPU is different. At least in my experience.
- Comment on Is AI Facing a Trough of Disillusionment? 1 month ago:
Its only a trough if jt goes back up on the other side.
- Comment on TPU trouble, mostly dialed in but... 1 month ago:
Supports? I’m guessing no, and Ive had issues with TPU and overhangs like the bow there myself. TPU is flexible and thus sags more when printing overhangs.
- Comment on Nepal bans social media(Facebook, X, Reddit, Mastodon, Discord, Signal, YouTube and more) for failing to register with the government; Only 7 to be open(Viber, TikTok, Telegram and more) 1 month ago:
It’s in the “to be blocked” list posted.
- Comment on Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs 1 month ago:
I’ll take one! Well, two really. One large one for TV/media viewing and one to replace my 43" 4k monitor. Quadrupling the resolution on that would be amazing.
The difference would be minimal on the media screen, TBH, but Ive seen them in person and can tell the difference. It’s just not a bug enough difference to warrant replacing what I have.
- Comment on 1U mini PC for AI? 1 month ago:
Honestly, If you are eiving into Kubernetes, just add some more of those 1L PCs in there. I tend to find them on ebay cheaper than Pi’s. Last year I snagged 4x 1L Dells with 16GB RAM for $250 shipped. I swapped some RAM around, added some new SSD’s and now have 3x Kube masters, 3x Kube worker nodes and a few VMs running a Proxmox cluster across 3 of the 1L’s with 32GB and a 512GbB SSD each and its been great. The other one became my wife’s new desktop.
Big plus, there are so many more x86_64 containers out there compared to Pi compatible ARM ones.
- Comment on U.S. takes 10% stake in Intel as Trump flexes more power over big business 1 month ago:
I negotiated this Deal with Lip-Bu Tan, the Highly Respected Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
That i tried to get fired less than two weeks ago.
- Comment on Your fav guide/method for securing Jellyfin? 2 months ago:
I second this. Especially for the PiHole access. Its also handy as it covers any of my self-hosted stuffs.
- Comment on Harvard dropouts to launch ‘always on’ AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation 2 months ago:
But theres no use crying over every mistake
- Comment on Taylor Swift’s new album comes in cassette. Who is buying those? 2 months ago:
I definitely prefer to purchase my music on CD when possible. As someone who grew up with Cassettes, it’s one tech I’m fine with being pushed into history. I’d rather have Minidiscs than cassettes.
- Comment on Toot toot 2 months ago:
man, I can only do deep breathing for a few minutes before I start getting light headed. I cant imagine doing it for 6 straight months!